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Category Archives: Looking Back in Time
Marshall South Online
Few of us have had as flamboyantly romantic a vision as Marshal South. Around 1930, with the US sinking ever deeper into Depression, South and his young wife Tanya packed their few possessions into their Model T Ford, drove to … Continue reading
Posted in Desert Life, Free and fun, Looking Back in Time, San Diego Sights, The Natural World
Tagged Ghost Mountain, Marshall South
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Time Travelers
Alright, alright. We’ll concede that the San Diego Inside Tours Time Travel Adventure probably isn’t as… cinematic as Will Ferrell’s latest flick. But we think it’s at least as entertaining. And it did get us a spot on one of … Continue reading
100 Years of Positive Spin
We’re still a half-dozen years from the celebrations that will doubtless erupt in Balboa Park to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1915 Panama-California Exposition (the influential event that, among other things, made the park what it is today). But … Continue reading
Posted in Balboa Park, Kidstuff, Looking Back in Time, San Diego Sights
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Black History, SD-style
Think of American cities with robust African-American communities, and San Diego probably doesn’t spring first to mind. But maybe it should. The Black Historical Society of San Diego boasts of being the largest such society in the US, judged by their collections, special … Continue reading
Posted in Looking Back in Time, San Diego Sights
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The Landing Place
Juan Cabrillo’s September 28, 1542 landing in San Diego has some historic heft. It was the first time any European set foot on the western coast of what’s now the United States. It took place 78 years before the Mayflower … Continue reading
Posted in Looking Back in Time, San Diego Sights
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