Los Angeles pics (Anaheim, Burbank, Santa Monica: power lines, home, layoffs)

[SurekRZA]

Photos posted were removed due to copyright law violation. This post cannot be deleted, or the entire thread will vanish! -SandyCo-

[Charles]

From my dad's Kodachrome slides scanned with a Nikon LS-2000 slide scanner:


Mount Baldy Parking Lot late 1950s



Unknown photo in SoCal, late 1950s. Any suggestions? Burbank area? Sun Valley in the background?



San Gabriel Mission late 1950s



View Looking east toward Sycamore Canyon from Point Mugu late 1950s



Reseda (Gilmore and Jumilla streets looking north) Late 1950s



Hollywood Bowl Late 1950s



Tampa and Victory looking northwest early 1960s


Sherman Way and Topanga looking North East 1953 (From CSUN Digital Library)



Chatsworth Park South 1955 (From CSUN Digital Library)




Hidden Hills 1953 (From CSUN Digital Library)

[The traveller]

The modern.. and the old.

i know this is not LA bu i didn't resist.

[Charles]

Dodger Stadium 1962. Can you hear Vin Scully echoing throughout every deck "Koufax on the mound, wipes his brow, looks over his shoulder, here's the 3-2 to McCovey..."? (It looks like at one time field boxes and loge boxes were both yellow...)


"Hey dad, did you get our Dodger Dogs?"



Chavez Ravine looking north. The Los Angeles Police Department Academy is barely visible (beige and Spanish tile building) past the extreme north parking lot.



Wrigley Field in Los Angeles where the Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League played 1926 to 1957. It was located at at 42nd Place and Avalon Boulevard, basically on the other side of the 10 freeway from the Coliseum. The Los Angeles Angels of the American League (completely different franchise from the LA Angels of the PCL who moved to Spokane in 1958) played their first season here in 1961 then moved to Chavez Ravine (the Angel organization didn't call it Dodger Stadium) in 1962 where they played until Anaheim Stadium was built in 1967. I think it was then that the Los Angeles Angels (AL) became the California Angels.



Night Game at Los Angeles Wrigley Field




Demolition of Wrigley Field. Downtown Los Angeles in the background behind left field.




Anaheim Stadium (The Big "A") under construction. It was later enclosed for the Rams and then re-opened in the outfield to its present configuration. Amongst the most spotlessly clean stadiums I have ever been to.




The mammoth Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (I hear the late legendary Los Angeles PA announcer John Ramsey when I look at this photo....) built for the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles. Home for many years to the Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Dons (AAFC 1946-49) pro football teams.




Gilmore Field in Los Angeles, Home of the Hollywood Stars. Gilmore Field sat between Gilmore Stadium (a football field) and the famous Pan-Pacific Auditorium, along Beverly Boulevard. Must have been tough for a pitcher like at this time of the day as he is almost looking into the sun and pitching into a shadow. Left field points east.




Here's a good shot of Farmers Market, Gilmore Stadium, and Gilmore Field. CBS Television City is about there now. That is 3rd and Fairfax in the immediate foreground.

[Caliguy2007]

Here's another pic of Downtown L.A

[SandyCo]

I went to the Sepulveda Basin yesterday after the rainstorm had moved through.

The L.A. River, looking north towards Burbank Blvd.


The L.A. River as it goes to the Sepulveda Dam


Looking towards Encino and the Santa Monica Mtns.

Bird taking off in the wildlife refuge area


Looking towards Ventura Blvd.

[SandyCo]

Another picture - San Fernando Valley. Photo by Yves Rubin (used with permission).

[Charles]

Originally Posted by SandyCo

I went to the Sepulveda Basin yesterday

That Army Corp of Engineers dam is the result of a 1938 severe flood (probably an El Nino??) that wiped out parts of North Hollywood and parts of the south eastern San Fernando Valley. I think the concrete version of the LA River is also a result of that flood. There's an old movie called "Them" from the 1950s that shows the concrete LA River with giant monster ants or bugs or something.

