Flashback Friday

Randy Rhodes went to elementary school here and to John Muir and Burbank High before forming Quiet Riot and joining Ozzy

While it is true that Amelia Earhart was not a Burbanker she spent a lot of time here at Lockheed and the Burbank Airport, then called “United Airport”

You always knew when you has made it back home to Burbank

The club was a golf course and retreat up Country Club Drive at the top of Olive Ave. and in the early 1920’s, the club was the place to be in Burbank.

Burbank has been an incorporated City for 106 years and has had a number of different City Seals

Behind the main building of The Olive Recreation Center stands a small building that once had some of the best local theater performances in the area. Many actors got a start there, or performed there to the delight of the audiences to see such Hollywood talent up close

Located in what is now the back part of BWP on the corner of Lake and Olive Ave was the Seaver Toy Company

Big Boy # 3 was built on San Fernando Road between Cedar and Providencia

Second part of the history of the Burbank City Seal

Once upon a time (1969) in Verdugo Park play area, could be seen and played on, a genuine Gemini Test Space Capsule