This week in San Diego history: July 6–10, 1939, flying boats, the Navy, and Australian wildlife
Richard Archbold walking toward the front of an aircraft. Note the triangular Archbold Expeditions insignia on the plane. “90-43; Papua, W.D., Daru: Kono on ramp after return from Lake Marguerita.” (Photo and caption info courtesy of/Archbold Expeditions Collection, Department of Mammalogy, AMNH) In
Did you know Solana Beach was built on beans, rails, and bluff cuts?
Street scene in Solana Beach showing early automobiles parked in front of the businesses on the main street c. 1928. The businesses include a soda fountain, drugstore, garage and grocery store. (Caption info and photo courtesy of the San Diego History Center) Solana Beach sits in one of those coasta
Chula Vista musician, 21, composes ‘Land of the Free,’ an orchestral tribute to America’s 250th birthday
Salami said he found inspiration for “Land of the Free” while hiking. (Photo courtesy of Oluwaloba Salami) Oluwaloba Salami was not supposed to like the violin. He was not supposed to like the orchestra, either. “I actually said that sounds really boring. I don’t want to do that,” Salami recalled te
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