The Long Beach Municipal Auditorium opened in 1932 and was built out into the ocean. Inside the niche above the entrance was a large mosaic designed to be seen from miles away. When the building was demolished in 1975, the mural was moved to a nearby park.
Image: “Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California” published by the Curt Teich Company for the Western Publishing & Novelty Company (c. 1944). From the Andrew J. Bramlett Collection.
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