6/29/09 - Today we honor Joseph W. Fawkes: Visionary, Burbank landowner, attempted Disincorporator, painter, Patent-holder and Builder of the World's First Aerial Trolley Car. Based on some new information dug up by Mike and myself, I posted a map and a couple of patent links to the Fawkes Folly page, as well as some personal stuff about him listed at the end of the page. You know, I would have loved to see that thing scuttle down the line, driven by that enormous propeller! The little band plays, a flag is fitted to the car, the prop is revved up and away it goes. Very cool.

By looking at old records, Mike figured out what that factory is at the bottom of this detail from a 1940 shot: The General Water Heater Corporation factory roofline. As the name suggests, they built water heaters.

Finally, I created a new Burbankia main logo from a 1923 set of maps Mike dug up!

6/26/09 - Posted Burbank from Stough Park, 1940's (which has details: Burbank High, Borrmann Steel, Browns Stadium, City Hall, Light and Power Bldg. and Old Muir School), Debell, Castaway, Starlight Parking construction, Debell construction, Starlight Bowl concert, 1940, Starlight Bowl construction, Starlight Bowl parking lot, 1955, Stough Park BBQ, 1950s, Stough Park wading pool, Stough Park picnic area, Women's softball 1950's and Women's softball 1950's (back of photo). Also posted photos from the second annual (1944) "6-16" (ages six to sixteen) model building contest: One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight and photos from the third annual (1945) contest: One, Two, Three, Four. Whew! And that's it for a while, all my photos in this batch - 99 of 'em in total. Hope you liked them!

6/25/09 - Posted Aerial view of Burbank, 1983, Bonnywood Place, circa 1956 (this is a good one, lots of detail!), Bonnywood Pl. and Magnolia, 1950's, Lockheed F104 dedication at the Olive Rec Center, First pitch at Olive Stadium, Navy officer speaks at the Olive Stadium dedication, Veteran speaks at the Olive Stadium dedication. Also posted Standard Brands: Paint Central in Burbank.

6/24/09 - Posted Olive Ave. storm drain - 1, Olive Ave. storm drain - 2, Olive Ave. storm drain - 3, Olive Ave. storm drain - 4, Train incident, 1950's - 1, Train incident, 1950's - 2, Verdugo Ave. Train incident, 1950's - 1, Verdugo Ave. Train incident, 1950's - 2. I hope you're enjoying all these old photos - I have more!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIKE!

6/23/09 - Posted Firestone store on San Fernando Rd. and San Jose, 1985 - 1, Firestone store on San Fernando Rd. and San Jose, 1985 - 2, Firestone store on San Fernando Rd. and San Jose, 1985 - 3, San Fernando Road, 1970's, Moreland Truck Company factory, overhead shot, San Fernando Road near McCambridge Park, 1950's, San Fernando Road near McCambridge Park, 1950's- 2.

I also fixed a wrongly attributed photo, which at first Mike and I called "Magnolia and First." A reader wrote in and told us, "That's not First St. That's Front St." Turns out we were all wrong. It's Front Street today, but was Bonnywood Place back then. This clearly appears on a sign sign at the bottom that we somehow completely missed! The newly-captioned photo is here. As other photos came to light it appears that some major regrading was done when I-5 was built that changed all the street designations in that general area. Anyway... as I wrote before, an account of how Bonnywood Place became I-5 is in the works.

6/22/09 - Posted Burbank Blvd., 1953, Burbank Blvd., 1953, 2, Burbank Blvd., 1970's (Home Savings), Burbank Blvd., 1973, Burbank Blvd., Nov. 1972, Burbank Blvd., Sept., 1954.

6/19/09 - Posted Burbank Creamery milk bottle, Burbank Line Bus Tokens, Glenoaks widening 1, Glenoaks widening 2, Glenoaks and Grismer, Riverside Dr. and Pass Ave. 1, Riverside Dr. and Pass Ave. 2, Riverside Dr. and Pass Ave. 3.

6/18/09 - Posted Western Disposal Area, Feb. 1950, Western Disposal Area, Feb. 1950, 2, Marty's Meals, L-1011 Needs Engineers, Hollywood Way and Empire, The Dip, April 1972, The Five Corners, 1973.

