yup Mazooma, I,m right along wit ya, I also remember Monte Montana at school, so far your right on man! Did your school take bus trips to Olvera st.? I went to Budlong elem. , and later Manchester.school. 39cent
Aerospace industry played a big part in LA history, yes? Workers shifting seats inside a plywood mockup of a Douglas DC-8 at Douglas's Santa Monica plant. 1956 Workers working in a mockup of Lockheed's Electra plane. Burbank 1956 Thor missiles with rocket engines protruding on assembly line at Doulgas aircraft plant. Santa Monica 1959 Everyone gathering at the air field to witness the B-19's test flight. Santa Monica 1941 Rand Corporatio<WBR>n Headquarte<WBR>rs. 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 modeling safety garb to prevent future occupation<WBR>al 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
Millionair<WBR>e aviator Howard Hughes boarding his Hughes H-1 Special airplane prior to making a transconti<WBR>nental flight to Newark, NJ in 7 hours 28 minutes and 25 seconds. Burbank January 19, 1937
Photo taken in 1953. Street address is obvious: Photo taken in 1949 6300 block of Morella Ave, North Hollywood. Maternal grandparents home: Photo taken in 1942 at 1037 N. Orange Grove, LA. My paternal granparents home: Photo taken in 1952 at 6646 Nestle Ave. Reseda, CA (My boyhood home) Photo taken in 1946, car owned by Glen Dickey. Location is Cordova St. @1/2 block south of Magnolia Blvd in Burbank adjacent to Roosevelt grammer school:
my buddy has one! painted the same yellow and blue. and he had the bread boxes rebuilt! really cool truck!
Man, that is great to post family car shots! You folks are Ford/Mercury folks all the way, eh? Is your avatar a '39 Merc? And are you bakerracing? Hope you have more, thanks for sharing.
Santa Monica 1940 Lifeguard Lorrin "Whitey" Harrison (putting octopus in pot, C) and friends having a cookout of lobster and octopus at the beach.
Crenshaw Center has 10-1/2 acre parking lot. 1949 Crenshaw Center parking lot. 1949 Crenshaw Center open Friday nights. 1949 Trucks enter Crenshaw Center through tunnel, never blocking traffic. 1949
Aerial view of acres of new homes, mostly in $12,000 range, creating compact rows jammed together side-by-si<WBR>de along a wavy gridwork of streets in a suburban area called Westcheste<WBR>r. 1949
That is Madman Muntz's car lot! The largest car dealer in the world following WWII! Man, I got some stories about that place!!!
Girl attendant warning a customers not to smoke while getting gas. Los Angeles 1948 Change maker chatting with customer at Gilmore Self-Servi<WBR>ce 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.
Mazooma was talking about the drive-in craze . . . Los Angeles 1949 Los Angeles 1949 Pasadena 1949 Von's supermarke<WBR>t is designed for auto shoppers, purchases are made the usual way, checked at counter, and loaded directly into car upon presentati<WBR>on of claim ticket. Los Angeles 1949
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