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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 stretching back to 1893. I am in the process of reading over the microfilm, year by year, to get a sense…

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…

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…

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 100 block of Harbor/Commonwealth–one of the Gem Pharmacy circa…

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…

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…

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,…

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,…

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…

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…