From the Archives: Spirit above Belmont
U-T staff writer Lori Weisberg wrote in last Sunday’s Business section about big plans to update the nearly 100-year-old Belmont Park in Mission Bay. That got From the Archives thinking about a historical photo of the amusement park, and it found this outstanding shot of the Spirit of St. Louis flying over the park (the roller coaster can be seen in the middle right) in 1927. Charles Lindbergh flew the plane on the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight, from Long Island, N.Y., to Paris on May 20-21 of that year.
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From the Archives travels to Rancho Santa Fe for this picture of famed architect Lilian Rice looking out at Rancho Santa, circa 1926.
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From the Archives travels today up to North County for this shot of the Camp Pendleton barracks in 1951 against the backdrop of Southern California coastal hills.
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From the Archives heads up today to North County for this shot of the San Pasqual Valley and one of its residents, Jose Antonio Morales, in 1920 with his buggy and burro.
