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San Diego (Calif.) -- History California Explores the Ocean: San Diego Historical Society - Oral Histories 
 A searchable collection of over 50 transcribed interviews with "fishermen, cannery workers, fishing boat owners and captains, fishmongers, and others involved in commercial fishing, sport fishing, and boat building. Many belonged to immigrant Italian and Portuguese families that settled in San Diego from around 1910 to 1930." More than half of the interviews feature audio. A collaboration of the San Diego Historical Society and the University of California, San Diego. http://ceo.ucsd.edu/photographs/sdhs/oral/ Topics: Agriculture, History, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Aug 4, 2003 California Explores the Ocean: San Diego Historical Society - Photographs
A searchable collection of photographs from the 1870 to the 1970s, including images of "the ocean and coastline around San Diego ... its boat and ship industry, the U.S. Navy's early presence in the area, marine life, kelp harvesting and processing, sea salt production, sport fishing, commercial fishing, the tuna industry, canneries, fish trade, and oceanographic research." A collaboration of the San Diego Historical Society and the University of California, San Diego. http://ceo.ucsd.edu/photographs/sdhs/photographs/ Topics: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife Last updated Aug 4, 2003 The Prince of Wales Visits San Diego: A Study in Perception
Article about the visit by Edward, the Prince of Wales, to San Diego in April 1920. Includes a discussion of the United States' "preoccupation and a fascination with English royalty," the preparations for the visit, and the events of the visit. Also includes photos. From the journal of the San Diego Historical Society. http://www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/92summer/wales.htm Topics: Heads of State Last updated Oct 10, 2005 San Diego Historical Society
An overview of the history of San Diego from the time of the missions to the present. There are biographical sketches, a timeline, photos, exhibits on the California Pacific and Panama-California Expositions, and the full text of some articles from the Journal of San Diego History . Searchable. http://www.sandiegohistory.org/index.html Topics: Last updated Jul 29, 2002 |
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