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135th
Anniversary

All About
ORANGE Co, Cal.

-- Local History --
All About Orange County in a series of books,
starting with the Towns, Histories & Ranchos.

All About Orange County

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The City Walk
-- All About Costa Mesa --
In 1928

By Douglas Westfall

The City Walk in Costa Mesa
Taken from the Memoirs of
Mabel Ozment

6 x 9 Book -- 90 Pages
90 Illustrations.
This edition of All About Costa Mesa is a City Walk in early 1928, as the City began to grow, when many shops and buildings would begin, change and move.
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ISBN: 978-1-942329-45-7

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The City Walk
-- All About Tustin --
In 1895

By Guy Ball

The City Walk in Tustin
Taken from the Memoirs of
Helen & William Huntley

6 x 9 Book -- 102 Pages
90 Illustrations.
This edition of All About Tustin is a City Walk in early 1895, long before the City incorporated, when many shops and buildings would begin, change and move.
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ISBN: 978-1-942329-33-4

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Corona del Mar
-- My Kind of Town
By Douglas Westfall

8.5 x 11 Full Color Book
150 Pages - 220 Illustrations
Panoramas, Postcards &
Unpublished Photos from 1900.

Included with each book is a keepsake copy of the 1937 promotional brochure, advertising the palatial homes of Corona del Mar for $11,750!

ISBN:  978-1891030-87-1

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Centennial Issue

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The History of
Corona del Mar

-- The Centennial Issue --

By Douglas Westfall

6 x 9 Book -- Softbound
150 Pages -- 220 Illustrations:
Panoramas, Postcards &
Unpublished Photos from 1900

“2004 marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of Corona del Mar. It has been part of the city of Newport Beach for the past 80 years, yet Corona del Mar has always been, and remains a distinctive portion of the city, set somewhat apart. Unlike other parts of the city, its address is specifically Corona del Mar, not Newport Beach, and has its own zip code.”

--Author Douglas Westfall

ISBN:  978-1891030-49-3

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The
Costa Mesa Bluffs

The Beginnings of Orange County
By Douglas Westfall

5˝ x 8˝ Softcover
56 Pages - 75 Illustrations
- Based upon unpublished manuscripts -
Unpublished Photos from 1900.

The story of Orange County's vast inland sea that became the coastal bluffs then slowly eroded to the Costal Mesa.
From early giant sea life to pre-historic land animals, then Indians, Ranchos and even Smugglers on the coast.
ISBN:  978-1891030-89-5

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-- Story of the Town of --
Bolsa

By Douglas Westfall

8.5 x 11 Full Color Book

6 x 9 Book -- Softbound
148 pages - 175 Photographs

"Bolsa was one of the many farming communities to rise up out of the vast Spanish ranchos that once covered Southern California. Although it remained a small town - barely on the map - it became renowned for several world records in technology."

-- Douglas Westfall, Author

ISBN: 1-891030-38-8

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Orange, Cal.
-- and Surroundings --
Illustrated

6 x 9 Book, 75 Pages,  - 35 Illustrations
plus 7 fold-out Panoramas, plus tables from the 1880s.

"The settlement is noted for its extensive orange groves and vineyards, stretching away in every direction, even into the mountain canyons. Oraneg is the great center of the raisn industry of Southern California, and will always remain so."

-- W. W. Elliott

ISBN:  978-1891030-87-1

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The Groves
-- All About Orange --
The Memoirs of Terry Munhall

By Douglas Westfall

The Groves in Orange
-- #6 in the series --

6 x 9 Book -- 102 Pages
90 Illustrations
This edition of All About Orange is about the Grove business like the Walnut Groves, the Eucalyptus Groves or the Orange Groves. They supply a food product to the community rather than a manufactured product.
ISBN: 978-1-891030-73-4

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All About Orange
-- Transportation --
Memoirs of Michelle Maddocks

By Douglas Westfall

Transportation in Orange
-- #7 in the series --

6 x 9 Book -- 102 Pages

115 B/W Illustrations
This edition of All About Orange is about Transportation in Orange, from horse and mule to the ‘modern’ day automobile. First by rail, following that was the motorcycle, then automobile which later included truck and tractors for the groves.

ISBN: 978-1-891030-59-8

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All About Orange
-- The Services --
Memoirs of Fred Burnette

By Douglas Westfall

Service Business in Orange
-- #8 in the series --

6 x 9 Book -- 50 Pages
60 B/W Illustrations
This edition of All About Orange is about the business services like the Telephone exchange, the Electric shop or the Printing service. They supply a service to the community rather than a pre-manufactured product.
ISBN: 978-1-891030-26-0

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Orange City & Old Towne

 

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A tour of the second largest architectural historic district in America

A Tour of
Old Towne Orange
America's Main Street
By Douglas Westfall

A Comprehensive walking tour of Architecture, Heritage, History & Preservation. Covers 1,500 structures in 26 miles, within one square mile of
Old Towne Orange.

5.5 x 8.5 Softcover
400 Pages - 130 Illustrations
-- 1,500 Listings --
100 trees and 50 artifacts
All built prior to 1940

ISBN 1-891030-09-3

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Tour of Eichler
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Historic Home Tracts --

By Douglas Westfall

Tour of Eichler homes

6 x 9 Book -- 96 Pages
50 B/W Illustrations
Joseph Eichler created what is known as an iconic mid-century modern style tract houses in California, primarily in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Southern California. Of those, over 300 are here in Orange California.

ISBN: 978-1-891030-07-9

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A video tour of the third largest historic architectured district in America -- Old Towne Orange

Old Towne Orange
America's Main Street
Third Act Productions

SD Widescreen – 30 minutes
100 Locations shot from
-- 1,500 Buildings --
All built prior to 1940
Narrated by Sarah Wing
Taken from the book:
A Tour of Old Towne Orange
 978-1-1942329-52-x


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Amelia Earhart's Terraplane
-- Her 1932 Hudson Essex --
By Douglas Westfall

5.5 x 8.5 Softcover Book
100 Pages - 120 Illustrations
The story of Amelia Earhart's Terraplane received after her historic Atlantic flight.
Unpublished Photos from 1920
and the story of that car in Orange Cal.
ISBN:  978-1891030-93-2

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First Person Accounts
-- On American History --
Based upon Unpublished Manuscripts,
With Hundreds of Unpublished Photographs,
And Our New Exclusive Feature, The Voice in the Book.

 

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