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Originally Posted by GaylordWilshire
San Fernando Rd (1936)
![](http://imageshack.us/a/img685/2817/2121rd.jpg) GoogleSV
Originally built for the Hemphill Diesel Engineering Schools
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GW, I thought you might find this interesting.
"In 1936, Architects Norstrom and Anderson expanded an existing lumber shed from 1923 and added a streamlined, two-story office portion
fronting San Fernando Road. The addition features a central tower and one of Los Angeles' great architectural tributes to the machine age:
an expansive frieze across the facade with reliefs depicting the use of diesel engines in trains, planes, ships, trucks, tractors, and electric
generating sets."
![](http://imageshack.us/a/img853/1948/aahemphillbookebay.jpg)
found on ebay
I'm curious about the lantern atop the tower. I wonder how it was lit? beacon-like?
![](http://imageshack.us/a/img189/6664/aahemphillgooglecar.jpg)
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stark lines-a contemporary view
![](http://imageshack.us/a/img90/3341/aahemphillbydonsabanfli.jpg)
Don Saban at
http://www.flickr.com/
streamline train
stylized rainbow
ocean liner
http://www.flickr.com/photos/neilfit...ck/4471934106/
dirigible
![](http://imageshack.us/a/img713/1120/aahemphillbyscottlowefl.jpg)
Scott Lowe at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottlowe/7003155602/
After Hemphill's departure, the building on San Fernando Road became a pressing plant for Capitol Records.
![](http://imageshack.us/a/img341/7925/aahemphill1capitolrecor.jpg)
unknown
below: Stan Kenton at Capitol Records' pressing plant.* ( I marked Shelly Manne with a red V)
http://digital.library.unt.edu/
* To be honest, I am not 100% sure this is the San Fernando Road pressing plant. When I first noticed Shelly Manne I immediately thought L.A.!
but Mr. Manne didn't move to Los Angeles until the late 1950s. -so this could possibly be an east coast plant.
previous post on Shelly Manne and his "Manne-Hole" on Cahuenga between Sunset & Hollywood Boulevard.
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=3443
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