6/17/09 - Posted Northwest Park 1, Northwest Park 2, Bill's Ranch Market from the air, Bill's Ranch Market (closer), Victory and Magnolia, Magnolia and 1st, 1954, Magnolia and 1st, 1985, 99 East Magnolia, 1985. The Victory and Magnolia shot is of special interest and will form a visual basis for a little article Mike is working out about how Bonnywood became I-5.

6/16/09 - Posted Flying A station on Olive and 3rd, Asphalt Plant on Clybourne, Fireballs Softball Team, Old Fire Station on 3rd and Olive, The Public Works Yard, 1st St. and Magnolia looking North, BHS tennis courts, 3rd and Delaware, The newer Burbank Country Club, Gibraltar Savings, 1985, Bank of America, 401 Golden Mall, 1985, Aerial shot of Mensaco, High water at Pass and Alameda, Roberts Drive in and Brown Stadium.

6/15/09 - Stand by! I'll be posting a whole bunch of old Burbank photos. Check back daily. Posted Olive Avenue looking West, Original Elks Lodge on Palm, 1985, Big 5 and Standard Brands on Victory Blvd., Burbank Hospital, 1929, Andrew Jergens Co., 1960s and Burbank Safety Council Keeps Score.

6/4/09 - Posted Parked at the Post Office, Postcard: San Fernando West of Olive and 205 S. San Fernando Rd.

5/28/09 - Posted Sailee's Coffee Shop.

5/26/09 - Thanks to readers Dan Waite, Pam Kirkwood, Cathy Palmer and Herb Vincent I have posted a better Burbank Military Academy page. The building still stands!

5/22/09 - Thanks to reader Lyla El-Safy I can post some images from the now defunct Burbank Military Academy's 1936 editon of "the Buzzer," their yearbook. Image one, Image two, Image three, Image four, Image five and Image six. Lyla writes, "There were photos of the dorm rooms, boys doing their activities, etc. I did notice a mention that the Academy was started in 1932. I would guess it was started by Mrs. L.G. DeMonbrun, the Manager-Owner, who is shown after the title page in a photo with Dedication." Does anyone have any more information about the BMA - where it was located, when it closed, etc.?

5/12/09 - Posted a link to the City of Burbank streamliner. Also added some history regarding the design of the Unimart Building.

5/11/09 - Here's John Muir School Creed.

4/20/09 - I think I've finally arrived at the truth about the so-called "Burbank Train Robbery" of 1894 - it was really the Sun Valley Train Robbery. I have updated my page (scroll to bottom).

4/7/09 - Linked to Hugo Ballin's Burbank City Hall Mural.

4/1/09 - I have some doubts about the article I posted yesterday, and have included these at the bottom, in addition to an 1894 citation of a train robbery involving Burbank.

3/31/09 - Added an article about an incident known to Western history as "The Burbank Train Robbery." Does anyone out there have more details? (Or know precisely where to dig?)

3/26/09 - Added a couple of articles by Burbankia guest writer Monte Thrasher: LOVE From Above and UFO Landing Pad.

3/24/09 - Added What Plane?

3/23/09 - Added Hamburger Paradise (Big Boy Bob's in Burbank).

3/20/09 - Added Puzzling Muir pin.

3/18/09 - Added Old Country Club traces.

3/6/09 - Added 1959 Time Capsule photos.

3/2/09 - Added Burbank rifle range. It shows the 1000 yard firing line of the Burbank Rifle and Revolver club. This may be where DeBell golf course is now. Also, posted Warner Bros. Works on the 1959 Time Capsule.

2/20/09 - Added some text (at the bottom) of the Fawkes Folly article.

2/19/09 - Posted some stuff Mike found on the 1953 Mabel Monohan murder: Barbara Graham newspaper clipping #1, Barbara Graham newspaper clipping #2, Barbara Graham newspaper clipping #3, Barbara Graham newspaper clipping #4, Barbara Graham newspaper clipping #5, Mabel Monohan.

