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Allen Glick, 1979
Published Aug. 6, 2008
Allen Glick, 1979. In the ’70s, Glick had a real estate office in San Diego near Banker’s Hill. Around the same time (according to Wikipedia), Glick “was the front man for the syndicate-controlled Stardust Casino and ...
Fourth of July, 1923
Published July 23, 2008
Members of the Goodwin clan, Fourth of July, 1923. That’s Charles holding up his straw hat. He had a clothes-cleaning and dyeing business on 16th Street, downtown. Among his children were two boys...one named Odie, ...
Peanuts, 1963
Published July 9, 2008
In 1963, District 5 county supervisor candidate Al Hogan posed with peanuts. Walnuts, celery, and carnations have all had their high-production years in San Diego County, but peanuts… In 1878, a Captain Porter “made a ...
Fastest Gun in the West, 1964 Published June 25, 2008
Eldon Carl, “Fastest Gun in the West” and a San Diego County sheriff’s deputy. A 1964 Union article noted that “he has three times won ... More Post a comment
Spreckels Theatre, c. 1915 Published June 11, 2008
Spreckels Theatre, c. 1915. Signage also advertises “Vaudeville Hippodrome.” Clarence Alan McGrew’s 1922 book City of San Diego and San Diego County mentioned, “In 1915 ... More Post a comment
Del Mar Racetrack, 1936 Published May 28, 2008
Bing Crosby (left, in the white jacket and straw hat) at the Del Mar Racetrack’s setting of a memorial stone, 1936. (The track opened the ... More Post a comment
McGovern, 1972 Published May 14, 2008
Senator George McGovern (left of center), 1972. He swung through town that year in his presidential campaign against Richard “Dick” Nixon. A Democrat and WWII ... More Post a comment
Spreckels Theatre, c. 1908 Published May 7, 2008
Excavation of the Spreckels Theatre building at 121 Broadway, c. 1908. Sugar millionaire John D. Spreckels is said to have had it constructed to coincide ... More Post a comment
Roping Dogs Published April 16, 2008
Dogs’ Beach in Ocean Beach, 1974. The city council got tough on dogs that year. In two weeks’ time, 232 citations were issued to owners, ... More Comments (2)
Cavalryman at the Reins, 1876 Published April 2, 2008
Jacob Bergman, 1876. In 1937, the Tribune noted that “friends affectionately called him ‘Dutch’…. [He] held the reins in 1858 on the first westbound Butterfield ... More Post a comment
The Too-Late Shift, 1972 Published March 26, 2008
Gail Jones at the downtown Woolworth’s store, 1972. Jones and a friend, waitresses at the store’s café, were in the dressing room changing their clothes ... More Post a comment
Teen Tamer Published March 19, 2008
Beth Bennett, manager of local Department of Motor Vehicles, 1965. She began working at the DMV in 1946. Bennett left San Diego in 1961, when ... More Post a comment
Power Fighter, 1966 Published March 12, 2008
Protest at UCSD, 1966. That’s Lowell Bergman onstage (with sunglasses). A student of philosopher and social critic Herbert Marcuse, Bergman went on to become a ... More Post a comment
Chinchilla Lover, 1972 Published March 5, 2008
Virginia Casey with chinchilla pelts at Graf’s Firs, Fashion Valley, 1972. In 1940, the daily paper interviewed a local retired druggist who was raising chinchillas. ... More Comment (1)
Methodist Church, c. 1890 Published Feb. 27, 2008
Home of the first Methodist church in San Diego, c. 1890. Located on the northeast corner of Fourth Avenue and Broadway, the church was first ... More Post a comment
Disowned Bicycles, 1960 Published Feb. 20, 2008
Abandoned bicycles in police possession, 1960. That year, the police began a drive to get owners to license their bikes — to “thwart thefts,” according ... More Post a comment
Log-Roller, 1963 Published Feb. 13, 2008
Jay Curia and his surfboard trailer, 1963. A 1963 editorial in our local daily stated, “Our tired shanks are a little too flabby to allow ... More Post a comment
Murder Suspect, 1961 Published Jan. 23, 2008
