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Wraps. Condizione: Very Good. Long Beach, California: Historical Society of Long Beach, Published 1974 (second printing; first published 1969). Wraps, unpaged; oblong, 22 x 28 cm; illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs and two full-page maps. In Very Good condition. Textured light brown paper wraps with black lettering on front cover (title, edition statement, and Historical Society imprint); rear cover blank. Light bumping to cover edges and a small spot of price sticker residue on the front cover. Binding tight (staple bound); pages clean and unmarked. An oblong photographic journal issued by the Historical Society of Long Beach, pairing black-and-white photographs of Long Beach, California in the 1920s with corresponding views of the same locations in the late 1960s. Edited by Robert H. Metzgar, with most photographs drawn from the collection of former Long Beach resident Paul B. Harder and supplemented by images from the Long Beach Harbor Department. The centerfold is a two-page spread of comparative Long Beach city maps from 1920 and 1969. Scenes include the beach and amusement pier, Pine Avenue and Broadway streetscapes, the Laughlin Theater, Farmers and Merchants Bank, the Long Beach Dairy & Creamery Company, an August 1926 bathing beauty pageant, a forest of oil derricks, and aerial views comparing Naples and Belmont Shore in 1920 versus 1969.

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 80 unnumbered pages of illustrations of historical Long Beach, California, published for the 10th anniversary of the historical society. Focuses mainly on photos of the piers and beach areas. Covers and endpapers also illustrated.