1. The Griffith Observatory and Astronomers Monument encouraged many students to become interested in astronomy and expand our knowledge of the universe. 1940 (Courtesy Neal Dyste, John Marshall High School photography student) |
2. Irving Bush posed with his 6th grade class on the front steps of Glenfeliz Boulevard Elementary School in 1942. He’s the cool guy with his hand in his pocket on the right. Front: Ted Spencer, Robert Smith, Margaret Albright, Richard Hamlin, Irving Bush. Second row: Bob Ford, Arthur Putnam, Dorothea Bidel, Stanley, Mary Beechley, Bill Wagner, Ruth Navarro, Roger Skinner. (Courtesy Marilyn Bush) |
3. Little Bob Quinn was more interested in playing with the Christmas ornaments than posing for the family Christmas card photo in 1943. Twelve ornaments succumbed to his Christmas spirit. Older sister Meg knew all about Santa “making a list and checking it twice” so she sat demurely on the beautifully tiled stairs of their Glencairn Road home. (Courtesy Meg Quinn Coulter) |
4. Bud Overn (front row, fourth from left) posed proudly with the John Marshall High School band in 1944. (Courtesy Bud Overn) |
5. Many John Marshall High School graduates responded to the call to serve their country in World War II. Here brothers Art (Navy) and Tom Overn (8th Air Force) relaxed on leave in their yard at 1655 McCollum St. on “Hathaway Hill” in Edendale. 1944 (Courtesy Bud Overn) |
6. Sailors Don Pimental from Marshall High School and Fred Minchell relax at Bimbo’s 365 Club in San Francisco. When Don and Fred were on a Coast Guard cutter off the Aleutian Islands in World War II, Don slipped on the icy steps in the freezing weather and fell over the railing. Fred grabbed him by his life jacket and pulled Don back on board saving his life. c. 1943 (Courtesy Don Pimental) |
7. Japanese-owned flower nurseries lined the north side of Los Feliz Boulevard until the 1960s. This field is just west of Nottingham Avenue. There were no trees around the Griffith Observatory in 1947. (Courtesy Bruce Torrence Historical Collection) |
8. A surprise snow storm hit Los Angeles in 1945. The residents of Berendo Street enjoyed the contrast of the snow on the palm-lined street with the snow-covered Griffith Observatory in the background. (Courtesy Marjorie Monteleone Romer) |
9. A rare Los Angeles snowfall on Christmas Eve, 1949, turned Mr. Cottle’s home at 4885 Glencairn Road into a winter wonderland. (Courtesy Meg Quinn Coulter) |