The Alhambra Preservation Group presents a series of summer-related photos from the past. The season is all about ice cream and basking in the outdoors.

We've compiled some photos of Alhambra from the 1920s to the 1950s. Things were pretty different back then, as evidenced by a "Neighbor Queen Contest" and a cake baking showdown.

The Amaros, founders of the Alhambra Preservation Group, talk about historic home preservation in Alhambra, and what it means to keep architectural traditions alive.

Marijune Wissmann, an Alhambra resident for more than 50 years, worked as a stenographer on the Manhattan Project. Divulging secrets, she was told, was punishable by death.

For Raymond and Fanny Moc, the American story is a series of gains and setbacks. At one point they feared tigers. At another time they were forced to live in a prison.

After leaving Vietnam on a ship and spending 10 months at sea, Charlene Lin Ung's family wondered if they would ever be allowed to disembark.