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Beverly Park operated from 1945 to 1974 at the corner of Beverly Blvd. and La Cienega, the present home of the Beverly Center Mall. The Park was apparently inspired Walt Disney to create Disneyland.??

Established in the 1950's, Tic Tock eventually had four locations in the San Francisco area.

Neptune Fish Grotto opened in 1936 on Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco.

On October 2, 1973, a press conference was held in Chicago to announce the formation of the the World Football League (WFL). It kicked off in July of 1974 as a rival to the established National Football League (NFL). At first, it seemed like...

The San Diego Barracudas were members of Roller Hockey International for four seasons starting in 1993. They moved to Ontario, CA for the 1998 and 1999 seasons before folding.

This was always one of the best deals in the record store, especially if you catching up on an artist's catalog.

Who knows better than a skunk that smoking stinks?

The 211 Club poolroom in Seattle was opened in 1898 by members of the 211 Union. In 1987 it moved to a new location above the Speakeasy Cafe. Unable to renew its lease, it closd in December of 2000.

Rain City Video was a small chain of video rental shops that started in 1988. Its last location, in West Ballard, closed in April of 2017.

The Griffith Park Zoo opened in 1912 with 15 animals in its collection. It closed in 1966 when the Los Angeles Zoo opened. Griffith Park remains a popular recreational destination and some of the ruins of the old zoo can still be seen around...

The??Los Angeles Aztecs??were a North American Soccer League??from 1974 to 1981 and were co-owned by??Elton John.

The San Diego Sails were the renamed San Diego Conquistadors, the American Basketball Association's only expansion franchise, joining the league in 1972. The name change came after original owner, Leonard Bloom, sold the team in 1975 to Frank Goldberg. The team folded a dozen...

The Hula Hut was a tiki bar in San Diego located in the old Gates Hotel. It opened in 1946 and closed in 1965. Frequented by military personal and aircraft workers from nearby factories, the club was raided for illegal gambling in 1947. Today...

The original Los Angeles Blades played in the Western Hockey League (WHL), a minor league circuit based on the West Coast,?? from 1961 to 1967. The team began as the Victoria (B.C.) Cougars in 1949. They were sold and moved to Los Angeles in...

The Checker Motors Corporation was a Kalamazoo-based vehicle manufacture best known for making taxi cabs. The iconic, boxy sedans, roamed the streets of America's cities for most of the 20th century, before ceasing production in 1982. Though widely used by cab companies, Checker cars...

Before Spot, there was Fresh Freddie who first introduced kids to 7-Up back in the 1950's.

In 1968, the Los Angeles Stars moved up the freeway from Orange County, where they had been known as the Anaheim Amigos, a charter member of the original American Basketball Association (ABA) beginning in 1967. Their home court was the Los Angeles Memorial Sports...

Since 1957, Dairy Belle has been serving up shakes and fries to folks of the Bay Area. OS16523

The California Dreams were a one-year dream in the Women’s Professional Basketball League. They played their home games at Long Beach Arena and the Anaheim Convention Center, which was also home to the ABA’s Amigos. OS15756

Not sure if everybody knows your name at Gary's Old Town Tavern.    OS15655