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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
But now I find myself confused: ...The following quote is from an article at KCET ..."Lockheed opened its operations in February 1928 with 50 employees." ....... 1928! quelle surprise
and this aerial, from the same article, is dated January 1, 1928.
KCET
The article implies this is the early Lockheed Plant. (there is no mention of the distillery)
So are we looking at the 3 G Distillery or the Lockheed Plant?  |
Here's a wider view of the 1928 aerial that KCET used (full resolution at link below the image). I've marked the future site of the distillery with the red box. The first Lockheed buildings were a few blocks to the south-east. The diamond-shaped park in the center at the bottom is still there - it's now known as Vickroy Park.
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Ten years later, this is a wider view from the 1938 aerial that I posted yesterday. On the left is an early layout of what-is-now Hollywood Burbank Airport. At the time it would've been the Union Air Terminal. I can only see one plane there. There's also a drive-in theater below the distillery, with a whole block to itself. It survived until at least 1972, but was gone by 1977.
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