Soledad Vintage Page

Vintage Images

Vintage images and photos of Soledad. Most of these came from the Soledad local history file from the Soledad Library.

	Flooding at an old Shell station in 1941
	Flood stage at the Arroyo Seco bridge in 1966
	Bridge construction in 1938.
	Bridge washout in 1914
	Another view of the 1914 washout.
	The "Flying Duck" was used to shuttle workers across the washed out area during the repair period.
t	Front St. in the 1930's
t	A wider view of Front St. in the 30's looking east. Note the stockyards in the foreground.
t	The old bottle style pumps from a gas station on Front St. in the 30's, possibly the one in Location #4
t	Contruction of the new bridge in 1938
t	The old original bridge over the Salinas River. Hard to read the sign, but it probably refers to travel restrictions.
t	Another view of the original bridge before 1914
t	The Pasquale Hotel, (Now the Soledad Hotel) in 1934.