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Web Cam

KABC Web Cam (atop the Disney Building on Alameda).

The Country Club

SCCC Letterhead Logo, 1929 The Old Country Club Country Club Then and Now Old Country Club traces Country Club pool view Aerial shot of new Country Club (Mormon Church), 1951 Mudslide on Country Club Dr., 1962 or 1963 - 1 Mudslide on Country Club Dr., 1962 or 1963 - 2 Country Club Drive (date unknown) Country Club Drive, facing down Olive (1963) Old Country Club Drive (date unknown) - 1 Old Country Club Drive (date unknown) - 2 The Sylvan Falls (up Country Club Dr.) Sylvan cabin, 1920s Sylvan Falls visitors, 1920s Country Club Pool (Johnny Weismuller's) New Country Club (now LDS church) New Sunset Country Club postcard New Country Club, more recent shot New Country Club in color. Taken circa 1950. Mormon Church Renovates Historical Building (1986)

The Five Points/The Dip

The Dip The back of The Dip The Five Points The Dip, 1970s The Dip, April 1972 The Five Corners, 1973 The Dip: Paul Rosen and Gail Ptack

"Beautiful Downtown Burbank"

"Beautiful Downtown Burbank" postcard #1 "Beautiful Downtown Burbank" postcard #2 "Beautiful Downtown Burbank" postcard #3 "Beautiful Downtown Burbank" postcard #4

"Welcome to Burbank" signs

Welcome to Burbank: Victory and Elm Welcome to Burbank: Glenoaks and Alameda Welcome to Burbank: Barham Blvd. Welcome to Burbank: Riverside Drive Welcome to Burbank: Victory and Clybourne Welcome to Burbank: Magnolia Blvd., 1968 Welcome to Burbank: San Fernando Road and Alameda, 1950's Welcome to Burbank: San Fernando Road, 1950's Welcome to Burbank: San Fernando Road and Alameda, 1960's

Lockheed/Burbank Airport/Empire China Co.

Empire China Factory Workers, 1924 Pilot's eye view of the Lockheed Airport, 1929 Opening of Union Airport, 1930 1930 Army Air Corps Show at the airport Old Union Terminal postcard 1931 Red Cross Air Show envelope Lockheed in 1934 Union Air Terminal Union Air Terminal postcard Union Air Terminal, with Lockheed plane, 1930's Union Air Terminal, 1930's Burbank airport, 1934 Lockheed Airport, 1930's United Air Lines plane, 1934-1936 Tractor on an airplane wing Airport, 1939 Union Air Terminal matchbook Ansel Adams in Burbank Terminal Drive-In (near the airport) Tomlin's Lockheed Noon Shift (1943) Lockheed during wartime, 1 Lockheed at wartime, 2 Hudson bombers P-38 nighttime assembly P-38 production (1944) P-38 production, near Buena Vista Blvd. Lockheed Aircraft Factory School (WWII) Bombers at Lockheed plant (Fortune magazine, 1941) Gold Star P-38 P-38 at hangar Riveters Lockheed workers Lockheed blackout, 1941 Lockheed Plant B-1 changes Wartime camo cover over Lockheed Lockheed at War! (From "Of Men and Stars," 1957): Photo one, Photo two, Photo three, Photo four, Photo five Joe and Flora Foss at Lockheed Lockheed, 1940's, Hollywood Way 1948 Air Force Day at the airport 1950 Lockheed Employee Handbook 1950's Lockheed Pistol and Rifle Club Patch 1951 Electronics Assemblers (Maybe Lockheed, maybe not) Adlai Stevenson visits Lockheed L-1011 Building L-1011 Needs Engineers Lockheed Air Terminal playing card Hollywood Way and Empire Airport commissioners, 1978 July 1985 "Lockheed Life" article about the B-17, page 1, page 2, page 3 SST Schedule Lockheed Plant Map 1, Lockheed Plant Map 2 and Lockheed Plant Map 3 Lockheed demolition, 1995

Burbank Boulevard

Burbank Junction on Burbank Blvd. Burbank Blvd. (before the overpass) Burbank Blvd., 1953 Burbank Blvd., 1953, 2 Burbank Blvd., Sept., 1954 Burbank Blvd. overpass opened (L.A. Times, 5/4/1961) Train wreck at Burbank Junction (12/15/1966) - one, Two, Three, Newspaper article Burbank Blvd., 1970's (Home Savings) Burbank Blvd., Nov. 1972 Burbank Blvd., 1973

