Long Beach Studios (1918 – 1922)
Long Beach Studios (1918 – 1922)
The Changing of Hands: Beginning of the End
Left: Daily Telegram, Aug. 20, 1921: Fred A. Jefferson, owner, handing over check for new 1922 Columbia, while wife, Mrs. Jefferson, looks on. Right: May 27, 1921: The city of Long Beach became the proprietor of 36 acres in the “oil belt” of Signal Hill, with the municipality standing a chance of having an extraordinary means of producing revenues for the city, ending perhaps all city taxation.