To round out Huntington Beach's centennial year, I'm posting a few photos from 1908, the year before it incorporated as a city. No, I don't know who these people are, but aren't these some great images?
Yes, those are sugar beets in the wagon shown above. Note the dog riding atop the beets.
Joe Santiago (the guy who owns the historic Charles Warner house, and who now has the Manning House hovering over his garage,) writes to tell us that signed copies of his book, Ebb & Flow: 100 Years of Huntington Beach, are available "at California Greetings on Main and Orange Streets downtown for only $12, or unsigned at DeGuelle Glass on Adams and Alabama for only $10."
What great images!
ReplyDeleteSome of my best childhood memories are from the few years that my family lived in Huntington Beach!
ReplyDeleteWhere'd you go to school in H.B., major?
ReplyDeleteI went to Eader Elementary School, which was just a few blocks from where I lived. I still remember that the field and playground seemed enormous at the time... I'll bet if I saw it today it would feel tiny!
ReplyDeleteDude! You were just down the street from me! I went to Kettler. Too bad you moved or we would have ended up going to junior high together.
ReplyDeleteWow, that really was only a few blocks away (although as a kid it might as well have been on the moon)! I have the feeling I'm a bit older than you, so who knows about going to the same school...!
ReplyDeleteChris..those are some great photos you posted! The Ebb & Flo books are available at DeGuelle Glass Co. on Alabama Street in HB for $10.00. California Greetings is not on Main St. anymore.
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