To celebrate its centennial year, California’s Long Beach Airport (LGB) is releasing a series of four vintage-style posters that are sure to be collectible.
The first poster, pictured above, is titled “Early Days of Aviation.” This poster celebrates the early 1900s when Long Beach’s sandy shoreline served as the runway.
In this poster, onlookers are amazed as early aviator Earl S. Daugherty—who later helped establish the Airport—soared through the air in an early Curtiss Flyer Model D.
The second poster, “Historic Terminal,” pays homage to the airport’s historic terminal building, which was completed in 1941.
A City-designated Historic Landmark, the architectural gem was designed by architects William Horace Austin and Kenneth Smith Wing in a Streamline Moderne style.
Poster three was released on Wednesday.
The “Keep ‘Em Flying” poster celebrates Long Beach’s robust aircraft manufacturing history and its significant contributions during World War II. In Long Beach women of all backgrounds became Rosie the Riveters, working around the clock to produce military aircraft such as the B-17 at the Douglas Aircraft Company.
The final poster, “Welcome to Long Beach,” celebrates Long Beach’s unique climate, tourism, and manufacturing industries that now help the city thrive. In this poster, a DC-3 is pictured above beach waves, We’ll post that image when it drops.
Once released, the posters will be available free of charge at the Saturday, July 27 grand reopening and public open house of LGB’s Historic Terminal, which recently underwent a major renovation and restoration.
While we wait for those other posters to be released, here’s a video about the renovation of the history terminal at Long Beach Airport.
