{"id":25015,"date":"2022-06-26T07:13:59","date_gmt":"2022-06-26T14:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/?p=25015"},"modified":"2022-07-08T10:35:41","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T17:35:41","slug":"carpenters-drive-in-restaurant-at-the-corner-of-glendale-blvd-and-silver-lake-blvd-glendale-california-circa-mid-to-late-1930s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2022\/06\/26\/carpenters-drive-in-restaurant-at-the-corner-of-glendale-blvd-and-silver-lake-blvd-glendale-california-circa-mid-to-late-1930s\/","title":{"rendered":"Carpenter\u2019s drive-in restaurant at the corner of Glendale Blvd and Silver Lake Blvd, Glendale, California, circa mid to late 1930s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"25016\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2022\/06\/26\/carpenters-drive-in-restaurant-at-the-corner-of-glendale-blvd-and-silver-lake-blvd-glendale-california-circa-mid-to-late-1930s\/carpenters-drive-in-restaurant-at-the-corner-of-glendale-blvd-and-silver-lake-blvd-glendale-ca-circa-mid-to-late-1930s\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Carpenters-drive-in-restaurant-at-the-corner-of-Glendale-Blvd-and-Silver-Lake-Blvd-Glendale-ca-circa-mid-to-late-1930s.jpg?fit=800%2C602&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,602\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Carpenter\u2019s drive-in restaurant at the corner of Glendale Blvd and Silver Lake Blvd, Glendale, California, circa mid to late 1930s\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Carpenters-drive-in-restaurant-at-the-corner-of-Glendale-Blvd-and-Silver-Lake-Blvd-Glendale-ca-circa-mid-to-late-1930s.jpg?fit=300%2C226&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Carpenters-drive-in-restaurant-at-the-corner-of-Glendale-Blvd-and-Silver-Lake-Blvd-Glendale-ca-circa-mid-to-late-1930s.jpg?fit=640%2C482&ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25016\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Carpenters-drive-in-restaurant-at-the-corner-of-Glendale-Blvd-and-Silver-Lake-Blvd-Glendale-ca-circa-mid-to-late-1930s.jpg?resize=640%2C482&ssl=1\" alt=\"Carpenter\u2019s drive-in restaurant at the corner of Glendale Blvd and Silver Lake Blvd, Glendale, ca, circa mid to late 1930s\" width=\"640\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Carpenters-drive-in-restaurant-at-the-corner-of-Glendale-Blvd-and-Silver-Lake-Blvd-Glendale-ca-circa-mid-to-late-1930s.jpg?w=800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Carpenters-drive-in-restaurant-at-the-corner-of-Glendale-Blvd-and-Silver-Lake-Blvd-Glendale-ca-circa-mid-to-late-1930s.jpg?resize=300%2C226&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Carpenters-drive-in-restaurant-at-the-corner-of-Glendale-Blvd-and-Silver-Lake-Blvd-Glendale-ca-circa-mid-to-late-1930s.jpg?resize=768%2C578&ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>Going on the 1935 Ford in the foreground, this photo of Carpenter\u2019s drive-in restaurant at the corner of Glendale Blvd and Silver Lake Blvd was taken some time in the mid-to-late 1930s. And it was certainly still around in the mid 1940s when it was used as a location in Warner Bros.\u2019s \u201cMildred Pierce.\u201d I\u2019m also curious about that tower in the back ground. The Rite Spot was a restaurant, and the two places combined made up what was known as Carpenter’s Village.<\/p>\n<p><strong>** UPDATE **<\/strong> – The consensus is that Carpenter’s address was 606 E. Colorado <strong>Street<\/strong> (not Blvd), which puts it at or near the intersection of Glendale <strong>Avenue<\/strong> (not Blvd), in Glendale. My thanks to everyone who chimed in to clarify the location.<\/p>\n<p><span data-offset-key=\"23hm3-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Going on the 1935 Ford in the foreground, this photo of Carpenter\u2019s drive-in restaurant at the corner of Glendale Blvd and Silver Lake Blvd was taken some time in the mid-to-late 1930s. 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