Oceanside’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Oceanside. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Originally inhabited by Native Americans, Oceanside was first settled by the Luiseño peoples, or the Payomkawichum. The city of Oceanside sits on the locality on the San Luis Rey River that the Luiseño called Tacayme, which contained the villages of Qée'ish (Keish) and 'ikáymay (Ikamal), in the San Luis Rey Mission area, Wiyóoya (Wiawio) at the mouth of the river, and Wi'áasamay (Wiasamai) and Waxáwmay (Wahaumai) at Guajome.
The first European explorers arrived in 1769. Spanish missionaries under Father Junípero Serra founded Mission San Luis Rey de Francia on a former site of a Luiseño Indian village on the banks of the San Luis Rey River called Keish according to the Portolà expedition who visited in the 1769.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Oceanside’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Oceanside’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewMarine Band plays with singer Gin…, 1951: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Oceanside
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Oceanside, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Marine Band plays with singer Ginny Simms (1951) (1951) and it appears here side by side.
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