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odinthor, I thought you might like to see this postcard.
'Gold of Ophir' roses, Pasadena 1902. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/P120IW.jpg https://www.etsy.com/listing/2323109...902?ref=market I wasn't familiar with 'Gold of Ophir' roses, so I did some googlin' and found... "Rose Bush at Horatio Rust Residence, South Pasadena, California, about 1890." http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/U31BEi.jpg https://calisphere.org/item/ark:/13030/kt0p3023t5/ I'm guessing the gentleman on the right is Mr. Rust. odinthor's book(s) on roses: http://web.csulb.edu/~odinthor/books.html http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/320...924/3YKVrv.jpg |
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Apologies for the late entrance; I've been quite sick and have been catching up with the thread several pages at a time! |
Here's one more etsy find for tonight.
"An original vintage black and white snapshot photo..1954" http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/e2Pnoy.jpg https://www.etsy.com/listing/4896172...h-santa-monica Enjoy. :) __ |
Griffith Observatory telescopes
I was trying to place where Lonnie Carey was posing. It looks like it was the east side of the lawn, but there isn't a telescope there anymore that I can see:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Rl...=w1182-h484-no google 360 They recreated the famous one: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Nz...w=w672-h464-no google maps https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/RA...=w1116-h527-no "Rebel Without a Cause" (1955) Warner/First National There were a lot of changes with the remodel. I was pained when the original front steps were removed for construction: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Or...g=w671-h485-no cefali https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/SZ...g=w633-h494-no amoroso The replacement is somewhat faithful: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Ky...=w1286-h590-no google maps https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/mI...=w1355-h558-no Rebel Without a Cause (1955) Warners/First National 1 Feb 1954: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/NV...w=w660-h508-no getty |
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Right, 'Gold of Ophir', alias 'Fortune's Double Yellow', introduced 1844, gets enormous! It was popular in California, here in So Cal as well as in the Bay area and the mining country. |
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https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7292/8...4cfef2f4_o.pngNew street lights, 1957 5 July 1957. Forty-year-old globe street light standard in 800 block South Grand Avenue looking toward Eighth Street; Five-Globe Llewellyn in front of new mercury vapor lamp on west side Grand Avenue looking toward 9th street". Great shot of the elegant Five-Globe Llewellyn facing a thankless future with the Pickwick and Stillwell hotels looking on. The Pickwick is long gone but the Stillwell soldiers on with, I believe, the same blade sign in place. Notice too the exposed bricks in the roadway. USC digital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Collection, 1920-1961 |
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https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5599/1...a6c8bbd0_b.jpgThe Helen Hulick Case, 1938 Wear slacks to court and go to jail. On left, Helen Hulick poses in the slacks she wore to court. When she wore slacks to court again, Hulick was held in contempt, sent to jail and issued a dress. On right, Hulick and her attorney William Katz and notary Jeanette Dennis work on getting her released. On Nov. 9, 1938, Helen Hulick, 28, wore slacks during a court appearance to testify against two men. Her case was rescheduled and Hullick was asked by Judge Arthur S. Guerin to next time wear a dress. Hulick was quoted in the Nov. 10, 1938, Los Angeles Times saying, “You tell the judge I will stand on my rights. If he orders me to change into a dress I won’t do it. I like slacks. They’re comfortable.” After Hulick’s next court appearance, the Nov. 15, 1938, Los Angeles Times reported: In a scathing denunciation of slacks – which he prosaically termed pants–as courtroom attire for women, Municipal Judge Arthur S. Guerin yesterday again forbade Helen Hulick, 28, kindergarten teacher, to testify as a witness while dressed in a green and orange leisure attire. Miss Hulick, who Thursday was ordered to return to court in a dress, was called to testify by Dep. Dist. Atty. Russell Broker against two [men] accused of burglarizing her home. After she was sworn in as a witness, Judge Guerin stopped the proceedings and declared: “The last time you were in this court dressed as you are now and reclining on your neck on the back of your chair, you drew more attention from spectators, prisoners and court attaches than the legal business at hand. You were requested to return in garb acceptable to courtroom procedure. “Today you come back dressed in pants and openly defying the court and its duties to conduct judicial proceedings in an orderly manner. It’s time a decision was reached on this matter and on the power the court has to maintain what it considers orderly conduct. “The court hereby orders and directs you to return tomorrow in accepted dress. If you insist on wearing slacks again you will be prevented from testifying because that would hinder the administration of justice. But be prepared to be punished according