2/18/09 - Posted Burbank Police Boys Band, 1955, Sample ballot 1914.

2/17/09 - Posted Aerial view of McCambridge Park shortly after being built (1959?), Easter service at Stough Park, 1938 and Stough Park Inspiration Point, 1936.

2/13/09 - Posted Shepherd's Cottage.

2/9/09 - Posted 1959 Time Capsule Found.

2/4/09 - Burbank 1976! (1976 time capsule). Thanks Cathy Palmer...

2/3/09 - Atomic power, monorails... it's Burbank 2009! (As envisioned in the 1959 Magnolia Blvd. Bridge time capsule).

1/30/09 - Posted Bud's Auto Service.

1/21/09 - Posted Jimmy Gerschler postcard, 1964 courtesy of Cathy Coyle.

1/16/09 - Posted Burbank airport, 1934 courtesy of Tim Loya.

1/14/09 - Posted First National Studios truck.

1/13/09 - Posted a link to Mike Toon's True (Burbank) Stories. Mike Toon is a friend of the older brother of a high school friend of Mike and I. Got that? This page describes some of his tales of causing trouble in and around Burbank in the mid-Sixties. The Shopping Bag grocery store ("Shopping Bag Market Bet"), for instance, used to be on Glenoaks and Winona. "Plumbing" describes a Chili John's-related gastric problem and "The Quag" is about the debris basin near DeBell golf course.

1/12/09 - Posted Civil Defense in Burbank, 1951.

1/7/09 - Posted Olive Stadium construction, 1, Olive Stadium construction, 2, DeBell Golf Course, early 1960's.

1/5/09 - Happy New Year! Posted Burbank's 1965 Tournament of Roses parade float, "Burbankopoly" (Image one, Image two, Image three, Image four, Image five), and 1969 Valley Greensheet page (Look at those car prices). Also, can any of you Burbank old-timers identify this old Burbank market? The sign seems to say "Goner Market" or "Coner Market" (there aren't enough letters for "Corner Market"). Added a new linked image to the Fawkes Folly page. Finally, Mike's beautiful "Burbank at Night" image, taken from the lot across the street from the Starlight Bowl. You can see why young couples have traditionally found it inspirational.

12/5/08 - Hey, this web site has been up for five years today!

11/25/08 - Posted Bank of America's main branch, 1963, Police Headquarters construction, 1960, Stough Parking Lot construction, The Sylvan Falls (up Country Club Dr.), Sylvan cabin, 1920s, Sylvan Falls visitors, 1920s, Country Club Pool (Johnny Weismuller's) and New Country Club (now LDS church) to the Photo section. The country club photos were provided by Doris Vick, who lived on Country Club Dr. for fifty years.

11/20/08 - Posted Bellarmine-Jefferson High School, June 1962, Warner Brothers, 1961, Warner Brothers, 1958, The Battle of Burbank - 1, The Battle of Burbank - 2, Dwarf cottage and Burbank wildcat to the Photo section.

11/19/08 - Posted Empire China Company, Luther Burbank Junior High School, 1928 and 1929, San Fernando Road, 1963, Postwar Trailers and Warner Brothers, 1937 to the Photo section. Also, rearranged photos more or less by category - that page is getting big!

11/18/08 - Posted Curries Ice Cream, 1960 - 1, Curries Ice Cream, 1960 - 2, Grape Pickers, c. 1928, Grape Picker, c. 1928, Landfill View, Owl Drugs, The Burbank Prowlers, Tsuki Teru car club and Shopping Bag to the Photo section. Also, added five new images to the Ansel Adams in Burbank page.

11/17/08 - Posted San Fernando Road, 1946, San Fernando Road, 1947, San Fernando Road, 1951, Public Service Department building, 1951, Warner Brothers, 1928 and Warner Brothers fire, 1952 to the Photo section.

11/14/08 - Posted Burbank's 1938 Tournament of Roses float, Burbank's 1939 Tournament of Roses float, Burbank's 1956 Tournament of Roses float and Burbank in 1916 to the Photo section.

