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Early La Cañada: Don Birchall

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Title
Early La Cañada: Don Birchall
Series Title
Lanterman House Oral Histories
Date Created
February 18th, 2020
Description
Long-time La Cañada resident Don Birchall speaks with Lanterman Archivist Julie Yamashita about growing up and living in La Cañada for over seventy years. He explains how health issues originally brought his family to the La Cañada area in the 1940s. Birchall ran printing presses for 45 years, printing everything, including traveler’s checks. Birchall, who inherited his passion for classic cars from his father, recalls the interesting cars and owners in La Cañada, including fellow enthusiast Lloyd Lanterman. He also describes the first Los Angeles-area Ford dealership, which was built in La Cañada, then moved to Montrose, as well as its owners, the Andersons and the Tuppers. Birchall talks about Jim Huntington of Huntington Iron Works, as well as the car-racing Winfield family.
Creators and Contributors
Creator: Lanterman House History Center and Archives
Interviewer: Yamashita, Julie
Camera: Dougherty, Candy
Interviewee: Birchall, Don
Copyright holder: Lanterman House History Center and Archives
Subject Topic
Local history
Antique and classic cars
Family life
Subject Entity
Birchall, Don
Lanterman, Lloyd
Huntington, Jim
Genre
Oral histories
Place(s)
La Cañada Flintridge (Calif.)
Time Period
1946 to 2020
Language
English

Media type
Moving Image
Format
mp4
Extent
1 File
Generation
Copy
Color or Black and White
Color
Sound or silent
Sound
Copyright Statement
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Country of Creation
Source Institution
Lanterman House History Center and Archives
Call Number
LOH-20200218
Link to Internet Archive
http://archive.org/details/calcflh_000046
Additional Technical Notes for item
Original file was named, Birchall.mp4. It was renamed to, calcflh_000046_prsv.mp4.