In August of 1961, a homicide detective (left) brought in a suspect to face murder charges after a woman's body was found in the Mission ... More Post a comment
Before the Chargers Girls, 1961 Published Jan. 16, 2008
Before the Charger Girls, the team and fans had Chargettes. Here they are in 1961. According to a posting on glorifythepast.com, in 1970, "A lot ... More Post a comment
You Go-Go, Girl! Published Jan. 9, 2008
Tamzon Feeney outside the Box Office nightclub, 1965. According to our local daily, she and "a band of teenagers have attempted what may be the ... More Post a comment
Mt. Olivet Cemetery, 1963 Published Jan. 2, 2008
Four years ago, usgennet.org issued a report on the cemetery located in Nestor off Saturn Boulevard, near Coronado Avenue. The report indicated that the 20 ... More Post a comment
Guns Dumped At Sea, 1968 Published Dec. 27, 2007
Mayor Frank Curran (left) and detective William Gore display guns to be dumped at sea, 1968. The mayor had instituted a voluntary gun turn-in program ... More Post a comment
Low-Rider, 1959 Published Dec. 20, 2007
Phil Bateman holds a yardstick up to his bumper to show off the clearance of his low-rider, 1959. The previous year, San Diego hosted its ... More Post a comment
World Surfing Championship, 1966 Published Dec. 13, 2007
Corky Carroll at the 1966 World Surfing Championship contest in O.B. (Australia's Nat Young won.) In recognition of the contest, the mayor proclaimed it "World ... More Post a comment
Lucky Waller Park, 1974 Published Dec. 6, 2007
Shnops and Sheriff Don Amos at Lucky Waller Park in National City, 1974. San Diego County sheriffs have employed dogs for 40 years. The San ... More Post a comment
Martial Arts Class, 1971 Published Nov. 29, 2007
Local martial arts class, 1971. Karate schools multiplied in the 1970s, but in the mid '60s the discipline began getting attention from our local daily. ... More Post a comment
Actress Lita Milan, In A Phone Booth, 1958 Published Nov. 21, 2007
Actress Lita Milan, in a phone booth on Harbor Drive and Market Street, 1958. An aide to Dominican general Rafael Trujillo Jr. seems to be ... More Post a comment
Crewman And Dog, 1958 Published Nov. 15, 2007
Crewman and dog of Rafael Trujillo Jr. (son of the Dominican Republic dictator), 1958. When his yacht docked in San Diego, news-gatherers and about 5000 ... More Post a comment
350-Foot Yacht Angelita, 1958 Published Nov. 8, 2007
In 1958, looky-loos tried to catch a glimpse of anyone aboard the 350-foot yacht Angelita, owned by Dominican general Rafael Trujillo Jr. (whose given first ... More Post a comment
Cop Demonstrates Unsafe Riding, 1966 Published Nov. 1, 2007
A cycle cop demonstrates unsafe riding in a parking lot, 1966. Same year, a columnist at our local daily observed that, "If you have a ... More Post a comment
Administration Of Rubella Vaccine, 1970 Published Oct. 25, 2007
In the years 1963 and '64, an outbreak of the disease affected 12 million people in the U.S. When the virus caught up with expectant ... More Post a comment
La Jolla Cove, December of 1969 Published Oct. 18, 2007
Our local daily used a helicopter to photograph the waves pounding our shores. "No one rode [the waves because they were so big]," says surfer/shaper ... More Post a comment
Food Authority George Mardikian, 1958 Published Oct. 11, 2007
Local Rotary Club member Mrs. Homer Peabody talks steak thickness with food authority George Mardikian (1958). As a teen, Armenian-born Mardikian escaped from a Turkish ... More Post a comment
Balboa Park Carousel, 1957 Published Oct. 4, 2007
The ride arrived in the West from New York in 1910. The operator of Coronado's seasonal Tent City bought it from an L.A. owner soon ... More Post a comment
San Diego High, 1958 Published Sept. 27, 2007
From the Evening-Tribune photo assignment sheet: "Get a shot or two of a policeman chatting informally with four or five students -- girls and boys, ... More Post a comment
Lorna And Three Teen-Age Friends, 1965 Published Sept. 20, 2007
