Laguna Beach’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 4 old photos of Laguna Beach. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Laguna Beach was the site of a prehistoric paleoindian civilization. In 1933, the first fossilized skull of a paleoindian found in California was uncovered during construction on St. Ann's Drive. Known as "Laguna Woman", the skull originally was radiocarbon dated to more than 17,000 BP, but revised measurements suggest it originated during the Holocene era, 11,700 years BP. Subsequent research has found several prehistoric encampment sites in the area.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Laguna Beach’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Laguna Beach’s history is told.
4 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old view05722-Santa Ana-1905-Laguna Beach…, 1905: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Laguna Beach
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Laguna Beach, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as 05722-Santa Ana-1905-Laguna Beach, near Santa Ana, Cal.-Brück & Sohn Kunstverlag (1905) 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.