Long Beach history

1920

News stories from the local press 1920 The "Roaring" twenties

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The First Black Miss Universe Contestant Hardly Anyone Knows About

A little recognized piece of black history took place in

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Those Hathaway Women

Left to right: Susan, Martha, Margaret, Mary seated. Who

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The Ghost of Belmont Heights

                In my

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Long Beach Men Going Bald

            The stock market of 2018 is soaring and diving

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Long Beach Public Library History

Beginnings            The history of Long

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Iva Tutt, Electrical Pioneer

United Electric, Gas and Power Company office and

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Nellie Campbell, Potato Chip Queen

Some women in the early 1900s did improve their lot

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Predators

Beware Susceptible Women In August 1913, at least four Long

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What to do with a dead whale

On December 27, 2017, a juvenile fin whale was found

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