11/13/08 - Posted 1963 Burbank Nazi Party Rally, Lockheed in 1934, James Jeffries funeral, 1953, The construction of I-5 in 1957, and Olive Ave., 1954 to the Photo section.

11/12/08 - Posted Foreman and Clark, Adlai Stevenson visits Lockheed, Cinecolor, Tractor on an airplane wing, and War veteran trailers to the Photo section.

11/10/08 - Posted Ansel Adams in Burbank.

11/3/08 - Added a link to Burbank.com, a site with many, many Burbank links.

10/24/08 - Posted Golden Mall Playhouse Productions. Once again, thanks, Julie Dion!

10/10/08 - Posted Golden Mall Playhouse, mid 70's - 1 and Golden Mall Playhouse, mid 70's - 2. Thanks, Julie Dion! Also posted Burbank High Dance at McCambridge Rec Center, 1943 - 1, Burbank High Dance at McCambridge Rec Center, 1943 - 2 Burbank High Dance at McCambridge Rec Center, 1943 - 3 Burbank High Dance at McCambridge Rec Center, 1943 - 4. Once again, photos from Burbankia's in-house image detective, Mike "Scoop" McDaniel.

10/9/08 - Posted Alameda and Glenoaks, 1958 and Hughes Brothers Gas station, 1940s. Also posted Country Club Drive (date unknown), Country Club Drive, facing down Olive (1963), Old Country Club Drive (date unknown) - 1, Old Country Club Drive (date unknown) - 2. Once again, photos from the intrepid Mike McDaniel.

10/8/08 - Posted some photos from 1942 showing the construction of the Burbank City Hall: City Hall construction, 1942 - 4, City Hall construction, 1942 - 5, City Hall construction, 1942 - 6, City Hall construction, 1942 - 7. All photos from the ever-vigilant Mike McDaniel.

10/5/08 - Posted Mudslide on Country Club Dr., 1962 or 1963 - 1, Mudslide on Country Club Dr., 1962 or 1963 - 2. Also posted some photos from 1942 showing the construction of the Burbank City Hall: City Hall construction, 1942 - 1, City Hall construction, 1942 - 2, City Hall construction, 1942 - 3. All photos from Mike McDaniel.

9/30/08 - Posted Victory Drive-In, thanks to Herb Vincent and the Senior Bulldogs newsletter. See entry for 9/25. Reader Bob Morgan confirmed that yes, there was once a wading pool at Vickroy Park. It was located at the end of Brighton St., where the tennis courts where later built. (I remember those.) The pool was removed between 1961 and February 1965, when I moved to the neighborhood. Mystery solved!

9/29/08 - I found a better image of Burbank's famous pumpkin building, here, thanks to Herb Vincent.

9/25/08 - Mike found an old photo marked simply, "Vickroy Park," which shows a wading pool. I moved into the neighborhood in February 1965, and there wasn't one there by then nor afterwards. Do any of you old-timers recall a wading pool at Vickroy Park, or is this photo mismarked?

9/24/08 - Posted Burbank's Pumpkin building.

9/23/08 - Posted Burbank Girl Inspires Beach Boys Song.

9/22/08 - Posted Burbank promotional films.

9/19/08 - Posted The Moreland Truck Company, 1917-1940 and Burbank's Official Song: "In Burbank".

9/18/08 - I'll give that other high school some mention: posted Burroughs High School 1963 Special Prom Guests.

9/17/08 - Just got back from Burbank, where I attended the Burbank High School Centennial Celebration. I had a blast! Here's my report.

9/4/08 - The BHS 100 poster.

9/2/08 - Posted four photos associated with the old Luttge Store: One, Two, Three, Four. Photos courtesy of the Burbank Historical Museum.

8/11/08 - My son assures me that all the hip and with-it webmasters make their links open new windows when clicked, so I have changed the coding in Burbankia to do that. I hope I didn't screw anything up!

8/1/08 - Just bought my plane tickets; I will be at the various Burbank High 100th anniversary events 11-15 September. Hope to see some of you there! I'll be the tall goof wearing a label that says, "Class of 1974."

7/11/08 - Posted Gelson's - Then and Now. A big Burbankia thanks to Bob Morgan!