to law for contempt of court.” Slack-shrouded Miss Hulick was accompanied by Attorney William Katz, who carried four heavy volumes of citations to appear in whatever dress she chose. “Listen,” said the young woman, “I’ve worn slacks since I was 15. I don’t own a dress except a formal. If he wants me to appear in a formal gown that’s okay with me. “I’ll come back in slacks and if he puts me in jail I hope it will help to free women forever of anti-slackism.” The next day Hulick showed up in slacks. Judge Guerin beld her in contempt. Given a five-day sentence, Hulick was sent to jail. The Los Angeles Times reported that during booking, “after being divested of her favorite garment by a jail matron and attired in a prison denim dress, Miss Hulick was released on her own recognizance after her attorney, William Katz, obtained a writ of habeas corpus and declared he would carry the matter to the Appellate Court.” A Nov. 19, 1938, Los Angeles Times article reported that Judge Guerin’s contempt citation was overturned by the Appellate Division during a habeas corpus hearing. Hulick was free to wear slacks to court. Credits: Andrew H. Arnott, left photo, and Gordon Wallace, right photo. Both images from the Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive/UCLA. Scott Harrison, Framework, October 15, 2014, Los Angeles Times photo archive https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3947/1...a43d3b83_b.jpgThe return of Helen Hulick, 1938 Of course, Hulick dressed up for a Jan. 17, 1939, followup court appearance. Helen Hulick, kindergarten teacher, wearing a dress, ready to testify against burglary suspects. She was held in contempt when she showed up to testify wearing slacks. This photo was published in the Jan. 18, 1939, Los Angeles Times after Ms. Hulick had won the right to wear slacks (if she so desired) at the appellate level. Credit: Gordon Wallace/Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive/UCLA Judge Arthur S. Guerin passed away in 1962. After the above 1939 photo, there are no further mentions of Helen Hulick in the Los Angeles Times archives. |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4/LABiola1.jpg This undated view (I'd guess late-20s) gives a better idea of the lines of sight, although you'll have to imagine the Edison building standing next to the Engstrum. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4/LABiola2.jpg LAPL |
Aquaplane / Stillwell Hotel / 751 S Olive St
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I was also thinking of who would welcome such a stunt. The hotel may have been hosting some participants and/or attendees of the conference. I can't imagine BIOLA, The California Club or LAPL having any motive to offer their rooftops. .................................................... The Stillwell blade sign is still there. Reworked a little to squeeze in the word "Hotel": https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Iq...A=w651-h622-no gsv ................................................................................. And on the other side of W 8th, between Grand and Olive is an interesting historic site: "In July of 1909 'Heart of a Race Tout' - filmed in the drying yard of Chun Fon‘s Sing Kee Laundry- (on Olive between 7th and 8th St.) was released. Filmed in 1908, it was the first dramatic film entirely shot in California." -eric brightwell Most of that block was cleared (including the filming site at No. 751 S. Olive) for The 8th and Grand Apartments, now complete: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/3n...w=w890-h585-no google maps https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pn...A=w412-h516-no baist 1910, plate 8 (detail) Looking SW down Olive towards W 8th ca 1920 (that's the Elite Market building on the corner). The historic filming site is just out of shot to the right. The back and north side of the Stillwell Hotel are visible on Grand: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/5V...g=w612-h499-no lapl (detail) LA really does need a Blue Plaque program. This site (on the right) couldn't be more anonymous: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Hz...=w1094-h589-no gsv |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original Getty Research Institute The interior shot is "Job 1180: Douglas Honnold, Alfred Dunhill Shop (Beverly Hills, Calif.), 1951". http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...6.jpg~original Getty Research Institute My original post shows what's there now. |
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Similar location featured in LIFE archives coverage of Beverly Hills 50th Anniversary TV show. ;) http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=35792 |
Thanks for the follow-up and views of the Griffith Observatory t2. (I loved that 2nd Gene Lester photo you found)
In this undated image the telescope pretty much matches the telescope in the Lester photograph. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/ZnvG6W.jpg pinterest images but couldn't find the source It has the same cement platform and stepping stool....but note the perimeter wall. The wall is missing in the 1954 image :shrug: (show below) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...924/FyG2bX.jpg gene lester / getty images update: I just noticed there's a slight difference in the stepping stools as well. The stool in the black n' white photo has a cut-out arch(s) at the bottom. ____ p.s. I'm still trying to find the source of the B/W photo. (hopefully it will include a date) |
Here's another rooftop 'mystery' from etsy.
