:previous: MR, I never knew internees worked for the war department. -interesting.
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Thanks for your excellent research on the Cape House and Moiso Mansion HossC.
..and I like that 1903 photograph of the parade, especially the young lads on the right watching from the roof of the building with the Keystone sign.
It looks like a fine day for a parade.


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This is an impressive panorama of employees at the Los Angeles Assembly Plant, Ford Motor Co. (I found it a couple nights ago on ebay)
I especially like the two ends that show people waiting patiently (or impatiently) for the photographer to finish the photo session.

I'll post it in sections.

far left.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...539/EyZbof.jpgebay


http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...661/hFnDzw.jpgebay



http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...537/kWn5Vl.jpgebay




far right (as you can see, the California Rubbish Co. is represented as well) :)
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...539/gMEoVC.jpg



here's the complete photograph
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...905/nsPrdy.jpgebay

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You mean Club Brazil? ;)


Afro Cuban -- in Brazil :shrug:

(Thanks for the Hollywood/Fairfax GSV HossC)

I found this small snapshot the other night as well....



http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...538/WI2Kgf.jpgebay





1963
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/674/LBbrPX.jpg

I'm not certain which house this is. -note the vacancy sign across the street. The seller says it is Bunker Hill.

The seller of this photograph describes it as "1st & Vermont."

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/912/bPhrah.jpgebay

I love that 'chophouse' on the left...with it's neon signs. I think the small sign on top says HUB.



This photograph is described as "PW & Vermont 1955."

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/908/iAaUlD.jpgebay

I'm not sure what the seller means by PW.

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"Raymond Avenue" ( we get a bonus of a backyard incinerator )

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/913/R1R4Vn.jpgebay

...and something a little different.

1937
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/909/5QxBhJ.jpgebay


I wonder which bridge that is in the background? -from this angle it looks like it's crossing an open field.

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Looks like maybe the 6th Street viaduct to me.

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2901/...d91a41a8_o.jpg6th Street bridge, 1933

USC digital archive/Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960

The road where the streetcars were parked has been partially built on, with the rest becoming a small parking lot, but I believe the old chophouse survives as the slightly graffitied Teriyaki House (currently boasting 4.4/5 stars on Yelp!).

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...stVermont1.jpg
GSV

The reverse view from the road behind the streetcars (Bimini Place) shows that not all the tracks were removed (they stop at the bottom of the picture).

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...stVermont2.jpg
GSV

Regarding the second picture: I can't help with what PW stands, but Goodell's Furniture at 4721 S Vermont appears in the 1956 CD. The Deluxe Inn now stands in its place.

There's another one of those house-like boxes on a pole stand at the right. Did anyone ever tell us what this was? Looks like your-weight-and-fortune is available across the way, perfect for the streetcar rider or chophouse patron.




PW is private way or private right-of-way, here exclusively for use of streetcars as well as late-night drunk drivers and pedestrians taking a shortcut. This one parallels W. 48th. I can't tell very well from Google Street View at Vermont where the right-of-way was, but if you follow 48th west back to Normandie and hit the cross streets, you can figure it out. It's well delineated where it passes along Vernon Square Park with a big gap between the houses and a line of telephone poles.

If anyone was wondering, this is the 9 line for LATL; Pacific Electric was largely gone except as bus service by this time. (correction per Wig-Wag -- thanks!)

What did we say about properly captioning pictures? :brickwall:

Handy if you want a picture of 1937, perhaps. ;)

You know I'm only joking, e_r. You're still finding great pictures on eBay. :)

American LaFrance
 

American LaFrance Duplex pumper truck and their logo badge. This pumper is Art Deco gorgeous as were all of the American LaFrance fire apparatus trucks.

Founded in 1873 by Truckson LaFrance.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psdd488c0e.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ps1ed81222.jpg
All photos: Crestfire.com

Thanks, loyalton. I assumed it was to do with where the streetcars went, but wasn't sure what PW stood for.

In some parts of the city these old streetcar rights-of-way can still be easily spotted on aerial views, but this one seems to have virtually disappeared. Maybe the diagonal ones have more of a legacy due to the oddly shaped buildings they leave behind. This particular right-of-way can clearly be seen running horizontally across this 1948 aerial, just above where I've marked Goodell's Furniture store at 4721 S Vermont.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ermont1948.jpg
Historic Aerials

Today, there are still several alleyways running parallel to the horizontal streets, but the old streetcar right-of-way has been completely lost.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ermont2014.jpg
Google Maps

Thanks, HossC. Every little bit helps.

Cheers,
Jack

Here's a cousin:
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5591/...52006303_z.jpg Walt Jaeger collection
http://www.hemmings.com/hcc/stories/...feature15.html

The link tells much, much more, but the above engines were part of the same purchase. Engine Co. 27 is/was in Hollywood. The picture dates to about 1962 or earlier (link says 1960s) based on the orange license plates. e_r's engine from Company 3 is/was downtown, which fits that photo location. It must have been brand new and undergoing testing, since it doesn't have a "3" painted anywhere prominent. In spite of the vehicles' long lives, none were saved.

A noirish connection can be made to to their response to a November 1939 fire at the Gray Bldg. on Broadway where the engines did their job too well. Water-soaked paper rolls led to a floor collapse and killed two firefighters.

