This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Arm-chair sailor crafts world travel into hotel design
Leonard England, son of a Scottish captain, brings world wanderer flair to Ocean House in San Diego. As Dell Webb Interiors director, he weaves Orient and Polynesian motifs into the Mission Bay resort, drawing on postwar travels and a wartime POW experience to shape practical, durable furnishings and themed spaces. England, once a Canadian pilot with the Eagle Squadron, survived being shot down over Hamburg and a six-year POW stint, then used his creative skill to design stage sets in captivity.
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