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 southeast corner of Harbor Blvd. and Commonwealth Ave.–one of Stern & Goodman general store, one of the first structures built in town, from 1889, and the other of All About Pho, a Vietnamese restaurant, from 2023.

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 Harbor Blvd. and Commonwealth Ave–one of the St. George Hotel from the 1890s (one of the first structures built in town), and the other of Mickey’s Irish Pub from 2023. Note: The St. George Hotel was built a little bit back from the streets).

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 southwest corner of Harbor Blvd. and Wilshire Ave.–one of the Alpha Beta market (and the Rialto Theater) circa 1920s, and the other of Slice, a Japanese restaurant in 2023.

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 First Christian Church at the northeast corner of Harbor Blvd. and Wilshire Ave, one from 1927, and one from 2023.

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 116 W. Wilshire Ave., which in 1946 was the offices of the Fullerton News-Tribune Newspaper and in 2023 is Front Street/Back Alley Bar and Grill.

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. The first photo below shows the Pacific Electric train bridge crossing Harbor Blvd. at what is now Berkeley Ave. The Pacific Electric “red cars” were a sprawling interurban passenger rail system, the largest of its kind in the world in the 1920s. The “red cars” were dismantled and service ended in the 1950s, as automobiles largely replaced trains as the dominant mode of transportation in southern California. The second photo shows the Harbor/Berkeley crossing today. Note that there are now two gas stations at the intersection today.

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 Santa Fe Train Depot, one from 1967 and one from 2023.

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 courtyard of the California Hotel, now called the Villa del Sol, one from 1924 and one from 2023.

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 Harbor Blvd. and Glenwood, one of Helen’s (ice cream shop and cafe) around the 1920s, and one from 2023, of McAulay & Wallace Mortuary.

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 Chapman Building at the southeast corner of Wilshire and Harbor Blvd., one from the early 1923, as the building was being built, and one from 2023.