Carlsbad’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Carlsbad. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The first European land exploration of Alta California, the Spanish Portolá expedition of 1769, met native villagers while camped on Buena Vista Creek. Another Luiseño village within today's city of Carlsbad was a village at the mouth of the San Marcos Creek that the Kumeyaay called "Ajopunquile". A Kumeyaay village that was visited by Portolá was Hakutl, in the Rancho Ponderosa area.
During the Mexican period, in 1842, the southern portion of Carlsbad was granted as Rancho Agua Hedionda to Juan María Marrón.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Carlsbad’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Carlsbad’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewCarlsbad Hotel, 1895: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Carlsbad
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Carlsbad, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Carlsbad Hotel (1895) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.