South Gate’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of South Gate. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Before the Spanish Colonial Era, the area that became South Gate was in the traditional cultural territory of the Gabrielino. Gabrielino villages or archaeological sites are rumored to have existed at the South Gate Park and at the old City Hall site at the intersection of Post Street and Victoria Avenue. The village of Tajauta was located on the border of South Gate, Lynwood, and Watts.
Among the early Spanish settlers was one of California's first families, the Lugos. The Lugo land grant encompassed a great part of what is now the City of South Gate.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart South Gate’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how South Gate’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewQSL-W6NWK-1947, 1947: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from South Gate
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South Gate, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as QSL-W6NWK-1947 (1947) 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.