Olive Avenue

Burbank Hospital, 1907 The Photographic Legacy of DeLos D. Wilbur Olive Ave. and San Fernando Road, c. 1915-1920 Burbank's Mushrooms Eatery, c. 1928 Olive Witch Burn (1930s? 1950s?) Olive Ave., 1954 Olive Rec Center built Olive Stadium construction, 1 Olive Stadium construction, 2 Olive Stadium, 1946 - 1 Olive Stadium, 1946 - 2 First pitch at Olive Stadium Navy officer speaks at the Olive Stadium dedication Veteran speaks at the Olive Stadium dedication St. Louis Browns sign at Olive Stadium Olive Recreational Center aerial shot Olive Rec Center construction Corner of Olive and Verdugo, 1947 - 1 Corner of Olive and Verdugo, 1947 - 2 Smiley Burnett entertains the kids at Olive Rec Center, 12/47 Olive Rec Patio Area - 1 Olive Rec Patio Area - 2 Olive Rec Center with Navy flag Memorial Stadium wide angle Youth boxing at Olive Rec Red Skelton in Burbank, 1948 Jiggers, 1948 ("Jiggers" is old slang for "Watch out!") Burbank as Baseball training city, 1947 Sox Spring Training California Centennial Float (parked at old Public Library on Olive Ave.) Old Public Library display for California Centennial St. Louis Browns at the Olive Rec Memorial Stadium - 1 St. Louis Browns at the Olive Rec Memorial Stadium - 2 St. Louis Browns Spring Training at Olive Stadium, 1949-1952 St. Louis Browns vs. Cleveland Indians at the Olive Rec Memorial Stadium Olive Rec Center Memorial Stadium wide angle - 1 Olive Rec Center Memorial Stadium wide angle - 2 Outdoor boxing event at the Olive Rec Memorial Stadium, late 40's/early 50's - 1 Outdoor boxing event at the Olive Rec Memorial Stadium late 40's/early 50's - 2 Olive Rec Center in the Snow Olive Avenue Bridge being built Olive Avenue Bridge complete Olive Rec Center baseball stadium Olive Rec Center stadium and diamond Olive Ave. at night Little Theatre Construction (undated) Public Service Department, 1950's Trash trucks on Olive, 1950s Little Theatre, 1957 Police Headquarters construction, 1960 A series of photos showing 1960's or 1950's Burbank kids negiotiating a tricky bicycle safety course at the Olive Rec Center back parking lot: One (the girl in the foreground looks like she just blew it - in front of all those boys, yet), Two (she's on her way), Three and Four. I don't see any Schwinn Sting-Rays, so I'm guessing this was before 1964, possibly the 1950's. 1963 Olive Rec Center Bicycle Safety Olive Avenue bridge, 1960 Olive and Barham, 1960's Olive Avenue looking West Flying A station on Olive and 3rd Fireballs Softball Team, Old Fire Station on 3rd and Olive Olive Ave. storm drain: 1, 2, 3, 4 Lockheed F104 dedication at the Olive Rec Center Hughes Brothers Gas station, 1940s Sailee's Coffee Shop Wanamaker Rents and Burbank Ford, 1960's Bellarmine-Jefferson High School, June 1962 Bel Air Palms Motel postcard, 1950's Main Fire Headquarters 353 Olive Ave., 1970's 80 E. Olive (Community Chevrolet), 1973

San Fernando Road

The San-Val Drive-In Theater, 1972

One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight.
San-Val with streets San-Val (1975)

Magnolia Boulevard

The Shadowlawn Cafe Magnolia Theater, 1944 California Theater, 1950's Public Service Department building, 1951 Victory and Magnolia Bonnywood and Magnolia Bonnywood and Magnolia - 2 Magnolia and 1st, 1954 Bar's TV at Magnolia and Hollywood Way, 1970's Magnolia and Hollywood Way, 1970's Magnolia and 1st, 1985 99 East Magnolia, 1985 1st St. and Magnolia looking North Burbank's Pumpkin Building!

