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  • The Safest Beach in California?  Seal Beach’s Bold Claim in 1939

    The Safest Beach in California? Seal Beach’s Bold Claim in 1939

    In Spring 1939 the Seal Beach Chamber of Commerce began a campaign to reclaim the city’s lawful ownership of the title “the safest beach in California.” The campaign included calling … Read more

  • We’ve digitized some old local newspapers

    We’ve digitized some old local newspapers

    The Historic Resources Foundation is pleased to announce we have begun digitizing copies of the Post & Wave, the town’s main newspaper from 1916 to the mid 1950s. We have … Read more

  • The Bay Theatre

    The Bay Theatre

    Like most of Seal Beach’s beginnings, the history of the Bay Theatre has been shrouded in mystery and inaccuracy. Numerous newspaper articles had repeated the erroneous story that the theater’s … Read more

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