The LA River is formed from the confluence of the Bell Canyon Creek and the Calabasas Creek which join together just east of Canoga Park High School. It flows from the west San Fernando Valley past the "cat faces" east of the I-5 near Griffith Park all the way to the Pacific Ocean south of Los Angeles.

Sepulveda Dam Data

Los Angeles River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sherman Way 1938



LA river at Colfax 1938



LA River Cat Faces east of I-5 between the 134 freeway and downtown LA.

[Charles]

Originally Posted by majoun

Those Dodger Stadium and Gilmore Field pics are priceless. My grandfather regularly attended games at Gilmore and was a big Stars fan in the PCL era.

The (L.A.) Wrigley pics are nice too, although I have a strong antipathy towards anything Angels related.(If they go on to win the pennant and get in the world series, I will be neutral, as I was during the Angels-Giants series - my two least favorite teams in baseball. I respect the A's though as a worthy opponent.) I did go to Anaheim Stadium as a kid in order to see the AL teams beat the living crap out of the Angels (seeing the '75 Red Sox was particularly a treat....Yazstremski hitting a home run was an amazing sight to see, probably as much of a thrill for someone my age as seeing Babe Ruth homer would've been for someone born in the teens).

You forgot to mention the Dodgers' initial stint at the Coliseum. Sandy Koufax' career is all the more amazing for him pitching at a stadium totally unsuited for baseball. I wish I could've seen him in person. I was fortunate enough to see Drysdale pitch right before he retired, in the very first baseball game I ever saw in person.

Sort of LA photos....Lots of great memories.


The LA Coliseum configured for the Dodgers.
http://www.ballparks.com/baseball/national/laxcol01.jpg

A young Vin Scully
(I went to high school with Vin's late son Mike who was killed the day after the Northridge quake....I think he was an engineer or something inspecting oil pipes on the Grapevine and hit some power lines in a helicopter.) Interestingly, three legends ("legends" isn't even strong enough) of LA Sports all lost children: Jim Murray, Chick Hearn, and Vin Scully.
Crash of a Helicopter Kills Pilot and Vin Scully's Son - New York Times

http://baseballanalysts.com/archives...0and%20Dad.jpg

Drysdale and Koufax. What a great photo.

http://www.city-data.com/forum/attac...962dodgers.jpg

Fernando. Helped the Dodgers win the 1981 World Series. (Interestingly, the strike shortened year 1981, the Cincinnati Reds had the best record in baseball and didn't make the playoffs.)

http://www.city-data.com/forum/attac...1_fernando.jpg

Did these guys provide thrills or what? Four world series appearances (74, 77, 78, 81)

http://www.raysclubhouse.com/shop/images/168_zoom.jpg

A young Chick Hearn
http://www.usc.edu/uscnews/stories/img/UT707p1.jpg

The guys who finally beat the Celtics.

http://i.a.cnn.net/si/multimedia/pho...ic_kareem2.jpg



Elgin Baylor retired at the beginning of the 1971-72 season, the Lakers first championship (in LA)

http://i.cnn.net/si/si_online/covers...0429_large.jpg

If only......Bummer.
http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Co...vmed.widec.jpg

"Mr Ram", Jack Youngblood

http://64.17.171.58/images/youngblood.jpg


Marcel Dionne and Butch Goring

http://sjsharkie.dagnabit.org/hoser/.../000105141.jpg

[Charles]

Originally Posted by sh89

Who wants me to go to the really bad neighborhoods of Conaga park and take pictures?

It will be like a recon mission. I will scout possible enemy pockets of resistance, and then we can divide and conquer with the appropriate recconarting.

Canoga Park 1949
http://www.city-data.com/forum/attac..._park_1949.jpg

Canoga Park 1965

http://www.city-data.com/forum/attac...e_mid1960s.jpg

Canoga Park 1962 looking north towards Oat Mountain. Snow level looks around 1500 feet.
http://www.city-data.com/forum/attac...venue_1962.jpg