Glenoaks Boulevard

Pacific Electric Red Car on Glenoaks, 1939 Glenoaks Baptist Church construction, late 1930's Pacific Electric Line at Glenoaks and Alameda Pacific Electric Red Car on Glenoaks, 1952 Glenoaks widening 1 Glenoaks widening 2 Glenoaks and Grismer Alameda and Glenoaks, 1958 Curries Ice Cream, 1960 - 1 Curries Ice Cream, 1960 - 2 Glenoaks and Cohasset, 1960's Owl Drugs Glenoaks and Orange Grove, 1970s Pomeroys at Lincoln Bust (Central Library) Rock guitarist Randy Rhoads' memorial

Riverside Drive

Riverside Dr. and Pass Ave. 1 Riverside Dr. and Pass Ave. 2 Riverside Dr. and Pass Ave. 3

Verdugo Avenue

Verdugo Ave. Train incident, 1950's - 1 Verdugo Ave. Train incident, 1950's - 2 Verdugo Pool Dedication, 1948 (Debbie Reynolds?) A series of photos of the Big Tree Trailer Park (1950's), which was located at 141 W. Verdugo Blvd., where the Public Works yard now is. 1, 2, 3, 4.

Victory Boulevard

Victory Drive-In Big 5 and Standard Brands on Victory Blvd. Northwest Park 1, 2 The Jeffries Barn Elks Club rodeo held at the Jeffries Ranch in 1930: One and Two House on Victory (Jeffries Barn), 1943. James Jeffries funeral, 1953 Trailer park close to Victory Blvd. (undated) Portal of the Folded Wings Shrine to Aviation (Valhalla Park) Ralph's on Victory and Buena Vista, 1960's

Buena Vista Boulevard

Casting Pool, 1952 Dedication Casting Pool, 1950's Casting Pool, 1954 Sailboat Regatta Casting Pool, Sailboat Regatta Casting Pool, 1950's Knapp's arrowhead collection (Ancient murder!) Aerial shot of Buena Vista and Victory, c. 1968/1969. Detail shots derived from it: Vickroy Park, 1968/1969, Spectors, 1968/1969, 1631 N. Lincoln St., 1968/1969

Alameda Avenue

Alameda Ave. in 1932, one Alameda Ave. in 1932, two High water at Alameda and Pass Alameda Ave./I-5 Freeway Construction (c. 1956)

City Hall

Clerks in the Old City Hall building Police and Fire departments, 1930's A 1907 Franklin at City Hall, 1932 City Hall construction, 1942: Photo #1, Photo #2, Photo #3, Photo #4, Photo #5, Photo #6, Photo #7. Circa 1950's Paul E. Wolfe photos of City Hall: Daytime, Nighttime, Council Chamber The Police Chief's Office 1949 Snow on Old City Hall Burbank City Hall, 1950's Richard Nixon at City Hall, 1950s Police Radar Van, c. 1959 Burbank Safety Council Keeps Score Burbank City Hall, Christmas, 1960's City councilman scratches head Burbank City Hall, New Year, 1965 A Rare Visit Up the Tower of the Burbank City Hall City Hall mural Civic Beauty 1 (City hall), Civic Beauty 2 (City Hall) Burbank 75th Anniversary 1986 City Hall lobby floor

Warner Brothers

First National Studios truck Warner Brothers, 1928 Warner Brothers, 1937 The Battle of Burbank - 1 The Battle of Burbank - 2 Warner Brothers Studios, 1940s? Warner Brothers fire, 1952 Warner Brothers, 1958 Warners Sign, late 1950's Warner Brothers, 1961

Tournament of Roses

Burbank's 1938 Tournament of Roses float Burbank's 1939 Tournament of Roses float Lockheed Rose Parade Float Entry, c. 1945 Burbank's 1956 Tournament of Roses float Burbank's 1965 Tournament of Roses float The Burbank Centennial 2011 Tournament of Roses Float: Photo one, Photo two, Photo three, Photo four

Grocery stores

Gelson's - Then and Now Luttge Store front Luttge deliveries Mr. Luttge Luttge calendar Shopping Bag Unidentified Burbank market

The Golden Mall

Bank of America, 401 Golden Mall, 1985 Barbara Eden at the Golden Mall The Burbank Golden Mall

Stough Park, Starlight Bowl, Debell Golf Course, Castaways

Stough Park Inspiration Point, 1936 Easter service at Stough Park, 1938 Starlight Bowl, 1946 Starlight Bowl from stage - center Starlight Bowl from stage - left Starlight Bowl from stage - right Burbank rifle range Burbank from Stough Park, 1940's (Details: Burbank High, Borrmann Steel, Browns Stadium, City Hall, Light and Power Bldg. and Old Muir School) Starlight Bowl concert, 1940 Stough Parking Lot construction Summer Concert at Stough Park, 1945 Starlight Theatre entrance The Burbank Symphony Orchestra in concert, 1946 Burbank at Night (from Burbank's Inspiration Point) Debell, Castaway, Starlight Parking construction Debell construction Starlight Bowl construction Stough Park in 1954 Starlight Bowl parking lot, 1955 Stough Park BBQ, 1950s Starlighters! (L.A. Times, 7/21/1958) Stough Park wading pool Stough Park picnic area Landfill View Don Iwerks' photo of the Starlight Hills, early 1960's DeBell Golf Course, early 1960's "Oklahoma" at the Starlight Bowl, Sept. 20/21, 1965 Tennessee Ernie Ford at the new DeBell Golf Course, 1959

