History The History Of Los Angeles

Marengo Avenue, Pasadena, California c.1898



South Pasadena via Redondo c.1904

 

now, that's a crappy way to travel....sheeeesh
"Hey, lady...nice wagon!"

 

OK, so I found some treasure. Life magazine photographer Allan Grant took a series of photos in '56 that were used in several features. These were posted early in this thread and have no doubt been spread around the HAMB quite a bit over the years. LA River racing, Santa Ana drags, Norm Grabowski feature, Tommy Ivo feature. I recently found the same series shot at the same time by a second Life photographer, Ralph Crane.

Here's a couple of the earlier Allan Grant shots:


Ivo's T at Santa Ana



Norm and Kookie I



Santa Ana

 

Here's the stuff from Ralph Crane. Apologies to them what seen it before, I ain't seen it before.

 

Norm's son in Kookie I

 

So I'm picturing these two photographers going around together, because they have shots of mostly the same places, just different shots.

 

Very cool to see where they are.

 

That's all folks !

 

Bullock's Department Store

 

Studio City

 

Laurel Canyon home

 

What a hassle, you park down there, ride the gizmo in the rain, up the hill and your home...unless the electricity is out because of a wind storm...

 

Wow, that last hot rod bunch of photos was incredible.