Photographs: Then and Now (Fender Factory)

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 the northeast corner of Santa Fe and Pomona Avenues–one of the old Fender guitar factory, which has since been torn down, circa 1950, and one of a parking structure, from 2023.

Fender Electric Instrument Co., circa 1950. Photo courtesy of the Fullerton Public Library Local History Room.
Parking structure at northeast corner of Santa Fe and Pomona Avenues, 2023. Photo by the author.

The parking structure features a couple murals recognizing the legacy of Leo Fender and Fender Guitars, which started in Fullerton.

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