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Titanic Sinks, Telegram swims

News of the Titanic sinking reaches San Luis Obispo Daily Telegram, April 16, 1912. C.L. Day the new editor and manager of the San Luis Obispo Daily Telegram was desperately bailing water, trying to...

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Annoying people who talk in theaters

Everett True takes on a movie theater talker in this cartoon from February 15, 1917.Talking in theaters was apparently a problem way back in 1917, before cell phones were invented. Heck it was ten...

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Mission San Luis Obispo, adobe with wood walls – The Leonard Collection

Mission San Luis Obispo circa 1915, when it was covered with wood siding. ©The Tribune from the Leonard collectionA misguided attempt to protect the adobe walls of Mission San Luis Obispo almost...

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Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, Walter Johnson baseball contracts 1917

Ty Cobb, Grover Cleveland Alexander, Tris Speaker, Eddie Collins, Walter Johnson, Honus Wagner, Frank Baker were all part of this All-Star baseball salary chart from 1917.Listen to sports talk radio...

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iPods of 1913 – Edison Disc and Columbia ads

The perfect present, Edison phonograph ads from December 8, 1913.Music is something people have wanted to have around since the earliest times. This store could set you up with phonographs that played...

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Masonic Temple in San Luis Obispo dedicated

Apron used at dedications of several significant San Luis Obispo buildings including a courthouse, library and temple. Now framed at the Masonic Temple in San Luis Obispo..The Masons have a deep sense...

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Bridge to the past, the ghost of Highway 1

Built in 1912-13 the Bello Street Bridge immediately pressed into service as part of the original Coast Route. ©Mark Hall-Patton/Telegram-TribuneYou may occasionally see Mark Hall-Patton on the TV show...

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When was the first fatal car accident in San Luis Obispo?

This fatal automobile accident was treated as major news in the October 14, 1912 Daily Telegram with the lead headline.First, last, most, least, winners, losers, newspapers often write stories about...

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Motoring in a Maxwell in San Luis Obispo

Less than a century ago dirt streets and horses were not hard to find in San Luis Obispo. This unrelated story and photo turn the clock back to 1917. These items were republished in the May 15, 1956...

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George Staniford, Tribune and Breeze Editor

George Breck Staniford – Photo courtesy King David’s Masonic Lodge of San Luis Obispo. The photo is marked with the years he was leader of the Lodge.They could have been bitter rivals. Benjamin Brooks...

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The Oceano Southern Pacific Depot restoration and Harold Guiton

Harold Guiton would be happy to see the depot in use today. He and other volunteers saved what is now the only remaining Southern Pacific Depot in the county. Paso Robles modernized and remodeled their...

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Lincoln hates booze

The Daily Telegram never lost an opportunity to scold readers about the evils of drink. This house ad is from Sept. 30, 1911. When the Daily Telegram was founded in 1905 it was a temperance newspaper....

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The original shopping center for Atascadero

1917 Grand opening of the Mercantile/La Plaza building in Atascadero. It was behind the present day fire station. Photo courtesy the Atascadero Historical Society Edward Gardner Lewis and wife Mabel...

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El Pizmo Inn

El Pizmo hotel in Pismo Beach circa 1910s.This post card was in a Paso Robles file with no caption information. Printed on the back was “Alsup Studio Paso Robles, Calif.” Only problem was the building...

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