Originally Posted by Rustifer (Post 7834451)

For those of you who are into 77 Sunset Strip re-runs and get MeTV on cable, an episode titled "Reserved For Mr. Bailey" is coming up next week. It is one of 30 episodes that never made it into the syndication loop, so it hasn't been seen in probably 50 years. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (Stu Bailey) is the only actor in the episode, and is stuck in a creepy ghost town with some unseen killer trying to murder him.

I remember seeing it when it first aired in 1961 and only remember bits and pieces of the story. I'm going to DVR that puppy, then settle in with a couple of martinis at just the right time, you betcha.

Originally Posted by HossC (Post 7838667)

Here are a couple of pictures of Jerry's Joynt. I think we must be looking at the rear.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original
USC Digital Library

This shot, with Jerry's Joynt on the left, shows the building from e_r's photo.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original
USC Digital Library

Originally Posted by hossc (Post 7838581)

They're from "job 2531: Victor gruen associates, world savings banks institute (lynwood, calif.), 1958".

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original

both from getty research institute

here's a vintage picture from lynwood by ilu johnson and chris diaz. There's no date, but the cars suggest to me that it's probably mid- to late-60s.
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original
books.google.com
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Originally Posted by Martin Pal (Post 7839208)

Anyone know what the "4" might mean in the lighted box on the sign. In the b&w image (not included here) it's not as legible, but I believe it's a "2" in that one. In the "book" photo it appears this might be a clock. Perhaps?

Originally Posted by Martin Pal (Post 7839190)

Liked revisiting Jerry's Joynt this morning! Would have loved to have gone there and met Anna May Wong!

http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics42/00055636.jpgHarry Quillen Collection/LAPL

Caption: Motion picture actress Anna May Wong at the Chew Yuen Grocery Store, before it became a gift shop.

Originally Posted by HossC (Post 7839232)

:previous:



Adjusting the contrast, it's 4 in the black & white shot too. With the levels of the color image tweaked, I think it's the interest rate - 4%.

Originally Posted by Flyingwedge (Post 7838906)

And, finally -- perhaps in more ways than one -- the Eagle Tree on the most current GSV, July 2015:

http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...w.jpg~original


It's like El Aliso all over again!

Originally Posted by ScottyB (Post 7839402)

Tough to watch historic trees succumb to age and elements, which they (and we) inevitably do. Sadly, it would seem we are going to be prematurely losing many of our trees, native and otherwise, to pests/drought. I am nurturing my sycamore as best I can, but there is apparently nothing to be done about the polyphagous shot borer beetle. Here is a recent article for those interested. It's not a pretty picture.
LA Times

Originally Posted by Flyingwedge (Post 7838906)

I was leafing through a book today and learned about this tree for the first time. The Eagle Tree, a sycamore, was used
as a landmark in surveying the boundary of Rancho San Pedro in 1857. Here is a 1952 photo of the Eagle Tree, which got
its name because eagles nested in it:

http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...y.jpg~original

Cal State Dominguez Hills Digital Collections


In the mid-1940s oil pipelines threatened the tree, but due to its history, it was preserved and marked with a plaque
in 1947 (I looked at a 1943 map of Compton, and I didn't see an Electric Avenue, so I think that reference below is
an error):

http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...p.jpg~original

April 17, 1947, Los Angeles Times @ ProQuest via LAPL


In 1954, a local oldtimer recalled the tree from the days of his youth:

http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...l.jpg~original

http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...h.jpg~original


Here is Mr. Gaines, who lived until 1962, posing next to the 1947 plaque. There is a Wesley Gaines Elementary School
in Paramount that may be named for him (his dad had the same name):

http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...d.jpg~original

October 17, 1954, Los Angeles Times @ ProQuest via LAPL


Since then, the Eagle Tree has not been entirely forgotten. It was the subject of a November 15, 1987, Los Angeles Times
article, the Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum's website has a page on the tree, and Nathan Masters has mentioned it.


I wanted to see what the tree looked like now. This is the tree, at Poppy and Short in Compton, on the September 2014 GSV:

http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...q.jpg~original


Here's the Bing Streetside view from February 15, 2015:

http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...g.jpg~original


And, finally -- perhaps in more ways than one -- the Eagle Tree on the most current GSV, July 2015:

http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...w.jpg~original


It's like El Aliso all over again!

Originally Posted by Flyingwedge (Post 7838906)

It's like El Aliso all over again!

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 7839818)

FW, the Eagle Tree reminded me of the 121 year old tree that still survives at Disneyland.

It's a Canary Island Date Palm that was planted in 1896 on the Dominguez family farm. (the tree was a wedding gift)
Since this one tree in particular held special meaning to the Dominguez family, Walt promised never to take it down.
That promise swayed the family to sell their land to Disney.

The original property contained citrus groves, the house, and some mature trees. The house was moved and became construction offices
and the mature trees were integrated into the park. (one being the Canary Island Date Palm)



Here's how the Canary palm looks today. (I guess the other mature trees died [:shrug:])

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/7pHsBx.jpg
http://samlanddisney.blogspot.com/20...dominguez.html

To find the Dominguez Palm walk to the Indiana Jones Fast-pass entrance and look for the fat tall tree trunk
that punches through the edge of the roof of the Jungle Cruise boathouse.




The Canary Island Date Palm in 1957.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...922/2w4qw2.jpg
www.disneybymark.com





Thanks:
samlanddisney.blogspot.com

www.disneybymark.com

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 7839859)

:previous: So I pointed out the wrong tree in the 1957 b/w? :( I should have asked first-