Monday, October 29, 2012

Vintage Halloween

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A full page of the San Francisco Call was devoted to Halloween party giving, with an apple bobbing demonstration. (San Francisco Call, Oc...
Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Walking Tour #22: The Main Street Post Office, Born in the Great Depression

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ABOVE: The historic downtown's Main Street Post Office, dedicated in 1935, the year the WPA was formed.  (Photo, M. Urashima, Septem...
Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Dreaming big: Pacific City 1903

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ABOVE: Pacific Electric Railway map of Pacific City (Huntington Beach) circa 1903.  (Image, raremaps.com)    The map above was made by ...
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Brewster's Ice: Since 1945

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ABOVE: At the corner of Lake and 6th Streets, Brewster's Ice has been a family-run business for 67 years. They still sell block ice, d...
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Sunday, September 9, 2012

Walking Tour: Beach Court and Valentino

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ABOVE: The Beach Court, built in 1923, still provides vintage apartments a few blocks from the beach.  Note the beach cat guarding the ent...
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Saturday, September 8, 2012

A century ago: G.A.R. Encampment

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Military veterans moving in to their "tent city" at Huntington Beach for the Eighteenth Annual G.A.R. Encampment.  (Los Angeles...
Friday, August 31, 2012

Historic Walking Tour #14: Beach cottages

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ABOVE: A cottage in downtown Huntington Beach. (Photo, M. Urashima, Aug. 30 2012) © ALL RIGHTS RESERVED " The California bung...
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