View of the Pike in Long Beach with the ocean in the background, 1929 

Large crowd gathered outside of the Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, ca.1940 

Crowds in the water at Long Beach looking east from just east of Municipal Auditorium, ca.1930 

Birdseye view of Long Beach, showing the Rainbow Pier, the Municipal Auditorium, and the Signal Hill Oil Field, ca.1940 

View of the oceanfront in Long Beach, ca.1920 

Hand-colored view of the Long Beach pier from the north, ca.1900 

Jackrabbit Racer ride at the Long Beach Pier and Pike, ca.1915 

People strolling along the Long Beach Pike, just off the pier looking east, ca.1924 

Long Beach Pike amusement park crowded with visitors, April 24, 1922 

View of a crowd on a beach in Long Beach watching Pacific Fleet maneuvers, 1908 

Beach and the Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, ca.1933 

Long Beach Pike thronging with pedestrians, ca.1913 

Birdseye view of the Rainbow Pier in Long Beach, ca.1935 

Birdseye view of a crowd on the beach in Long Beach, ca.1910 

A crowded beach scene at Long Beach Pier, ca.1901 

View of the Long Beach Pike amusement park looking west from the Pine Avenue Pier, ca.1890 

View of Long Beach pier and pavilion, taken from the promenade on the north end near the "Ebel Club House", ca.1905-1910 

View of Ocean Avenue in Long Beach, looking west from the Cooper Arms Building, October 1929 

View of the Long Beach Pier, looking towards the shore from the end of the pier, ca.1903 

View of the first pavilion on the Pine Avenue Pier, Long Beach, ca.1890