Centennial Book Author to Speak at Library

Monday, July 18, 2011

rohrsilverdollarsDo you remember Rohr's famous "Silver Dollar Payday?" Or the day President Eisenhower paid a visit to Chula Vista? Or when H Street dead-ended at what is now interstate 805? Relive those memories - and learn more about the people and events that shaped today's Chula Vista - during a lecture sponsored by the Friends of the Chula Vista Library at 6 p.m.Wednesday, July 20.

 

Dr. Steven Schoenherr will show photographs and talk about Chula Vista in the 1950s and '60s in a free presentation at the Civic Center Library auditorium. This is the third in a series of programs on Chula Vista history sponsored by the Friends in celebration of Chula Vista's 100th year. The January lecture focused on the period from 1888 to 1925, and the April presentation covered local events during the Great Depression and World War II.


Dr. Schoenherr, a retired professor of history at the University of San Diego, has spent the past two years researching and writing about Chula Vista's history. The book, Chula Vista Centennial: A Century of People and Progress, will be available later this year; copies may be reserved now through the Centennial website.

Refreshments will be served at this third and final lecture, and attendees are invited to come dressed in attire from their favorite decade.  

(Story courtesy of the Friends of the Chula Vista Library. Visit their website. Photo courtesy of the Chula Vista Public Library.)

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

6:00 PM

Civic Center Library
365 F Street
Chula Vista CA 91910
(619) 691-5069

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