Historic Photos

Night View of the Newly Completed Theme and Central Service Buildings at LAX , in the Early 1960's

Night view of the newly completed Theme and Central Service Buildings at Los Angeles International Airport, in the early 1960's.

Francis T. Fox, general manager, Department of Airports, takes inspection tour of the construction area of the new L. A. International Airport terminal. In the background is the newly completed Control Tower-Administration Building.

The front page of The Daily Californian, dated March 17, 1928, annoucing the selection of Inglewood Field as the site of the new Los Angeles Municipal Airport.

View of the Theme Building under constuction, with scaffolding erected for plastering arches and undersides of the restaurant and observation deck.

Actress Viola Peters at the dedication ceremony of Los Angeles Municipal Airport, June 7, 1930. Hangar #1, built by Curtis-Wright Co. is shown in the background. The structure was rededicated on December 20, 1990 after being restored by the AVIA Development Group for cargo and office use.

Architects' artistic rendering of the Theme Building that was in the planning stages to be built at Los Angeles International Airport. The LAX development plan was a joint venture bewteen Pereira and Luckman, Welton Beckett and Associates and Paul R. Williams.