1875. My Great Great Grandparents playing their nightly chess game? Or pretending to do so for the camera to show how sophisticated and successful they are? Typical 19th Century Photo! 1870s4yr ⋅ Troublemonkey36 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Rough start at SD Airport this morning if you have to check bags. Line is a block and a half and system keeps shutting down. You have been warned!4mo ⋅ Troublemonkey36 ⋅ r/sandiego
Gorgeous fall afternoon on Coronado Island, perfect weather, views and then this lovely boat sails by!5mo ⋅ Troublemonkey36 ⋅ r/sandiego
Jack-O-Lantern still going strong. Y’all may have moved on to Christmas but our little guy is still going strong.1yr ⋅ Troublemonkey36 ⋅ r/halloween
At long last the El Cortez sign is fully lit! It’s been almost three years! Woohoo!1yr ⋅ Troublemonkey36 ⋅ r/sandiego
A new mother with her first born baby girl, enjoying a moment of sheer joy. 1928. Escondido, Ca. The house, built in the late 1800’s, is still there.1yr ⋅ Troublemonkey36 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Good morning San Diego. Balboa Park and the California Tower at sunrise.4mo ⋅ Troublemonkey36 ⋅ r/sandiego
Wonderful new tile mural installed, a restoration of the original. Thinks e entrance to the automotive museum in Balboa Park. The building is the original California State Building from the 1935 Exhibition.3yr ⋅ Troublemonkey36 ⋅ r/sandiego
“I have always liked this one of her.” My Grandmother’s writing on the back of this photo of her sister, my Great Aunt Edith. April 1928. Lake Hodges (San Diego County, Ca.). 1920s4yr ⋅ Troublemonkey36 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Sail Bay today. We have enough sunny days. Cool days like this are special.7mo ⋅ Troublemonkey36 ⋅ r/sandiego
This tree in Old Town is wonderful! In populated areas where concrete and asphalt create heat islands, we need more of these wonderful trees to provide cool shade. Especially in a place like San Diego where it’s sunny most of the year. We need less tall, skinny, palms, and more shade trees, please!2yr ⋅ Troublemonkey36 ⋅ r/sandiego
Any day now! I will enjoy the beautiful colors and sweet fragrance of their bloom.7mo ⋅ Troublemonkey36 ⋅ r/succulents
A cousin of mine. Uzhhorod, circa 1926. Would love it if someone could identify this place with a contemporary photo or Google street view.1yr ⋅ Troublemonkey36 ⋅ r/ukraine
Fire Station No. 4. I’ve heard that it’s San Diego’s oldest operating fire station. But not sure. It’s beautiful!2yr ⋅ Troublemonkey36 ⋅ r/sandiego
Love this Moreton Bay Fig Tree and the way it dwarfs the Botanical Building.2yr ⋅ Troublemonkey36 ⋅ r/sandiego
The Botanical Building under renovation. Strange to see it this way.1yr ⋅ Troublemonkey36 ⋅ r/sandiego
Warm days and cool nights/mornings. The sun hits you gently, at an angle. October is that time of year I frequently say to myself: “I am lucky to live here!”2yr ⋅ Troublemonkey36 ⋅ r/sandiego
Dogs enjoy a good beer two. Outdoors at Pure Project on a glorious warm winter night in San Diego.1yr ⋅ Troublemonkey36 ⋅ r/sandiego
Grandmother Miller visited the Cliff House in 1918. She enjoyed herself immensely.2mo ⋅ Troublemonkey36 ⋅ r/sanfrancisco
Good morning from the Japanese Friendship Garden. The newer area is really growing in nicely these days!2yr ⋅ Troublemonkey36 ⋅ r/sandiego
Mom at the US Army Signal Depot. She was the base photographer. Her camera is sitting in the back seat. 1940’s.3yr ⋅ Troublemonkey36 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
The San Diego Botanic Garden. A great respite from the noise of modern life.1yr ⋅ Troublemonkey36 ⋅ r/sandiego
Mom was a staff photographer for the US Army Signal Corps. Circa 1945. She was about 18 at the time.1yr ⋅ Troublemonkey36 ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
The Panama Canal represented in Balboa Park. Many San Diegans know the significance of these ornamental details, many pass through the park without ever noticing. It’s beautiful architecture with a story!2yr ⋅ Troublemonkey36 ⋅ r/sandiego
Was just driving down the coast...and decided to pull over for a few minutes. It was a good sunset today in La Jolla.3yr ⋅ Troublemonkey36 ⋅ r/sandiego
Looking up at Cabrillo Lighthouse from the Carrillo Tidal Pools last week. Kinda looks like it’s at the top of a desert mesa.3yr ⋅ Troublemonkey36 ⋅ r/sandiego
The worst of American public transit design. This is Pittsburg/Bay Point Station in Contra Costa County.6mo ⋅ Troublemonkey36 ⋅ r/UrbanHell
Yesterday’s beach weather was a welcome thing. Here is a boater on Sail Bay.3yr ⋅ Troublemonkey36 ⋅ r/sandiego
Young family on their farm in Delano, California. The life could not have been easy. 1910s2yr ⋅ Troublemonkey36 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Emil Ziffer circa 1873. Somewhere in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Could be Silesia or Vienna. Was this type of beard common for the era?2yr ⋅ Troublemonkey36 ⋅ r/VictorianEra
The beauty! The majesty! The awe-inspiring vistas of San Diego’s Balboa Park! (brought to you by San Diego’s City Council).2yr ⋅ Troublemonkey36 ⋅ r/sandiego
Signal Hill, California. 1929. Look at those snazzy outfits on a sunny LA day just as the Roaring Twenties were about to crash. My Great Aunt Edith (second from left), is pictured with her husband and friends. 1920’s4yr ⋅ Troublemonkey36 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Ok so every once in a while this purple hue shows up in the sky as I look out towards the El Cortez (looking west). Can someone please explain?4yr ⋅ Troublemonkey36 ⋅ r/sandiego
