Fast Facts: Anaheim Landing: From Port to Housing to Naval Base

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1. My great grandparents had a beach house at Anaheim Landing and my grandparents had cottage. I have a couple of photos that I would love to share. My mother, in an oral history, shared some wonderful memories of summers spent at Anaheim Landing in the 1930s. The moms and kids staying all week with the dads coming in on the weekends on the Pacific Electric Streetcar. Monopoly games that lasted all summer in the covered picnic area ; a pier with a dock and float. There was an old warehouse that had been turned into a bowling alley with a bath house on the upper floor. Hamburgers that were 10 for $1. The Glider Inn at the entrance to Anaheim Landing with Sam’s Grotto at the other end. I know she would be so pleased at the Historical Landmark registration.

   1. MICHAEL L. MCDOWELL/UPDYKE

   2. My Grandparents had a bait & Tackle shop at Anaheim Landing in the 1930’s

2. Would llove to have some pictures from the 30’s. My grandparents lived in Seal Beach from 1940-1954. Had a business called Al & Etta’s Bait and Tackle. Also a small grocery store. It was located right next to Glider in. Do know about this business? i have been looking for pictures of the store for a long time but have found none. I lived their from 1948-1951. We lived at 129 12th street at my Grandfathers house. His name was Albert Lewis Updyke, he rented the shop from Ole Olson they were very good friends. In the 30’s he was an oilman. He worked for southwest Exploration Company in Huntington Beach.

   1. Ole Olson was my Uncle. I remember hearing the name “Updike”. My Uncle and his Wife, Lida, also lived on 12th St. Everyone knew everyone. Lida & Ole had two children. Benny & Dorothy. As a child, I remember dozens of oil wells with their arms (pumps) moving up & down, continually. My dad also worked there for awhile. Most probably, the company employed a lot of locals. My Uncle Art had “Arts Bait Shop” on PCH in Seal Beach. While my dad had “Belmont Bait &Tackle” at the foot of Belmont Pier in Belmont Shores.