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Salton Sea Beach Ephemera
You can’t talk about Salton Sea Story without talking about Salton Sea Beach. Salton Sea Beach would be largely unnoticed otherwise, as it is a small community and overshadowed by its big brother a few miles south on 86. In my research of SSS, I have come across a number of unique SSB related items.…
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The Prototype?
I received a message from a thrift store owner in Bakersfield who came across something interesting. The first known edition of Salton Sea Story is from 1952 – I own a physical copy. What he has appears to be a ‘prototype’. Hand bound, the photo on the cover is an actual photo, taped/glued on. I…
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Salton Bay Poker Chips
Salton Bay chips are a little less common than Desser House chips. To this day I am still missing the 10 cent chip. https://chipguide.themogh.org/cg_chip2.php?id=CASCSB&v=2758962885 I took a different route with this one in terms of the construction. I did not drill all the way through, I just drilled recesses. I really need some Blue Tack…
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Air Loop Sign
Throughout Salton City you will occasionally find wooden street signs. Presumably these are the original street signs when the city was built in the late 1950s. Very few survive today, and for some reason many of the remaining signs are in the air park. The sign at Air Loop and Air Park had been broken…
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West Shores News Article
Back in 2021 I stopped at the Alamo in Salton City for a burrito and I saw a stack of West Shores News on the counter. I grabbed one and read it as I ate my lunch. In writing it, I hoped that it might reach some Salton City residents who have seen me cruise…
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8mm videos
A while back I saw an auction on eBay for some old 8mm films marked as you see above. So I went ahead and ordered them, then immediately sent them off to be converted to digital. Before they can make from the conversion house, I already had plans of what to do with the footage.…
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Map Block
For Christmas 2022 I got a wonderful gift from a close friend. It is a print block, used to print maps. Specifically of Imperial County. Here is a close up of a portion of the block itself. Above, you can see I did manage for find a way to print some with a homemade press.…
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Desser House Poker Chips
I would come across poker chips from Desser House here and there on eBay over the years, and eventually decided I start to track them all down. Once I did, I knew I had to build some kind of proper display for them. First thing I did was print and laminate the ad seen above.…
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The Postcard
The above is taken from “Queen of the Salton Sea”. I never dreamt I’d get my hands on an original but dreams come true! I got one on ebay for……well….how much is ‘too much’? Too much is never enough! I immediately scanned it then sent it to Sticker Mule to have some stickers created. Very…