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Local History Open House Day in Santa Ana!
I'm taking a quick break from the Disneyland series to point out a local history event happening in Santa Ana this Saturday, April 3rd..
The Orange County Archives, the Old Courthouse Museum, and the Howe Waffle House Museum will all be open for their quarterly Open House, on Saturday, April 3, 10am-4pm. The Archives and the Old Courthouse Museum are both located in the Old Orange County Courthouse (built in 1901) at 211 W. Santa Ana Blvd., in Downtown Santa Ana. The Howe Waffle House (a beautifully restored Victorian) is right across the street.
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The Orange County Archives will offer "behind the scenes" tours, but you'll also be able to spend the time doing research if you'd like. The Archives is home to a large and unique collection of government records, photos, directories, and other materials documenting the rich history of Orange County. This is where I'll be on Saturday, so stop by and say hello. (Normally, the Archives is only open on weekdays, 9am to noon and 1pm to 4:30pm.)
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At the Dr. Willella Howe Waffle House & Medical Museum, local history authors including Rob Richardson, Phil Brigandi, Christine Salts, Roberta Reed and Alison Young will be on hand to sign their latest books. Other authors will include Michael Barry and Chip Martin. I think the Santa Ana Historical Preservation Society will be offering walking tours of Downtown again that day, but I'm not positive. The house will also offer tea, sweets, and Easter egg hunts for the kids at 1:00, 2:00 and 3:00pm.
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The Old Courthouse Museum's gallery will feature "Defining California Style: The Architecture of Allison & Allison" -- a reprise of a very interesting exhibit from about eight years ago. Allison & Allison's Orange County projects include some of our most attractive schools, such as Huntington Beach High School and the recently demolished tower at Newport Harbor High School.
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Hope to see you there!
Modern Black Hair Styles - How to Choose the Right One For You
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Black beard appearance fundamentals
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Disneyland Before & After, Part 2
Today's first "before" picture comes from the Gorillas Don't Blog entry from March 24th. It shows Monorail Blue zipping over the ticket booth area in the old Disneyland parking lot in April 1962. The parking lot is gone now, but many recognizable landmarks remain today. (I couldn't stand in exactly the same spot for this photo without having a ticket booth wall in front of me.).
The next "before" shot comes from Disneyland Nomenclature's post of Dec. 12th. It shows the Disneyland Showcase (a preview center for coming attractions) and the American Egg House restaurant in 1982. I remember both with fondness. Both have now been replaced with retail shops, selling t-shirts, plush toys, etc.
Stay tuned for Part 3...Bob Curly Hairstyles
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Disneyland Before & After, Part 1
Sadly, my Disneyland Annual Pass will expire at the end of this month. So I went for one last visit (at least for a while) last Wednesday. Before I left for the park, I went to some of my favorite theme-park-history-related blogs and printed out images from recent posts. I took these photos along, and took current photos to match. I'll be sharing some of these "before and after" photos over the next week or so..
The Frontierland concept art at the top of this post appeared on Stuff From The Park on March 19th. Somehow, I think the place would look more convincing if the streets really looked like dirt. Otherwise, the dream and the reality are quite similar.
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The photo below, showing the start of construction for Splash Mountain in 1987, came from a post on Outside The Berm on Feb. 12th. I couldn't figure out where the photographer was standing until I walked around the area for a while. Eventually, I found the spot on the upper deck of the Hungry Bear Restaurant. Note the still-standing cypress trees along the side of the Haunted Mansion.
More to come...Santiago packing house, O.C. Archives, tours, etc
In 1929, the Santiago Orange Growers Association became the largest Valencia packing house in America, shipped over 820,000 crates that year. The photo above shows the interior of their packing house at 325 N. Cypress in Orange, in about 1948. Packers idenitified in the photo include (left to right) "Licha," Ruth Ortega, Carol Garcia, Georgia Garcia, Helen Poblano Castro, Jenny Ramirez, and Esther Poblano. The image below gives you a better look at the "Rooster Brand" label seen above.
Other Santiago Orange Growers Association brands included Cock of the Walk, Searchlight, Dreamflower, Mohawk, Sweetreat, and Planet. The photo below shows the packing house's exterior as it appeared in the 1930s.
Visit the Orange County Archives, the Old Courthouse Museum, and the Victorian Howe-Waffle House Museum (across the street), during their quarterly joint Open House event, on Saturday, April 3, 10am-4pm. The Archives will offer "behind the scenes" tours, but you'll also be able to spend the time doing research if you'd like. .
The Dana Point Historical Society and the City of Dana Point have published a local historical driving tour brochure. Copies are available at City Hall, the Chamber of Commerce, local hotels, the Harbor, and the Ocean Institute. It's a great idea, and I hope other communities follow suit.
Marijuana, MCAS El Toro, Thurl Ravenscroft, etc.
With the news that an initiative legalizing recreational pot will appear on our November ballot, it seemed like a good time to share this image from Orange County's war on drugs. This photo, from the First American Corp collection, shows O.C. Sheriff's Deputies at a marijuana bust in 1935..
I was reminded today that I used to occasionally post lists of links to interesting online video relating to local history. It's been a while, so here are a few more you may not have seen yet:
- Spencer Hughes takes us on a very unauthorized tour of the ruins of MCAS El Toro. Minus one point for camera work, but plus two points for having the right attitude. (And another three for sharing it with us.)
- For a much more official/PR-type (but still interesting) view of MCAS El Toro's afterlife, there's this OC Lifestyle episode. It includes a segment on "The Legacy Project."
