Wish You Were Here

June 28, 2008 5:37 PM

Drive-through trees, Olvera Street, Knott's Berry Farm, and lots of other images and postcards of California at Image Archaeology.
posted by optovox (5 comments total)

The Bernheimer was a nice read, plus all the Spanish Revival stars' homes.
posted by yort at 6:21 PM on June 28, 2008

Wish They Were Still There.
posted by wendell at 6:22 PM on June 28, 2008

Loved seeing the pictures of people driving horse-drawn-carriages through the trees. Nice reminder that people were pretty much the same in the past as they are today.
posted by Solon and Thanks at 6:30 PM on June 28, 2008

Wish They Were Still There

Umm ... the Wawona tree fell over due to natural causes; Olvera Street and Knott's Berry Farm are still doing quite well.
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 8:08 PM on June 28, 2008

I was hoping against hope that there were images from Santa's Village in there, and lo and behold, the last link was just that. Thank you for posting this!

I remember seeing the rotting remains of Santa's Village in Scott's Valley driving north over highway 17 when I was a child. The exit is still named Santa's Village Road, even though the place was razed long before I was old enough to facilitate sneaking into the place myself.
posted by Durhey at 9:39 AM on July 1, 2008