Tuesday, February 18, 2025

 Beatles Yesterday and Today Third State Butcher Cover 1966

 

Read more about the history of this release check out Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yesterday_and_Today




Monday, February 17, 2025

 

Aerial photo from 1953 looking north over the Hayward Municipal Airport with San Lorenzo and San Leandro in the background.

Aerial photo of San Lorenzo Village "Mervyns" Plaza with the Lorenzo Theater in upper center and Hesperian Blvd running through the center. Taken in the early 1950's.

Arroyo High School in San Lorenzo, CA soon after completion ca 1955.
 

San Lorenzo from the air in the early 1950's looking south. Hayward airport is in the top upper right. Hesperian Blvd. runs down the center of the photo.

Aerial photo of San Lorenzo Village "Mervyns" Plaza with the Lorenzo Theater in middle right and Hesperian Blvd running through the center. Taken in the early 1950's.

Aerial photo of the Bayfair Drive In theater with Hesperian Blvd running along bottom of frame. Taken in 1958. Prior to the Bayfair Shopping Center being built there was only Macy's at upper center of the frame. Sadly this store closed in 2024.
Aerial photo of the Bayfair Drive In theater with Hesperian Blvd running diagonal at lower part of the frame. Taken in 1958. Prior to the Bayfair Shopping Center being built there was only Macy's located at upper center of the frame. The railroad tracks are at right. BART was 14 years from being built. Sadly this store closed in 2024.

Original Photos of Adalai Stevenson in San Francisco early 1960's





The Stack in Los Angeles CA. 

The four-level reinforced concrete structure was designed by a team of engineers and built by the James I. Barnes Construction Company. Although it was finished in 1949, it was not put into full use until the freeways it served were completed and opened on 22 September 1953.

These are from original negatives from when the interchange first opened!