“The Week in Pacific Beach” was a regular column in the San Diego Union in 1905, and the column on Tuesday, November 7th, included this item:

“Oliver T. Parker and Captain Jonas Parker of Lowell, Mass., are frequently seen automobiling on the strand.”

The Parkers were not alone. Take a look at this postcard from the same year:

That image is courtesy of the San Diego Public Library, which has a collection of over 5,000 postcards. The introduction to the collection on the library’s website states, “In the past postcards were the original Social Network. It was the easiest way to share images and quick thoughts.”

Check out some of the San Diego history on display by going to: https://sdpl.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16736coll5 .