Vintage shots from days gone by!

I believe this might be Dean Wormer's mother.

 

"I told you we needed brakes"

 

Bridge over the uncemented L.A. River, looking east from Elysian Park. Horse drawn wagon in the river bed.

 

Photographers Awaiting Marilyn Monroe Press Conference

 

Forest Lawn Cemetery. 1943

 

The Golden Submarine in 1917 with Driver Barney Oldfield at Ascot.

 

"The Interchange" as it was called...the world's first four-level interchange of freeways...downtown LA..1953

 

Deputy uses balloon intox tester to see if he is OK to go on duty.

 

1925 Sheriff's "Night Squad".

 

Local teenagers hang out in a darkened parking lot and admire a custom 1951 Mercury Montery, Venice, California, August 1959. This image was part of an article called 'Kansas Squares vs. Coast Beats,' which appeared in the September 21, 1959, issue of Life magazine. (Apologies for the stupid watermark)