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The new air traffic control tower at Los Angeles International Airport, 1961
In 1961, Los Angeles International Airport got a new air traffic control tower. Obviously someone had their eye on the future because it was also the tallest in the country, and they could see huge growth was coming. But compared … Continue reading
A dozen Angelenos crowd into a car celebrating V-J Day at Olive and 6th Streets, downtown Los Angeles
August 14, 1945 was a big day around the world, but especially in Southern California, which had been the U.S.’s main gateway to the Pacific theater during WWII. This photo was taken that day—known as V-J Day (Victory over Japan, … Continue reading
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Looking north over the wing of a plane showing the intersection of Wilshire Blvd and Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles. circa 1922
It’s not often we glimpse the aircraft from which aerial photos of Los Angeles are taken, but seeing the tip of a wing in this one makes it all the more dramatic. The intersection at the center of this photo … Continue reading
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Pick up and drop off at the TWA Terminal building at Los Angeles International Airport, 1959
These days, Los Angeles International Airport (aka LAX) is a sprawling, bustling complex of nine different terminals, seven parking lots, and traffic that never stops. What a contrast to this shot taken in 1959 of the TWA Terminal. It all … Continue reading
Looking west along Hollywood Blvd from Vine Street, Hollywood, circa 1961
The photographer who took this photo of dusk settling over Hollywood Blvd would have been standing just east of the Vine Street intersection. All the lights along the street have turned on: Broadway department store, American Airlines, Hody’s coffee shop, … Continue reading
Mercury Aviation airplanes and a blimp parked at Chaplin Airfield, Fairfax and Wilshire Boulevards, Los Angeles, 1919
Back when Los Angeles was more open field than urban sprawl, Charlie Chaplin’s brother, Syd, leased property bounded by what is now Wilshire, Fairfax, and San Vincente, and named it Chaplin Airfield. In 1918, Cecil B. DeMille started the Mercury … Continue reading
Amelia Earhart at Grand Central Air Terminal, Glendale, California, June 7, 1931
Amelia Earhart became famous when she was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1928, so it was newsworthy when she landed an autogiro (which is kind of like a helicopter) at Grand Central Air … Continue reading
Western Airlines ticket office on the southwest corner of 6th and Olive Streets, downtown Los Angeles, circa 1946
Does anybody Western Airlines? They flew around the western part of the US, with hubs in LA, Salt Lake City, and Denver, from 1926 until 1987, when they merged with Delta. I don’t have a date on this glorious shot … Continue reading
A Goodyear blimp hovers over Hughes Airport, Playa Vista, Los Angeles, circa late 1940s
One of these days, I’d love the chance to ride in a Goodyear blimp over Los Angeles. It’s virtually impossible to get a seat on one of those things so I’ll have to make do with photos like this. Here … Continue reading
Grand Central Air Terminal, 1310 Air Way, Glendale, California, circa 1937.
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 … Continue reading