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Vintage Wrightwood photos
Wrightwood:
Here are a few vintage photos of Wrightwood.
The first one is 1941 post card of Wrightwood's Twin Lakes, with it's old fountain.
The next one is a 1976 photo over looking Apple St.
The next two are water sking on Twin Lakes
If anyone has old Wrightwood photos that you'd like to share, email them and we will get them posted. Click here to email... oldphotos@wrightwoodcalif.com
WWMtnGal:
RobertW:
Info on the picture of Twin Lakes with the old fountain:
The little girl circled in the picture is my mother, Billie Morgan. She is the daughter of Al and Grace Schobert. My grandparents bought our Wrightwood property in 1939, and lived full time in Wrightwood from 1965 to about 1979. Since my mother was about 8 years old in the picture and was born in 1933, we estimated the postcard picture was taken in about 1941. It is an actual postcard.
The two adults next to my mother were of the Risk family. They owned a cabin right below the lake. I don't have any other information about them.
My brother and I spent all of our summers and holiday vacations staying with my grandparents in Wrightwood.
We learned to swim in the Burn's pool and spent alot of time swimming with their son's Gary, Chad and Steve. When we weren't swimming, we were climbing every bit of the the mountains around Wrightwood. We learned to fish in Jackson Lake.
We spent alot of time with Richard Holme's boys, Steve and Doug, making forts and playing in a tree house that was the center piece of Robin Circle, that we had named "Fort Wilderness".
We have many albums containing pictures of Wrightwood dating back to 1940. I'll look through them and scan any pictures that may be of interest to the general public. I know we have pictures of the old Holiday Foods store, perhaps "Dury's", downtown after a major snow storm and pictures of the 1969 mudslide.
If anyone remembers my grandfather, Al Schobert, I'd appreciate hearing from you.
At 46, while never having been a "full time" Wrightwood resident, Wrightwood is where I grew up, and I still consider it "home".
Robert W. Morgan
johnNjeri:
Hi Mr. Morgan,
Thank you for your very interesting pictures and stories. You're lucky to have such wonderful memories of growing up in WW. I look forward to your future posts. :D
johnNjeri:
Hi Wrightwood,
As my teenagers are fond of saying, all of your photo's are "tight" or "sweet". Some older folks might even say "awesome". Would I be dating myself if I just said "cool" as opposed to "neat-o"? Ah, heck...your photo's are the "cat's pajamas!" Whatever generation, I think you get the point.
Keep up the good work! ;D
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