NBC Studios

A series of postcards depicting the construction of the NBC studios back in 1954: 6/10/54, 6/29/54, 7/2/54, 7/21/54, 8/10/54, 10/6/54 (first), 10/6/54 (second), 10/6/54 (third), 10/6/54 (fourth) and 10/6/54 (last). "Color City" (NBC Studios), 1955 Nixon in Burbank, 1971

Columbia Ranch

Columbia Ranch, 1950's ColumbiaRanch.net Fire at Columbia Ranch, 26 May 1950

McCambridge Park

McCambridge basketball, 1940's(?) McCambridge putting green Original McCambridge park building, 1940's - 1 Original McCambridge park building, 1940's - 2 Burbank High Dance at McCambridge Rec Center, 1943: 1, 2, 3, 4 McCambridge Park Rec Center Opening 1957 Aerial view of new McCambridge Park shortly after being built (1959?) Old Timer's Picnic, 1961

Vickroy Park

Safety Week 1948 at Vickroy Park Youngsters Get Thrill (Vickroy Park, 1948) Safety week ends Vickroy Park in 1948 Vickroy Park tetherball, 1950s Horseshoes (at Vickroy Park, not Glenoaks) Vickroy Park wading pool Grampa Dutch Cronkite's poem

1944 and 1945 "6-16" (ages six to sixteen) Model Building Contest

The second annual (1944) contest: One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight. The third annual (1945) contest: One, Two, Three, Four.

Paul E. Wolfe postcards

Burbank on Parade Shot from the Verdugo Hills Donkey baseball Olive Rec Burbank High graduation Aerial view of Burbank Main post office Main library Lockheed Constitution Lockheed Shooting Star Burbank Symphony Orchestra City Hall at night Hollywood Way Bungalows

Big Boy Bob Hamburgers

Big Boy Bob hamburgers, 1, Big Boy Bob hamburgers, 2, Big Boy Bob hamburgers, 3, Big Boy Bob hamburgers, 4, Big Boy Bob hamburgers, 5. These are all from the book "The Leisure Architecture of Wayne Mc Allister" By Chris Nichols Bob's at San Fernando and Cedar Bob's Big Boy on San Fernando, 1948 Bob's Big Boy on San Fernando, interior, 1948

Various City buildings and sites

1947 Mingay School article, 1, 1947 Mingay School article, 2, 1947 Mingay School article, 3 Prefab School House (Central School), 1947 Giant soldier bayonets Burbank High students (from 1943 yearbook) Old Burbank High building from side New Burbank Police and Fire Headquarters card New Burbank Police and Fire Headquarters coin and cartoon The Patsy Award Pawprints at the Burbank Animal Shelter Burbank Symphony Orchestra, c. 1940's Burbank Main Library room in ad, 1964 1968 Nixon Rally in front of Burbank High 1968 Nixon Rally - Rowan and Martin 1920s/1930s Aerial Shot of Burbank Burbank in the 1920's Movies at Providencia School Train wreck Fire Department Station #1, 1950 Burbank Police Motor Officers, 1950's (front), Burbank Police Motor Officers, 1950's (back) Burbank Police Detectives, 1950's (front), Burbank Police Detectives, 1950's (back) Western City Disposal Area Western Disposal Area, Feb. 1950 Western Disposal Area, Feb. 1950, 2 Burbank from the dump, 1949 Burbank from the dump, 1955 Old Police and Fire Station Original Elks Lodge on Palm, 1985 Burbank Hospital, 1929 Andrew Jergens Co., 1960s Asphalt Plant on Clybourne Burbank's original train depot, 1970's

Ross' Retro

Ross' Retro page on the BurbanknBeyond.com website. Lots of good photos there from Ross A. Benson...

