Topographic Maps Show How Burbank Birthed Tinseltown! (1926 Versus 1941) | Out of the Collection

In this episode, Jeremy shares his original 1926 & 1941 Burbank Topographic Maps.

Professor Jeremy Patrich, (The Backyard Geographer) welcomes you to another exciting episode from Out of The Collection! He has been diligently cleaning up in his garage and is very excited to share some of the items he is rediscovering from inside his private collection. Being an eclectic collector for most of his life, you just never know what to expect.

Fun Fact: Jeremy has thousands on thousands of vintage maps, and loves to go back into his map cabinets to see what certain areas of California looked over 100 years ago! One of the cool things pointed out in this video is the unique history of Lockheed during World War II. Having watched the British successfully conceal their facilities during the Battle of Britain, Coronal Ohmer had a plan to help hide the massive Aircraft Manufacturing Company. Although his ideas were initially rejected, in the wake of Pearl Harbor he was given authority to use whatever means necessary to protect the Lockheed plant. With a camouflage engineering battalion under his command, he began recruiting artists, set designers, and painters from nearby movie studios, including Disney, Paramount, and 20th Century Fox.

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The motion picture business arrived in Burbank in the 1920s. In 1926, First National Pictures bought a 78-acre site on Olive Avenue near Dark Canyon. The property included a 40-acre hog ranch and the original David Burbank house, both owned by rancher Stephen A. Martin. In 1928–29, First National was taken over by a company founded by the four Warner Brothers.

Columbia Pictures purchased property in Burbank as a ranch facility, used primarily for outdoor shooting. Walt Disney's company, which had outgrown its Hollywood quarters, bought 51 acres in Burbank. Disney's million-dollar studio, designed by Kem Weber, was completed in 1939 on Buena Vista Street. Disney originally wanted to build "Mickey Mouse Park," as he first called it, next to the Burbank studio. But his aides finally convinced him that the space was too small, and there was opposition from the Burbank City Council. One council member told Disney: "We don't want the carny atmosphere in Burbank." Disney later built his successful Disneyland in Anaheim.

Burbank has a rich cinematic history. Hundreds of major feature films have been filmed in Burbank including Casablanca (1942), starring Humphrey Bogart. The movie began production a few months after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor. Due to World War II, location shooting was restricted and filming near airports was banned. As a result, Casablanca shot most of its major scenes on Stage 1 at the Warner Bros. Burbank Studios, including the film's airport scene. It featured a foggy Moroccan runway created on the stage where Bogart's character does not fly away with Ingrid Bergman. Bonnie and Clyde (1967) was also filmed at the Warner Bros. Burbank Studios.