Steven Shaw has turned his collection of 700 vintage postcards into a book about the history of San Bernardino, Calif. About 225 of the postcards were used in the Arcadia Publishing book titled “San Bernardino,” which comes out Monday, reports the San Bernardino County Sun.
Shaw told the Inland Press-Enterprise something interesting about preservation:
“Everybody wishes we would have kept more of the old buildings,” Shaw said. “With some cities that did, it was almost luck and the circumstances at the time. Maybe the city didn’t have enough money to redevelop, so they just left those old buildings in place and made do with what they had. And now they’re really glad they didn’t tear them down.” […]
Sections of the book deal with the city’s early history, its rapid growth as a railroad center, past festivals and parades, public buildings, the still-standing Arrowhead Springs resort, the National Orange Show and Route 66.
“San Bernardino” can be ordered here. The price is $19.99, plus shipping. It is part of Arcadia’s Postcard History Series.