Beaches & Boardwalks

The coast that defined the SoCal myth: Venice and its canals, the Santa Monica Pier, the beach culture.

Part of Los Angeles

7 moments in this segment.

1. 1877 — View of Los Angeles from the east. Brooklyn Hights in the foreground; Pacific Ocean and …. Los Angeles, 1877. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
2. 1924 — Northward view of the United States Navy dirigible USS Shenandoah over Long Beach, ca.1920. Los Angeles, 1924. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
3. 1935 — Laguna Beach home movies, 1930s. Beach life south of LA, captured on home-movie film.
4. 1942 — Franklin D. Roosevelt and Culbert L. Olson in Long Beach, California - NARA - 195522. Los Angeles, 1942. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
5. 1975 — U.S. ^1 NEAR THE PACIFIC OCEAN NORTH OF MALIBU, CALIFORNIA, ON THE NORTHWESTERN EDGE OF …. Los Angeles, 1975. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
6. 1975 — AERIAL OF THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS LOOKING SOUTH, NEAR MALIBU, CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS LO…. Los Angeles, 1975. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
7. 2011 — Freight landing at 22nd Street, Long Beach, California. - NARA - 295484. Los Angeles, 2011. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.