Vintage shots from days gone by!

Browning, Montana

 

Gary Reynolds, thanks for posting all the old hot rod and race car pics.

 

Great work! Glad to see you here.

 

^^^^^ I want one of those pills that make you small, and move to Elgin Park ! Love your work !

 

post from Redland Maggie:

Victor Hugo Inn Laguna Beach, CA 1950's
The Victor Hugo Inn opened in 1938 in Laguna Beach, CA. It was gutted by fire in 1954, reopened, and finally closed to become the Las Brisas Restaurant in 1979.


salmon, today: $36.00


Las Brisas Restaurant ocean view, cliff top restaurant
Hello,

Nice photo of the old Victor Hugo Inn. It is now Las Brisas, a restaurant. Today, it is a fabulous place to take out of towners for lunch or dinner. A little on the expensive side, but the impression for those that have never seen it, is outstanding. We took several relatives from Oklahoma and Wisconsin to the Las Brisas and they could not get over the fact that we were sitting over the cliff with the ocean just out there, on a bright and sunny So Cal day.

The Victor Hugo Inn was a popular place, as was all of Laguna Beach. The summer time crowds flock to this city and it is a nightmare to drive from one end of the town to the other.

Back in the late 50’s and early 60’s the “Greeter” was the most popular local icon. This shaggy, long haired, older guy stood on the corner of Forest Avenue and PCH to wave to all of the people driving by in their cars. My mom thought he was a interesting looking person that acted strange. The teenagers used him as a target, throwing stuff at him as they drove by the waving hand.

At one time, my mom wanted to buy some beachfront property in Laguna Beach in 1953-54. (She had some profit from another property she sold.) She always liked that small cozy, beach town. It held the mystique of a home to many of the “Hollywood Stars” that wanted to get away from the crazy, Los Angeles scene. One of our favorites was Bill Boyd, better known as Hopalong Cassidy. He lived in South Laguna and passed away in 1972 during the time period, when my wife and I lived in Laguna Beach. Grace Boyd passed away many years later in 2010.

Jnaki

That beach front property scenario has been played many times over in our house. If my mom had her way back then, presently, we would be living on a cliff overlooking the ocean somewhere in Laguna Beach in a paid for house !!! The main reason that did not happen was that my dad had to work in downtown Los Angeles and that would have been a super long drive to and from work. (A 70+ miles of surface streets) So, Long Beach, it was…

 

And he still has his car?

 

Damn Gorn, always late for lunch.

 

good shot of the Meyer Spl.

 

Colby Scroggins and Bobby Unser ^^^^^

 

Could this be titled"The bear necessities"?
Good luck.Have fun.Be safe.
Leo

 

Was hoping someone would cry Photoshop, sure would like to hear the story on this.

 

The main similarity between a divorce suit and a tornado in the southeast US is that one way or the other, someone is going a lose a trailer.

 

I've posted this before, but I love the mountains in the background - Baker City, OR

 

Rootie, I'm not sure but is this Bobby Ball?

And thanks again!

 

Yes it is, circa 1950.

 

Happy to do it, happy you guys enjoy them!

 

^We all do, Gary.^
A part of my daily time travel!

 

I see a shot gun wedding in their future!!

 

You guys better get your ass off my Lincoln!!!!!!!!!

 

HEY!!! WATCH OUT FOR THE

 

Damn HOT RODDERS!

 

Yes and yes. You obviously missed the joke.

 

I got a Ships Menu before they closed in Culver City

 

Post that sucker Scott,
Would love to see it.