6/26/08 - Posted A Few Words About Perren's Deli.

6/23/08 - Posted Olive Rec Center in the Snow. Also, posted the San-Val Drive-In Theater, 1972: One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight.

4/2/08 - Thanks to reader Rosemarie Ellis, I have added a newspaper clipping about Mingay's 100th birthday and a program to the "Henry Mingay page."

3/26/08 - Added "Lockheed Comes to Burbank" and "Burbank Gets a Major Airfield."

3/20/08 - "The Spirit of Soho": You can travel all the way across the Atlantic and still see references to Burbank!

2/10/08 - Thanks to Darryl Eisele I am able to post this souvenir menu from Sargent's: front, menu, back. It's dated December 1959. My mother worked there 1969-1971; as a child I recall how hard the menu was to read!

1/30/08 - The Burbank High School Class of 1967 Blog site.

1/25/08 - FYI: The official BHS 100th anniversary web site is here.

12/5/07 - Burbankia is four years old today - cool!

11/30/07 - Posted Burbank High School, 100 years! Can you help?

11/13/07 - Just discovered BurbankHistory.com (click here), a clever website about - can you guess? - Burbank history. Check out the page about the celebrated Burbank Breathing Bush.

10/18/07 - Posted Burbank zinc stamps.

10/16/07 - Posted Burbank City Hall, 1950's, Burbank City Hall, Christmas, 1960's, Burbank City Hall, New Year, 1965 and Old Burbank seals. Also, Starlight Bowl 1965 Program and "Oklahoma" at the Starlight Bowl, Sept. 20/21, 1965.

9/24/07 - Posted A Notable Barrel Roll!

9/7/07 - Posted a link to Burbank Autobooks/Aerobooks - Since 1951. Thanks to Jim Baldridge for pointing it out!

9/4/07 - Posted a photo of Barbara Eden at the Golden Mall. Thanks, Ron Green!

8/28/07 - Posted a link to How To Hide An Airplane Factory.

8/14/07 - Posted Compass Tree Park.

7/12/07 - Well, here's something that I didn't know: in 1945 there was a camp (or two) in Burbank for Japanese-Americans who were interred during the war. They were staging places on Winona Ave. and also Magnolia Blvd. for them to live while they were finding permanent housing. I added a very incomplete page here.

7/11/07 - Added What Hasn't Changed in Burbank.

5/25/07 - Added a link to a youtube video: The Coral Cafe Ghost.

5/23/07 - Added some text from a reader to the Burbank's Space Capsule of Love article.

5/8/07 - Posted 1953 Plane Crash!

3/26/07 - Posted Freddie Sanchez Day and A Wartime Encounter!

3/9/07 - Posted Fire at Columbia Ranch!

2/9/07 - Posted A Softer Side of Lockheed and If you live in Burbank you know this is true!

2/1/07 - Posted Steingold's Art Van.

1/24/07 - Posted Elaine Hampton's fine Dartmouth photo to the top of my Snow in Burbank article.

1/22/07 - Posted a article about Burbank's T&A Hobby Lobby of fond recollection.

1/18/07 - RuthAnn Talley adds some historical comments to the Tribute to Burbank's Small Grocery Stores piece.

1/11/07 - Chris Besenty weighs in on The First Real Blackout in Burbank article. (Scroll down.) Was it perhaps really "The Battle of Los Angeles?"

1/4/07 - Here's a good one: what do air raids in Burbank and Elmer Fudd have in common? Added Joe Brown's comments to the The First Real Blackout in Burbank article. (Scroll down.)

1/3/07 - Happy New Year! Added a couple of photos from Sylvia Dodson Novak to the Snow in Burbank article.

12/11/06 - Posted Don Iwerks' photo of the Starlight Hills, early 1960's - thanks, Dan Krattiger! Also, added some commentary to Olive Rec Center built and Burbank Blvd. (before the overpass).

12/8/06 - My father-in-law Don Bilyeu adds some commentary to the The First Real Blackout in Burbank article.

