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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...erService1.jpg LAPL Here's the service station's listing at 7456 Melrose Avenue in the 1932 CD. They're at the same address in the 1930 CD, but the listing is just a single line. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...erService2.jpg LAPL |
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I found this old sepia photograph in a file of mine several days ago. (I've checked, and I'm pretty sure it's new to NLA)
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/64JrZq.jpg personal file I've been trying to figure out if the float is a facsimile of Mt. Lowe railroad? Here's a closer look. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/YtHIMS.jpg detail If only we could read what's written at the base of the float. While trying to find more information on this sepia pic I happened upon another Mt. Lowe float that Flyingwedge posted over three years ago. I thought it wouldn't hurt to see it again. (it's such a great photograph!) -I wonder what the guy dressed as a bandit is representing? Quote:
But what about my sepia photograph? Is that a Mt. Lowe float as well? And what about the location....is anyone familiar with that brass foundry? __ |
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I found these two interesting slides quite by accident while looking through 'Google images'.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/5pyPM7.jpg http://lynwoodhs63.com/lynwood-golden-years/ Lynwood Bowling Center (no address) below: Lynwood Press (& Tribune) -no address. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...921/dwj96j.jpg Google images says they're from here http://lynwoodhs63.com/lynwood-golden-years/ But when I go to the site I can't find them. (I thought I'd post them anyway) Does anyone know where in Lynwood they were located? __ |
And here's another slide from that same site.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/zcfOt9.jpg http://lynwoodhs63.com/lynwood-golden-years/ But I have the location for this one! (see below) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...923/ya3zeG.jpg detail :previous: Has anyone heard of 'Defrosto'? Also note the owner's name...Ted Pridsman. (his last name is a bit hard to read but I think 'Pridsman' is correct) Here's Alameda and 112th St. today ( the 'Defrosto' building on the corner is gone, but I believe the other buildings are still there) -you can see the water tower just above the trees. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/oaJKPt.jpg gsv Here are the two buildings a bit further down Alameda. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/e6aEm5.jpg detail And here they are today. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/SW25CN.jpg gsv Here's a closer look at the middle building, the B & F Machine Co. (I left this one for last because I'm not sure it's the same building) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/924/uVTA1N.jpg Here's the building that's there now. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/IB4w9Q.jpg gsv Let me know what you think. Is this the same building? __ |
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http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...psbfbrjpzu.jpg odinthor collection Once upon a time, I looked into the matter and found some addresses (717 N. Main Street, 810 N. Main, 688 Rio Street); but I ran out of time, forgot about it, and never finished my researches. Perhaps the brick foundry in your pic is at one of these locations...? |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original books.google.com The building's still there. I think the address is 3351 Imperial Highway. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original GSV Here's the Lynwood Press and Tribune building on Mulford Avenue. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original books.google.com I can't find Plaza Street or the old city hall. Could this be the old building? Mulford Avenue is quite a short street, and most of it's residential. This is at the western end. Looking again, I think this is a different building. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original GSV Opposite the building above is the Hotel Lynwood. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original GSV |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original Detail of picture in USC Digital Library Here are a few more who took out large adverts in the early CDs. I haven't checked out the addresses. First, H H Conklin Iron and Brass Foundry from 1886-1887. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ssFoundry2.jpg Moving on a few years, this is the advert for the Mann & Johnson Machine Works and Brass Foundry from 1898. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ssFoundry3.jpg I'll finish with the Acme Brass Foundry Company, Inc from 1914. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ssFoundry4.jpg All from LAPL There are many other foundries listed - it may take a while to sort through them if anyone fancies it. |
:previous: Thanks for your research on the foundries HossC & odinthor.
I'm curious, did Pasadena have any foundries back in the day? Perhaps the Mt. Lowe float (in the sepia pic) was in the Rose Parade. (just a thought)--as opposed to the La Fiesta parade. __ |
We're back to retail for today's Julius Shulman post. This is "Job 531: Rowland H. Crawford, Sears, Roebuck and Company (Santa Monica, Calif.), 1949". I'm not sure why they put the kiosk on the ledge!
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original Getty Research Institute Here's the store in an aerial from the 1955 blimp series which I've used many times before. It looks like it would have been highly visible from the nearby intersection. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original Detail of picture in USC Digital Library This is roughly the same view today. As you can see, the store is still there, but the road layout has changed over the years. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original Google Maps Finally, a ground-level view of the store at 302 Colorado Ave, Santa Monica. At least they've got the kiosk in the right place now :). http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original GSV |
Hoss, I've stared at this 1955 aerial for quite awhile.
For the life of me I can't figure out what this is (circled below)....it almost looks like a church(?) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/4ls2CN.jpgusc close-up / lightened a bit. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/34U0dD.jpg detail Whatever it is, it's throwing a pretty large shadow onto the street. __ |
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Here's a reverse view from the same photoset. I think the mystery building is just a collection of billboards (they're right in front of Sears from this angle). http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original Detail of picture in USC Digital Library |
And while we're in the area.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...921/jWmTXc.jpg https://www.flickr.com/photos/dyingi...n/photostream/ So what was Sinbad's? Here's a photo I found from 1988. The building looks really old! http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/9FzREv.jpg https://www.architecture.com/image-l...RIBA33274.html :previous: look at all the old photographs on the wall under the trellis. (that whole section blocks off the front of the building) __ Ok, I just found this matchbook, so now I know it was a restaurant w/ cocktails. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...924/ZDTt10.jpg https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...7d7b9912d9.jpg So where was Sinbad's located? I've placed an arrow above the former Holiday Inn (the Holiday Inn is visible in the sepia newspaper photo at the top of the post) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...924/oN3ZGg.jpg google_aerial I'm curious, has anyone here on NLA ever been to Sinbad's? I a bit embarrassed to say, but I never made it out to Santa Monica Pier when I lived in L.A. (I guess I thought it was too touristy....or something :() __ |
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http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...psnjebunyh.jpg 148? 118? Looks like a three-digit number ending with 8. I could ask the guy in the pic, but he didn't give me his phone number. |
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Here's a wider view showing Sinbad's. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...SinbadsSM1.jpg sundaymorningmuse.blogspot.com And here's a reverse view before the shaded area and photos were added to the front. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original luluboos.blogspot.com |
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It sure looked more interesting from the other direction. ;) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...923/gm4K0Z.jpg Detail of picture in USC Digital Library[/QUOTE] |
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