What started started as a private airport in 1919 became the Glendale Municipal Airport in 1923 and then later was rededicated as the Grand Central Air Terminal on February 22, 1929. This photo of the graceful Spanish Colonial Revival building is circa 1937, by which time it was operating in direct commercial competition with Mines Field airport in El Segundo, which later became Los Angeles International Airport. Although Mines Field ultimately won that battle, Glendale had the geographical advantage of being closer to downtown L.A., Beverly Hills, Hollywood, and Pasadena. The building is still there but is now part of the Walter Disney Imagineering campus. Within the company, it’s known as the “Airways Building.”
A newspaper advertisement for the Grand Central Air Terminal in Glendale:
Colorized postcard for the A newspaper advertisement for Grand Central Airport, Glendale, California
The same building in April 2019:
This satellite photo from 2020 gives a different perspective:
Postcard shows a Ford Tri-motor assigned to Maddux Airways NC?413. It might be a 4-AT (or 5-AT) series aircraft? Appearance of the terminal building may give forth a likely date. Where’s little Shirley?
What started started as a private airport in 1919 became the Glendale Municipal Airport in 1923 and then later was rededicated as the Grand Central Air Terminal on February 22, 1929. This photo of the graceful Spanish Colonial Revival building is circa 1937, by which time it was operating in direct commercial competition with Mines Field airport in El Segundo, which later became Los Angeles International Airport. Although Mines Field ultimately won that battle, Glendale had the geographical advantage of being closer to downtown L.A., Beverly Hills, Hollywood, and Pasadena. The building is still there but is now part of the Walter Disney Imagineering campus. Within the company, it’s known as the “Airways Building.”
Postcard shows a Ford Tri-motor assigned to Maddux Airways NC?413. It might be a 4-AT (or 5-AT) series aircraft? Appearance of the terminal building may give forth a likely date. Where’s little Shirley?