Author Archives: gknatz

Our old Fire Station No. 9 at 3917 Long Beach Blvd. has been in the news lately.  Concerns about mold have shuttered the station and the Long Beach City Council has agreed to try and renovate the existing station or … Continue reading →

This picture of Long Beach Blvd. (then known as American Avenue) taken circa 1925 is a view looking southeast from an area  north of Wardlow Road and South of Bixby Road.   The Signal Hill Oil Field reached into the Los … Continue reading →

  Charles T. McGrew was born in Indiana to a father who operated a lumber mill.   Followed in his father’s footsteps, Charles became a millwright.  He moved to Long Beach in 1901 and formed a building company called C. T. … Continue reading →

Considering this is the first time in 25 years that the George H. Bixby Mansion  at 11 La Linda Drive in Los Cerritos is on the market, it seems appropriate to post some historical photos of the estate along with … Continue reading →

The wedding of Marguerite Vignes, who lived in Los Cerritos with her family and Bertine James Walp, a young businessman of Long Beach was the highlight of 1914 for Los Cerritos residents.  This is an excerpt of the guest list … Continue reading →