Archive for the ‘Going, Going, Gone’ Category
Friday, November 21st, 2008
November 1959
Though the writing on the print says 1949, this view of Monterey Street in San Luis Obispo is likely 10 years later. Both the Battle of Midway starring Cliff Robertson and the Crimson Kimono shared the bill on the Obispo Theater. They were released in 1959. The cars look ...
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Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
Vivian Krug with the South County Historical Society sent this information. If you like old local photos this looks like a great exhibit.
Carpenter on tower in Oceano.
Photos by Virgil Hodges, Courtesy of the Bennett-Loomis Archives
You may never have heard about Virgil Hodges, but you’ve probably seen his photographs. You may ...
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Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
I first met Guy Crabb when The Tribune did a story on his Morro Elementary 4th grade student's history project. One of the children had built an model of the roundhouse that used to be in San Luis Obispo. It had been torn down before the student was born, ...
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Friday, October 31st, 2008
August 10, 1968
Nights are getting longer, daylight saving time is ending and lights are taking effect.
The 1960’s were the golden age for neon signs. The view of Monterey Street shows signs in front of the Fremont and Obispo theaters and the Anderson Hotel. The light pollution spraying into the sky ...
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Monday, October 20th, 2008
July 22, 1983
A new era of shopping came to San Luis Obispo when Mervyn's opened over 25 years ago. The city had resisted the ample parking/big box/shopping mall trend that had evolved over the late 1960's and 1970's. The beginning of the change came when Sears moved out of downtown ...
Posted in 1980's, Advertising, Fashion, Going, Going, Gone, Popular Culture | 3 Comments »
