Friday, November 06, 2009

Capo Beach, Camp Pendleton, anteaters & Knott's

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Here are a couple old postcard images of Capistrano Beach (now part of Dana Point ) from Tom Pulley 's amazing collection. Both are u...
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Thursday, November 05, 2009

Santa Ana, Fullerton, Irvine, natural history, more

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This circa 1920s postcard shows a spot identified as " The Sphinx , Balboa Beach ." Does anyone know more about this, or its exac...
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Wednesday, November 04, 2009

1938 flood, wine, historical tours, Woodruff, etc.

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Learn about the big flood of 1938 at the Orange County Historical Society 's meeting on, Nov 12, 7:30pm, at Trinity Episcopal Church, ...
Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Infamous crimes of Orange County

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Larry Welborn is doing a series for the Register on the " 50 most notorious crimes in Orange County history ." Today is day two...
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Monday, November 02, 2009

Casino, H.B., new books, Capistrano & Anaheim

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Today's photo shows Huntington Beach in November 1934. I'd guess our vantage point is from the end of today's Goldenwest Ave. ...
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Saturday, October 31, 2009

Happy Halloween!

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The photo above shows the Excelsior Creamery float in the Anaheim Halloween Parade , probably sometime in the 1940s. The map below is from ...
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Thursday, October 29, 2009

Duck hunting at Bolsa Chica

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I recently stumbled across this image in U.S. Geological Survey 's online photo library . It shows the Bolsa Chica Gun Club in Hunti...
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

First American goes digital

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Good news! First American Corp. -- which has one of the best collections of early Orange County photos anywhere -- is beginning to put som...
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