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Originally Posted by Mackerm
I sure looked at a lot of Richfield stations the other day. Here's one I liked for no obvious reason. Even with the cataloging info, it would probably be impossible to place:
CSUN
But the Photographer is given as Quality Photo Shop, and the library had two others from the same source:
CSUN
CSUN
The bottom photo is identified as Glendale Avenue, the other two just Glendale, but the middle photo has a Piggly Wiggly, which is exotic (for me anyway. I know it mostly from Driving Miss Daisy). It might be possible to deduce the locations of these three photos as a group. |
The theme seems to be street paving.
The middle picture is looking west on East Colorado towards the intersection of South Adams. The 1930 Glendale CD has:
ancestry.com
There is a roof sign:
...which when reversed says:
And the CD has:
ancestry.com
Here is a Sanborn which shows the location of the intersection of S Adams and E Colorado:
lapl.org
It also shows a drug store at 1024-8 E Colorado (sw corner of Adams/Colorado) seen in the photo, which is confirmed by the CD:
ancestry.com
The CD has a Pepper Tree Inn restaurant at 1114 E Colorado at the same place as the Driftwood. I bet if one slogged through the CDs, we might find a name change.
In 1930 there were some photographers on E Colorado, but none with "Quality" in their name.