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Burbank Airport and Lockheed Collection

Hollywood Burbank Airport is a public air terminal in northwest Burbank. The airport has been named the United Airport (1930-1934), Union Air Terminal (1934-1940), Lockheed Air Terminal (1940-1967), Hollywood-Burbank Airport (1967-1978), Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport (1978-2003), and Bob Hope Airport (since 2003 as the legal name). In 2017, it was rebranded as Hollywood Burbank Airport due to the lack of recognition of Bob Hope Airport's geographic region.

1930s - Union Air Terminal
The airport in Burbank first opened as the United Airport in May,1930. It changed its name to the Union Air Terminal in 1934 and has undergone numerous name changes over the years. United Airport was dedicated amid much festivity (including an air show) on Memorial Day weekend (May 30 – June 1), 1930. The airport and its handsome Spanish Revival-style terminal was a showy competitor to nearby Grand Central Airport in Glendale, which was then Los Angeles' main airline terminal. The new Burbank facility was actually the largest commercial airport in the Los Angeles area until it was eclipsed in 1946 by the Los Angeles Airport. (Wikipedia)
1930s - Vega Airplane Taking Off from United Airport
Vega Airplane Taking Off from United Airport
1930s - Wood Shop Personnel at Lockheed Aircraft
A group photo of Lockheed Employees from the Wood Shop Department, undated but fashion suggests 1930s. The men's names are penned in above and below each one, but they are not all legible. Best decipherment from left to right top row: Truman Palmer, Bob Engart, George Fox, Walter Gurnee, A. Kovacs, Harry Wendon and left to right bottom row: Louis Basolo, Oliver Bearcroft, Andre Hill, Dewey Fox, and Max Basolo. This image came from a collection of images donated by the Delores Palmer Estate. She was a BUSD employee for many years and authored the book "A History of Burbank."
1932 - Bobbi Trout's airplane assembly
Bobbi Trout - aviatrix - watching her airplane being built by Truman Palmer. This image came from a collection of images donated by the Delores Palmer Estate. She was a BUSD employee for many years and authored the book "A History of Burbank."
1932 - Lockheed Aircraft Corporation: Final Assembly
Negative envelope is marked "Lockheed Aircraft - 1932 - Final Assembly." This image came from a collection of images donated by the Delores Palmer Estate. She was a BUSD employee for many years and authored the book "A History of Burbank."
1932 - Lockheed Aircraft Corporation: Fuselage Department
Negative envelope is marked "Lockheed Aircraft - 1932 - Fuselage Dept." This image came from a collection of images donated by the Delores Palmer Estate. She was a BUSD employee for many years and authored the book "A History of Burbank."
1932 - Lockheed Aircraft Corporation: Fuselage Department
Lockheed Aircraft - 1932 - Fuselage Department. This image came from a collection of images donated by the Delores Palmer Estate. She was a BUSD employee for many years and authored the book "A History of Burbank."
1932 - Lockheed Aircraft Corporation: Weld Shop Tank Assembly
Negative envelope is marked "Lockheed Aircraft - 1932 - Weld Shop -Tanks." This image came from a collection of images donated by the Delores Palmer Estate. She was a BUSD employee for many years and authored the book "A History of Burbank."
1932 - Lockheed Aircraft Corporation: Wing Department
Lockheed Aircraft - 1932 - Wing Department. This image came from a collection of images donated by the Delores Palmer Estate. She was a BUSD employee for many years and authored the book "A History of Burbank."
1932 - Lockheed Aircraft Corporation: Wing Department
Negative envelope is marked "Lockheed Aircraft - 1932 - Wing Dept." This image came from a collection of images donated by the Delores Palmer Estate. She was a BUSD employee for many years and authored the book "A History of Burbank."
1932 - Lockheed Aircraft Corporation: Wing Department
Negative envelope is marked "Lockheed Aircraft - 1932 - Wing Dept." This image came from a collection of images donated by the Delores Palmer Estate. She was a BUSD employee for many years and authored the book "A History of Burbank."
1933 - Wiley Post with his single engine Lockheed Vega
Wiley Post with his single engine Lockheed Vega, "The Winnie Mae," 1933. This image came from a collection of images donated by the Delores Palmer Estate. She was a BUSD employee for many years and authored the book "A History of Burbank."

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