Newport Beach’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Newport Beach. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The Upper Bay of Newport is a canyon carved by a stream in the Pleistocene period. The Lower Bay of Newport was formed much later by sand brought along by ocean currents, which constructed the offshore beach now recognized as the Balboa Peninsula of Newport Beach.
For thousands of years, the Tongva people lived on the land in an extensive, thriving community. The Tongva villages of Genga and Moyongna were located in Newport Beach. The Spanish Empire colonized the land, followed by Mexicans and Americans, all of whom displaced the Tongva.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Newport Beach’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Newport Beach’s history is told.
3 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewView of rocks and a small boat on…, c. 1906: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Newport Beach
See all 43 →Newport Beach, decade by decade
1930s
1980s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as View of rocks and a small boat on the south end of Newport Beach (Balboa), ca.1906-1908 (CHS-5460) (c. 1906) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Historic places
National Register · via Wikidata
From Wikimedia Commons (3) and the National Register (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.