Color photo of a Van de Kamp’s bakery at the corner of Verdugo Rd and Colorado St, Glendale, California, circa mid-1940s

Color photo of a Van de Kamp's bakery at the corner of Verdugo Rd and Colorado St, Glendale, California, circa mid-1940sI don’t have a date on this color photo of a Van de Kamp’s bakery at the corner of Verdugo Rd and Colorado St, Glendale, but I did find a website showing the history of the Ralphs supermarket logo. The one we can see in the background was used from 1944 to 1947, so let’s call this circa mid-1940s. It’s possible that this photo has been colorized—that sky looks suspiciously picture-perfect, if you ask me—but even if it is, it does remind us how striking those blue windmill-topped Van de Kamp’s bakeries must have been as Angelenos drove around town.

** UPDATE ** – I’ve been told that the vintage photo is indeed a genuine color Kodachrome shot.

1935 advertisement for Van de Kamp’s chocolates:

1935 advertisement for Van de Kamp's chocolates

The intersection of Verdugo and Colorado still has a Ralphs on it, so I assume this is the same corner. This is how it looked in September 2022.

 

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7 responses to “Color photo of a Van de Kamp’s bakery at the corner of Verdugo Rd and Colorado St, Glendale, California, circa mid-1940s”

  1. PDQ says:

    The front end of the blue car in the lower left corner looks kinda like an early-mid 50’s Ford

  2. David Ginsburg says:

    The blue car at lower left is a 1953 Ford.

    • Al Donnelly says:

      Swept wing hood ornament is right. But, check the headlight cover. It’s angular and has a chrome insert ring. That might be ‘54? And what years was this color available?

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