Huntington Beach’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Huntington Beach. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The Tongva village of Lupukngna was located in what became Huntington Beach, with an approximate location near the Newland House Museum. Bolsa Chica was one of the areas where the Tongva would settle during the winter. The nearby village of Genga, shared with the Acjachemen, was located across the Santa Ana River in what became Newport Beach and Costa Mesa.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Huntington Beach’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Huntington Beach’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewBathing Beauty Pageant, 1925, 1925: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Huntington Beach
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Huntington Beach, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Bathing Beauty Pageant, 1925 (1925) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Historic places
National Register · via Wikidata
From Wikimedia Commons (4), the Library of Congress (1) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.