MOTEL YEARLING

"This is the last card I'll post before starting the westbound journey once again in Chicago later this week. This is the Motel Yearling, 1515 East Huntington Drive in Duarte, CA. It was "Conveniently located in the foothills of the Sierra Madre Mountains on Highway 66. Ten minutes drive to the Santa Anita Race Track and the Pasadena Rose Bowl." The owners and operators were Abe and Mary Doornbos who I suppose, by the name of the motel, were into horses. You may not be able to see it on line but there's a woman and small child sitting at the table under the unbrella on the right side of the card. Lo and behold, it's still around today under a different name - http://goo.gl/maps/aSMY5. See you all in Chicago in a couple of days."

DUARTE SHOPPING CENTER: CORONET, ALPHA BETA, & SNYDER'S MEATS

DUARTE SHOPPING CENTER: CORONET, ALPHA BETA, & SNYDER'S MEATS

I loved this shopping center back in the day. What's that, about 1964? Coronet was a great place for a kid. It was the five-and-dime-store that everyone in Duarte loved. It had two levels, the storefront level and then the downstairs. The interior was almost an S&H Green Stamp green, which for a kid made it intriguing. There was an Alpha Beta store just west of the Coronet in the same lot.  My dad used to tell us that he designed the little Alphie cowboy with lasso.  Further east in the center was Snyder's Meats.  That place was THE place in Duarte.  There was also the Duarte Market up at Highland and Royal Oaks.  Snyder's could have even owned the meat section in that store as well.