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Business Block, Brand Boulevard. Glendale, California.
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Business Block, Brand Boulevard. Glendale, California.
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Identifier
clloy_102
Title
Business
Block
,
Brand
Boulevard
.
Glendale
,
California
.
Creator
Unknown
Date Published
circa
1930
Subject (Topic)
Commercial
buildings--California--Glendale
;
Automobiles
,
American
;
Subject (Place)
Glendale
(Calif.)
;
Brand
Blvd
.
(Glendale
,
Calif.)
;
Type
image
Form/Genre
Postcards
Physical Description
1
postcard
:
b&w
;
9
x
14
cm
.
Institution
Department
of
Archives
and
Special
Collections
,
William
H
.
Hannon
Library
,
Loyola
Marymount
University
Country of Creation
US
Copyright Status
public
domain
Copyright Statement
http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Publisher
Western
Publishing
&
Novelty
Co.
;
Theo
.
Sohmer
Place of Publication
Los
Angeles
,
Cal
.
Language
eng
Description
Angled
view
of
store
fronts
of
North
Brand
Blvd.
,
notably
the
neo-classical
styled
Palace
Grand
Theatre
.
Most
of the
buildings
have
some
type
of
awning
, and
several
have
signage
,
including
"
Western
Union
" and "
Brooks
Dressmaking.
"
Automobiles
are
parked
along
the
sidewalk
.
Historical Background
The
City
of
Glendale
,
situated
at the
eastern
end
of the
San
Fernando
Valley
and
bisected
by the
Verdugo
Mountains
,
is
considered
a
suburb
of the
Greater
Los
Angeles
Area
.
Incorporated
in
1906
,
Glendale
was
originally
part
of
Rancho
San
Rafael
,
founded
by
Don
Jose
Maria
Verdugo
who
settled
the
area
in
1784
. As
one
of the
main
streets
in
Glendale
,
Brand
Blvd
.
is
named
after
Leslie
Coombs
Brand
(1859-1925)
, a
major
figure
in the
economic
growth
of
Glendale
who
made
his
fortune
in
transportation
,
real
estate
and
utilities
.
Among
his
many
contributions
to
Glendale
, he
built
the
first
airport
in the
area
, and
partnered
with
Henry
E
.
Huntington
to
bring
the
Pacific
Electric
Railway
("Red
Cars")
to the
community
resulting
in a
population
growth
spurt
.
Brand
donated
an
82-acre
parcel
of
land
to be
used
as a
park
and
public
library
that was
developed
after
his
wife's
death
in
1945
.
Built
in
1914
, the
900-seat
Palace
Grand
Theatre
was
owned
by
Henry
C
.
Jensen
. In
1923
, he
sold
it
to the
T
D
&
L
Company
that
later
became
part
of the
Fox
theatre
circuit
.
Publisher's Identifier
Series number: 735
Source
Werner
von
Boltenstern
Postcard
Collection
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