Vintage shots from days gone by!

Rand Corporation Headquarters. Santa Monica 1958

 

Douglas Aircraft. Burbank 1952

 

Douglas Aircraft. Burbank 1952

 

Four female workers sitting on ground against wall during lunch break, at Vega aircraft plant, during WWII: Burbank, CA. Burbank 1943

 

2 women modelling safety garb to prevent future occupational accidents among female war workers; woman on (L) wearing uniform & plastic eye goggles & woman on (R) opening her uniform to reveal plastic bra. Los Angeles 1943

 

Millionaire aviator Howard Hughes boarding his Hughes H-1 Special airplane prior to making a transcontinental flight to Newark, NJ in 7 hours 28 minutes and 25 seconds. Burbank January 19, 1937

 

Culver City 1948

 

Auto show at Pan-Pacific 1952.

 

Los Angeles has world's biggest motorcycle police force, here lining up for review. 1949

 

What the hell is going on in that hole? It looks like Moon Doggey is copping a feel and getting a handy.

 

Girl attendant warning a customers not to smoke while getting gas. Los Angeles 1948

 

Change maker chatting with customer at Gilmore Self-Service Gas Station. Los Angeles 1948

 

GILMORE SERVE YOURSELF SAVE 5 CENTS PER GALLON gas station featuring eight islands with three pumps each, as one girl makes change for every two islands.

 

Von's supermarket is designed for auto shoppers, purchases are made the usual way, checked at counter, and loaded directly into car upon presentation of claim ticket. Los Angeles 1949

 

large apartment building being moved in three sections, on roller drawn trucks. Los Angeles 1949

 

Let me help you get all that sand out of your top. Then we will work on the bottom.