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Mt. Rubidoux, 1920

January 13th, 2010 Leave a comment Go to comments

Clipping from a newspaper, circa 1920:

I find this interesting because Mt. Rubidoux is just a few miles (give or take) from my house.  It’s a place I’ve driven past many, many times.  I always knew that Easter services were popular, but I wasn’t aware how far back this yearly ritual went.  Imagine trying to make your way down this bumpy one-way mountain road in your Model ‘T’ after the sunrise services.

Another interesting thing I discovered while researching this clipping is that Wikipedia has this photo on their Mt. Rubidoux Wiki site.  Comparing the cars in the Wiki photo with this newspaper clipping, it became apparent that, if Wikipedia has their dates correct then my newspaper photo is actually from 1913.

Would anybody out there with an affinity for automobiles be able to pinpoint the date from which this photo was actually taken?  Call me curious…

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  1. Annie Wilson
    Annie Wilson
    January 14th, 2010 at 06:21 | #1

    The first sunrise service was held in 1909.

  2. January 14th, 2010 at 08:58 | #2

    Wow…amazing bit of fact there. Thanks Annie!

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