Long Beach Heritage Museum has the only roller coaster car left from the famous Pike Cyclone Racer, the last drug store soda fountain in the city from the Harriman Jones drug store, artifacts from the Pacific Coast Club, a wooden clothes washer built in 1916 in Long Beach, and an 11-foot long, solid redwood surfboard used by Long Beach lifeguards in the 1930s. There also are old telephones used throughout Long Beach, old wooden telephone booths, and grocery/drug store windows full of brand name products of years gone by. Look for historic documents, rare photographs, old clocks, radios, a steam radiator, a wooden ice box, an old cook stove, and kitchen utensils.
Location:
P.O. Box 14641, Long Beach California 90803
Other History nearby:
(Los Angeles) Autry Museum of Western Heritage
(Rancho Cucamonga) Casa de Rancho Cucamonga
(Avalon) Catalina Island Museum
(Los Angeles) Drum Barracks Civil War Museum
(El Monte) El Monte Historical Society Museum
(Lake Elsinore) Elsie Museum
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12/05 Coming to The Long Beach area
OC Greek Food Fest Anaheim CA May17-19 The OC Greek Food Festival celebrates the best of Greek food, music, dancing and culture. Experience authentic Greek foods and homemade Greek pastries; traditional Greek dancing and Greek music.
San Diego Greek Festival San Diego CA June7-9 Treat yourself to an enjoyable Friday evening with delicious Greek food,
imported beer, live Greek music and dancing. Then come back the next day for more fun. On Sunday, repeat as needed!
Baroque Music Festival Corona del Mar CA June16-23 We strive for historically stylistic interpretations of the great masterpieces of the Baroque period.
Santa Barbara Greek Festival Santa Barbara CA July27-28 Enjoy delectable festival favorites like gyros and moussaka. And no Greek village would be complete without homemade pastries from Yiayia's traditional recipes: baklava, melomakarona, and kataifi are just a few of the sweet treats to delight you.
Little Italy Festa San Diego CA October13 The largest Italian American festival on the West Coast. Hip and Historic Little Italy welcomes over 120,000 attendees with the tantalizing sights, sounds and aromas of Italian culture.
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