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Description
Identifier
clloy_095
Title
United
States
Navy
Landing
,
Long
Beach
,
California
Creator
Unknown
Date Published
1932-1945
?
Subject (Topic)
Harbors--California--Long
Beach
;
Oil
wells--California--Long
Beach
;
Subject (Name)
United
States--Navy
;
United
States--Navy--Boats
;
Subject (Place)
Long
Beach
(Calif.)
;
Signal
Hill
(Calif.)
;
Type
image
Form/Genre
Postcards
Physical Description
1
postcard
:
Color
;
9
x
14
cm
.
Institution
Department
of
Archives
and
Special
Collections
,
William
H
.
Hannon
Library
,
Loyola
Marymount
University
Country of Creation
US
Copyright Status
public
domain
Copyright Statement
http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Publisher
Longshaw
Card
Co
.
Place of Publication
Los
Angeles
,
Calif
.
Language
eng
Description
A
view
along
the
waterfront
,
showing
a
row
of
boats
tied
up
at the
docks
. On the
right
is
a
covered
structure
where
crowds
of
onlookers
wait
for the
sailors
to
disembark
. The
oil
wells
on
Signal
Hill
are
visible
in the
distance
.
Historical Background
Before
1866
,
most
of what
is
now
Long
Beach
was
part
of
two
ranchos
:
Los
Cerritos
and
Los
Alamitos
. By the
1880s
portions
of
Rancho
Los
Cerritos
were
sold
,
subdivided
and
developed
under
the
name
of
Willmore
City
by
William
Willmore
. By
1888
, the
population
had
voted
to
incorporate
the
city
and
rename
it
the
City
of
Long
Beach
.
Although
Long
Beach
was not
officially
designated
as a
port
until
1932
, the
Navy
began
anchoring
its
ships
there as
early
as
1919
. As an
enticement
for the
Navy
and the
economic
benefits
they
brought
to the
city
,
Long
Beach
built
its
own
Navy
Landing
in the
inner
harbor
in
1926
. By
1927
,
Long
Beach
was the
home
port
to a
battle
fleet
and
1,500
officers
and
sailors
. In
1932
, the
city
was
officially
chosen
as the
home
anchorage
for
about
50
ships
in the
Pacific
Fleet
, and a
new
$80,000
Navy
Landing
was
built
at the
foot
of
Pico
Street
. In
1921
,
oil
was
discovered
on
Signal
Hill
,
originally
part
of
Long
Beach
. By
April
1922
,
Signal
Hill
was
covered
with
108
wells
. The
city
incorporated
in
1924
in
order
to
avoid
Long
Beach's
heavy
tax
on
oil
.
Additional Printed Matter
On back: "Shore leave begins at Navy Landing in Long Beach, which is home port to a large part of the United States Fleet in the Pacific waters."
Publisher's Identifier
Series number: 221
Additional Notes
Printed
on
linen
textured
paper
.
Source
Werner
von
Boltenstern
Postcard
Collection
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