Snow in El Sereno, January 12, 1949
75 years ago, on this day, a SoCal blizzard hit El Sereno.
Thanks to Joy Lane for sharing these photos of snow in Gravois Elementary.
Gravois Elementary is a long gone school that was located on what is today Cal State LA's main parking lot.
Joy Lane attended Gravois from 1944 to 1949. Her mother, Esther B. Sangor, took these pictures. Ms. Sangor was the school secretary for many years until the school was taken over by LA State College (now CSULA) and demolished.
Growing Up in El Sereno, by George Rivera
Courtesy of George Rivera, who shared this photo and caption with us.
"These are the kids I grew up with on 4417 Garden Homes Ave. 1947
Last house on the block.
Becky Rivera on left, Bobby Rivera in middle and me, George Rivera with letterman sweater."
El Sereno's Fire Station # 47 Patch
Shout-out to our first responders, proudly serving our community.
Fire Station 47, the Pride of El Sereno. It's pretty cool that the station patch has a Ram as it's mascot.
Alta Pines Restaurant, 1929
Located on top of the Lombardy Blvd and Eastern Ave Hill. Alta Pines served chicken or rabbit dinners for $1 in 1929.
The ad is from 1929 and the photo is from 1970. The red arrow points to the original location of the restaurant, which was still surrounded by pines in the 1970s.
Trivia: The ad states the address as 2608 Eastern Ave, formally El Sereno Ave.
Originally, El Sereno Ave ran from Huntington Drive to Valley Blvd.