- O.C. Roundup reader (and occasional contributor) Glenn Frank has posted a video that includes late 1940s footage of Huntington Beach. There's also some footage of the H.B. 4th of July Parade in the late 1970s -- shot at the intersection of Main and Yorktown. (You may remember Glenn as the guy who led the charge to save the Dreger Clock.)
- A real estate agent posted a video of the Evangeline Hotel (1906) in Huntington Beach. The historic building has already been sold, but the video still gives you a rare chance to see the inside of the place.
- There's also a short travel-log-type video about Crystal Cove posted to YouTube.
- From the California of the Past Digital Stories series comes an oral history and slide show of Irma Franklin, who helped put together the first real library at Leisure World in what is now Laguna Woods. The audio was recorded two years ago at the Historical Society of Laguna Woods.
- And finally, there's a short interview with the late voice actor and singer Thurl Ravenscroft. This Fullerton resident's voice was known to almost every American. He could be heard in TV commercials, in Disney theme park attractions, on LPs, and in animated features like The Grinch Who Stole Christmas. Locally, he was also known as the narrator for the Pagent of the Masters in Laguna Beach.
Knott's, Orange Community Hist. Soc., COPH, etc.
Some of my favorite haunts on the web are listed among the links on the right-hand column of my blog. Sometime, when you have a free week or two, you might want to check them out. Today's image comes from a recent blog post by the interesting and entertaining Vintage Disneyland Tickets blog -- which obviously deals with a lot more than its title implies. The illustration above comes from a 1955 book, The Knott's Berry Farm Burro In Ghost Town. Nobody's mistaking it for great children's literature, but it's a really neat souvenir of Knott's before all the rides moved in. The artist, Peter Alvarado, does a good job of capturing the feel and the details of the place. (And it's all much cheerier than the Danny Donkey children's book series.).
The Orange Community Historical Society will hold their March meeting this Thursday, the 25th, at 7pm, at Trinity Episcopal Church, 2400 N. Canal St., Orange. Stephanie George of CSUF's Center for Oral & Public History will discuss the Center's work, including oral histories conducted with interesting Orange citizens. I'm not sure what else Steph plans to discuss, but she's always fascinating and delightful. I plan to be there and I hope to see you there too.
Prehistoric food processor? Or just a rock?
I know a lot less about pre-history than I do about history. (Although both are fascinating.) So here's where some of you archeo-paleo folks may be able to help me out,....
I came across this rock (above) in a mostly unspoiled area of the San Joaquin Hills, near UCI, this weekend. For some reason, the terrain already had me on alert for artifacts. So, is this an over-200-year-old mortar hole/grinding rock (for grinding acorn meal)? Or is the divot in this rock something much more recent?
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It may be possible that even an expert couldn't tell from a photograph. In that case, how does one know the difference when you're actually looking at the rock? I'll be curious to see what answers appear in the "comments" section in the coming days. Thanks in advance.
Knott's Berry Farm History Day, April 18th.
If you enjoyed my series of posts about Knott's Berry Farm's history last year, boy have I got a special event for you! On Sunday, April 18, there will be a major, day-long, ticketed event at Knott's, featuring,....
Historical Walking Tours: Tours of Ghost Town and Grand Avenue will be given by historian Phil Brigandi and Chris Jepsen of the Orange County Archives (that'd be me) throughout the day, beginning at 8:45am.
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Book Signing: From 10am to noon, (in the oldest room of Mrs. Knott's Chicken Dinner Restaurant,) Chris Merritt and J. Eric Lynxweiler will sign their still-warm-off-the-presses book about Knott's history, entitled, Knott's Preserved. I've seen a color proof and it is both beautiful and incredibly well-researched. Also on hand to sign will be the head of Imagineering for Disneyland, Tony Baxter, who wrote the book's introduction
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Historical Presentation: Author Chris Merritt will discuss the history of Knott's in a special presentation inside the Bird Cage Theater. I saw Chris give a version of this talk a few years ago, and it was outstanding. He has lots of great images, and over 15 years of serious research to draw on.
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Dinner at Mrs. Knott's Chicken Dinner Restaurant: A buffet dinner will be served at this 75-year-old, iconic restaurant. (And yes, "buffet" means you can help yourself to some extra cherry rhubarb if you want it, Phil.)
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Evening Panel Discussion: After dinner, we'll return to the Birdcage Theater for a panel discussion featuring the following former Knott's designers and employees:
- Dean Davisson: head of Knott’s Public Relations from 1958 to 1976.
- John Waite: former Bud Hurlbut employee who did the earliest Halloween Haunt theming in the Calico Mine Ride and Log Ride.
- Eddie Sotto: Designer of the Wacky Soap Box Racers.
- Rolly and Chris Crump: Designers of Knott’s Bear-y Tales.
The morning book signing event is open to the public, but you'll need an event ticket to attend the rest of the day's events. You can download the pdf flyer/ticket order/book order form from Merritt's website, or read his blog for further details.
Merritt writes, "Apologies that you have to fax in your order - I really don’t have control over how Knott’s is processing the tickets. And please, if you do want to go, order the tickets soon. The Bird Cage Theatre only seats 230, so I feel confident that we will sell this small, but important event out quickly. If you have further questions, you can drop me an email at: knottspreservedevent@gmail.com."
Your $55 ticket will also get you into the park, so you'll be able to enjoy some classic rides and attractions between the day's special events. .
Hope to see you there!
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(For the record: No, I am not being paid by Knott's or Chris Merritt or Angel City Press. And I already bought my Knott's annual pass back in January. Also, I will be paying for my own dinner. For me, this is all about spending a great day sharing Knott's history with people. )
