1942 Oakdale , California downtown
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Published 2022-07-26
old color movie during Memorial day, and July 4th 1942
All Comments (21)
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Extraordinary vintage color footage of an era long gone. Beautiful 👍👍
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When California was still part of America
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My family, the Stuarts and the Colemans helped found Oakdale. They planted the first Almond Orchards. I wish this had sound.
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RIPON is the “Almond Capital”. I grew up there, class of ‘67. The first Almond Blossom Festival was held in 1961, and in the parade my three sisters and I won First Prize trophy with Hula Hoops on our own little trailer. How times have changed. One of my sisters and her husband have called Oakdale “home” for many years.
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Interesting motion photography of the area. Enjoyed viewing older automobiles/gas stations/side walk stores & the likes-!!!😉
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The world 82 years ago looks much better than the present time.
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This is my hometown. I wasn’t there until 1953 but I still live here
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Ahhhhh. California before Gavin Newsome. Ahhhhh! 😊
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Such an awesome thing to see. Thank you for sharing this
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This is an absolute treasure! Thanks for uploading. 👍
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what a time to be young. i had no idea my grandparents live in such a paradise. pre war, wow.
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Thanks Don 👌
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That was great! Thank you so much.Please tell Andrea I said hello.
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Excellent video
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This is incredible! Never knew this video existed… and colorized no less.
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Awe yes.... a time when parental authority reined. Thanks.
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I look at that group of kids walking towards the camera 3:00 and if any of 'em are still here, the youngest would be 90 plus in age. Time waits for no one.
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Noticed all the girls and women back then are wearing skirts. No jeans or pants.
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Thanks Don. The Oakdale I remember.
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I do not remember Oakdale being "The City of Almonds" I remember it being "The Cowboy Capital, or "The Rodeo Capital of the World" or something like that. Nearby Riverbank was "The City of Action" where literally NOTHING ever happened and dancing was illegal as late as 1980,, but im pretty sure it was 85 before the law was changed.
