Vintage shots from days gone by!

OOH! OOH! that's where it is!

 

gorgeous

 

in the old tv show, "crime story" sonny steelgrave and his boneheaded henchman hid out there. i couldn't stop laughing!

 

The Glory of Steam. I'm 80 years old and have always been fastinated with steam locomotives. As a kid, my dad would put me on the train (by myself, I was 10 to 12 years old) at Union Station in L.A., to visit my aunt in San Francisco, traveling on the Southern Pacific "Daylight". Some say that the S.P. "Daylights" were the most beautiful trains ever built.

I realize that hot rodders like steam locomotives (who doesn't?). Now, here is my dilemma, I have collected some great photos of steam locomotives, from all over the country, all from the early 1930's through the 1950's. The issue is that in most of the photos, there are no cars or trucks in the photos. I know the rules and I have no intention to become a violator, so I'm looking for some feedback from the moderators on this. I could include them on this thread or start another thread, whichever. I have seen some threads regarding wooden boats on the HAMB, that had no vehicles in the photos, but need some advice from "the management".

 

Glendale Boulevard (then Lake Shore Ave), near Sunset Boulevard, 1904


Automobile Parade on Sunset Boulevard on its grand opening on May 14, 1904

 

Washington and Figueroa Streets, Los Angeles, 1942

 

Broadway near 9th St. cars with signs such as "3 Daily Deliveries" lined up. 1904

 

Los Angeles' first horseless police patrol wagon in front of the prison, early 1900's.


At another location

 

Fletcher Drive and Glendale Boulevard, 1920's


1938

 

Photo of Yourna Byrd, wife of trumpet player Donald Byrd, taken by William Claxton

 

Fletcher and Riverside drives with I-5 construction, mid 50's

 

1850 Allesandro Street, later renamed Glendale Boulevard, 1909


Around 1920


Rear of studio

 

1745-1751 Allesandro (now Glendale Blvd), between Aaron and Branden Streets, 1922


Current view

 

Brand Blvd, Glendale 1917

 

Brand & Lexington 1919

 

The first photo (circa 1949) shows George Salih and Louis Meyer with their supercharged midget engine in a Kurtis Championship car chassis that later became the Belanger Special.

The next photo shows and interesting engine in a midget that I can't identify?

And the last one shows Tony Bettenhausen in the rear drive Novi at Indianapolis in 1957; probably on a qualifying day since the cars are parked diagonally. The Qualifying line at the far south end of the (then) new pits took up a lot of room so cars were pitted sideways to make room for everyone wanting to go out for the morning Practice session.

 

Figueroa & First streets, L.A., 1934

 

L.A. downtown intersection, 1927

 

Sunset Boulevard from Sunvue Circle, Los Angeles, 1937

 

Cahuenga Pass, 1939

 

First Avenue, Arcadia, CA 1923

 

How do you know her name is "Buick" ???

 

North Broadway and Sunset Boulevard showing "traffic congestion", Los Angeles, 1922

 

Wilshire Blvd., 1932

 

First & Flower streets, 1926

 

Aliso St near Mission Rd, 1940

 

Wilshire & Vermont, 1939

 

Arroyo Seco Parkway, from Bishops Road Bridge, 1949

 

L.A. Post Office on Main St, 1926