Thursday, September 07, 2023

O.C. Q&A: Wildlife Edition

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A magic lantern slide image of a California condor, 1900 (Courtesy San Jose Public Library) Q: Are there any California Condors in Orange Co...
Tuesday, September 05, 2023

O.C. Q&A: Weather Edition

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Snow at Valencia High School, Placentia, 1949 (Courtesy Placentia Library District) Q: Has Orange County ever had a snowfall that covered th...
Monday, September 04, 2023

San Juan Capistrano, 1860-1960

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Mission San Juan Capistrano, 1865 (Edward Vischer) The 1860s started badly for the town of San Juan Capistrano and got worse. After horrible...
Friday, September 01, 2023

O.C. Q&A: Agriculture Edition

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Ocean View Mushroom Growers. (Photo courtesy Mary Urashima) Q: I'm told Huntington Beach had an indoor mushroom farm. True? A: There wa...
Thursday, August 24, 2023

O.C. Q&A: Huntington Beach Edition

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Helme-Worthy House (right) and M.E. Helme Furniture Co. Building (left) prior the construction of The Strand. Q: What are those old building...
Friday, June 30, 2023

Unusual names from Orange County (and environs)

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Ulysses Goates, Knott's Berry Farm employee, 1950s. Twenty years ago, I started keeping a list of some of the curious, colorful or unusu...
Tuesday, May 09, 2023

Furniture from the Trabuco Adobe

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Trabuco Adobe ruins, circa 1930s. Now inside the boundaries of O'Neill Park. People often come to me with "old stuff." When I ...
Monday, April 24, 2023

JoAn Burdick Gottlieb (1934-2023)

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JoAn Burdick at the Calico Saloon, Knott's Berry Farm, June 1954 My introduction to JoAn Burdick Gottlieb was a single remarkable photog...