Wagons in vintage Street scenes

Local ACE Hardware sells Craftsman tools

 

That's strange. Craftsman must have become independent from Sears. Are their tools still as good as they used to be?

 

Have not bought any new tools lately, but I did break a 1/4" drive ratchet and took it in for replacement. Lets say that the odds of the refurbished one I was given, lasting over 30 years like the original are slim to none.

 

(1961)* – View looking west on Devonshire Street at Sepulveda Boulevard showing two boys riding their bicycles against traffic near a very congested intersection. The intersection was named the "7th worst intersection in the Valley" according to accident numbers from 1959. Valley Times Collection - Click HERE for contemporary view.

 

(1950)* - View of Mayfair Market, located at 18632 Ventura Boulevard in Tarzana. Several automobiles can be seen parked along the street, in front of the supermarket. A small department store is visible adjacent to Mayfair Markets.


Historical Notes

They renamed these stores A & M Discount Foods (the A & M stood for Arden Mayfair). Once a large presence all over the west coast, there was only one Mayfair Market left by 2009. It was located in Hollywood. That same year the last remaining Mayfair was converted into a Gelson’s.

 

(1958)^^ - View looking toward the southeast corner of Ventura and Sepulveda where a Richfield Service Station is located. A large truck carrying an Atlas missile is seen rounding the corner of Sepulveda onto Ventura Blvd.


Historical Notes

The Atlas, first tested in 1957, was the United States' first successful ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile). It launched the Mercury project space capsules and became the foundation for a family of successful space launch vehicles now built by United Launch Alliance. The Atlas rocket family is today used as a launch platform for commercial and military satellites, and other spacecraft.*^

 

(1962)* - View of flood at the northeast corner of Vanowen Street and Louise Avenue, in Van Nuys (now Lake Balboa). The photo caption reads, "Automobile splashes through deep water in a West Valley intersection. Heavy rains meant stalled cars, no school, wet pedestrians and cleaning bills." Valley Times photo, dated 2/9/1962.


Historical Notes

On November 2, 2007, the City Council of Los Angeles approved a motion renaming a larger portion of Van Nuys to Lake Balboa, including this intersection.

Click HERE for contemporary view of the NE corner of Vanowen and Louise. *^

 

(1965)* - View looking north on Lankershim Blvd at Weddington St in North Hollywood. A 1963 Chevrolet Impala Coupe is making a left turn onto Lankershim Blvd while a Rambler station wagon is stopped at the light. You can see Bob's Coffee Shop on the right and the Security-First National Bank on the left (now The Federal Bar).


Historical Notes

The bank building stands on property that was once the Fred Weddington homestead. He served as Vice President of the bank in 1948.*^^^