Sunday, December 25, 2016

Merry Christmas!

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Here's a promotional card created for Jim Sleeper's 1st Orange County Almanac of Historical Oddities (OCUSA Press, 1971). The hol...
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Wednesday, December 21, 2016

The Church of Reflections, Knott's Berry Farm

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The Church of Reflections and revolving Christmas tree at Knott's, late 1950s Some of you will remember the little historic Church o...
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Jim Sleeper on Red Hill

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Detail from Red Hill brand citrus label (Courtesy Tom Pulley)   I was doing research in the files of the Orange County Archives last week...
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Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Bristol Avenue & H.R. Bristol

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H.R. Bristol's first Santa Ana drug store, circa 1887. Ever wonder how Orange County's Bristol Avenue got it's name? This m...
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Monday, December 05, 2016

Come to "Show & Tell" at the O.C. Historical Society!

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It’s time again to rack your brain and rummage through your garage and your scrapbooks in preparation for the Orange County Historical Soc...
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Friday, December 02, 2016

Knott's California Mission models are back!

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Bob Wier working on Mission San Luis Rey model, 2014. I just received this press release from Knott's Berry Farm: CALIFORNIA MISS...
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Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Turkey in an orange grove, Orange County, 1910s. (Courtesy Orange County Archives) 
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Monday, November 14, 2016

Nixon nukes chicken in Anaheim

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I've posted about Don Nixon's restaurants here before, but I thought this 1957 clipping from Popular Science Magazine was intere...