Images of L.A.'s most famous roads when they were dirt.

[Bruce Wayne]

http://www.kcet.org/updaily/socal_f.../when-las-famous-streets-were-dirt-roads.html

 

[Talbot]

I didn't appreciate how many gum trees there were.

Thanks for sharing

 

[Stearmen]

It sure makes you appreciate those early cross country motorcycle riders like Cannonball Baker and Augusta and Adeline Van Buren! Once you got west of St. Louis you were really out of luck when it came to roads.

 

[Haversack]

Tasmanian Blue Gums were heavily planted in California from the 1870s through the 1920s for a variety of purposes. A pretty good history of this is here: http://www.academia.edu/322875/Gone_Native_Californias_Love-Hate_Relationship_with_Eucalyptus_Trees

Haversack.

 

[1930artdeco]

Oh how I would SO Love to drive My Model A on those roads! I was so born in the wrong time....

Mike

 

[Stearmen]

Oh how I would SO Love to drive My Model A on those roads! I was so born in the wrong time....

Mike

Like these guys? [video=youtube;YWTa3FIdgqg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWTa3FIdgqg[/video]

 

[Stearmen]

[video=youtube;JQ0_HixaWV0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ0_HixaWV0[/video]

 

[Talbot]

Tasmanian Blue Gums were heavily planted in California from the 1870s through the 1920s for a variety of purposes. A pretty good history of this is here: http://www.academia.edu/322875/Gone_Native_Californias_Love-Hate_Relationship_with_Eucalyptus_Trees

Haversack.

Thanks Haversack. Interesting.

I really understand the love-hate part of the title.