O.C. History Roundup
Information and photos for people interested in the history of Orange County, California.
Tuesday, August 31, 2021
The Pacific Beach Club
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Front page of the Santa Ana Register, Jan. 21, 1926. The following article was originally published in 2011 in the journal Orange Countiana,...
Tuesday, August 03, 2021
Sunshine II
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On July 24, 1928 the fishing boat Sunshine II exploded spectacularly and sank at a dock at 26th St. in Newport Harbor, just minutes after un...
Thursday, July 01, 2021
Farewell to the Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce Building
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The new Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce building, 1938. Until just a few weeks ago, the 1938 headquarters of the Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce...
Thursday, June 24, 2021
Burbery's Truth (or,... Yogi’s Garden Grove Boo Boo)
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Ad from the Los Angeles Evening Express, Oct. 3, 1925 Many colorful characters have passed through Orange County without staying. Although m...
Tuesday, June 22, 2021
A bit of Boola Boola at Huntington Harbour
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Architect William L. Pereira (L) with his Master Plan for Huntington Harbour, Sept. 6, 1961. Pete Douglas (R) looks on. (USC Libraries Speci...
Friday, June 18, 2021
O.C. pioneer Alfred Hawley: Free love cultist, socialist, gun dealer and baseball benefactor
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Alfred & Elizabeth Hawley (From Spencer Olin's 1979 article) Pioneers were hardly ever the "Ma and Pa Ingalls" stereotypes...
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