DeLos Wilbur Photos

The Photographic Legacy of DeLos D. Wilbur

Other images

P-80 crash (1945) Old Cask Whiskey matchbook Pacific Electric Car, 1955 100th anniversary celebration image from the City's Economic Development Team's Christmas card The Wonder Years House "Skull Rock" in the Verdugo Mountains above Burbank, c. 1991 Burbank pennant (1970's?) PAL (Police Athletic League) Swim Party at Pickwick Pool, 1950's 1961 Pickwick Pool Dance Party Tim Burton Summer Reading library (1969) Wahlstrom Pools, Burbank, 1958 ad Wahlstrom Pools, Burbank, plaque Burbank train wreck, July, 1924 (no mention in the L.A. Times) The U.S.S. Burbank Bear feeding (1935) General Patton and other Famous Folk (from the 1977 city calendar) 1977 City Calendar cover Tom Snyder's Key to the City (1993) BPD Marksman award 1935 American Legion medal Burbank Pioneers (1947) Push button wonder of 1948 BPD Pogs (mid 1990's) Mathilda Beall Morphy, Burbank's First Woman Letter Carrier Debbie Reynolds and her baton, c. 1948 John Boylan's Burbank Burbank on Parade (early 1950's) Burbank Patrolman Badge Mike McDaniel's scenic Burbank Sunset, as photographed from the roof of his house on Elmwood Avenue! Cathy Coyle's Burbank Sunset atop the Burbank Blvd. overpass, 12/09 Rachael Jones' (BHS senior) various Burbank athletic tickets Burbank pennent, 1920's Burbank Junior Badminton League Boys (1950's?) Burbank Junior Badminton League Girls (1950's?) Little Hollywood Way homes I-5 South (1960's) Boeing Airport plans Accordion performance, 1950s/1960s First Flight, 1955 The Ben Mar Development Benmar brochure 1 (1950's), 2, 3 and 4 Throttle Queens, 1950's Helen Addison Howard in 1966 James Jeffries, Debbie Reynolds and possibly Shirley Temple, late 1940's Artillery fire base in Vietnam with Burbank sign, c. 1968 Greg Alaimo's sign seen in Vietnam during the war Pacific Electric Railway map Cleaned Up Hillside "B" (April 2010) Hillside "B" as it appeared for a few days in August 2005 after vandalization Then and now: the Providencia Motel The Providencia Motel: One, Two, Three. (Cathy Nicholls Coyle supplied these. She lived there for seven years with her parents, who owned the business.) Burbank LDS (Latter-Day Saint, "Mormon") Scout Patch Disney Studios First Church of Christ Scientist, 1940s Villa Cabrini St. Robert Bellarmine, 1940s General Eaton speaks, 1962 Burbank Golden Anniversary, 1961 Empire Avenue Castle, 1974 Trailer park view, 1974 Daily Review office on Orange Grove, 1970's Hancock Gas Station on Orange Grove and Third, 1960's Bus line 29 and Bus line 29-2 Burbank Nite at Disneyland 1975 The Burbank Police Department used to drive Nash Metropolitans Burbank Villa Burbank Villa Hotel, 1887 Villa Hotel (long view) KFWB radio concert, late 1940's 1943 Girls Softball Champions 1944 Girls Softball Boys baseball, 1944-1945 Ravens Car Club plaque Helpful Cop on State Route 99 - Feb., 1950 (Front St.). Golden State Motel postcard Women's softball 1950's (back of photo) Aerial view of Burbank, 1983 Bonnywood Place, circa 1956 Train incident, 1950's - 1 Train incident, 1950's - 2 Burbank Creamery milk bottle Burbank Line Bus Tokens Marty's Meals Bill's Ranch Market from the air, closer Moreland Truck Company factory, overhead shot Roberts Drive in and Brown Stadium Roberts Drive In Aerial shot of Mensaco Gibraltar Savings, 1985 BHS tennis courts, 3rd and Delaware The Public Works Yard Puzzling Muir pin Burbank Police Boys Band, 1955 Dwarf cottage Burbank wildcat Burbank at Night, 1950's Puzzling local politics image (The sign suggests that this might be J.W. Fawkes of "Fawkes Folly.") 1953 Plane Crash! Foreman and Clark Cinecolor War veteran trailers 1963 Burbank Nazi Party Rally The construction of I-5 in 1957 Burbank in 1916 Grape Pickers, c. 1928 Grape Picker, c. 1928 The Burbank Prowlers Tsuki Teru car club The Van de Kamp's Windmill Restaurant Also, here. Roberts Drive In (corner of Victory and Olive) 1968 Jet Crash in Burbank! Jerry Colonna and some Burbank baseball players Looking up Walnut, 1950 Bank of America's main branch, 1963

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