Herald Examiner Collection
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"The King," Richard Petty
1974
Richard Petty, "The King," at Riverside International Raceway. The track opened in 1957, putting good-ol'-boy NASCAR on the map in the West. The ci…
8,000 gallon storage vats
1930
Photo of giant mash-storage vats, of which there are seven in one chamber in the "first cellar." Each has its own vent to the surface, and grain, sug…
Aimee's Castle, Lake Elsinore
1931
View of Aimee's (Semple McPherson) Castle, located on a hill above Lake Elsinore in Riverside County.
Aimee's Castle, Lake Elsinore
1931
View of Aimee's (Semple McPherson) Castle, located on a hill above Lake Elsinore in Riverside County.
Appaloosa horse
1962
The appaloosa is marked like a snowflake--no two are alike. Most are white over loins and hips with dark spots. Here on September 16, 1962, is Mali…
Bond drive show at City Hall
1949
Photograph caption dated June 2, 1949 reads, "Jimmy Swinnerton, right, shown with Mayor Fletcher Bowron, as some of the former's famous pictures of t…
Bridge at Blythe
1928
Automobiles going out of town, cross over a bridge at Blythe in Riverside. Photo dated: June 18, 1928.
Burned Joshua trees
1953
Photograph caption dated June 16, 1953 reads, "Arms of Joshua Trees burned in the desert after a fire raged through Angeles National Forest." There …
Colorado River Aqueduct pumping station
1977
Aerial view of a pumping station at the edge of a reservoir along the Colorado River Aqueduct. Three large pipes connect the station from the bottom …
Colorado River Aqueduct
1939
Photograph caption reads: "Metropolitan aqueduct from the Colorado River". Photograph dated: Oct. 13, 1939.; A car sits on a dirt road that parallels…
Colorado River Aqueduct
1977
The Colorado River Aqueduct is brimfull as it flows past its banks on its way to its termination point at Lake Mathews. Photograph dated: June 26, 19…
Colorado River Aqueduct
1977
Photograph caption reads: "The MWD Colorado River Aqueduct is brimfull now that it is operating at 20 per cent above design capacity". Photograph dat…
Colorado River Aqueduct
1977
The Colorado River Aqueduct flows past its banks on its way to its termination point at Lake Mathews. Photograph dated: June 26, 1977.
Community of Eagle Mountain
1982
Two kids are seen walking away from the only shopping center in the small town of Eagle Mountain.
Cooling off in Tahquitz Wash
1932
Photograph caption dated March 16, 1932 reads, "The newest styles in bathing suits hold sway even on the desert, for these beauties just have built …
Crash investigators
1984
Photograph caption reads: "Capt. Lee Nuckollis, left, and Capt. Phillip Saenger examine aircraft debris painstakingly relocated to the "crash lab: ne…
Damage done to the desert pavement, Mojave Desert
1974
Photograph caption dated April 3, 1974 reads, "Richard E. Gutting, Jr., kneeling, attorney for Environmental Defense Fund, and UC Riverside anthropol…
Damage in Inscription Canyon, Mojave Desert
1974
Photograph caption dated April 3, 1974 reads, "Hand of UC Riverside anthropology professor, Sylvia Broadbent, points out recent chisel mark at bottom…
Desert painter Jimmy Swinnerton
1964
Photograph caption dated November 12, 1964 reads, "He will observe his 90th birthday with an art display."
Digging for bodies
1928
Deputy Sheriff Ben B. deCrevecoeur and Riverside Sheriff C. A. Sueeter digging beneath the garage floor at the Wineville murder farm for Northcott mu…
Digging for victims
1928
Accused murderer Gordon Stewart Northcott, shackled to an officer, watches the process of digging being done by Deputy Sheriff Ben deCrevecoueur of R…
Farm near Wineville
1928
The "murder farm" of Gordon Stewart Northcott near Wineville in Riverside County. The panorama shows in detail the exact places where dark deeds tran…
Fire environment chamber
1966
Keith Gilbert, 27, a chemistry student at Riverside, inspects samples of small amounts of various fuels in fire environment chamber, which can reprod…
Frank A. Miller, owner of the Mission Inn at Rive…
1935
Photograph caption dated June 15, 1935 reads, "Funeral services were planned today for Frank A. Miller, above, a pioneer Southern Californian and own…