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Night shot of the Southern Pacific Starlight service between Los Angeles and San Francisco (undated)
I don’t have a date for this remarkable shot, but here’s what I can tell you: Southern Pacific Railway inaugurated their Starlight service, an overnight train between Los Angeles and San Francisco on October 2, 1949. It started with chairs … Continue reading
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Tagged California, Glendale, California, Night photo, Trains and Railways
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Color photo of McDonnell’s El Rancho Hotel on San Fernando Rd, West Glendale, California, circa mid-1950s
Until I came across this photo, I only knew of McDonnell’s as a chain of popular drive-in restaurants throughout Los Angeles in the 1940s. But apparently they also had hotels. This one was called El Rancho Hotel and it stood … Continue reading
Aerial shot of Howard Hughes’s aircraft, the Spruce Goose, undergoes final assembly on Terminal Island, Long Beach, California, 1947
In June of 1947, Howard Hughes was finally ready to transport the massive hull and two wing sections of his H-4 Hercules aircraft – aka the Spruce Goose, but don’t call it that when Hughes was around! – from his … Continue reading
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Tagged Airports Aircraft Airlines, California, Culver City, Long Beach
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Aerial shot of Lakewood built to house up to 70,000 people, many of them Douglas Aircraft employees, near Long Beach, California, circa 1950s
Here we have a shot of the peak of post-war planned community housing. Lakewood was developed as a planned community near Long Beach, beginning in late 1949 and taking roughly four years to complete. Home buyers had a choice of … Continue reading
Oil wells tower over Sunnyside Cemetery in the Signal Hill section of Long Beach, California, circa 1937
After posting yesterday’s photo of the Signal Hill oil field near Long Beach, California, someone sent me this photo, also taken circa 1937. It’s the same oil wells, but this time we’re seeing them from across the Sunnyside Cemetery at … Continue reading
A forest of oil derricks sprouts up on the Signal Hill oil field, Long Beach, California, 1937
In yesterday’s photo of Vine St in 1960, I commented that I could almost hear the sounds and inhale the smells. This photo similar, but not in quite the same way. In this aerial photo, we’re seeing the forest of … Continue reading
Pacific Electric Railway opens its Long Beach streetcar line from the corner of 6th and Main Sts in downtown Los Angeles, July 4, 1902
Having created the Pacific Electric Railway in 1901, Henry E. Huntington open his streetcar line to Long Beach on July 4, 1902, and fortunately, a photographer was around to capture the moment its first passengers. The line started at the … Continue reading
Color photo of a Red Car running along Ocean Blvd, Long Beach, California, circa early 1960s
This vibrant color photo gives us a glimpse of what it was like to cruise along Ocean Blvd in Long Beach sometime during the early 1960s. This was back when the Red Cars were still running, and they stopped in … Continue reading
Shopping Bag market at the southwest corner of Honolulu Ave and Market St, Montrose, California circa mid-1930s
Here we have a photo that hearkens back to the days when we had grocery stores that displayed their fruit and vegetables out on the street. Shopping Bag was a chain of grocery stores that began with a little store … Continue reading
Night shot of Ken’s Hamburgers, Ken’s Ice Cream, and Ken’s Dinner Bell restaurant, California (undated)
I don’t know who Ken was, but between his hamburgers, his ice cream stand, and his Dinner Bell restaurant, he must have been a busy guy. I could find no information on this photo or on any of Ken’s businesses … Continue reading