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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
Airplane Café, Ventura Blvd, San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, 1927
I guess if you stuck a pair of (too short) wings on either side and a propeller at the front, you get to call your joint the Airplane Café. Apparently this place was somewhere on Ventura Blvd, which is the … Continue reading
The Cahuenga Pass section of the Hollywood Freeway leading into the San Fernando Valley part of Los Angeles, 1949
The Cahuenga Pass section of the Hollywood Freeway connects Los Angeles with the San Fernando Valley. With so little traffic, I thought perhaps this was a shot of the day it opened on June 15, 1940. But turns out this … Continue reading
Color postcard of Universal Studios, Universal City, Los Angeles, 1928
We can see that back in 1928, when this image was captured, Universal Studios was still surrounded by the citrus orchards that used to blanket the entire San Fernando Valley. These days, the studio grounds probably cover most of the … Continue reading
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Walt Disney Productions studios, Burbank, California, circa mid 1950s
These days, it can seem like Disney owns half the world but back in the mid 1950s, when this photo was taken (judging by that fire-engine-red 1955 Mercury Monterey Station Wagon on the right) they were a minor film studio … Continue reading
Roberts Drive in restaurant, corner of Pico and Sepulveda Boulevards, Los Angeles, 1945
It looks like this was the nightly battle of the drive-in restaurants. I don’t know the one on the right, but on the left is Roberts drive-in, which was on the corner of Pico and Sepulveda Boulevards, Los Angeles. All … Continue reading
Universal Studios backlot, Universal City, California, circa 1919
In this photo we’re looking at the backlot of Carl Laemmle’s Universal Studios in the San Fernando Valley section of Los Angeles. It’s a rather sprawling collection of facades with not much organization. Mind you, it was only 1919, so … Continue reading
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Color postcard of Tick Tock restaurant, 10123 Riverside Drive, Toluca Lake
One of the restaurants that gets the most comments when I post about it or mention it in one of my novels is the Tick Tock Tea Room at 1716 North Cahuenga Ave in Hollywood. (1930 to 1988) Many people … Continue reading
North Hollywood Southern Pacific Electric railway station, Chandler Blvd, 1927
I never know when or how I’m going to come across a vintage photo of Los Angeles. I found this one in a display in my doctor’s office. She inherited it from a doctor who had retired but was a … Continue reading
Aerial view Tarzana Ranch, the estate of Tarzan author, Edgar Rice Burroughs, San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles circa 1920s
Apparently it paid very, very well to write stories about a guy raised in the African jungle. In March 1919, Edgar Rice Burroughs, creator of the Tarzan books, bought 550 acres of land from L.A. Times owner Harrison Gray Otis … Continue reading