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Page 1: ~1960 photo with labeled buildings
and streets Page 2: ~1955 photo with labeled buildings and streets Page 3: Drawing from 1889. Page 4: 1993 USGS Aerial Photo with labels Page 5: Junction Ave School ~1970s, East 1st 1970s Page 6: East Ave, 1963; Downtown ~1928 Page 7: Junction Ave & downtown; downtown about 1930 Page 8: 1936 Photo, 1963 photo of the Labs. Page 9: The Airport prior to 1969 Page 10: Veterans Hospital. |
The 1936 photo, the Labs and the Airport
Livermore, 1936
Taken from the air towards the East North East.
Stanley Blvd comes in from the bottom left corner, and curves into First Street.
There are two sets of railroad tracks. One is about where the tracks are
now, the other set is the old SP tracks that were moved in the 70s, and later
abandoned.
Note that First Street takes a hard jog at Livermore Ave. The curve was
put in later.
The flagpole can only be seen on an extreme closeup, but it is at its original
location in this picture. It was moved 15-20 feet south in 1959.
East
First Street takes the "Old First Street" path here. It now
takes a turn at the SP (right most) tracks, replacing the tracks for a bit,
before turning north to go over the WP tracks and reconnecting to the original
path.
At the very top of the picture, 1st St. is on the left with Portola running into
it from the left at a diagonal. Just beyond that point is the Coast Manufacturing Safety Fuse
facility, which is now the Trevarno Road area. The manufacturing area
itself is on the right side of the railroad tracks. That is now Hexcell
Corporation.
College Ave is on the right going diagonal to other streets.
The beginnings of Holmes is at the bottom middle. The triangle that is now
Centennial Park can be seen as Homes breaks off from South S Street (which now
does not connect to Holmes).
Livermore, California looking South West in 1963. Lawrence
Livermore Lab is on the left, Sandia National Lab is on the right. The 4th
side has not yet been added to the Sandia Engineering building. The intersection near the
lower right is Vasco Rd. and East Ave.
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