Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Santa Ana Canyon, trains, stolen plaques, etc.

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Today's photos show Santa Ana Canyon in less perilous times. The color image is from Oct. 1966 and shows a lot of new development in...
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Sunday, November 16, 2008

Pancho Barnes, Wm Wendt, Laguna, Tustin, etc.

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Tomorrow night, Mon. November 17, 7:30-9:30pm, the Laguna Beach Historical Society will meet at the City Council Chambers, 505 Forest Ave...
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Friday, November 14, 2008

Huntington Beach, Fountain Valley, Epting, etc.

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The Orange County Archives is in the midst of processing a collection of materials by early local surveyor H. Clay Kellogg . The map above...
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Hippo boats, vanishing O.C., and a holiday Waffle

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For a long time, I've hoped someone would come up with a good photo of the pedal-powered hippo boats at Lion Country Safari . Leave it ...
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Sunday, November 09, 2008

Newport Harbor, Farrell's, Guy Ball and Tustin

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Here's an interesting 1960ish photo of a 1936 Fleetwings F401 sea plane in Newport Harbor . It's an experimental plane, and as fa...
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Friday, November 07, 2008

Tomato Springs, Jim Lorson, RSM, Pendleton, etc

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On July 26, 1769, Padre Gomez of the Portola expedition (the first Europeans in California) discovered a spring that provided the party ...
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Tuesday, November 04, 2008

Goldwater, Buena Park, theme parks & Bob Fraser

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Today's images come from a huge Memorial Day campaign rally at Knott's Berry Farm for 1964 Republican presidential candidate Barr...
Monday, November 03, 2008

Tripp's Market Building, Huntington Beach

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A neighbor emailed me today, informing me that 124 Main St. in Huntington Beach has a new owner who's "going to tear it down and...
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