I guess all we had to do was check Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_..._Angeles,_1940) It says it stopped being a Post Office in 1965.
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A stunning view of the Coral Canal in Venice Beach California circa 1920s.
http://imageshack.us/a/img803/2161/a...enice1920s.jpg found on ebay below: The reverse side of the Coral Canal cabinet card. http://imageshack.us/a/img607/2161/a...enice1920s.jpg detail below: I was hoping to see 'J.C. Milligan, Photographer' stenciled on one of windows of the Mason Opera Building. http://imageshack.us/a/img840/41/aac...hotographe.jpg http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/search...=1347237133916 __ |
The Graf Zeppelin over Los Angeles in 1937.
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1937. That was the year they tore down the old Federal court house on the corner of Temple and Spring and began building the US Court House and Post Office. You can see all the buildings still standing on that spot from this great shot!
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:previous: Here is the destruction of the old federal post office at Temple and Spring in 1937.
To be honest, I thought this was only the post office...and not a federal court house. http://imageshack.us/a/img35/1259/aa...lespring19.jpg http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/search...=1347247673692 __ |
You are really on top of this one, ER. Wonder what that other red brick building and several beige ones were between Hall of Justice and this one being demolished. There is presently nothing but a large west lawn between US Courthouse and the Hall of Justice. Also I am amused by the "Sheriff's Barbeque & Picnic" signs. Is that along Spring Street or another smaller street before Spring St was extended?
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I've had this postcard for quite some time without thinking much of the written sentiment (flood...drowning pigeons!?!)
http://imageshack.us/a/img854/679/aadrowningsquabs.jpg found on ebay ...so I was amazed when I came across this photograph of a pigeon farm actually being swept away by the 1914 flood. http://imageshack.us/a/img88/5690/aa...torglastof.jpg found on an old cd of mine This must be the pigeon farm mentioned in the postcard. How cool is that? __ |
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It must have been a big flood to take out the World's Largest Pigeon Ranch/Farm/Feather-Factory. http://www.image-archeology.com/Worl...ornia_1716.jpg http://www.image-archeology.com/Los_...ailed_1911.jpg http://www.image-archeology.com/Los_...ailed_1913.jpg ____________________________ And speaking of "last stands," former Great Plains inhabitants are just a stone's throw from the studios. (Bison sightings from the Angel's Flight observation tower during the last Elks meeting may not have been an exaggeration after all!:haha: ) http://www.image-archeology.com/Siou...ngeles_Cal.jpg 1909 http://www.image-archeology.com/Indi...ornia_1909.jpghttp://www.image-archeology.com/Indi..._back_1909.jpg Fromhttp://www.image-archeology.com |
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http://lacreekfreak.wordpress.com/20...dge/#more-7076 The 1930 pic from that site shows a second road above Riverside Drive on the hillside, and the 1937 newspaper pic mark an old road above Riverside that was among the casualties of the Elysian Park slide. |
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Actually, the Graf Zeppelin visited Los Angeles in 1929. The airship was decommissioned in 1937. |
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It's the 'new' extension of Spring Street. In the photo above, the torn-up road between the old Post Office/Federal Building and the ones in the foreground is New High Street. http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/v.../CHS-42178.jpg U.S.C. Digital Library -Scott |
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Yes, I believe there is! In fact, I think there is a brief view of Frank Shaw and a casual mention of Monkey Island. You know, it is widely believed that everything you need to know about life is contained in Annie Hall. For my money I'm more of a Brothers Karamazov kind of guy but I can see Woody Allen's appeal. Next to Dostoyevsky he can seem downright whimsical. |
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Note the evidence of graffiti on the right pillar—Berkeley Square had begun its decline by the time Schultheis did these photos. The two Berkeley Square gates were by Alfred Rosenheim. Below is the Times's rendering of them on Sept 25, 1904, as improvements were being made to the subdivision in preparation for its official April 1905 opening. More here: http://www.berkeleysquarelosangeles....e-arrived.html https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-I...2520AM.bmp.jpg |
