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Searching the archives
FROM THE EDITOR
Among the walls of the Communications and Public Relations Department you’ll find a treasure trove of logoed paperweights and monogrammed blankets from past holiday receptions, collegebranded T-shirts, step-and-repeat backdrops, and office supplies. But, buried deep in drawers rarely opened and in the recesses of packed shelves, we recently discovered some truly fascinating gems. As noted on the cover, this year marks the 50th anniversary of the SDCCD’s establishment as a truly independent district. So, our team has been doing a lot of digging. We uncovered old With Excellence newsletters from the 1970s and ‘80s, a folder titled “Oldtimers” eliciting chuckles around the office filled with undated black and white event photos. We even discovered a couple of early logos that we didn’t know existed before a version of the current logo was adopted in the early 2000s.
Multimedia Specialist David Brooks brought in a lightbox and a loupe, and we looked through hundreds of 35mm, 6x6-square, and medium format negatives and color transparencies. Included among them were negatives of the District Office’s current location (pictured on page 8) known then as Stadium Plaza when first purchased in 1973.
I wish we could include all of the great treasures we uncovered over the summer — a small collection of which you’ll find among the 5-0 on the cover and throughout these pages — but as a print editor I have finite space afforded to me. Luckily, additional finds are scattered across our social media where we have been promoting #ThrowbackThursdays since August and will continue to do so through the end of the year. I hope you enjoy learning about the District’s history, as much as we have.
