Lost Bay Area Stories

As mentioned in earlier posts, Ma Chuck was the first Chinese American male to register to vote in Santa Clara County. He also paid a...

An American born Chinese man named Ma Chuck was the first man of Chinese decent to register to vote in Santa Clara County on September...

A bus built on an Atterbury truck chassis in San Francisco circa 1919.

1940's General Motors exhibit at Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco. Transparent Car with Pontiac Chassis and Body by...

1924 Photo of a Flint Automobile with Ghiradelli Square in the background.

C.W Smiths Yum-Yum treat stand during the 1930's at Playland in San Francisco

I love old movie billboards. This one was in San Francisco in 1922. Betty Compson was a rising Hollywood startlet and had early...

Cultural norms and modesty were amusingly different a hundred years ago. Showing legs and ankles were a sign of avant guard fashion. ...