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Chili Bowl restaurant, Herman Schultheis, 1937 One of the six Chili Bowl restaurants, located at 801 N. La Brea Avenue in the Miracle Mile. The neon sign mounted on the roof reads, "Get the Chili Bowl habit!" LAPL |
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Al Levy's Tavern, Herman Schultheis, 1937 Front window of Al Levy's Tavern, with the name, a family crest, and the words "Now catering to the third generation of my old patrons" painted on it. LAPL http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8031/7...80b6d767_o.jpg Al Levy's Tavern, Herman Schultheis, 1937 (2) Two fashionably dressed young women walk past Al Levy's Tavern on Vine Street in Hollywood. The neon signs above the door read "Al Levy's Tavern" (partially out of view) and "Air Conditioned". LAPL http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8174/7...556cc8f6_o.jpg Al Levy's Tavern, Herman Schultheis, 1937 (3) Exterior of Al Levy's Tavern, located at 1627 N. Vine Street in Hollywood. On the right is a glimpse of the Broadway Hollywood. LAPL |
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https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-0.../mikelyman.jpgLAPL Mike Lyman's remodeled and replaced Al Levy's—I've seen a good bit on the 'net about Mike Lyman's restaurants, but I didn't know he had a place at LAX: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-g...2520PM.bmp.jpgebay.com The site on which I found this pc describes Lyman's LAX outlet as being between the wheels of the SAS DC6... https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-k...2520PM.bmp.jpgn303wr |
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shopping areas. The one to the east (where the Ross is today) was the Park LaBrea Shopping Center, and the supermarket was indeed a Market Basket. The center had basic service businesses: dry cleaners, drug store, etc. The center to the west (where Whole Foods is now) was a charming place known as the Town & Country Center until 1961 or '62. (There's a center in Palo Alto almost identical to it - very woodsy, shingled bungalow style buildings). When the new shopping area was built, the anchor was a Sav-On (now CVS) drugstore on the Fairfax end. The supermarket I recall was a Safeway, and there was a - I think - Zody's or White Front where the KMart is now. The center area (extends south about half a block) had a grease pit known as Fisher's Burgers, much loved by Fairfax High students. Oh - about the Lohman's -- you're right, it was a restaurant in its original form, a place called Dublin's Food & Fun (I still have a matchbook somewhere). The building was a sort of rounded mid-century mod thing. |
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I too vaguely recall the collection of Antique/Consignment stores, a Post Office and the Gilmore Bank (which I think also housed antique stores). http://www.image-archeology.com/Farm..._CA_P24896.jpghttp://www.image-archeology.com/ Postmodern Prairie Style 1955: http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3628/3...42113d3658.jpgflickr http://www.farmersmarketla.com/histo...es/slide33.jpghttp://www.farmersmarketla.com/histo...s/slide33.html Marilyn Monroe reportedly helps celebrate opening day of Bank,with AF Gilmore, 1955 (??) http://lagroveliving.com/wp-content/...n-1024x768.jpghttp://images.search.yahoo.com/image...mb=x5Z4zRZd8Qy My memories go back to Quinn's Market on Larchmont and Melrose and Smiths' Food King in Beverly Hills. 266 N. Larchmont. Before Quinns, in '67 Safeway. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XRrU8-3Nmi...the+Lam+19.JPGhttp://dearoldhollywood.blogspot.com...locations.html Master of disguise, the late Bob Hope in "Eight on the Lam" at 1st and Larchmont. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XRrU8-3Nmi...the+Lam+13.JPG http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XRrU8-3Nmi...the+Lam+17.JPG http://dearoldhollywood.blogspot.com...locations.html |
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In '56 the restaurant you remember as "Dublin's" (6220 W. Third) went by another name: Barraclough's Dining Room and Coffee house. http://rescarta.lapl.org:8080/ResCar...oc=barraclough Don't know when it changed hands, but it was Dublins in '62 http://rescarta.lapl.org:8080/ResCar...ns&submit=Find The Source erroneously indicates this establishment was from the '40s. http://imagehost.vendio.com/bin/imag...matchbook1.JPGhttp://imagehost.vendio.com/bin/imag...matchbook4.JPGebay "Town and Country" presumably late '50s. Well before my time and not how I remember it. May have been seen before on this forum: http://yesterdayla.com/wp-content/up...towncntry1.jpghttp://yesterdayla.com The Former "Britts": http://archive.larchmontchronicle.co.../12-towing.jpggooglehttp://images4.citysearch.net/assets...8/SQNdHPLt.jpggoogle |
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