California
Browse the history of California through vintage photographs.
A photo of Max E. Stelter and family
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A photo of Maria Angelina Molatore Nonini
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A professional photo taken of my grandfather as a young child.
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A photo of Hazel Ruth Paczoch Age 16
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A photo of Vittoria Tocco with granddaughter Michelle Tocco, 1st child of Anthony Tocco.
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A photo of Crystal Mae (Bagent) Gentry and Merritt Leroy Gentry
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Daniel J. Pinna & wife Lisa M. Pinna headed to Santa Clara University's Golden Circle fundraiser outside their home in Willow Glen in 2018. Both attended Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California although graduated a few years apart.
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A photo of Ronald Tuholski
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A photo of husband and wife John W. Doudell & Rose Doudell.
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John W Doudell, husband to Rose McKeon Doudell and father to upwards of 13 children, started one of the first trucking and transportation companies in San Jose, California.
His first truck was used for his own business, and he utilized the truck off hours helping all of the canneries and farmers in San Jose transport their products. Eventually, transportation services became his primary business as he gradually added more and more trucks.
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A photo of Armand Kunde in his high school graduation yearbook taken at Lincoln High School in 1951.
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Daniel’s grandfather Frank Kroetch shopped at Eli Thomas back in the 1960s and Daniel Pinna has been a regular since he went to Bellarmine College Prep. This photo is of Eli’s son Jim Thomas and Daniel at Eli Thomas men’s store at Santana Row taken days before Christmas 2019.
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A photo of Sylvia Molina Wyatt - 1973 freshman choir Gilroy high school back row left corner. My mom loved to sing in the choir when she was a teen at church she's 16years old here
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The California Theater in San Jose CA. The playbill reads “Billie Dove in An Affair of the Follies” which released in 1927. Actress Doris Eaton” is on the board as well, which means the photo was taken in 1928.
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Mark Denton is little boy far left. Back row L-R is my mother Virginia, her sister Anita, my grandmother Lela Bynum/Gibson/Berryhill and her sister Ruth Berryhill/Gibson. Children are me far left ,my siblings and cousins
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A photo of Quintin D Labarinto
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A detail photo of the Triangle Film Corporation photo showing laboratory workers.
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A photograph of mostly female workers at Triangle Film Corporation's film laboratory. The photo looks as though it may have been cut down from a larger picture, possibly showing more of the building. Triangle only produced films between 1915 and 1919. The last movie released under the Triangle name came out in 1922 or 1923.
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Taken about 19 years after Al Scoffone started his business with one truck, this photo shows Al and his crew removing an old locomotive steam engine from the Santa Cruz Mountains.
It is believed the locomotive was headed to the home of famed Southern Pacific railroad engineer Billy Jones, who used to work the rail line in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
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This photo of Al Scoffone was taken in 1945 with his first truck, which he would use to create his trucking transportation company "Scoffone Trucking Service" aka "STS" which would eventually grow into a fleet of over 100 vehicles. The company later became Athens Transportation Systems (ATS) and ran by his son David Scoffone.
Four years after this photo he married his life long partner Beverly Scoffone.
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A photo of Diahann Carroll in the title role of her tv series,
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A photo of Earl Charles Slosson, Earlene Martin(mother), Renee Slosson(wife), and Roberta Slosson(sister)family
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A photo of John F Cavagnaro is the second man from the right. He is kind of standing behind the taller man, my Grandpa, Edward C. Williams. His wife is Helen L. (Ulrich) second from the left, the one with her head turned. The marine in the middle is my late father, Kenneth D. Williams, with his mother, Augusta Williams to the left of him. (His right). My second Aunt Dotty is on the far left with her husband, my second uncle, Sidney Cohen on the far right! ❤️
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A photo of my Dad - 1977 Marty Forrest
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Father with his son . Picture taken in 1991
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This is the sign on the side of the historical building that currently houses the French restaurant La Foret. It reads “Built after the tragic 1875 fire destroyed the original 1848 Adobe hotel. First two-story hotel in California. Used by the Almaden Quicksilver Mining Co for unmarried employees & to house visitors to mining settlement. Remodeled into the Cafe Del Rio Restaurant in the 1930s now home to La Foret, a fine French dining establishment.”
I’ll add that this restaurant is currently a favorite of mine and my wife.
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This is the back of the menu of the New Almaden Food & Beverage Company located in New Almaden, San Jose California. Yes, I will take a good Zinfandel for $3.00.
The original can be found at La Foret in New Almaden. I believe this was the menu for the restaurant in the hotel which housed the unmarried minors of the QuickSilver mines. The New Almaden quicksilver mine in the Capitancillas range in Santa Clara County, California is the oldest and most productive quicksilver mine in the U.S.
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This is the front of the menu of the New Almaden Food & Beverage Company located in New Almaden, San Jose California. Look at those prices!!
The original can be found at La Foret in New Almaden. I believe this was the menu for the restaurant in the hotel which housed the unmarried minors of the QuickSilver mines. The New Almaden quicksilver mine in the Capitancillas range in Santa Clara County, California is the oldest and most productive quicksilver mine in the U.S.
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American Bandstand Hollywood Hotline
Frank Vanderpuil
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A photo of Mildred Chortkoff, edited by Jessica Chortkoff, property of the Chortkoff Archives, 2019
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A photo of Bill and Marion Doss
One year before their wedding.
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A photo of the Kaminaka Family, Zentaro, Riki, Mikazu, Noriko, Joseph, Tamotsu, Shizuko
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A photo of Kathleen (Harper) Walden
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A photo of Emma Charlotte (Johnson) (White) Naftel
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Photo of my father Robert Denton & Ora Mae, a friend of his.
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A photo of the children of Dave & Bertie Denton taken early 40’s in the central California valley: Ronnie, Robert, Billy & Dorothy
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This picture was taken probably in Tulare California around 1940. Dave & Bertie Denton and family Harold Hazel Dorthy Billy Ronnie Robert and Dave jr
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A photo of Dave and Bertie Denton, my grandparents. Picture taken somewhere in California’s Central Valley. Not sure of place or date
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A photo of Ruth Sarah Yarlott: (Left to right) back row my Grandpa Earl Sr. Grandma Ruth front row (L to R) is Earl Jr. My uncle, and Rollie my grandma's youngest brother.
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A photo of Luke Perry, born Coy Luther Perry III in Mansfield, OH on October 11, 1966. His father was a steelworker and his mother was a homemaker.
He said that he auditioned for 256 jobs before getting his first acting job on soaps - one episode on "Loving" and 10 episodes on "Another World". He also appeared in a music video for Twisted Sister.
From 1990 - 1994, he starred as Dylan McKay on "Beverley Hills, 90210" - his breakout and perhaps best known role - and became a teen heartthrob. At one autograph session, 10,000 girls created a riot and he was forced to leave after 90 seconds!
Leaving "90210" in 1995 because he wanted "more mature roles,” Luke worked in a number of films before returning to the series in 1998 - 2000. For the remainder of his career he worked in films, tv, and stage. In 2017, he took the role of Fred Andrews on the tv series "Riverdale."
Personal life: Luke was married to Rachel Sharp from 1993 - 2003. They had two children. (Their son Jack is a professional wrestler.) On February 27, 2019 Luke had a massive stroke and died days later, at age 52, from complications due to the stroke.
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