A People’s History of the Inland Empire Digital Archive

Postcard of Redlands, California

2022.006.043

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A color postcard of Redlands, California, reading "Snow capped San Bernardino Peak as seen from Orange and Colton Avenues." The picture also shows Winn's Drug Store, a fixture in the neighborhood. From its beginnings in the 1930s, the store had a soda fountain and grill that attracted people from all over for its pie, milkshakes, and local gossip. By the time the photograph on the postcard was taken, the freeway had created a permanent barrier between the north and south sides and made the imaginary line separating the town all too concrete and real.

Community life in Redlands

Postal History

Local Business

Redlands (Calif.)

1930s

Louis Kay (Photographer)
Virginia Kay (Photographer)
Columbia Wholesale Supply (Publisher and Distributer)

1930s

Inland Mexican Heritage

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English

Vasquez, Antonio Gonzalez, and Genevieve Carpio. Mexican Americans in Redlands. Charleston, S.C: Arcadia Publishing, 2012.