The big kahuna of Californian theme parks is, of course, Disneyland, but preceding it by quite a couple of decades is Knott’s Berry Farm. Walter Knott started growing berries on his farm in Buena Park in 1920. This photo is from circa 1926 before their road side stand even had the “Knott’s Berry Farm” sign. At some point it became so popular that his wife, Cordelia, opened a tea room that eventually became a chicken dinner restaurant that’s still around today. The theme park started as a ghost town that Walter built to entertain the folks waiting to get into Cordelia’s very popular restaurant. The whole enterprise evolved into sprawling amusement park, but this photo shows how it got its humble start.
This is a 2021 satellite photo of Knott’s Berry Farm. It’s a lot more than a roadside stand now:
This auto-colorized version does a pretty good job.