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Doug Westfall Lecture
Download the Daily Pilot PDF article below. Around Town: Newport Beach Historical Society to host speaker Douglas Westfall Daily...
70 Degrees
May 101 min read
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History Lecture Series
Michael Stockstill, Bernie Svalstad, and Ken Carpenter NBHS members were treated to an interesting lesson on the metamorphosis of Orange...

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Sep 1, 20241 min read
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Museum Opening
Ribbon Cutting on June 26, 2025 with the Board of Directors and Elected Officials The NBHS Board of Directors hosted a festive...

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Aug 1, 20241 min read
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GRUNDY BABIES
Were you, or someone you know, born in Newport Beach in 1947 or before? If so was the doctor who delivered you Gordon Grundy? That...
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Nov 5, 20151 min read
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GORDON WILLIAM GRUNDY
NBHS Profile 2015 Gordon William Grundy As a lifelong advocate of his hometown Newport Beach, Gordon William “Bill” Grundy was a founder...
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Aug 23, 20153 min read
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THE MEMORY OF ORANGE BLOSSOMS IN THE SPRING
My family moved to Newport Beach when I was two years old, back in 1955. My grandfather, Donald G. Griswold, moved his manufacturing...
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Jul 28, 20152 min read
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BOB REED WAS A STRONG MAN
BOB REED Bob Reed was a strong man. However, Bob didn’t acquire his strength rowing a dory several miles a day in the open sea as so...
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Jul 28, 20155 min read
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CINDERELLA–NOT!
Cinderella–Not! When we first moved to Corona del Mar, everything north of Fifth Avenue was open hills. To the west, where Irvine...
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Jul 28, 20153 min read
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