Tag Archives: Sunset Beach
August 6th in Seal Beach History
On this date in 1904, the Pacific Electric Railway ran this advertisement in the Los Angeles Times. This was only the second PE ad to mention the newly named Bay City and Anaheim Landing as destinations (The first ad was a holiday spread … Continue reading
June 30th in Seal Beach History
On this date in 1961, the Los Angeles Times ran this ad for Ole Surfboards. Bob “Ole” Olson’s first shop was located in a quonset hut in Sunset Beach, but he soon moved to 223 Bay Boulevard (now renamed Seal … Continue reading
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Tagged 1961, 223 Bay Boulevard, 223 Seal Beach Boulevard, Launiupoko Park, Bay Boulevard, Bob "Ole" Olson, Bob Olson, Growing Tree Preschool, Harold Walker, Hawaii, Hobie Alter, International Surfboard Builders Hall of Fame, Lahaina, Ole Custom Surfboards, Ole Longboard Classic, Ole Surfboards, Seal Beach, Seal Beach Business, Seal Beach History, Sunset Beach
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January 11th in Seal Beach History
On this date in 1940, The Santa Ana Register reported that a yellow taxi cab had been stolen from in front Don May’s cafe on the coast highway between Seal Beach and Sunset Beach. Huntington Beach police recovered the abandoned … Continue reading
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Tagged 1940, Don May, Don May's Cafe, Huntington Beach, Seal Beach, Sunset Beach, Surfside, Wintersburg
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