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Morro Bay (CA) (Images of America)

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Issued in May-June, 2006, "Morro Bay (Images of America)" by Roger Castle and Gary Ream for The Historical Society of Morro Bay, is a very welcome and important addition to the limited printed information available about the history of Morro Bay, CA, a California central coast treasure. This is a must-have volume for local residents and others interested in Morro Bay history, along with the earlier classic 1982 "Morro Bay's yesterdays: Vignettes of our city's lives & times" by Dorothy Gates and Jane Bailey. Both books provide extensive historical photos not available elsewhere. While most Morro Bay historical information that is online can be found from links from the historical tab of morro-bay.com at morro-bay.com/historical, the contents of these two books exceeds what is available online. Castle and Ream pack their 128 page "Morro Bay (Images of America)" with fully annotated photos on every page. The magic of print-on-demand pioneered by their publisher arcadiapublishing.com makes for an interesting intersection of modern technology with historical content. I wish the authors had used Photoshop photo enhancement more aggressively to bring out the contrast, brightness, and sharpness of the hundreds of photos painstakingly assembled in this wonderful collection. The amount of time and effort devoted to collecting and preparing these photo treasures must have been be extensive. Thanks to the authors and The Historical Society of Morro Bay for this essential addition to my library.

The Arcadia Publishing series of "Images of America" books is amongst the best available to document the history of numerous small towns in America. The predecessor book Morro Bay (CA) (Images of America) by Roger Castle et al;. Morro Bay (CA) (Images of America) did a terrific job of documenting the past of Morro Bay, CA. This new volume comparing "Then and Now" photographs gives the reader a keen sense of how time has treated this fishing village waterfront town over the past decades. Noted local nature and event photographer Garry Johnson of photomorrobay dot com took the "now" images in this work, which sets the bar high for others developing the Arcadia Series. A must have book. I'll have trouble getting my copy back from all who want to borrow it. We Morro-Bay dot com residents can help support our valued Morro Bay Historical Society by purchasing this book locally and recommending it to others.

I found the book full of great pictures. Lots information that
helped put together some of the stories I had heard before. It left
me wanting to learn more about some of the other long time family's.
Hope someone will put together another book.