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Location: Long Beach Municipal Airport-Daugherty Field - Long Beach CA

Long Beach Municipal Airport: Clement 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

Project type: Art Works, Mosaics, Murals
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Long Beach Municipal Airport: Terminal Building – Long Beach CA

Long Beach airport terminal building

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   “In the late 1930s, the council approved plans… read more

Project type: Airports, Infrastructure and Utilities
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Long Beach Municipal Airport: Runway Improvements – Long Beach CA

Aerial view of Long Beach airport runways - Long Beach CA

In 1940-41, the Works Projects Administration (WPA) made a major upgrade to the Long Beach Airport, then known as Daugherty Field, which had been constructed in 1923.  WPA relief workers improved the airport runways, as well as constructing a new… read more

Project type: Airports, Infrastructure and Utilities
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

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