Municipal Airport: Clements Mosaics – Long Beach CA

Long Beach Airport, tile floors with signs of the zodiac

Floor mosaics depicting a variety of images pertaining to aviation can be found throughout the Long Beach Airport Terminal. They were created for the terminal in 1939-41 by then 28-year-old artist Grace Richardson Clements. Clements was hired through the Work… read more

Municipal Airport: Terminal Building – Long Beach CA

Long Beach airport terminal and towe - Long Beach CA

In 1940-41, the Works Projects Administration (WPA) made major improvements to the Long Beach Airport, then known as Daugherty Field. WPA relief workers constructed a new terminal and control tower building. The two-story terminal was designed by Horace Austin and… read more