Aerial view of Farmers Market and Gilmore Field

Bird's-eye view of Gilmore Field and Farmers Market in Los Angeles, California. Gilmore Stadium and Pan-Pacific Auditorium also visible. Printed on front: "657, the Farmers Market, Third and Fairfax, Los Angeles, California." Printed on back: "The famous Farmers Market is shown here in the active setting of the Gilmore Stadium on the left, the Hollywood Stars Gilmore Field and the Pan-Pacific Auditorium in the background. The Farmers Market had its humble beginning in eighteen crude little booths offering fresh vegetables, fruits, eggs, poultry, dairy products, homebaked bread, and California wines, all direct from the farmer. From this mushroomed the most unique and complete marketing center of the West, offering every type of foods, home furnishings, hardware, apparel, gifts, souvenirs. Manufactured by Longshaw Card Co., Los Angeles, Calif." Handwritten on back: "This is the best I can do on a ballpark picture. Gee - we're busy. Buck & Elizabeth." Card is postmarked June 20, 1948.