What should you do with your old photos?

At our November meeting, author and photo-archivist Guy Ball offered some suggestions on preserving, scanning, or donating your old, vintage photos to a local historical society.

Click here to see (and download) his presentation.

Click here to see (and download) his reference handout.

Welcome to the Web Home of the Tustin Area Historical Society!

Our website proudly celebrates the local history of the city of Tustin. Wwe have some great old photos and some interesting articles and you can be sure that we will add more over time. We're always looking for more content - articles, photos, and even old ads and printed materials. Should you have anything you would like to share, please contact us either at the museum directly or to our webmaster, Guy Ball.

We've also included photos to show what you will see on our museum tour; Juanita Lovret's wonderful articles from our hometown paper, the Tustin News; copies of recent newsletters; and information on the books we sell at the museum.

Take a few minutes and explore the site. Contact our webguy with any comments or recommendations regarding the site.

Click here to visit our gallery of photos on the Tustin Marine Air Station
featuring old vintage images and new current photos.

Click here to read some of the great articles about early Tustin
by resident historian Juanita Lovret.

Now Reprinted and Revised in All It's Splendor

Tustin: An Illustrated History by Tustin Historian Carol Jordan is back with a new edition of this classic tome on the history of our fine city!

Tustin: An Illustrated History by Carol Jordan Carol Jordan, author of Tustin: An Illustrated History

After being out of print for some 10 years, the book has been updated, corrected, and expanded with some new photos and content. This hardcover book now has over 130 pages

The book is available now. You may order the book by calling the museum at 714-731-5701, emailing tustinmuseum@att.net, or by sending in this downloadable form. The book is also available at Acorn Naturalist, Mrs. B's Consignments, and Ivy's Bridge - both on El Camino Real in Tustin, as well as Woodwards Ace Hardware, No. Tustin Ave, Santa Ana.

The museum is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays of each week from 9 am to 2 pm, and the first and third Saturdays of the month from noon until 3 pm. Our location is at 395 El Camino Real at Main St. Call the museum at 714-731-5701.

Vintage Photos

Website designed by Intotality, Inc.