I have a very large collection of Plomb tools. My Dad was a tool designer there in the mid-40's. They got sued by Plumb in Pennsylvannia when they started competing in the same line of tools. In 1948 they had both names on their tools, Proto (Professional Tools) and Plomb. They were sued again and only the Proto name was used from then on. I believe they are now owned by Stanley. They were at 2209 Santa Fe Ave in LA.
Hey OMT! how are ya? Didn't know you were on this site. Great place, lots of stuff, pretty good buch overall Pontiac Slim
I used to go with my father to the factory where he would buy tools, which I still have by the way. Not raving beauties like SnapOn but high quality tools for sure.
Universal Studios over the years had many spectacular fires. This one in 1990 destroyed not only sets but many 20's-30's cars.
the one they had a few years ago was real bad. they lost the whole town square, you could smell the film burning all over burbank. it smelled like an electrical fire! when it first happen, i was running all over the house looking for the fire thinking it was in the house, the smell was that strong!
I work on the CBS lot, the parking structure that I park in every day was built on the spot where the lagoon from Gilligan's Island used to be...
Holy crap!! It took me a month to get through this thread, but I made it! Hey, I was reading it at work. <!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o></o> Thank you, thank you, thank you Mazooma, Special Ed, BrerHair Hollywood Graham and everyone else that has posted, keepm coming. <!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o></o> [FONT="]I was born in Downey in 46, lived in Billy Goat Acres (Bell Gardens) until I was 6 and then the family moved to the San Fernando Valley where I stayed until I went into the service in 67. Graduated from Poly in 64 and even worked at Lockheed. I need to go through my moms pictures and see what I can find, if I can remember what the heck I did with them. Thank you all for a trip down memory lane. Mike [/FONT]
so your saying they really did "pave paradise and put up a parking lot" thats a Joni Mitchell reference for the younger crowd... sorry..
Wow I lived in Downey, Bell Gardens, and the San Fernando Valley, went in military in '70, now I live in Atwater, and your in Sonora...The HAMB really is a small world...
What a great collection and THANK YOU for posting them!! I was born and raised in the la area 1950. My dad is a hollywood native and mom is from the silverlake area of la. and I left in 1974 for northern arizona. California is a good place to visit.
The Hollywood Bowl... last night, my buddy and his wife saw "The Eagles" there... a few months ago, I got stuck with having to go to see Barry Manilow with a bunch of people for my wife's birthday... I got revenge, though...I booked a room at the "Nugget" for Bonneville "Speed Week"...."he who laugh last, laughs the best!" ... This photo was taken right before the annual "Playboy Jazz Festival" was to start evening Dean Jeffries shop, for 40 years, is just north of here about 1 mile.
I just checked out the SoCal Car Culture web site and found a few pictures of my car at a show at the Del Mar Fairgrounds last October. Look for pictures that look like my Avatar. http://public.fotki.com/wackydave/car_shows/car-shows-2009/charger-steves-wild/page4.html
This shot of Spencer Tracy on the roof is in Long Beach you can see the ocean in the background, and the two distinctive tower topped buildings that are still there, though I'm sure development and the Long Beach earthquake have changed things dramatically. The park below may be Lincoln Park (somewhat changed and smaller now) which would mean the whole area of buildings has probably been demolished. that area is all new. There is quite a bit of matte painting work too, which makes it harder to place accurately.
Pine Blvd., Long Beach, from It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World. http://www.flickr.com/photos/isle_of_paradise/3474985013/sizes/o/in/set-72157616262266661/
I was born and raised in Arcadia, a wonderful place to grow up in. Now, Glendora to me has that small town flavor I used to have. The retreat house , and Sierra Madre. A great place to raise a family. Where the small town eatery's host knows most people by their first name. If I recall, his name is Dick Mauer? The Eagles, at the Bowl? That bearded guy would not by chance drive a primered old Nova, would he? I could not imagine being born and raised in any other state, much less ever leaving my San Gabriel Valley.
Being a SGV native also born in Arcadia, it took me moving out of state to realize what you just said is so true...how I miss the SGV
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HAHAHA! That's awesome!!!!! I remember eating there sitting at the tables outside and listening to a drunk hobo scream "milk and fucking water! Milk and water!" To this day Im not sure why he was so upset with milk and water....thanks for those pics
Many of these photos are current and many of the photos of the old places, well those old places are still here, too. Its still a great place to live. I've been within 3 miles of the same spot for 59 years. If you like cars and don't like snow, humidity and bugs, this is the place. I wouldn't change a thing with my life.
Thanks for the detective work! I thought some of the buildings surrounding Pershing Park in the original picture looked familiar from the movie, but I haven't seen it in a couple years. Have to drag out the tapes and watch it again now. There's a pretty good "the making of" segment at the end of the movie, at least on the version I have.
Yeah, I'd like to know too. I suspect that it isn't Lincoln Park in Long Beach because pictures I've found in that era show it was full of big trees. The Lincoln statue was standing, not sitting too.
WOW! The fountain has memories!! I think every one of us has had a hand in that look at one time or another. With Taco Lita, well, you either get it or you don't! I've taken people there from outta state, and they think I'm crazy to have taken them to a total white boy Mexican place. My kids get it, though. Taco Lita hot sauce can even make pancakes taste great! Thanks for all the cool pictures!! Dale
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