Saturday, February 27, 2010

Post-War Orange County

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The week started out really busy. Then I got this nasty cold and really wasn't in the mood for blogging. I'm still not. But here...
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Sunday, February 21, 2010

Roads, theme parks and the Lapu Lapu

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Today's photo shows a County Road Department equipment auction in the 1940s. Notice how much of their old equipment was still horse-dr...
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Saturday, February 20, 2010

RSM, black history, Boy Scouts, time capsule

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In response to my post about his Rancho Santa Margarita book , author Mike Moodian writes, "Yes, the book does cover the histories ...
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

San Juan Capistrano, RSM, and O.C.'s railroads

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Here's a photo of the second San Juan Capistrano Depot building, taken not long after its construction in 1894. You can see the Missio...
Monday, February 15, 2010

MCAS El Toro, Neutra, Eichler, Villa Sweden, etc.

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Today's images come from a 1965 booklet about Marine Corps Air Station El Toro . The image above shows the base's landmark watertow...
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Crystal Cove, Talbert, UCI, Brigandi & Interlandi

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This collection of County Flood Control Dept. photos continues to yield gold! The 1937 photo above was taken to show flood damage, but it...
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Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Garden Grove, floods, OCHS, old postcards, etc.

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I'm posting two more interesting flood photos that recently came to the Orange County Archives . The one above shows the Emerson Hardwa...
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Saints Go Marching In

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Here's a photo of those heroes of the gridiron, the Saints ! Er,... make that the Santa Ana High School Saints. This photo is undated, ...