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A child reading a book inside the Main library. The Main Library's first building was funded by a $30,000 donation from Andrew Carnegie and $4,000 of city funds. [1] The Library opened in 1909 within Pacific Park, now known as Lincoln Park, downtown on Pacific Avenue at Broadway.
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In 1959 Smith gave to the people of Long Beach a collection of rare books, some dating back to the 15th century. Included in the collection is a two volume facsimile of the Gutenberg Bible, all of which is housed as part of the Loraine and Earl Burns Miller Special Collections Room at the main branch of the Long Beach public library.
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1954 – Long Beach State 49ers baseball team formed. [15] 1962 – Historical Society of Long Beach founded. [16] 1967 - RMS Queen Mary arrives; 1972 – California State University, Long Beach active. [14] 1975 – Grand Prix of Long Beach begins. 1977 – Long Beach Public Library's main branch rebuilt. [11] 1978 – Chua Phat To (Buddhist ...
There was a Zaferia branch of the Long Beach Public Library at 3351 East Anaheim Street. [2] This branch was later known as either Zaferia or East Long Beach until the 1924 establishment of the "first East Long Beach branch building owned and built by the city" on Freeman Avenue. [3] Zaferia was annexed by Long Beach in 1920. [3]
Long Beach, California – Racial and ethnic composition Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race. Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 2000 [68] Pop 2010 [69] Pop 2020 [70] % 2000 % ...