tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835367.post6586098371820770922..comments2024-03-22T14:59:09.847-07:00Comments on O.C. History Roundup: O.C. Fair, SAAAB, Julius Schulman, etc.Chris Jepsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00207321906121901004noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835367.post-84176741659275739382014-01-03T13:02:52.064-08:002014-01-03T13:02:52.064-08:00For anyone who is interested the SAAAB murals have...For anyone who is interested the SAAAB murals have been on permanent display in the Orange Coast College Art Center since 2007. The OCC Foundation paid to have the murals restored and placed on strtchers that help maintain them. The work was done by a resotrer associated with the Getty. If anyone would like more information please contact me at Orange Coast College.<br /><br />Doug Bennett<br />Director <br />College Advancement<br />(714) 432-5126<br />dbennett@cccd.eduDoug Bennettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835367.post-56255708331616196372009-11-08T17:39:29.764-08:002009-11-08T17:39:29.764-08:00Thank you for your nice comment about the SAAAB ex...Thank you for your nice comment about the SAAAB exhibit at the OC Fair this past summer. The Air Base to Fair Base Exhibit was researched, and designed by Rachelle Weir, Exhibit Supervisor for the fair.<br />Rachelle poured countless hours into the gathering and presentation of this subject caring about every detail. I was lucky to get to help a little with the exhibit.<br />This year a new exhibit is planned, covering the 120 year history of the fair and it's importance to our community. I am gathering information and artifacts for this display. Glad to find your blog!Renee Fontesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835367.post-20530283976378185672009-07-20T21:18:12.687-07:002009-07-20T21:18:12.687-07:00Sorry to hear about Julius Shulman's passing.....Sorry to hear about Julius Shulman's passing...What a career he had! <br /><br />I really enjoyed seeing the Forever Fullerton exhibit at the Museum Center when I was in the area this past June; thanks for the heads up on that one :)<br /><br />Appreciate your always fine posts. I have had very little discretionary blog time of late, but I never fail to check yours when I'm free to 'delve'.<br /><br />Take care and please keep up the good work.walterworldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18319070921534941313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835367.post-5847022378314216902009-07-19T02:10:53.006-07:002009-07-19T02:10:53.006-07:00Here is a good article which has a good part on th...Here is a good article which has a good part on the old Gremlins Murals http://www.orangecoastcollege.edu/about_occ/news/tumbleweeds_to_roses/contents/Chapter+02.htm <br />I have been in contact here in Saint Cloud, MN with a veteran who was at the SAAAB school as he prepared for his job in the USAAF. He kept a collection of his letters home during his training and then in his time in the South West Pacific theater during WWII. It is called “Dear Folks”…a short little tome of around 600 pages! I am trying to convince him to publish it as it reads like a great novel but is entirely a record of his three years of service. <br />A really good book on the base and its history is “The SAAAB Story” by Eldrick Miller in 1981, and published and still available from the Costa Mesa Historical Society. At the moment there are two used ones for sale at Amazon.com one as low as $8.00.<br />At one time when I was still wet behind the ears we had a Teenage Dance Club in one of the old SAAAB theater buildings on the Fairgrounds. We called it the “Hideaway Club” and that building was just torn down about a year ago. An aerial view of it is on my Flickr page in my small set called ‘High School Places’ . http://www.flickr.com/photos/49689796@N00/sets/Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13297100028727512615noreply@blogger.com