Penny Postcards

[DreadPirateRoberts]

Lots of cool old penny postcards here (http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/special/ppcs/ppcs.html), you can click on your local state and county.

Waves in Long Beach before the breakwater:

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ca/losangeles/postcards/break.jpg

I never knew about the rainbow pier:

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ca/losangeles/postcards/longbeach/bevmun.jpg


I'd like to see one of these running down Main Street:

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ca/losangeles/postcards/longbeach/lbtram.jpg

I don't remember ever hearing about a roller coaster in Seal Beach:

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ca/orange/postcards/bathers.jpg

[Not Afraid]

This says it is Seal Beach, but I think that's probably the Cyclone in Long Beach.


http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Eusgenweb/ca/orange/postcards/bathers.jpg

I remember Huntinging looking more like this.

http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Eusgenweb/ca/orange/postcards/hunbch.jpg
Where's MY Oil Well?

http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Eusgenweb/ca/losangeles/postcards/longbeach/oilwel.jpg

[Snowflake]

Wow! I could spend many many hours!

[DreadPirateRoberts]

This says it is Seal Beach, but I think that's probably the Cyclone in Long Beach.
Where's MY Oil Well?


You are probably rignt, the Cyclone would make more sense.

When my grandparents bought their house in HB, they went in on an oil lot with their neighbors. Apparently that was a common thing to do at the time. It must not have been a successful well, because I'm here at work today. ;)

[3894]

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ca/santaclara/postcards/easten.jpg

[CoasterMatt]

Um, that pic isn't the Cyclone Racer

[CoasterMatt]

Seal Beach did have a rollercoaster, but it burned down in the early 30s(?) - I know it burned down, but I don't recall the date.

[DreadPirateRoberts]

Seal Beach did have a rollercoaster, but it burned down in the early 30s(?) - I know it burned down, but I don't recall the date.

Good memory! I did some research, and you are correct. The area was called the "Joy Zone".

Another way to attract tourists was to build an amusement area. The “Joy Zone” was built adjacent to the first pier, a wooden affair advertised as the longest pier south of San Francisco. Hoards of beach-goers came to Seal Beach to picnic, “ocean bathe,” or ride the big roller coaster that whisked riders around the rickety tracks at high speeds. A large structure was erected at the foot of the pier. The first floor served as a bathhouse, while the second story was the Jewel Café dance hall, a great place for young people to congregate after a day in the surf or playing in the Joy Zone.

More info here (http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/discoveroc/aboutoc/article_1358699.php).

[Not Afraid]

Joy Zone? WOW! That's what we call.....oh, never mind. ;)