| VR/PC/LB/8 | Garden View, Van Nuys, CA. | | |
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Description:Van Nuys, CA. Garden View (8101 Sepulveda Blvd.), "The Luxury Kosher Home . . . Dedicated to the care and comfort of the elderly." Interior of a living room with fireplace.
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| George Garner Valley Cyclery, Reseda, CA. | George Garner Valley Cyclery, Reseda, CA. | | |
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| VR/PC/LB/13 | George Garner Valley Cyclery, Van Nuys, CA. | | |
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Description:Van Nuys, CA. George Garner Valley Cyclery (6205 Van Nuys Blvd.). Two other Valley locations: 8235 Van Nuys Blvd., Panorama City; 17730 Sherman Way, Reseda. Night view of store with roof sign advertising Schwinn bicycles.
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| VR/PAL/F/1 | George Morgan, 1962 | | Palomino Club, George Morgan |
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Subject:Palomino Club, George Morgan
Description:Flyer promoting a performance by George Morgan at the Palomino on July 22, probably 1962. Additional events, performances, and Gene Davis and the Star Routers, the nightly band, are also featured.
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| VR/PC/LB/1 | Germain's Nursery, Van Nuys, CA. | | |
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Description:Van Nuys, CA. Germain's Nursery (Ethel Ave., near Victory Blvd.), watercolor rendering of "Camellia Lane."
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| VR/PC/EH/8 | Girard, CA. Map of a bus tour. | | |
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Description: Girard, CA. Advertisement for a free 80-mile sight-seeing bus tour all around LA, through the Cahuenga Pass to the town of Girard (Woodland Hills today). Map with landmarks. The bus tour was a scam, later known as the "sucker bus" promotion by shady "land huckster" Victor Girard (Kleinberger). For more information about the Girard bus scandal, please see this blog post.Front text: Free-80 mile trip through Los Angeles Wilshire District, Sawtelle, Santa Monica, Shore Drive, Beverly Hills, Hollywood, Caheunga Pass, San Fernando Valley to town of Girard. Make Reservations now.Back text:Free—Absolutely—Free 80 mile trip to the town of Girard. The Greatest Sight Seeing Trip in Los Angeles. See the Following:Wilshire District Ambassador Hotel La Brea Oil Fields Fossil Pits LA Speedway Sawtelle Santa Monica Famous Shore Drive Santa Monica Canyon Soldiers home Beautiful Beverly Hills Homes of Movie Stars Town of Girard Foothill Boulevard Hollywood Famous Movie studios Caheunga Pass Universal City Ventura Bouleavard. Bus Leaves at 9:30 from __________ [show more]
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| VR/PC/EH/9 | Girard, CA. Map of a bus tour. | | |
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Description: Girard, CA. Different dvertisement for a free 80-mile sight-seeing bus tour all around LA, through the Cahuenga Pass to the town of Girard (Woodland Hills today). The bus tour was a scam, later known as the "sucker bus" promotion by shady "land huckster" Victor Girard (Kleinberger). Back side mentions horse riding, Girard Inn, Girard Golf Club (Woodland Hills Country Club today), and swimming pool. Front shows map and color illustration of the "Turkish city," fake domes and minarets built by Victor Girard to promote his land for sale. For more information about the Girard bus scam/scandal, please see this blog post.Information from the back of the card: Free 80 mile scenic trip to the town of Girard. Ride in Comfortable Busses and have lunch with us. No Obligation Busses leave at 9:30 am. Make Reservations now. [show more]
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| VR/PC/LB/10 | Glen Haven Memorial Park, Sylmar, CA. | | |
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Description:Sylmar, CA. Glen Haven Memorial Park (13017 North Lopez Canyon Rd. today), in the Angeles National Forest. Landscaped green cemetery grounds with mountains in background. "Gold Star Mothers section," reserved for women who lost a child in wartime military service. [show more]
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| VR/PC/LB/9 | Glen Haven Valley Mortuary, Van Nuys, CA. | | |
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Description:Van Nuys, CA. Glen Haven Valley Mortuary, funeral home associated with Glen Haven Memorial Park. Street view of plantation-style building and sign.
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| VR/PC/HS/6 | Glendale Community Hospital, Glendale, CA. | | |
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Description:Glendale, CA. The Glendale Community Hospital (800 S. Adams St., Glendale). This "beautiful, modern" nonprofit hospital fell over $9 million in debt in the 1970s. The Glendale Adventist medical group took over the facility in 1978 and sold it in 1987. Handwritten on the back: "I work on the third floor of this hospital." [show more]
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| VR/PC/LB/68 | Glendale Federal Savings, Glendale, CA. | | |
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Description:Glendale, CA. Glendale Federal Savings extension (added ca. 1962) with Du-Par's Family Restaurant in the street level (123 W. Lexington Ave.). Sometime after 1999, this Du-Par's location closed. Postmarked May 8, 1978, Marina Del Rey.
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| VR/PC/LB/67 | Glendale Federal Savings, Glendale, CA. | | |
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Description:Glendale, CA. Glendale Federal Savings (401 N. Brand Blvd. at Lexington). Modern-style high-rise bank building with brick stair tower, completed 1959; architect: W. A. Sarmiento. Handwritten on back: "This is one of the new style bank's [sic] on Brand Ave. over Main St." [show more]
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| VR/PC/HS/8 | Glendale Sanitarium and Hospital, Glendale, CA. | | |
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Description:Glendale, CA. Glendale Sanitarium and Hospital. In 1923 the Glendale Sanitarium tore down its old Broadway location and built the Glendale Sanitarium and Hospital off Wilson Ave. It opened in 1924 and is now part of Glendale Adventist Medical Center.
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| VR/PC/HS/7 | Glendale Sanitarium, Glendale, CA. | | |
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Description:Glendale, CA. Glendale Sanitarium. A former hotel bought by the Battle Creek Sanitarium (Seventh-Day Adventists) in 1905 to treat TB patients and others in Southern California's healthful climate. Postmarked Feb. 10, 1913, Glendale.
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| VR/PC/SS/23 | Glendale, CA. Brand Blvd. | | |
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Description:Street scene, Glendale, CA. Brand Blvd., showing "new" shops and streetcar.
There is one duplicate (VR/PC/SS/23a).
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