I am again reminded of the foresight of Phineas Banning.

A real visionary.

I eventually followed the link to the photos of the SFV.

Pop

 

Agree Pop, some fascinating pics of SFV of 140+ years ago.

Would be fun to go back for a day to see what life was like back then.

 

I suspect it wouldn't be drastically different from what the late-40's upstate Minnesota farmstead was like, though we had pretty-dependable electricity, a crank phone, and good well water.

Oh, yea, we had radio. WCCO at night.

Cars were capable of higher speeds (at least on the paved highways) and had softer, more dependable tires, too.

America has come a long way in the last seventy years that I've been here.

Imagine what changes my 102-year-old mother has seen!

Pop

 

Had to look him up. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phineas_Banning

 

Banning was one busy guy.

Jim

 

I am a product of an era when the Los Angeles school system actually taught history to it's students, and expected them to learn something.

He was a big part of early Los Angeles, therefore......

Pop

 

Found these on Flickr.
I LOVE architecture, so this building is awesome!!

Metropolitan / Paramount Theater
Hill and 6th Streets, Los Angeles
(1923)

Civic Center from Hollywood Freeway Los Angeles CA

Anyone remember Hody's restaurant?

Is the capital records tower still there?

 

Yup. Capital Records is still standing, though they're building some kind of skyscraper next door to it.

Pop

 

The 1949 Buick Riviera in the foreground of the Civic Center pic was the first production 2 door hardtop. This is a Roadmaster, there was also a Super Riviera.

 

Again from the Department of Water and Power, a bunch of old Los Angeles gas stations here:

Water and Power Associates

Pop

 

Some great pics there Pop, thx for sharing.

 

Johnson & Son Lincoln-Mercury, Newport Beach CA, 1961.

I will gladly accept that two year old Edsel!
Actually nevermind I'll take that Continental!

This dealership was located at 900 (West) Coast Highway. Ferrari of Newport Beach is at this address today.

 

I was 3 years old back in 61. LOL I don't remember the Continental, but I do remember my uncle Jim (Who I was named after) showing up when I was 5 or 6 with a teal green Thunderbird. It had a record player where the glove box would have been.

Jim

 

My son was appalled when I showd him this pic.

Do these even exist now?

 

I am sure any librarians old enough to even know what those are, are sure glad they don't exist. That was a lot of typing, or writing.

Jim