"Four gymnasts eating a balanced meal. Los Angeles 1930" http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/6szxVs.jpg https://www.etsy.com/listing/2035406...=sr_gallery_11 If I'm not mistaken, the Oviatt Building clock tower is in the distance on the right. Trouble is...I can't tell if they're on the Oviatt roof or a building near by. __ they're eating spinach. ;) |
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I've loved the Observatory since I first went there, at about age 8, on a school field trip. |
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Just trying to save these folks from a bad sunburn. Cheers, Jack |
Howell Terrace
Howell Terrace was the site of the Robert Henry Howell home at 1122 W. 7th Street (1892-1927) and the Howell Terrace
Apartments at 1124 W. 7th (1911-1971). R. H. Howell came to Los Angeles in about 1887, living at 963 S. Hill Street, then at the Hollenbeck and St. Angelo Hotels before building his home on 7th Street. Howell partnered with Robert L. Craig in the wholesale grocery business in 1888, located in the newly built Howell Block at 132-34 S. Los Angeles Street, seen here c. 1892: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...ps3tt0r6a5.jpg October 1892 California Illustrated Magazine @ Google Books Among the homes listed in the May 29, 1892, Los Angeles Times as under construction or almost so is "R. Howell, West Seventh, $12,000." The 1893 City Directory is the first to show Howell in his new home: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...ps9oqwj8jw.jpg fold3.com Howell's property extended from 7th to 8th Streets, just west of Bixel. On the 1910 Baist Map below, his house is just to the left of the "ll" in Howell. Garland Avenue is at the left edge of the map: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...psk7lishka.jpg Historic Mapworks His house is on the 1894 Sanborn Map, but it's rather faint, so here it is on the 1906 Sanborn, with 7th Street on the right and 8th Street on the left. The garage in the rear was not there in 1894, nor were the four homes on 8th Street and the stone retaining wall behind them: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...psghltgykm.jpg ProQuest via LAPL The Howell home, 1122 W. 7th Street, 1898: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...x.jpg~original 00032565 @ LAPL Here is the Howell home looking west from Broadway in 1907, under the red dot. That's our old friend the Westmoore at the SW corner of 7th and Francisco in the upper right corner: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...psfzjfzmcd.jpg CHS-6056 at USCDL The Howell Terrace Apartments, designed by John C. Austin and William C. Pennell, was built between the Howell home and 7th Street. Here's the November 22, 1910, BP: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...psi2vhfqas.jpg LADBS USC dates this photo c. 1930, but it looks like it may have been taken soon after the Howell Terrace Apts. was built. We see some of the Howell home behind the apartment building: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...psjl6cbsxy.jpg EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-123 @ USCDL From the above photo, a close-up of the entrance archway: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...r.jpg~original This is a close-up, through the trees, of the Howell home from the same photo: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...ps4w5sk77x.jpg I don't believe that the expansion of the Howell Terrace Apartments, foretold in this July 20, 1913, Los Angeles Times article, ever occurred: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...psqjwhefse.jpg ProQuest via LAPL The Howell Terrace looks the same on the 1914 Baist Map as it does here on the 1921 map, in front of the Howell home: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...psjlaj4d1x.jpg Historic Mapworks I guess it's time we met Mr. Howell, whose talents were not limited to the grocery business. He eventually became a director of Security National Bank: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...psouh5azlx.jpg As We See 'Em c. 1900 @ HathiTrust Robert Henry Howell appears to have been very much a man of his time (and he wrote his lower-case p's weird): http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...psbnojw87x.jpg LADBS Howell's time ended on June 19, 1919: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...psngsq8ml0.jpg July 29, 1919, Los Angeles Herald @ CDNC Howell's widow, son, and widowed daughter were still living at 1122 W. 7th as of the 1923 City Directory; the demo permit for the house is dated November 21, 1927. This photo is dated c. 1925; the Howell home is just to the right of the Don Lee building, and the Howell Terrace Apartments is in front of the home: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...psntvvzjgd.jpg CHS-9068 @ USCDL The demo permit for the Howell Terrace Apartments is dated February 22, 1971. On the 1972 aerial photo of the site, the building's footprint looks freshly cleared. Here is the Howell Terrace on the 1964 aerial: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...psoi5os7qt.jpg HistoricAerials This is the GSV of the site of the Howell Terrace Apartments in February 2017. |
Pacific Electric Building
I had many offices in this building during the 1960's 70's & 80's. At no time during my time in the building was there a roof garden. There was a heliport which I have used on several occations. The new owners must have taken down the heliport and re-constructed the gardens.
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This is the Alhambra Street Roundhouse located at The Los Angeles General Shops, located across the river from LAUPT. It was the roundhouse for all Steam Passenger Power, freight power was serviced at Taylor Roundhouse located about 3 miles north.
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All of the vehicles located in this garage were movie prop rentals. One of the more enique ones was the three axel German staff car used in the opening seine of "Hogan's Heros". I got a tour sometime in the late 1970's, I don't know if they are still there.
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