This picture just posted in Verdugo Views, a fabulous Flickr photo set of historic Glendale Photographs.
The photo shows private planes off loading their rich and famous guests for a lavish, invitation soiree at the El Miradero Mansion. Katherine Yamada, a writer fro the Glendale News Press writes:
The private landing strip and airplane hangar built by L.C. Brand, directly below his estate in what is now northwest Glendale, attracted a lot of attention from aviation buffs in the 1920s.
Fliers such as Eddie Rickenbacker, Frank Hawks and Jimmy Doolittle, along with celebrities Mary Pickford, Tom Mix and Cecil B. DeMille flocked to Brand’s estate to sign the guest book and enjoy the well-stocked saloon in the club house, according to Judy Brand, who published a Brand family history in 1992. Early in the spring of 1921, Brand sent out invitations for an “aviation luncheon.” No one was to be admitted unless they came by airplane….
Read the whole story here.
The planes are sitting on ground that is, today, either Grandview Ave or El Miradero Ave. and you can see the peaks of the El Miradero mansion in the background. Click on this link to see the photo in flick, there are clickable highlights.
Kendyl Young
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