LBPL loves Long Beach History!
Our Local History Collection acquires, preserves, and makes available primary and secondary resources, in all formats, documenting the natural, social, economic and political history of the Long Beach barrier island.
LBPL also collects and houses non-published materials such as photographs, photograph albums, scrapbooks, oral histories, personal and corporate archives, journals, letters, maps, prints, pamphlets, brochures, advertising ephemera and the like that are related to the history of the Long Beach barrier island.
If you'd like to share your photos of Long Beach to preserve our local history, go to https://lbplny.formstack.com/forms/lbphotos opens in a new window to upload photos or share a link to an online photo album.
A lifeguard, teacher, policeman, and eventually a New York politician, who quietly made a difference in the lives of millions of children and adults with special needs.
Click here to check out the highlights from our exhibit.
Special thanks to:
Joe Behar, Bob Foster, Howie Hemsley, Chuck Jacobi, Sam Schwarzman, Dr. Lowell Taubman, Dr. Kenneth Tydings, Dr. Albert Tydings
For all the people not mentioned who contributed their photographs to the gallery the Library extends its greatest appreciation.
Without your great love of Long Beach this project would not be possible.
Great Thanks to Douglas Sheer for his personal donation of the Post Card Image Collection.
Long Beach Photo Galleries
