Flashbacks for Oct. 3
100 years ago – October 9, 1924
DAM COMING DOWN AS RAIN ARRIVES
With the welcome opening of the rainy season, Lake Sotoyome is, figuratively speaking, to be folded up and put away until next summer. The new dam, construction of which was completed late in...
Flashbacks for Sept. 19
Although many prune picking devices have been invented, some put on the market, others stored away in someone’s garage, the machine demonstrated this week by inventor William Leighton, Healdsburg, promises to effect radical changes in the prune picking process. ...
Flashbacks for Sept. 5
The docents of the Healdsburg Museum dig into back issues of The Healdsburg Tribune to find stories from 50, 75 and 100 years ago...
Flashbacks for Aug. 22
In news from 1949, Healdsburg has been invited to hold a two-day try-out camp for the New York Giants. In a letter to Art McCaffrey, Mickey Shader, San Francisco scout for the New York ball club, promised this city nation-wide publicity as well as to “give some kids a chance to get started in baseball.’’ ...
Flashbacks, Aug. 8
Prohibition Wine, An Emergency Landing and Tennis Tourney in Back Issues, as researched by Healdsburg Museum docents.
Flashbacks for July 25, 2024
Some Things Never Change: News stories about baseball, wineries and erosion in back issues of The Healdsburg Tribune, curated by the Healdsburg Museum...
Arts & Entertainment
Christmas music like it used to be, with swing
Now widely known as “The Harlem Nutcracker,” Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn wrote it for Columbia Records, along with film scores and other work. It was met with a sensational reception
