Sunday, December 30, 2007

Natural history, genealogy, architecture & Mr. Toad

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Today's photo is an example of " programmatic architecture " (buildings that look like other objects or other kinds of buildi...
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Friday, December 28, 2007

Westminster, Hobby City, Nixon, Vic Stapf, etc.

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The photo above shows Westminster as it appeared around 1920. The community finally incorporated as a city in 1957. The last event in West...
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Thursday, December 27, 2007

Date shakes, Landing Hill, lions and wall calendars

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How's this for complicated: The image above is a scan of a photo of a painting of Mission San Juan Capistrano as it appeared 100 years...
Sunday, December 23, 2007

Two Main Streets, decked out for Christmas

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Main St., Ghost Town, Knott's Berry Farm, decorated for Christmas, mid-1960s. Pacific Coast Highway and Main St., Huntington Beach,  Ch...
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Saturday, December 22, 2007

Cold War Xmas, Stephanie George & Yost Theater

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Here's a photo from the Orange County Building Department 's Christmas party in 1957. They gussied up the office rather than havin...
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Friday, December 21, 2007

Corona del Mar, Taco de Carlos & William Wendt

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Here's another example of old municipal holiday decor -- This time from Corona del Mar in 1946. I'm including both the whole image...
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Thursday, December 20, 2007

Knott's Christmas, Orville Hanson, & Book Baron

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Today I have two images from Knott's Berry Farm in December 1966, both from the collection of the Orange County Archives . The first ...
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Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Christmas, Tustin, Carol Jordan & Huntington Beach

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Well, here's something you won't see anymore: A nativity scene on the front lawn of your neighborhood elementary school. Specifical...
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