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September 7 Meeting at Fullerton Arboretum

Stephanie George — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:57:25 +0000

This year’s schedule of meetings begins at the
beautiful Fullerton Arboretum on September 7!

Fullerton Arboretum
1900 Associated Road
Fullerton, CA 92831
(657) 278-3407

Enter from Yorba Linda Blvd. at Associated Road, just west of the 57 freeway. Parking is FREE!

The meeting will be held in the classrooms at the Orange County Agricultural and Nikkei Heritage Museum near the entrance to the Arboretum.

Please RSVP to sgeorge@fullerton.edu or (657) 278-3693

HISTORY OF AVIATION

Laura Halcom — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 23:31:46 +0000

The Brea Museum and Heritage Center will host an exhibit from July 3 to September 18 on the history of early aviation in the United States – with an emphasis on Southern California. The exhibit will consist of historical photos and documents and a walk-in diorama booth featuring the January 1910 Air Meet at Rancho Dominguez Field, the first-of-its-kind air show held in the United States. The Museum is located at 495 S. Brea Boulevard (corner of Brea and Elm). Admission is free. The Museum is open on Saturdays from 10:00 to 3:00 and by appointment (714-256-2283).

Directory of O.C. Historical Organizations

Chris Jepsen — Thu, 20 May 2010 23:01:29 +0000

Be sure to send contact information for your local historical organizations/libraries/museums, etc, to the Orange County Historical Commission for their 2010-2011 Directory of Orange County Historical Organizations. For each organization, please include the following information:

1) The name of your organization (i.e. How would you like to be listed in the directory?)
2) Your organization’s mailing address
3) Your organization’s physical address, if it’s different from your mailing address
4) Phone Number
5) Web Address
6) Email

There are four ways to respond:

1) Mail the information to Room 303, 211 W. Santa Ana Blvd, Santa Ana, CA 92701
2) Send an email to oldcourthouseRSVP@ocparks.com
3) Call (714) 973-6655
4) Fill-out a questionnaire at www.surveymonkey.com/s/D5WRYWZ.

In order to meet the publishing deadline, the last date for response is June 15. If you have any questions, please call (714) 973-6610.

O.C. Tiki, June 10th

Chris Jepsen — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:23:04 +0000

Join the Orange County Historical Society at Don the Beachcomber, June 10, 2010, for a dinner program about the history of the Polynesian Pop (a.k.a. “tiki”) phenomenon in Mid-Century Orange County.

Don the Beachcomber’s
16278 Pacific Coast Highway, Huntington Beach
Event Start: 6:30 p.m.
Dinner: 7:00 p.m.
Program: 7:45 p.m.

From architecture, décor and music, to literature, theme parks and backyard luaus, the South Seas was a wildly popular theme throughout Mid-Century America. This was especially true in sunny Orange County, where primitive carved figures, grass huts, ‘Aloha shirts,’ and lush jungle landscaping seemed right at home.

Local historian Chris Jepsen will discuss the tiki craze of the 1950s and ’60s as it pertained to Orange County. Appropriately, this special event will be held at Don the Beachcomber’s – a historically significant restaurant that recently took up residence in one of America’s few remaining authentic tiki establishments, the former Sam’s Seafood. The place has been lovingly restored and improved recently.

For more information, or to register, download a PDF flier at:

http://www.orangecountyhistory.org/tiki2010.pdf

Railroad Days

Laura Halcom — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:33:13 +0000

Railroad Days is coming to the Brea Downtown on May 1st and 2nd. The event is sponsored by the Southern California Railway Plaza Association, an organization dedicated to the preservation of the rail history of southern California. Admission is free. For more details, click on the following link: http://www.breadowntown.com/BDT-events-railroad.htm