Lost Burbank

by Clark, Wesley H.

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Title Statements

Full title :Lost Burbank.

Summary

Slowly fading with the city's ever-changing landscape, the places and people of Burbank's past tell a vibrant story. Before the arrival of Warner Bros. and Walt Disney, First National Pictures built its original studio lot on Olive Avenue in 1926. For over sixty years, Lockheed Aircraft Company produced some of the nation's best airplanes where the massive Empire Shopping Center now stands. Heavyweight champion James Jeffries turned his Burbank ranch home and barn into a beloved landmark and boxing venue. And inventor Joseph Wesley Fawkes's scheme to build a monorail to Los Angeles became a local laughingstock. Die-hard Burbankers Wes Clark and Michael McDaniel collect these and many more forgotten local stories where they can finally be found.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2016.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Arcadia Publishing Inc
Language:eng
Publication Date:2016.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1625857551, 9781625857552
oclc:ocn961352548
LC Classification:F869.B94
Dewey Decimal:979.493

Front Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Burbank's Early Days -- 2. Wartime Burbank -- 3. The Media Capital of the World -- 4. Notable Burbank Places -- 5. Musical Burbank -- 6. Burbank Inventors -- 7. Those Amazing Burbankers! -- 8. Murder and High Crimes in Burbank! -- 9. Fun Burbank Lore -- 10. The Ultimate Sacrifice: Burbank's Warriors -- Appendix. Honor Roll of the Dead -- Notes -- Bibliography -- About the Authors