From July 8-July 31, explore your hometown and snap a selfie with Dr. David Burbank at the 11 Burbank locations. Share on social media by using #burbank110 and tagging the City of Burbank on Facebook and/or Instagram. Complete the tour and win a Burbank at 110 commemorative coin which you can pick up at the Library!
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Dr. David Burbank
Did you know that this year we are not only celebrating the City’s birthday? Dr. David Burbank was born in 1821, which makes this year his bicentennial birthday! Happy 200th Birthday, Dr. Burbank!
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Biography: Born in Effingham, Newhampshire on December 17, 1821, Dr. Burbank practiced dentistry in Maine before moving to San Francisco in 1853. Dr. Burbank moved to Los Angeles in 1866 and purchased both Rancho La Providencia (with its inholding of Rancho Cahuenga) from David W. Alexander and Francis Mellus, and Jonathan R. Scott's portion of Rancho San Rafael. Combined Dr. Burbank acquired a little more than 9,200 acres for less than one dollar per acre. He raised wheat and sheep and built a ranch house on what is now the backlot of Warner Bros. studio.
Dr. Burbank sold his land for $250,000 in 1886 to Los Angeles land speculators who formed the "Providencia Land, Water and Development Company". Dr. Burbank served as one of the directors of the new company. On May 1, 1887, the Providencia Land, Water and Development Company named the new town Burbank.