The Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California

With the 2013 college football season about to begin, I thought this was the perfect time to share this fun vintage postcard with you.

This is a 1951 Curt Teich C.T. Art-Colortone vintage postcard showing The Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.

Transcription from back of postcard:

ROSE BOWL, PASADENA

     The scene of the annual East-West football championship, which is played on New Year's Day. Each year the Tournament of Roses Association invites the western university whose team has made the most outstanding record during the season. The university in turn invites its opponent of similar standing from the East. This game has become a national classic. Over 100,000 football enthusiasts crowd this immense stadium.

     Of interest to the visitors are the 5,000 beautiful rose bushes, some 157 varieties, that encircle the stadium.

Thanks for stopping by!

© 2013 Copyright by Jana Last

Beach Clubs and Homes, Santa Monica, California

This 1941 Curt Teich C.T. Art-Colortone vintage postcard shows beach clubs and homes in Santa Monica, California.

Transcription from back of postcard:

The beautiful shaded park that crowns the famous Palisades at Santa Monica, overlooks one of the finest bathing beaches in the West. Many of the movie stars have homes along the shores of the Pacific, and also there are numerous fashionable beach clubs.

Thanks for stopping by!


© 2013 Copyright by Jana Last

Catalina Island

This is a 1935 Curt Teich C.T. Art-Colortone vintage postcard from my grandparents' collection.

It shows Catalina Island, also referred to as Santa Catalina Island, or simply Catalina, which is about 22 miles off the coast of Southern California.  The Catalina Chamber of Commerce has an official website.  If you’d like to check it out, click HERE.

Thanks for stopping by!


© 2013 Copyright by Jana Last

New $3,000,000 Mutual Don Lee Television-Radio Studio, Hollywood, California

This is a 1948 Curt Teich C.T. Art-Colortone vintage postcard showing the Mutual Don Lee Television-Radio Studio in Hollywood, California.

Transcription from back of postcard:

MUTUAL DON LEE

TELEVISION-RADIO STUDIO, HOLLYWOOD 

World's greatest studio built exclusively for television-radio at 1313 North Vine Street, covers four enormous theatres decorated in 19 dazzling colors to create optical effects. "Poly-cylindrical diffuses" and walls tilted at angles obtain maximum acoustical effects.

Here is what the building looks like today, courtesy of Googlemaps.com. The building no longer houses the Don Lee Television-Radio Studio. The sign on the building says:

Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences 

Pickford Center

To read more about this historic building, click HERE.

Thanks for stopping by!


© 2013 Copyright by Jana Last

Construction of Tabernacle Roof, Salt Lake City, Utah

This 1940 Curt Teich C.T. Art-Colortone vintage postcard shows the beautiful Salt Lake Tabernacle while it was under construction.

Transcription on back of postcard:

THIS CONSTRUCTION began in 1863 and was first used for a conference of the Church in 1867. The roof, the principal portion of the building, rests upon 44 sandstone buttresses 3 feet thick, 14 to 20 feet high and 9 feet wide. The arches are of a lattice truss construction, securely fastened, where necessary, with cowhide and wooden pegs. The Tabernacle is 250 feet long, 150 feet wide, and 80 feet high, and seats approximately 8,000 people.

The Salt Lake Tabernacle is a truly remarkable and historic building. It has been designated as a national historic landmark as well as a national civil engineering landmark.

The world-famous Mormon Tabernacle Choir has performed in the Tabernacle since it’s earliest days. In addition to performing in the Tabernacle, the Choir also performs in the 21,000 seat auditorium in the Conference Center.

The Salt Lake Tabernacle has amazing acoustics. One of the ways the tour guides demonstrate this is by dropping a pin at the pulpit. It can be heard by those sitting in the back of the hall, 170 feet away.

This photo, taken in 2012 while we were on vacation, shows the Salt Lake Tabernacle as it appears today.



And here's a photo showing the inside of the beautiful Salt Lake Tabernacle. We took this photo while were in Utah in June of 2011.



Thanks for stopping by!


© 2013 Copyright by Jana Last