APRIL 2012 ^    180 east Second street

1944 ^    San Bernardino City Directory

1942 ^    San Bernardino City Directory

1940 ^    San Bernardino City Directory

1936 ^    San Bernardino City Directory

c.1944 ^    Louis Bedoya in the back yard at 180 east Second street 

c.1944 ^    Carmen with Irene & Robert at 180 east Second street

"The Bedoya's lived up on Second, right near the corner of Allen.  Bob Bedoya was just an all-around good guy...his sister...Irene...was friends with Helen."    [ben sakoguchi]

1949 ^    T.V. at 180 east Second street        Family & friends watching television in the Bedoya's front room

Robert L. Bedoya:  "I am pretty sure we had the first television in the neighborhood....Our neighbors would come to our home to watch television in the evening. In those days we watched KTLA, the only station broadcasting then as far as I know. Air time was very limited.

During daylight hours there was a show with movie cowboy Tim McCoy and Chief Iron Eyes Cody.  My memory is that we watched wrestling in the evenings and the commentator was Dick Lane.  We all got a kick out of the the T.V. thing. I used to watch test patterns in the the miniature screen in the morning. We were all dazzled by the mystery of it."

T.V. at 180 east Second street (detail) ^    Louis in doorway.........neighbor examining figurine.........Carmen in profile

T.V. at 180 east Second street (detail) ^    neighbor holding panda.........Jessie Escamilla holding Elaine Bedoya

Robert L. Bedoya:  "Our next door neighbor, Jessie Escamilla raised her only child, David, as his father died in an industrial accident when David was young.

T.V. at 180 east Second street (detail) ^    Carmen's father, Julian Mendoza........Robert........Irene

Robert L Bedoya:  "My grandpa was a woodworker and a very fine and inventive cook. He was sought after constantly to prepare beef and pork in pit barbecues. He dug the pit, filled it and fired it with orange wood; he prepared the meat with a dark, rich, mole-like sauce, enriched with aromatic spices, dark chocolate, and peanut butter. He then covered the meat with cactus fronds sealing the pit with dirt. The meat roasted for about eight hours. Then the feast began."

Barbacoa, Jalisco-style...peeling back the cactus fronds and retrieving the meat

"...Clarence Goodwin and Bob Bedoya...they were both positive examples for the kids in the neighborhood."    [ben sakoguchi]

1958 ^  Irene Bedoya    Pacific High School yearbook

1966 ^    Elaine Bedoya    Redlands High School yearbook

1968 ^    Robert L. Bedoya became a California Highway Patrol Officer  

William & May Hallford, from Texas & North Carolina, lived at 180 Second street for 15 years, up until 1943, when they moved elsewhere in San Bernardino. 

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