12/7/06 - For Pearl Harbor Day (65 years ago today), Lou Schirm takes us back to the evening of January 24th, 1942, and describes The First Real Blackout in Burbank.

12/5/06 - This web site is three years old today. Cool.

11/27/06 - Posted Burbank Country Club pool view.

11/9/06 - Posted "The Fastest Guys Out There." (I think the SR-71, and not the Tonight Show, was the greatest thing to come out of Burbank.)

10/30/06 - Posted "His Old Haunts" about director Tim Burton returning to Burbank.

10/11/06 - In an unusual step for me, I have posted images from the 1984 "Burbank Champions of the Past" calendar to the History Page. (It's unusual because when I was in junior and senior high school I hated jocks. But having taken up rugby in my middle age I am now somewhat better disposed towards athletes and sports.)

10/4/06 - Posted Burbank Blvd. (before the overpass).

9/15/06 - Posted Lockheed Airport, 1930's, San Fernando Road, c. 1912, San Fernando Road, 1927, San Fernando Road, 1940's, Puzzling local politics image, Bored Young Men blocking San Fernando Road (for lack of a better title) and Olive Ave. and San Fernando Road, c. 1915-1920.

9/11/06 - Posted Don Ray's article about Genio's. Also posted Palm Avenue, 1950's, Burbank at Night, 1950's and San Fernando Road, 1959.

8/14/06 - Posted Vic Tayback, who was a student of Burbank High School (where Mike and I attended).

7/20/06 - Posted Lockheed during wartime and Pilot's eye view of the Lockheed Airport, 1929.

7/18/06 - Posted Lockheed Plant B-1 changes. Also posted Glenoaks and Cohasset, 1960's and Welcome to Burbank: San Fernando Road, 1950's.

7/17/06 - Posted Welcome to Burbank: Victory and Elm, Welcome to Burbank: Glenoaks and Alameda, Welcome to Burbank: Barham Blvd., Welcome to Burbank: Riverside Drive, Welcome to Burbank: Victory and Clybourne, Welcome to Burbank: Magnolia Blvd., 1968, Olive and Barham, 1960's.

7/14/06 - Posted 30 May 1944: Captain Mingay Day in Burbank to the existing Captain Henry Mingay page (scroll to bottom). Also posted Old Police and Fire Station and Golden Girl Jan Chronert to the Golden Mall page. (Sure, Mayor Compton is in the photo, too, but who's looking at him?)

7/13/06 - Posted "Beautiful Downtown Burbank" postcard #1, "Beautiful Downtown Burbank" postcard #2 and "Beautiful Downtown Burbank" postcard #3. Also posted Olive Rec Center stadium and diamond, Looking up Walnut, 1950, Burbank from the dump, 1949, Burbank from the dump, 1955, Olive Ave. at night, San Fernando Road and Alameda, 1950's and San Fernando Road and Alameda, 1960's. Finally, I address the phrase "Beautiful Downtown Burbank."

7/12/06 - Posted a major new collection of photos that ought to reawaken the dormant memory cells of Burbankers: The Burbank Golden Mall. Also posted the L-1011 Building and San Fernando Road, 1960's.

7/11/06 - Posted Olive Rec Center built, Olive Rec Center baseball stadium and Bonnywood and Magnolia.

7/10/06 - Posted Unimart, Western City Disposal Area and Jerry Colonna and some Burbank baseball players. I also restructed the front page into sub-pages, so it looks less junky.

7/7/06 - Posted The Dip, The back of The Dip, The Five Points, Olive Avenue Bridge being built and Olive Avenue Bridge complete.

6/29/06 - Posted Martinos - A Burbank Bakery Institution.

5/19/06 - Bob Meza explains the The 1968 Jet Crash in Burbank!

4/19/06 - Posted a link to The Battle of Burbank, 5 October 1945 (wikipedia entry).

4/10/06 - Posted a link to Ron Dickson's Aviation History of the San Fernando Valley.

4/3/06 - Posted some photos to the Henry Mingay article.

3/17/06 - Posted Sargents.