In June of 1965, the Evening Tribune sent a photographer to 3535 Tomahawk Lane in Clairemont. The angle of the story isn't clear today, but ... More Post a comment
Excavation Of 5000-Year-Old Man, 1968 Published Sept. 13, 2007
Ten years earlier, plans got under way to develop the 780-acre Sorrento Valley Industrial Park -- "one of the greatest industrial parks in the nation," ... More Post a comment
Tavern Owners Bartenders School, 1971 Published Sept. 6, 2007
Carole Manning at Tavern Owners Bartenders School on Union Street, 1971. In May of '71, the state supreme court decided it was unconstitutional to prevent ... More Post a comment
Mother Of 15 girls And 8 Boys, 1960 Published Aug. 30, 2007
Mrs. Jerome Garcia and some of her children in their Logan Heights home, March 1960. "She was glad her latest child was a boy," according ... More Post a comment
Car Trouble On SR 163, 1958 Published Aug. 23, 2007
It only looked like car trouble on SR 163, near the Laurel Street bridge, in July of 1958. A newspaper reporter was dispatched to the ... More Comment (1)
Controversial Author Erica Jong, 1978 Published Aug. 9, 2007
She was in town to promote How to Save Your Own Life, the follow-up to Fear of Flying, "a book that shocked some with its ... More Post a comment
Lindbergh Field's New Control Tower, 1941 Published Aug. 2, 2007
John Croft in Lindbergh Field's new control tower, 1941. The article that accompanied this photo noted that Croft and another air-traffic controller were on loan ... More Post a comment
The Penetrators, 1980 Published July 5, 2007
The Penetrators at Western Audio recording studios in Kearny Mesa, May 15, 1980. "Need good personality art," reads the photo assignment sheet. Standing in the ... More Post a comment
Janie Ann Galvin Rescued From Campgrounds, 1961 Published June 28, 2007
Five-year-old Janie Ann Galvin, rescued after wandering away from Paso Picacho Campgrounds in the Cuyamacas, April 17, 1961. She'd followed a squirrel. She fell asleep ... More Post a comment
Jaguar XK150, 1958 Published June 21, 2007
At British Motors, 1305 Kettner Blvd., c. 1958. This Jaguar XK150 had 200 horsepower and could cruise all day at over 100 mph. In 1958, ... More Post a comment
Roger Daltrey In A Mission Beach Hotel Room, 1970 Published June 14, 2007
The Who's Roger Daltrey in a Mission Beach hotel room, June 13, 1970. The band's Sports Arena show was their fifth on this U.S. tour; ... More Post a comment
Nine-Year-Old Brett May, 1963 Published June 7, 2007
His father, speedboat racer George May, encouraged Brett to get into racing the single-seat ten-horsepower boats that could reach 50 miles per hour. George May ... More Post a comment
Bob Weir And Jerry Garcia At Golden Hall, January 8, 1978 Published May 31, 2007
Most of the Grateful Dead sang "Happy Birthday" to promoter Bill Graham that night; Jerry didn't because he had laryngitis. Though a local reviewer opened ... More Post a comment
A Late '20s Or Early '30s Model A Ford Published May 24, 2007
The sketch includes features of the "Ford Emergency Car" available or outfitted at Stubbs Motor Company, 1145 India Street. Stubbs became Bay Shore Ford, which ... More Post a comment
Rolling Stones Fans At Jack Murphy Stadium, 1981 Published May 17, 2007
The band would play the stadium (which would be renamed Qualcomm) on October 7. A year earlier, Emotional Rescue topped the charts, but the Stones ... More Post a comment
Sam Stutz With His Gold Machine, 1934 Published May 10, 2007
Standard Iron Works head Sam Stutz with his gold machine in 1934. "This is not a trick machine," Stutz told skeptics. In a demonstration, the ... More Post a comment
James Brown At The Sports Arena, 1967 Published May 3, 2007
James Brown (May 3, 1933--December 25, 2006) at the Sports Arena, February 18, 1967. From the photo assignment sheet written up at our local daily: ... More Post a comment
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