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The most recent
history of Huntington Beach is 100-year venture into tourism,
oil & space exploration and soft industries with corporate
headquarters locating to the city. Huntington Beach's rich
history of photos began with the Newland House, the Red Car, a
pleasure pier, ocean plunge, pavilion and attractions not
strikingly different from today. Shortly after Huntington
Beach adopted its name, an oil boom began when several veins
were discovered on the land near the beach. For approximately
100 years, the derricks, offshore platforms and pumps have
dotted the terrain and appeared in the landscape of photographs.
While the pumps surprisingly still sit next to houses, a hotel
in the downtown region and are plentiful near the wetlands, many
have been capped as the price of land goes up. This picture
gallery includes an assortment of photos obtained through
various sources and is brought to you for your enjoyment. We'd
like to thank those who have contributed to the cause of helping
educate and remind us of our roots in the West Coast Mecca of
Huntington Beach, California, also known as Surf City.
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Huntington
Beach Realty Company
Huntington
Beach Realty Company in the photo above
shows the names of purveyors Seely and
Gillespie who sold acreage and town lots. If
you had kept that land, you would be a
millionaire today. Houses in downtown
Huntington Beach area cost over $1 million
upwards unless the lot contains a humble,
old beach cottage that will be torn down for
rebuild. Eager to get Huntington Beach
developed, the founders offered a special
deal to Henry Huntington in exchange for his
agreement to bring his electric Red Car to
their city. They would name the city after
this wealthy real estate magnate and hoped
their town would develop and grow faster. It
has been almost 100 years since the city was
incorporated at Huntington Beach and the
build out of the land is approaching. In the
photo above, the selling points were
productive peat and sediments with artesian,
flowing water.
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