3/13/06 - About that 1968 airplane crash in Burbank, Internet correspondent William Stevens has found a page that lists aviation accidents which describes it thus: "09/13/1968 N HOLLYWOOD,CALIF N148E AERO COMDR 1121A FATAL (2)," so it may not be a Burbank thing despite the copy. I'll leave it up anyway - what the heck? Also posted A Tribute to Burbank's Small Grocery Stores.

3/9/06 - Posted two UPI Telephoto images of a 1968 airplane crash in Burbank. Do you remember it? I don't.

1/31/06 - Posted an image of Henry Mingay's marker to the Henry Mingay page.

1/26/06 - Posted some interesting new information to the Henry Mingay page.

12/13/05 - Posted Burbank High School Athletics Ninety Years Ago.

12/2/05 - Posted the Old Burbank Patch.

11/8/05 - Posted a link for The Road Kings of Burbank (est. 1952).

8/24/05 - Posted The Burbank Flag.

7/18/05 - Posted links to Rick Crescitelli's Burbank High and John Burroughs High in memoriam pages (on bottom of main page).

6/27/05 - Posted Monrovia Van de Kamp.

2/23/05 - Posted Burbankia Exclusive! Jay Leno driving a Stanley Steamer in Burbank!

2/9/05 - Finished adding all of the images to the A History of Burbank page. The next time I propose converting an entire book into HTML, somebody slap me upside the head.

2/8/05 - Added 38 more images to the A History of Burbank page. More to come. Also split it up into the three chapters for ease in downloading.

2/7/05 - Added 23 more images to the A History of Burbank page. More to come.

2/4/05 - Added 17 images to the A History of Burbank page. More to come.

11/16/04 - Added Larry Maxam: Burbank's Only Medal of Honor Recipient

8/27/04 - Added The U.S.S. Enterprise - Made in Burbank!

8/9/04 - Added two modern day images of the Jeffries Barn to the Jeffries Barn article.

7/6/04 - Added an image of a similar windmill restaurant to the The Van de Kamp's Windmill Restaurant image.

6/22/04 - Added 1960's Gelson's Ad - I went to Junior High with that little girl in the shopping cart!

6/18/04 - Added A Rare Visit Up the Tower of the Burbank City Hall - You haven't been here before.

6/16/04 - Added John Burroughs High Class of 1955 - just to show how commendably fair-minded a Burbank High graduate can be!

6/3/04 - Added The Mabel Monohan House today. Click here to see who Mabel Monohan was, if you don't know. Many years ago, when I was but a boy, one night as we were driving back home after dinner through the dark residential streets of Burbank my father mentioned that a famous murder had occurred in the town many years ago. One idle afternoon about twenty-five years later I recalled what Dad had told me and started an Internet search, which led to my learning about the 1953 Mabel Monohan murder - and the famous (but historically flawed) movie "I Want to Live!" starring Susan Hayward. Now you know about it!

5/11/04 - Added 1891 Farmhouse Demolition - Make way for yet another graceless condo.

4/22/04 - Added A Lockheed P-38 Returns to Burbank!

3/10/04 - Added Lockheed P-38 watches.

3/5/04 - Added Summer Concert at Stough Park, 1945.

3/4/04 - Added 1949: Snow in Burbank! and Burbank's Space Capsule of Love.

2/26/04 - Added The James M. Cain House.

1/23/04 - Added Mike McDaniel's article/letter The Myth of Neighborhood in the R4 Areas of Burbank.

1/12/04 - Added Bruce Petty's "Growing Up in the Motion Picture Business" (Burbank)

1/9/04 - Added Grampa Dutch Cronkite's poem.

12/17/03 - Added plaque photos to the Jeffries Barn article and posted Turkey Crossing, 1942. (Thanks, Mike!) Also posted A History of Burbank, 1967.

12/16/03 - Added Turkey Crossing.

12/12/03 - Added an excerpt from a Burbank history to the The Jeffries Barn article, which indicates that Jeffries had an international trade!

12/10/03 - Posted Henry Mingay, Burbank's Celebrated Civil War Veteran.

12/5/03 - Put the website up on the Internet! The framework established, Mike McDaniel and I can now start developing material for it.