Saturday, April 28, 2007

Postcards, tiki bars and ghoul-meisters

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When local history sage Don Dobmeier showed me this postcard (above) I immediately grokked it on two levels. First, it showed the Polynesi...
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Thursday, April 26, 2007

Aliso Viejo, Lloyd Wright, Hobby City, etc.

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Today’s photo is a 1968 view of what is now Alicia Parkway in Aliso Viejo . Just look at the total lack of crowded stucco boxes. This pho...
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Monday, April 23, 2007

Quiz answer, Rossmoor, Yorba Cemetery, etc.

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Not one person even tried to guess the identity of the kid on the horse in my last post. It's George W. Bush . It must have been trauma...
Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Our first contest, and the usual news roundup

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Pop quiz: Can anyone (who I haven't already shown this to) identify the lil' buckeroo in the photo at right? This shot was taken ma...
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Seal Beach, El Toro, La Habra, Balboa, etc.

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Today's photo shows the Seal Beach pier, in early March 1983, after a big storm system had moved through, leaving flooding and destruc...
Friday, April 13, 2007

Swing dancing, home movies, H.B. & Tustin

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In honor of Spring break and the tradition of " Bal Week ," here's a link to an article about dancing the Balboa. (Today'...
Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Anaheim, Key Ranch, Lloyd Wright, and a mystery

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Steve Faessel 's new "Images of America" book, Anaheim: 1940-2007 , is coming out this month. It's the companion volume to...
Monday, April 09, 2007

Tikis, cowboys, Capistrano, archives & museums

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It sounds like Sam's Seafood in Sunset Beach may survive after all. The owner is refurbishing everything and will open the place as a...
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