The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Long Beach began as an agricultural town, based around its radish industry, but on August 10, 1905, Long Beach incorporated and became another city on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. As the years went on, the city moved from its agricultural heritage and moved toward tourism with the beach becoming increasingly popular.
Long Beach's early economy was based largely upon radishes. Logging initially drove the local economy, but when the area's virgin yellow pine forests became depleted, row crops were planted on the newly cleared land.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Long Beach’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Long Beach’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewPostOffice, 1940s: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Long Beach, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as PostOffice (1940s) 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.