• Photographs: Then and Now (Harbor and Santa Fe)

    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 looking north on Harbor from Santa Fe Avenue, one from the 1890s,…

  • Photographs: Then and Now (Rialto Theater)

    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 219 N. Spadra (now called Harbor) Blvd.–one of the Rialto Theater,…

  • Photographs: Then and Now (Spadra/Harbor)

    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 looking north on Harbor Blvd. toward Wilshire Ave.–one from the 1920s and…

  • Photographs: Then and Now (East Wilshire Ave.)

    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 looking west on Wishire Ave. toward Harbor Blvd., showing the back of…

  • Photographs: Then and Now (Fox Theater)

    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 what is now called the Fox Theater–one from 1926 (when it…

  • 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…

  • News Headlines: 1917

    The following is from a work-in-progress about the history of Fullerton. You can support my ongoing research and writing on Patreon. The Local History Room of the Fullerton Public Library has microfilm from the Fullerton Tribune newspaper (which became the Orange County Tribune in 1908) stretching back to 1893. I am in the process of reading over the microfilm, year…

  • Photographs: Then and Now (City Hall/Police Station Sunken Patio)

    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 sunken patio of what was originally City Hall at the…

  • Photographs: Then and Now (Original City Hall/Police Station)

    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 Commonwealth and Highland Avenues–one of houses from…

  • Photographs: Then and Now (Masonic Temple/Parker Building)

    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 northwest corner of Harbor Blvd. and Amerige Ave.–one of the…