Sometime in the late 1920's my great grandfather came to this city of San Diego. A Russian Jewish immigrant with his family and the American Dream. He quickly made a name for himself as a hard worker and entrepreneur. This picture is of him, Maurice Rubin. Selling newspapers in old San Diego. This could be downtown but the exact location is uncertain. Known as "Hawking", newspapers were sold by hand like this for many years and is honored every year on Kid's NewsDay.. |
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Again I apologize for the poor quality but here is another photograph of a photograph with no date but I guess around 1970's judging by the cars. It is Downtown looking North East at the corner of 4th & F st. from where Horton Plaza is. There are many iconic buildings in this photo including the Windsor Hotel which was built in the early 1900's and it still stands today. The building directly on the corner of the intersection in the lower right hand side of the picture is now the famous, Hard Rock Cafe of San Diego |
San Diego in the early days. There is no date on the picture and the quality is poor because this is a photograph of a larger photograph that is too big to scan. In this pic it shows the Coronado Railway which is certain and what appears to be an unpopulated Coronado/North Island in the background. The foreground could be 32nd Naval Shipyard or some sort of lumberyard. Upon further research the lumberyard may actually be the stockpile of wood for the construction of the Hotel Del Coronado. |
more history on the way,,