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...
View ArticleAnnoying 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...
View ArticleMission 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...
View ArticleTy 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...
View ArticleiPods 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...
View ArticleMasonic 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...
View ArticleBridge 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...
View ArticleWhen 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...
View ArticleMotoring 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...
View ArticleGeorge 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleLincoln 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....
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleEl 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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