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A glossary of California Place Names” from “The Romantic Road to California’s Yesterdays” published by the California Rotogravure Corp, circa 1929
In case you’ve ever wondered, as I have, where some Californian place names originated, here is a couple of pages from “The Romantic Road to California’s Yesterdays” which was a book was published by the California Rotogravure Corp in around … Continue reading
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Day-trip passengers on the Tilton’s Trolley Trip in front of San Gabriel Mission, Los Angeles, circa 1910
John from Sacramento sent me this photo taken by his grandfather somewhere around 1910-ish. The people gathered in this photo would have been day-trippers on the Tilton’s Trolley Trip, which was a streetcar excursion taking in a lot of Los … Continue reading