{"id":383,"date":"2011-01-14T06:19:08","date_gmt":"2011-01-14T06:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?p=383"},"modified":"2011-01-14T23:58:10","modified_gmt":"2011-01-14T23:58:10","slug":"wonderland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?p=383","title":{"rendered":"Wonderland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>With one swift move of the hand at the big switchboard at \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Wonderland\u00e2\u20ac\u009d last night, Mayor Charles F. O\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Neall of San Diego opened the big playground at Ocean Beach just as the clock struck seven.\u00c2\u00a0 The blaze of light that followed was a startler to the crowds that were waiting outside the closed gates clamoring for admittance.\u00c2\u00a0<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0 &#8211;San Diego Union, July 3, 1913.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read the story of San Diego&#8217;s <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Wonderland.pdf\"><strong>Wonderland<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/wonder11.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"387\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?attachment_id=387\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/wonder11.jpg?fit=744%2C389&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"744,389\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"wonder1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/wonder11.jpg?fit=744%2C389&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-387\" title=\"wonder1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/wonder11.jpg?resize=536%2C280\" alt=\"\" width=\"536\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/wonder11.jpg?w=744&amp;ssl=1 744w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/wonder11.jpg?resize=300%2C156&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"fblikebutton_button\" style=\"float: left; margin-left: 10px;\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sandiegoyesterday.com%2F%3Fp%3D383&amp;layout=standard&amp;show-faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:26px\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With one swift move of the hand at the big switchboard at \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Wonderland\u00e2\u20ac\u009d last night, Mayor Charles F. 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