Vintage shots from days gone by!

Sanders Bros, Becker & Dickerson B/FD, Albany, Or. The Sanders Bros are still very competitive today with a Blown BBC slingshot.

 

1954 Los Angeles Wilshire Blvd.

 

1954 Los Angeles Carnation Building, Kress and General Insurance.

 

That funeral home is still in business at the same building , same family today.


Bones

 

1954 Los Angeles

 

Billy must have had the best personality to get that chick driving a 4 door Falcon

 

My dad's medical office occupied most of the 6th floor of the light colored tall bldg. on the left.

 

Buffalo NY

 

1954 to 1987 Palos Verdes Peninsula So Cal

Hey JJ,
Nice find on that old postcard. Since my dad grew up around the big peninsula in San Pedro, this coastal area was a favorite of his. He showed us a ton of places to park/fish from the shoreline rocks and cliff outcroppings in those early years. So, around the big curving coastline, was a new place to whet his appetite for anything ocean influenced, Marineland of the Pacific.

My dad always took us to Marineland of the Pacific in the Palos Verdes Peninsula when we were little. He was a crazy for all kinds of fish, fishing and eating fish. When this place opened up, we were right there looking at all of the fish inside the aquarium. We had our own aquarium with fish at home, like so many other kids, but the tanks in Marineland were huge and awesome.

We always liked going there because my dad would always stop at a guy’s car, set up on the side of the main road leading to the aquarium. That guy sold Salt Water Taffy, which was a new thing back then. It was such an unusual treat, but the two brothers ate tons of it. Watching a ton of fish we had never seen before, while munching on this new bite-size item, was an incentive for us to go with the family anywhere.

On several visits to Marineland, there were some car clubs having an outing with their hot rods and custom cars. That may have been inspiring to my brother and me. Who knows, the cars were very cool looking. Even my mother pointed out those shiny, racy sounding cars. Those trips were always on the weekends, so there were many cars going to and from the big structure overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Palos Verdes.

In 1987, they tore down the whole complex, when it was purchased by the owners of SeaWorld San Diego. The new owners moved the popular killer whales and other animals to their San Diego facility and abruptly closed Marineland.

We just drove by the huge, Sea World complex in Mission Bay, San Diego last week, it is a far cry from the early days of actual Sea World and of the early Marineland Aquarium that was once located in the coastal Palos Verdes Peninsula. It is a gargantuan of a entertainment complex vs. a marine inspired aquarium and its inner workings.

Jnaki
That was a sad ending to a great place to cruise, as we found out when we started driving our own cars on dates in 1960 onward. That coastal highway (Palos Verdes Drive South) had ocean views that were awesome and inspiring. Let alone, dark… We were always told by older guys that we can’t miss the “Submarine Races” here, too. The what???
P.S.
In a visit to the large Mission Bay waters in San Diego recently, that Sea World Center is no longer a sleepy place to see splashing dolphins and a giant aquarium. What a change from 1987, as they compete for the showtime dollars. A one year pass for $99.99 and add in the waterpark 30+ minutes away for a whopping fee of $150.00. It is entertainment West Coast style for families. In 1987, we went to Sea World as a small family. The adult tickets were $17.95 for us and $11.95 for our son. At the time, that was horrendous, but fun.

“For 1988: The San Diego park boosted ticket prices by $2 to $19.95 for adults and by $3 to $14.95 for children. The last time the park increased admission prices for adults was slightly more than a year ago.”

p.s.s.
Historic note: More than 20 years after tourist destination Marineland of the Pacific shipped off its whales and closed its gates, a noticeably more refined attraction opened atop the same ocean bluffs in Rancho Palos Verdes.

The first official overnight guests at Terranea Resort, a 582-room luxury hotel and spa meant to compete with California’s most upscale coastal inns, checked in 2009. The opening of the $480-million resort that includes a vast ballroom, restaurants and golf course is the culmination of 10 years of planning and construction.



Terranea Resort from the ocean 2014 VNAK

 

That was an awesome video. Thanks. Are there any pics out there of the Phaeton?
....Jay

 

Eddie traded a 34 Phaeton to Don Spinney of Boxboro ( mate of Fred Steeles) for the 32 3 window coupe. Eddie really wanted a 32-5 window but settled on the 3 window.

 

There are a couple of pics of Dicks Phaeton in the early part of this thread on our trip to the US in 1966.
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...ding-trip-of-a-lifetime-many-pictures.165160/

 

San Luis Obispo, Calif

 

Seen on FB. No explanation given.

 

It's a Maxwell.