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My father was a Holocaust Survivor who had a second GO at life as a Character actor in Hollywood in…
On A Quick Trip to the Horace Heidt Magnolia Estate Apartments
Molly, How can we contact you? We acquired a Helm's truck at the Zimmerman El Segundo Driving Museum and we…
On Rolling L.A.’s Helms Bakeries Trucks Out of the Past
As a service truck driver for the local police agency SBRCC (South Bay Regional Control Center), we used to hide…
On Surfridge, LAX, and the El Segundo Blue
Re the Surfridge story. I'm not 100% sure but am reasonably sure that the area west of LAX was stil…
On Surfridge, LAX, and the El Segundo Blue
I can't recall where the bakery was, but they used to park their trucks in an area in Mission Valley…
On Rolling L.A.’s Helms Bakeries Trucks Out of the Past
Ditching school at lunch and we went to van de kamps for burgers and onion rings in 1956! So much…
On Picture This: Van De Kamps Coffee Shop and Drive-in, Atwater Village
Worked for Helms as a swamper on an 18 wheeler in summer. Taking product to outlet where drivers would fill…
On Rolling L.A.’s Helms Bakeries Trucks Out of the Past
I own a 1936 fully restored, right down to the pastries in the draws. It has the original engine and…
On Rolling L.A.’s Helms Bakeries Trucks Out of the Past
https://www.johnfry.com/pages/PhotoSanDiego057.html They had a bakery in San Diego too
On Rolling L.A.’s Helms Bakeries Trucks Out of the Past
I've always wondered about when Kennedy's Swim Pool and carnival rides were first constructed. I nearly drowned there, trying to…
On Guest Post: Growing up in the Foothills, Sunland’s Lancaster Lake (part 4 of 4)
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