Photographs: Then and Now (Edison Building/ModelMania)

The following is from a work-in-progress about the history of Fullerton. You can support my ongoing research and writing on Patreon.

For this series, I compare a historic photo of Fullerton with a contemporary one from approximately the same angle. Below are two photographs of 232 W. Commonwealth Ave.–one from shortly after it was built in 1948 as offices for the Edison Company, and one from 2023, as it is now ModelMania, a hobby shop. To learn more about the history of the building, check out my mini-history.

Edison Building at 232 W. Commonwealth Ave., circa 1948. Photo courtesy of the Fullerton Public Library Local History Room.
ModelMania hobby shop at 232 W. Commonwealth Ave., 2023. Photo by the author.

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