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October 01, 2008 at
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October 01, 2008 at
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These pictures were in some stuff I haven't looked at in years. Thought there might be someone
out there that would relate to the time and enjoy taking a look. It is a magazine page I got from
my dad. It was featured in either Life magazine or Saturday Evening Post "back in the day"
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October 01, 2008 at
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October 01, 2008 at
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Thanks for sharing Grove. Terrific pics.
"Ralphie, Senor, muchas gracias por una mas cerveza" -
Scott Daloisio @ the PAS
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October 01, 2008 at
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October 01, 2008 at
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That is very cool Grove. Where exactly was Gilmore located? I know it was L.A. area, but not sure where it was.
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October 02, 2008 at
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I can't tell you the exact location Jim. I know CBS bought the property where Gilmore was and put
their TV studio there in the early '50's
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October 02, 2008 at
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Hmmm, would that make it Studio City?
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October 02, 2008 at
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October 02, 2008 at
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Midget racing was invented there. Very historic place. Today the LA Farmers Market is next to CBS. I remember seeing the Gilmore Lion logo on pictures of old Indy cars. This is from Wikipedia.org.
Gilmore Stadium was a multi-use stadium in Los Angeles, California. It was opened in May 1934 and demolished in 1952, when the land was used to build CBS Television City. The stadium held 18,000. It was located next to Gilmore Field. The stadium was located west of Curson Avenue, surrounded by Beverly Boulevard, Fairfax Avenue and Third Street.
The stadium was built by Earl Gilmore, son of Arthur F. Gilmore and president of A. F. Gilmore Oil, a California-based petroleum company which was developed after Arthur struck oil on the family property. The area was rich in petroleum, which was the source of the "tar" in the nearby La Brea Tar Pits.
Football venue
It was used for American football matches at both the professional and collegiate level. The stadium was the home of the Los Angeles Bulldogs, the first professional football team in Los Angeles. The Bulldogs competed as an independent team before joining the second American Football League in 1937 and winning its championship with a perfect 8-0-0 record, the first professional football team to win its championship with an unblemished record. After the collapse of the league, the Bulldogs returned to being an independent team before joining the American Professional Football Association in 1939. The Bulldogs then became charter members of the Pacific Coast Professional Football League in 1940 and played in Gilmore Stadium until 1948, when the team moved to Long Beach, California, for its (and the league's) final season.
Gilmore Stadium was also the site of two 1940 National Football League (NFL) Pro Bowls.
1940 NFL All-Star Game (1939 season)
On January 14, 1940, the 1939 NFL champion Green Bay Packers met an All-Star team consisting of players from the nine other NFL clubs in the second NFL All-Star game in history. The Packers won 16 to 7.
1940 NFL All-Star Game (1940 season)
Extra seating was added to accommodate 21,000 fans for the Pro Bowl for the 1940 NFL season. The crowd set a record as the largest to view a Los Angeles pro game. [6] The event was held on December 29, 1940. The game pitted the 1940 NFL Champion Chicago Bears against an All-Star team from the other NFL clubs in the third NFL All-Star game. The Bears won 28 to 14.
Baseball venue
The Hollywood Stars of the Pacific Coast League played here for a time, while awaiting completion of Gilmore Field's construction.
Midget car venue
Midget car racing was invented at the track. The track hosted midget car racing from the track's debut in May 1934 to 1950. The 1939 Turkey Night Grand Prix was held at the track.
Rodger Ward drove Vic Edelbrock's midget car in a famous August 10, 1950 event at Gilmore Stadium. Ward shocked the racing world by breaking Offenhauser engine's winning streak by sweeping the events at Gilmore Stadium that night.
Notable drivers that raced at the track include Danny Bakes, Bill Betteridge, Fred Friday, Perry Grimm, Sam Hanks, Curly Mills, Danny Oakes, Roy Russing, Bob Swanson, Bill Vukovich, Rodger Ward, and Karl Young. Drivers that were killed at the track include Ed Haddad, Swede Lindskog, Speedy Lockwood, Frankie Lyons, and Chet Mortemore.
In the sixteen years of the stadium's existence, over 5 million fans attended races at the track. The stadium drew crowds over 18,000 people each race. Attendance dropped to below 9,000 at normal weekly races by the late 1940s. The attendance drop and increased demand for property in West Hollywood led to the track's sale in 1950. It was torn down in 1951. Some of its grandstand was installed at Saugus Speedway.
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October 02, 2008 at
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Ah... West Hollywood.
Thanks Mike.
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October 02, 2008 at
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This was what it became by 1950.
It looked like this when it opened in 1934
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October 02, 2008 at
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Hey Grove, are you makeing a dvd of the USAC Calistoga race?
and Thanks for sharing the photos.
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October 02, 2008 at
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Oh yeah, the DVD has been done since the tuesday after the show.
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