Monday, November 24, 2014

Altadena's Larry Harmon Studio

We were pleased to find in our collection this photograph of The Larry Harmon Studio, 2605 N. Lake Avenue, taken by Larry Harmon, who by the way was not the same Larry Harmon who played Bozo the Clown.


The commercial photographer opened the studio in 1959. The building replaced the Amos Dance Studio at the northwest corner of Lake and Altadena Drive.   

After a successful career spanning almost three decades, Harmon sold the property. Following further sales, the site ended up as the future location for a McDonald’s restaurant. The community protested and McDonalds later built at the corner of Lincoln and Woodbury.  

Until 2010 the building belonged to commercial photographer Brian Goodman who revitalized the 6000 square foot facility and turned it into a photo/design studio.

7 comments:

  1. Does anyone know if Harmon's pictures/negatives were archived anywhere? I'm conducting research for a biography I'm writing on legendary theatre organist George Wright, whom Larry photographed on at least one occasion. Many thanks! georgewrightbook@gmail.com

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    1. I believe Pasadena Museum of HIstory has a lot of Harmon's photos.

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    2. Ms. Brackman: I'm Laurence Harmon, Larry Harmon's son. I'm interested in your note about the Pasadena Museum of History possibly having some of my dad's photos. You can contact me at harmonlaw@outlook.com.

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  2. My father worked for Consolidated Electrodynamics Corp in Monrovia, from Oct. 1956 to Jan. 1963, Larry Harmon took several product photos with my Dad in them. I still have the prints.

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  3. I have one of Larry Harmon's camera gear cases in my garage. Forever I thought it was the same Harmon that bought the license to and portrayed Bozo, but it was not. How his case wound up in my Atlanta Georgia garage must have been a long strange trip to get here. I come from a family of photographers dating back to the late 1800's and one of them must have acquired it somewhere along the line.

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  4. Laurence Harmon, Larry Harmon's sonAugust 26, 2023 at 6:00 PM

    My name is Laurence Harmon. I'm Larry Harmon's son. I have access to some -- but not all -- of his photographs, and I believe I can be of assistance if you're inte@orested in finding out more about their possible location(s). You can reach me by email at HarmonLaw @outlook.com

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    1. Thank you so much Lawrence! But I believe the posted information has quenched my long-time question of just who Larry Harmon was. How I got one of his camera cases will forever be a mystery.

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