Tag Archive: 1920s

Jul 18

Pismo Heights Property For Sale, Rustic Bungalows $690

Pismo Heights property for sale, million dollar views for much, much less. ©The Tribune

Pismo Heights is the neighborhood above Judkins Middle School. Many of the street names are from San Joaquin valley towns. This photo ran in the November 26, 1992 South County edition of the then Telegram-Tribune but the image looks to be from the late 20s or early 30s. The print also had a penciled note …

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Feb 06

The Ship Cafe in Morro Bay, shipboard dining in the 1920s

Morro Bay in the late 1920s had far fewer business options.

Here is a quirky design lost to history. Ship on a stick, or sticks. The rock is familiar but today there is a more solid causeway leading out to it. This is a digital scan of postcard for sale on the internet with a postmark of 1931. The inscription reads “Morro Rock, higher than Woolworth …

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Dec 24

Winter wonderland

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  Snow on the streets of San Luis Obispo in 1922. The unidentified guys appear to be arming themselves for a snowball fight. The next image is Monterey street looking toward the Mission standing at about Court Street. Again guys find snow an irresistable excuse to make and throw snowballs. Correct me if I am …

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