Tag Archives: San Fernando Valley
Spencer Tracy standing in front of his 12-acre spread in Encino known simply as “The Hill.”
I can’t even imagine what 12 acres in Encino would be worth nowadays! (For non-LA’ers, Encino is a suburb in the San Fernando Valley were a number of stars had large properties (there was more room and land was cheap … Continue reading
Clark Gable and Carole Lombard’s “House of Two Gables” in Encino, Los Angeles
The house where Clark Gable lived with Carole Lombard at 4543 Tara Drive in Encino (although when they moved in, the official address was 4525 Petit Drive.) They bought it in 1939 just before they got married, and the tabloids … Continue reading
Aerial view of San Fernando Valley looking north from the corner of Woodman & Chandler, 1927
An aerial view of agricultural San Fernando Valley looking north from the corner of Woodman and Chandler in 1927. Houses and agricultural buildings are interspersed among rectangular fields and orchards. It largely stayed this way until the post-WWII population … Continue reading
Topographical map of Los Angeles from 1912
In this 1912 topographical map of Los Angeles, you can clearly see the San Fernando Valley. It’s so vast that when you’re inside it, you can’t fully see it.
Republic Studios (old Mack Sennett studios) circa 1935.
Republic Studios in what is now Studio City, in the San Fernando Valley, circa 1935. Mack Sennett originally built the studios in 1928 and he owned them up his enterprise went bankrupt in 1933. Herbert J. Yates took over the … Continue reading
Hollywoodland Sign and San Fernando Valley, 1920s
The Hollywoodland sign in the 1920s (probably not long after it was erected in 1923) showing the San Fernando Valley behind it. These days it’s full of suburbia, but back then it was filled with all the orange and lemon … Continue reading
Lockheed Aircraft Plant, Burbank, World War II
During WWII, the Army Corps of Engineers hid the Lockheed Burbank Aircraft Plant to protect it from possible Japanese air attack by covering the whole thing with camouflage netting to make it look like a rural subdivision from the air. … Continue reading