On this date in 1962, the Southland Magazine section of the Long Beach Independent ran a full page ad advertising Seal Beach shops under the following banner:
Here are the ads for the ten individual shops and restaurants:
At the bottom of the page, a footer read:
Fifty-five years later only the Bay Hardware is still in business.
– Michael Dobkins
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