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The real death of a cheerleader story (1985)

Winchester House San Jose

The story of the truly bizarre Winchester Mystery House: From the haunted, mixed-up mind of Mrs William W Winchester

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Remember the planes with a smile? We’ve got vintage PSA ticket jackets, emergency cards & more from Pacific Southwest Airlines

See what California rush hour traffic was like in the 50s

See what California rush hour traffic was like in the ’50s

Larry Wilcox Erik Estrada in CHiPs TV show

Ponch & John hit the roads in LA on CHiPs (1977-1983)

Little House on the Prairie - Ingalls family

The new TV series: Little House on the Prairie (1974)

Interior of the Plunge, Ocean Park, California c1905

Dive into these 10 amazing old indoor swimming pools

How the railroads first crossed America (1968)

LA, long ago See authentic video of Los Angeles in the fifties (1954)

LA story: See authentic video of Los Angeles in the ’50s (1954)

Disneyland Small World facade vintage postcard

It’s a Small World after all: About Disneyland’s hugely-popular attraction for little Mouseketeers (1960s)

Disneyland brochure - 1987-1988

Disneyland brochure for 1988: More than ever the happiest place

See San Diego’s Panama-California International Exposition in color (1916)

Stanford University: Monument to the memory of a senator’s son (1888)

Turn-of-the-century views of old Pasadena, California

Remembering the Watts Riots: First newspaper reports from the scene (1965)

James Dean with Silver Porsche

Young actor James Dean killed in car crash (1955)

Modernism reigns: The SF Bay Area’s new Orinda Theatre opens (1941)

Vintage to-go fast food

On-the-go Californians love their to-go fast food (1972)

Cross the country with these vintage US road maps

The crash of Pacific Southwest Airlines flight 182 (1978)

Color photos showing the aftermath of San Francisco’s huge 1906 earthquake & fire

A rustic, forgotten lane in the heart of San Francisco (1896)

San Francisco supports women’s suffrage (1911)

At home with singer Helen Reddy (1978)

The story of 7-Up (1939)

A trip through the San Francisco Mint (1910)

Wilder makes artificial sunrise: Milks before daylight (1896)

Robin Williams found dead: Official police report

Then & now: Sites from Hitchcock’s The Birds (1963)

Gold mining in California: A firsthand report (1849)

Found: 19th century shipwreck by Golden Gate Bridge (2014)

The City of Chester steamship sinks just inside the Golden Gate (1888)

Taco Bell chain has 55 drive-ins with $8 million in sales (1966)

20 views of Bewitched actress Elizabeth Montgomery

Take the train to your family vacation destination! (1956)

25 ways to save water & survive a drought (1977)

15 fantastic old-fashioned fireplaces

More of Dorothea Lange’s iconic Migrant Mother (1936)

Electrical wizards are in session (1899)

Hep cats dance the Lindy Hop & do the Jitterbug jive (1938-1943)

Fossil whale found on mountain top (1899)

Timothy Hutton is too good to be true (1982)

San Francisco Department of Elections certificate (1928)

Snapshots of Camp Roberts during WWII training (1942)

Then & now: Apollo 9 and command module Gumdrop (1969)

A Look on the Light Side TV special (1969)

Southern California: Spectacular ’60

Greetings from California vintage postcards

Great Northern Railway leads to a population boom (1958)

Maid to Order movie (1987)

3 views of the San Francisco skyline (1857, 1887, 1897)

Max Factor garden gift sets in California colors (1970)

Disney World opens (1971)

Spark up mealtimes with California wines (1956)

Downtown San Francisco in the seventies (1976)

Vintage video game design: Atari & Activision (1983)

The space house: Small-home design (1956)

Yosemite’s Half Dome (1898)

Run-DMC & Beastie Boys concerts (1987)

Tour a 1970s California home

Los Angeles & Southern California vacations (1967)

RCA: Electronic information delivery (1967)

Sons of Revolutionary Sires membership (1876)

Four vintage school photos (1924, 1925, 1926)

6 Lake Tahoe landscapes (1866)

Grammar errors mean corporal punishment (1909)

Marine World Africa USA grand opening (1986)

How Lake Almanor got its name (1927)

Building Emeryville’s new town hall (1900)

Under San Francisco lies a buried fleet (1912)

Votes for California women proposed law (1911)

A video tour around San Francisco (1955)

The shady side of the gold rush (1849)

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