Pictures of old TV stores

In regards to Mel's TV in Venice. Mel is my father. He retired in the early 1980's. He owns the property as well as what was the neighboring business to the north (furthest from Mels' TV/Saim Best door). Which had been a 24 hour laundry in the early 60s when the that picture had been taken to a Marine Parts business to most recently a fish bait business. When the guy who owned the fish bait business moved out in about 4 years ago, the Thai restaurant expanded (knocking down the wall between them).

You are right, the windows have been maintained/replaced.

[kx250rider]

Originally Posted by MSG1

In regards to Mel's TV in Venice. Mel is my father. He retired in the early 1980's. He owns the property as well as what was the neighboring business to the north (furthest from Mels' TV/Saim Best door). Which had been a 24 hour laundry in the early 60s when the that picture had been taken to a Marine Parts business to most recently a fish bait business. When the guy who owned the fish bait business moved out in about 4 years ago, the Thai restaurant expanded (knocking down the wall between them).

You are right, the windows have been maintained/replaced.

How long was the TV store there; closed when your Dad retired, or did it stay on awhile? I thought I had been in there bugging the proprietor for an old Packard-Bell Cartravision machine that they had sitting in there... That was in the mid 80s because I had a drivers license by then.

That might have been another store, but I know it was on the west side of Lincoln in that area. I remember one across the street, and maybe another one on the same side as your Dad's.

Charles

Originally Posted by kx250rider

How long was the TV store there; closed when your Dad retired, or did it stay on awhile? I thought I had been in there bugging the proprietor for an old Packard-Bell Cartravision machine that they had sitting in there... That was in the mid 80s because I had a drivers license by then.

That might have been another store, but I know it was on the west side of Lincoln in that area. I remember one across the street, and maybe another one on the same side as your Dad's.

Charles

I'll ask my dad exactly what year he retired. But it had to have been around 1985 or 1986. The store remained vacant briefly (exact amount of time, I'll have to ask), but Siam Best moved in - with no intervening occupants. There was a TV shop across the street (NW corner) of Venice HS, but I do not remember any other TV shop on Lincoln in the vacanty of my dad's store. And I worked for my dad, on Saturdays (school months) and fulltime during the summers during JHS, HS and a bit of my college days ('62-'73ish), and I have no memory of a Lincoln Blvd store. My dad started his business on what is now Abbot Kinney, north of Venice Blve in the late '40s. Moved to the Lincoln Blvd address in the very late '50s, very early '60s time frame.

[charliesheen]

ok since were on the local subject,if any of you(mels son or charles) went to jr high school in that area,i have some old 8mm film and slides of webster middle school(sawtelle and national)they were remodeling the gym and were gonna trash them and some audio equip(i saved a jr velocity rca ribbon mic,and 2 shure s55 mics,but couldnt get the stromberg-carlson amp,although im still trying to get the main s-c pa system that looks like a dj desk with a reel to reel player on one pull out and trascription record player on the other).

[kx250rider]

Originally Posted by charliesheen

ok since were on the local subject,if any of you(mels son or charles) went to jr high school in that area,i have some old 8mm film and slides of webster middle school(sawtelle and national)they were remodeling the gym and were gonna trash them and some audio equip(i saved a jr velocity rca ribbon mic,and 2 shure s55 mics,but couldnt get the stromberg-carlson amp,although im still trying to get the main s-c pa system that looks like a dj desk with a reel to reel player on one pull out and trascription record player on the other).

I WENT THERE! It was for 1 year in '81 & '82 for 9th grade... Funny you should mention that electronic stuff, because I raided Mr. Bennett's classroom (electrical shop class,) and got an RCA KCS-49 chassis, and a bunch of 6Kv caps. He also gave me an old Magnavox 19" color tube set that was at one time mounted up above in the electrical shop classroom.

That campus has a lot more mobile classrooms now, so I don't know what if any of the old PA equipment might still be threre.

Small world!

Charles

[charliesheen]

lol well it is a small world,well the pa system is still there(found out yesterday)and the plant manager said that if i can haul it i can have it,but i have to take it apart,so maybe in the future.oh and also there is a old packard bell in "daniles den" and yea ive been eyeing that for a long time.webster has a lot of stuff,but yea the slides and stuff are from the opening of webster(then called richland jr hi)and date back to 54/55.oh and one other thing that i got were some old pa speakers that looked real cool in my backyard.

charlie