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Post subject: Fender Radio Shop photo / National Historical site info
Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 11:42 am
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I am the co-owner of the downtown Fullerton building that was the location of Leo Fender’s Radio Shop business (107 S. Harbor Blvd). During the work of Debora Richey of the Fullerton Heritage organization to list this site with the National Historical Register a rare photo was discovered of the front of the Fender Radio Service. It may be the only photo in existence showing how the building looked during the period that Leo Fender was developing his prototype electric guitars (1944 – 1951). I have attached the link to the exhibition of street scenes in So Cal where you will find the original photo posting. Final approval for national historical registration is expected to be completed in July. I have also attached a link to the registration form which contains a lot of interesting information about Leo Fender.
http://pstp-edison.com/loomis/
http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/pages/1067/file ... %20nom.pdf


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Post subject: Re: Fender Radio Shop photo / National Historical site info
Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 11:48 am
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Cool. It took me a few minutes to locate it though, got lost in the thumbnails first.
Thanks

This is just after it a couple years later isn't it? What street is that?
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Post subject: Re: Fender Radio Shop photo / National Historical site info
Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:05 pm
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I should have noted that the downtown Fullerton photo is 15 photos into the sequence of street scenes. The camera orientation is as you would be standing on the southeast corner of Santa Fe Ave and Spadra (Harbor) looking northwest.


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Post subject: Re: Fender Radio Shop photo / National Historical site info
Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 1:34 pm
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Beautiful set of photos and a visual insight into that era.

Thanks for sharing!

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Post subject: Re: Fender Radio Shop photo / National Historical site info
Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 2:05 pm
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Thank you very much for sharing that, it is a very nice piece of history. I find it a strangely awe inspiring to know that Leo Fender was probably working inside that building when the photograph was taken.

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Post subject: Re: Fender Radio Shop photo / National Historical site info
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2013 3:55 am
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Post subject: Re: Fender Radio Shop photo / National Historical site info
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2013 6:47 am
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Sorry post full of great old Fender pics and one bad recollection. Deleted the entire thing.


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Post subject: Re: Fender Radio Shop photo / National Historical site info
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2013 8:46 am
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Leo Fender never served in any branch of the military. He'd lost an eye as a child.

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Post subject: Re: Fender Radio Shop photo / National Historical site info
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2013 10:43 am
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Retroverbial wrote:
Leo Fender never served in any branch of the military. He'd lost an eye as a child.

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My bad. Thought I recalled some sort of radio work for the govt.


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