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Lockheed Air Terminal, Runway 33, Railroad dividing Empire Ave. & Vanowen St.; Hangar 1 & Lockheed Plant A-1.
Lockheed Air Terminal, Runway 33, Railroad dividing Empire Ave. & Vanowen St.; Hangar 1 & Lockheed Plant A-1.
TitleLockheed Air Terminal, Runway 33, Railroad dividing Empire Ave. & Vanowen St.; Hangar 1 & Lockheed Plant A-1.
DescriptionHollywood-Burbank Airport, end of Runway 33 (South Runway) at Empire Ave., railroad (Southern Pacific) dividing Empire Ave. and Vanowen Street. Looking east over Hangar 1 to Lockheed Plant A-1 and surrounding area, aerial view, 1945. Built during WWII, the runway is camouflaged: it is painted to resemble, from the air, house shapes forming neighborhoods. 8 x 10 in. black & white photograph.
SubjectBurbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport
Lockheed Air Terminal
TopicTransportation
KeywordsRailroad, hangars, access roads, runways, Empire Ave., Vanowen St., train tracks, Southern Pacific Railroad, camouflage
NeighborhoodBurbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Date1945
Alternative DatesWorld War, 1939-1945
Photographer/Author/IntervieweeUnknown
MediaBlack-and-white print (photograph)
Media Measurement20 x 25.5 cm.
IdentifierCHT07.jpg
Repository NameDelmar T. Oviatt Library. Urban Archives Center
CollectionCoralie Hewitt Tillack Collection
Repository Number87-23 CHT 07
Call NumberCD988.W441 1930
Rightshttp://digital-library.csun.edu/copyright.html
Project NameSan Fernando Valley History Digital Library
PublisherCalifornia State University, Northridge. University Library.
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