EDIT: As for quoting earlier posts, I have just found out you MUST enter the quote or something (a bunny?). Leaving a blank between the quote markers results in no reference/internal link being made.

1955 - Motorcyclist Wears Gas Mask To Beat Smog
 

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps70466ce7.jpg
L.A. Times

Times story is here:

http://framework.latimes.com/2014/08...ith-gas-masks/


I'm not sure how well you can see out of the damn thing, but it might beat an eye full of smog.

Anyone know where the photo was taken?

Transit System Message Box
 

I believe the box was used by LARY/LATL/LAMTA Supervisors to leave change notices, instructions, extra timetables (found in the "Take ONE" boxes on the streetcar itself) and any other information or items that might be needed for an operator arriving at the end of a line. He would check the box on arrival.

This photo is was taken after the acquisition of Los Angeles Railway by National City Lines in 1945 as both the H-type car on the left and the PCC car on the right wear the NCL green and yellow "Fruit Salad" paint scheme. NCL operated the former LARY as Los Angeles Transit Lines (LATL).

Cheers,
Jack

Oh yeah, that's 336 S Bunker Hill Ave. Not very photographed, because it was across from the Salt Box, so everyone had their backs turned to it while snapping the Salt Box and Castle on the odd side of the street. Note the Alta Cresta in the bg, which fronted Bunker Hill Ave and Grand, and which you'll see identically in this 1962 image from Palmer Connor:

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3880/...1ffc7d8d_b.jpghuntington

Also, up in your eBay pic, at lower right you'll note there's a service garage at 344/346 next door. That's a corner of the mechanics' shop built on the site of the Brunson as detailed here.

And yes, I've got a big fat bid in on this pic! :yes:

Pasadena "Preventorium" for Boys. A camp for the malnourished.
http://cdm15123.contentdm.oclc.org/c...23coll2/id/437
http://collection.pasadenadigitalhis.../id/179/rec/23



1936 - 794 West Mariposa, Pasadena (Judging from the proximity of players and observers, this is a posed game of softball.)
http://cdm15123.contentdm.oclc.org/u...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://cdm15123.contentdm.oclc.org/u...XT=&DMROTATE=0
http://cdm15123.contentdm.oclc.org/u...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://cdm15123.contentdm.oclc.org/u...XT=&DMROTATE=0

I know I've only just posted this picture, but it pairs nicely with the next one, so I thought I'd post it again to save you all from having to flick back to the previous page :).

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...A/LAMoiso4.jpg
USC Digital Library

This is the view looking in the opposite direction down Spring Street at around the same time. I remembered this picture when I spotted the corner of a circular sign in the top left corner of the picture above. The whole sign can be seen in the picture below. It says "Crandall Aylsworth Company" in the center, with "Up To Date" and "Bargains" around the top and bottom. The sign appears to be on the end of the Schumacher Block where you'd have found Dr Schiffman, the dentist whose strange advert I posted last week (see here for a reminder).

The building on the left with the square spire is the Los Angeles National Bank Building (more below). Across First Street is the Wilson Block. The sign over the corner door says Western Union Telegraph. More obvious is the Hotel Nadeau on the other side of Spring Street.

NB. USC date this picture as 1900-1904, but LAPL have a darker version of the same picture with the top half of the circular sign painted out which they date at 1880. This date is too early given the information below about the Los Angeles National Bank Building. Under the word "Clothiers" in the center of the picture there's an advert for Luckenbach & Co, Jewelers at 141 S Spring. I can only find them in the CDs from 1900 to 1911, so the USC date looks more accurate.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...otelNadeau.jpg
USC Digital Library

LAPL has this clearer view of the building that housed the Western Union Telegraph which they date at 1920. This time the sign over the door says Hotel Wilson (the 1923 CD lists the Wilson Hotel at 102 S Spring).

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ilsonHotel.jpg
LAPL

Here's a better view of the Los Angeles National Bank Building. The description says that there was a Masonic Temple located upstairs, and the Shriners had their first meeting hall here in 1888. LAPL has a similar picture which also adds that the building was completed in 1887. It was designed by Kysor & Morgan in the "Modern Gothic" style, includes a basement and cost $65,000 to build. The building materials were granite, iron and pressed brick. MacKay & Jones were contractors. It lasted less than 20 years!

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...nkBuilding.jpg
USC Digital Library

This 1906 picture shows the construction of the Equitable Savings Bank, the seven-story structure which replaced the Los Angeles National Bank building.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...leSavings1.jpg
LAPL

Here's the completed building housing the Security Trust and Savings Bank in 1927. I'm guessing that it had a facelift at some point because the picture above shows slightly arched windows on the second floor, and two-tone brickwork which is missing from the shot below. The building is just visible in the background of one of the LA Times bombing pictures I posted a couple of weeks ago in post #23075. Of course, this building didn't last much longer than its predecessor, and the site is now the corner of the park next to City Hall.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...leSavings2.jpg

LAPL


Some previous posts on the Wilson Block:

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=22017
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=22018
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=22019

Villa Carlotta just sold. New owners plan to renovate into luxury apartments and long term rentals, geared towards those in the film industry needing a place to stay.

http://www.latimes.com/business/real...815-story.html