Wagons in vintage Street scenes

Info I got was:

Montgomery Clift (standing) in Cark Gabel's and Marylin Monroe's last movie (?) "The Misfits"

 

photographer: John Florea

1942 California State Guard



















The California State Guard was organized 1941 by Executive Order of Governor Culbert L. Olsen when California National Guard elements of the 40th Infantry Division, 250th and 251st Coast Artillery Regiments, and other units were Federalized. Although the authorized strength of the State Guard was originally set at 10,000, the actual mustered strength reached 21,615 by the end of 1941.

By February of 1942, a total of 13 Infantry Regiments (numbers 1 through 13) were activated along with a Medical Regiment, Marine Company, two Nautical Corps, and a Quartermaster Regiment. During the first year of the Guard, a number of special organizations were activated but later were mustered out of service including the 1st through 10th Observation Squadrons, 1st Engineer Regiment, 1st Evacuation Corps, Sanitary Corps, Women's Ambulance and Nursing Corps, 1st and 2nd Ambulance Battalions, and several provisional companies.
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about 70 photos in this set.
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I have never seen that many old woodies in one place in my life!

 

Back in the 40's, ALL the wagons were woodies...

That 'freeway' appears to be Hollywood Freeway (US 101) at Cahuenga Bl, right near Unversal Studios. Looks similar today, except a bunch of development on both sides of it.......

Edit: Wait a minute, now I'm not so sure. No railroad tracks going down the middle of the 101.....Suppose they could have taken them out years ago. Then again, it could be somewhere. else. Pretty sure it's SoCal, though

 

I was visiting at a seniors home where they were showing a film with Rosalind Russel - I would have to say that the number was pretty close

 

Lmao at Saf!