Escondido (Calif.)

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City of Escondido Parks and Recreation offer year-round classes and activities. Women are busy spinning and carding wool.

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Two young women operate spinning wheel in a class offered through City of Escondido Park and Rec program.

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"Some of the junior bowlers at Escondido's Palomar Lanes gather around instructor Bob Wise during a recent practice session at the local alley in preparation for the state tournament at Bakersfield next weekend. From left to right are Vickie Landis, Cindy Thompson, Jeff Brown, Linda Bergeron and Wise." Envelope contains additional images of junior bowlers.

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"John Hook makes his way along a steel beam in the rapidly rising structure on Grand Avenue and Escondido Boulevard that is the future home of Palomar Savings and Loan Association. The building is being constructed by Kitchell Contractors, Inc., of San Diego. Project superintendent is Norman W. Newman. The study in black and white was produced by printing the photo on high-contrast paper." Similar images in envelope.

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A week-long rainstorm in Escondido damaged an underground telephone cable at Pennsylvania Avenue and Waverly Place. The photograph of "Larry Taylor, a Pacific Telephone Co. repairman, seems that he is adrift on a large puddle."

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City of Escondido Parks and Recreation offers numerous activities. Kids jumping into City of Escondido swimming pool.

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[Envelope contains images taken at first session of swimming lessons by the City of Escondido, Washington Park Pool. Unknown if images were published in the newspaper.]

Scope and Contents Envelope contains images related to two stories. Caption of story #1: "Mr. Frostie is a new business whose specialty is soft ice cream. Owned by Dick Maggini (right) and managed by Debbie Neighbors (left), the business is located at 330 Felicita Ave., Escondido. ... The product is reported to be low in fat and air content, while being high in protein, as compared with regular ice cream." Caption of story #2: "Tribute in Tile" Artists Andre Diuhos and Terry Pardue apply finishing touches to...

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"When you open the doors in the morning, an important chore is to hose down the sidewalk in front of your business, especially during the long, rainless summer. Doing his bit to keep Escondido neat and tidy is Ed Lochmoeller, a salesman at Drue's Churchill and Cassou Appliances, 254 E. Grand Ave." [Similar images in envelope.]

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This is a short visual diary documenting some of the COVID-19 related signs that I've seen around where I live in Escondido.