|
Here's a couple fun chaps.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...540/mKiEPK.jpg eBay http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...537/4y1mZo.jpg Penny Pleasure Palace (how I'd love to dig up a photograph of that place!), 253 S. Main Street Los Angeles. I believe the address places it across the street from St. Vibiana. __ |
Quote:
Imagine getting 40 saddled horses to a movie location before dawn as we see in the photo. It takes several large trucks, lots of coordination and a whole platoon of movie livestock wranglers. |
:previous: That was my thought too CBD. Imagine the logistics involved.
I imagine they had to take feed along as well. (unless it was catered ;)) May 1939. "Main arteries leading to Pasadena, Calif., are shown choked with thousands of cars, as an estimated 1,500,000 persons make their way to Pasadena, to attend annual Tournament of Roses, the Rose Bowl Football Classic, or a meeting at Santa Anita Race Track, nearby. This air view was from a T.W.A. Skyliner, from which Chief of Police C.H. Kelley of Pasadena, by means of a short wave radio, routed the heavy traffic to reduce congestion to a minimum." http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...909/Uukmu8.jpg eBay I tried to line this vintage view up with a present day aerial but I couldn't figure it out.. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...661/7KtQL9.jpg |
Quote:
__ |
Quote:
The mural has been replaced too |
Quote:
Cheers, Jack |
Penny Pleasure Palace
Quote:
(Can you figure out which building housed the Penny Pleasure Palace from the map below the photo? I think it was the "Uncle John's" building) USC DL dates this photo to 1939: Quote:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-i...0%252520PM.jpg lapl https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-o...93639%2BAM.jpg 1921 baist |
:previous: Thanks for the photograph tovanger2!
:( oops. I created this post, then realized Flyingwedge posted about this art deco gem back in March of 2013. (I even complimented him on the discovery!) http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=14831 Here's the apartment with over-grown foliage 2009 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...537/NsyKAy.jpg gsv and without. 2014 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...673/KoAxFM.jpg gsv Back by the alley. 2009 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...673/nfWifH.jpg gsv 2014 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...540/qypYix.jpg gsv :previous: I'm curious about this tiny room facing the street. Is it the tiniest apartment ever, or a 'store-front' type of space? The garage (and the tiny 'mystery' space) is/are unattached to the main building. (there's a tree between them) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...911/y1hFDj.jpg google_earth http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...540/NwO6tj.jpg __ |
Crescent Heights and Blackburn
:previous:
Oh, I love that one. It's on Crescent Heights and Blackburn, a couple of blocks south of Third. I've spent a lot of time sitting outside of it in my googlemobile. I've never been able to figure out what the little room is. https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-y...64932%2BPM.jpg gsv The volumes, the windows, the terraces...everything, it's perfect. What fun it would be to own it and do it up as it should be to share with friends. One to dream on for sure. https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-2...65512%2BPM.jpg gsv According to Zillow, it was built in 1936 and has 5 baths and 4 beds, making it 4 one-beds and a single(?). Zillow estimates the value at almost $2mm. https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-R...71417%2BPM.jpg gsv (Maybe the little room at the end of the garages is the single?) |
Quote:
:yuck: :yuck: :yuck: |
You might be right about the little green room t2 -but it looks more like a studio size. If it's the single, maybe it's where the apartment manager lived.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/320...540/iFBrhb.jpg gsv below: Kodachrome slide, Westwood Village, 1940s. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/538/A5DyMc.jpg eBay I'm curious about the gray sign center left that I believe says "Riviera Wilshire". Does that name ring a bell to anyone? I wonder if it was a hotel...or maybe the name of an apartment building? You can read the sign a bit better in this enlargement. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...673/tq4oZ0.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...673/dIwuO1.jpg :previous: I am also intrigued by this formal-like 'garden' area in the foreground. So what business (or residence) do you think this was in front of? __ |
Quote:
|
originally posted by Tourmaline
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...537/gHrOx5.jpg I'd say this poor guy is having a bad day.;) |
Venice murals - anyone remember "Venice Under Snow"?
|
"Las Floristas" Headdress Ball at the Victor Hugo on April 29, 1939.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...633/5sHWPM.jpg old file / probably eBay :previous: I pretty sure that's Ferdinand the Bull lying on the floor. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...912/yxqjZq.jpg http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1023586304/tt0030128 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...538/yljEYn.jpg old file ? probably eBay http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...661/lZwy8I.jpg old file / probably eBay __ |
Quote:
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...540/qgysuR.jpg https://federicodecalifornia.wordpre...orm-1969-2011/ :previous: http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...537/IjvhCc.jpg https://federicodecalifornia.wordpre...orm-1969-2011/ ...odd that the article doesn't include the address. I don't see how a building could be built between the sidewalk and the mural. It must be one skinny-ass building. How did you know about this mural Slauson_Slim? |
Quote:
|
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/909/Uukmu8.jpg
Quote:
I've been trying to figure out this building (circled below). My first thought was 'Truck Stop'. ( I am from the Midwest you know ;)) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...909/WdA6KA.jpg detail |
Del Mar Race Track postcard, 1940s.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...911/qlNgrS.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/1940s-photo-...item23557379e7 some interesting tidbits: "Del Mar was built by a consortium including Bing Crosby, actors Pat O'Brien, Gary Cooper, Joe E. Brown, Charles S. Howard and Oliver Hardy." "When Del Mar opened in 1937, Bing Crosby was at the gate to personally greet the fans." "By 1940, Del Mar became a Summer playground for many Hollywood stars." "In 1946 the Santa Fe Railroad began offering a racetrack special bringing spectators, bettors and horses to Del Mar from Los Angeles." "Throughout the late 1940s and 1950s the track became the "Saratoga of the West" for summer racing." famous slogan: "Where the Turf meets the Surf." http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/538/ccv61K.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Del_Ma...Race-Track.jpg |
All times are GMT. The time now is 3:24 AM. |
|
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.