Covina Past

A Covina history blog
    by J Scott Shannon

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Two Home Towns

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Here's something I never thought I'd see: a postcard sent from McKinleyville —my home town of the last quarter-century—to the home t...
Monday, March 30, 2026

Facebook Page

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I decided to give social media a try and create a Facebook page to hopefully boost this blog's readership. Check it out! Covina Past on...
Saturday, March 21, 2026

Old Neighbor Remembers

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I'll be frank—I don't generally care for oral histories. Reason being, people's memories of past events tend to be embellished o...
Saturday, March 7, 2026

The Hollenbeck Palms

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Recently, I added this very early C. W. Tucker photo postcard to my Covina ephemera collection. Click on the image above to view a clean e...
Sunday, March 1, 2026

Covina Past at 100

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For this blog's 100th post, I thought a little retrospective might be in order. There've been quite a few changes here at Covina P...
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Friday, January 16, 2026

Lysle Writes Home

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Once upon a time, a young man named Lysle C. Ummel 1 visited Covina, and while he was here, he bought four picture postcards of the place a...
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