Main Street in Huntington Beach, circa 1915

Film producer and entertainment mogul Walt Disney was born on this day in 1901. In this 1960 photo from our L.A. Examiner Collection, Disney accompanies his grandchildren on a train ride at Disneyland.

City of Orange founders Alfred Chapman and Andrew Glassell pose in front of the fountain in the Orange Plaza, circa 1887

Strolling down the Newport Beach esplanade, circa 1905.

Aerial view of Anaheim in 1870, drawn by E. S. Glover.

Circus performers, or maromeros, pose on the patio of Hacienda Aguilar in San Juan Capistrano on this day in 1903.

Downtown Anaheim decorated for the Fourth of July, 1925. (From the USC Digital Library’s TICOR/Pierce Collection)