http://i1159.photobucket.com/albums/...ps1vdshkce.jpg

http://scottymoore.net/longbeach.html

Here's a one-of-a-kind Kodachrome slide showing a man in a suit posing in a parking lot with the Civic Center in the background, Los Angeles [1950s].

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/IY2lvQ.jpg
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So which parking lot is this? (perhaps this was taken on a Sunday since the parking lot is almost empty)

I also see a building under construction at far left.
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Thanks for the information on the 1942 P.E. freight train photograph Ed Workman, HenryHuntington & HossC.

It's much appreciated!
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La Floristas Ball, at the Cocoanut Grove in the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles [April 23, 1955]

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/4PiqaP.jpg
http://photos.lapl.org/carlweb/jsp/D...wdate=&hidate=


"Mrs. Herbert A. Hitchins modeling the "Butterfly Aerialist" headdress during the 17th Annual Las Foristas Floral Headdress Ball at the Cocoanut Grove
at the Ambassador Hotel, April 23, 1955."






Here's a close-up of the crowd. I wonder what military school that boy goes to?

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/LnSdtn.jpg
detail

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I've reversed the order of the three images in this Julius Shulman set to see how quickly you guess the location. Unless I've missed something, there's not much to go on in the first picture.

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

There's a big clue through the window at the end of the room in this shot.

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

Did you get it? This is "Job 1928: Sunkist Building, Sky Room, 1955".

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original

All from Getty Research Institute

ER Im pretty sure this is Union Station parking lot near the Harvey Restaurant part of the complex.

:previous:

It must have been taken at almost exactly the same time as this recently posted image.

My reply with close-ups of the Grand Central Hotel being demolished is in post #34543.

I have to smile. When I was about 12 years old I rode my bike to that pier in the photo and rode around it. The reality was that I never told my parents that I had gone there because I was 25 miles from home.
But I had fun that day.!
:):D

Mystery location
 

Another mystery for you to solve!

The picture below belonged to my aunt in Iowa, though I am not sure whose it was originally. It has been captioned "Walter, Mom's brother 2nd from left", however my aunt's mother (my grandmother) didn't have a brother named Walter. Without knowing who wrote the caption I don't know Walter's last name. So all we've really got to go on is the photo.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-V...ll802E-001.jpg

I have teased out most of the text on the door, but not quite all of it. The address is _423, with the first digit being maybe a 2 or a 3. Below that the largest 3 lines are:
GENERAL
PETROLEUM
CORP.

The two smaller lines I believe to be:
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MA_______ DIVISION

I've googled my little fingers off but I can't get any further. Help? :)

I have only found one other photo that may be in SoCal - a police officer relative named Bob is standing in a front yard with a very tall palm tree in the background circa 1950s. Chances are slim the location could be found but I may post it anyway, especially if I can figure out Bob's last name...

"Marine Division?"

Cheers,

Earl

Wow, 327 went back on the property waaaay farther than I would've thought. Was a huge place. Thanks for digging up the info Beaudry!

Also wanted to say, congrats on another great LAVA presentation yesterday! Didn't get to say hello but know that I was in the house and thoroughly enjoyed it!

Thanks odinthor for the photo of 327 as well!

Given the angle of the hills behind and the width of the street, I would say this is Brand Blvd, just above Glenoaks in Glendale. The Streetcar tracks only ran up Brand in that direction and then across Glenoaks to Burbank. We had (several months back) postings about the line at the top of the hill, which would be at left, out of sight in the photo

Marilyn Inez McMahon, born on February 9, 1930, married a man named "Held". Marilyn died in Palm Beach, Florida on August 23, 1990. She may have been a nurse.

I have a slight mystery with today's Julius Shulman post. I know roughly where the picture was taken, but I haven't been able to pin it down exactly. It's "Job 3900: Miscellaneous buildings (Calif.), 1965".

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original
Getty Research Institute

The title gives no clue, and the description only mentions Santa Monica. I found references to Wagenseller & Durst Inc in Santa Monica, but no address. The store next door appears to be a Pacific Telephone Employment Office, and bears the number 631. The most useful detail is the sign on the lamp post which points the way to "St Monica's Catholic Church 1 Block North". The building below is a block south of the church at 631 Wilshire Boulevard, but it looks older than the building above. Can anyone help?

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original
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Hoss, I had no idea the Sunkist building had a Skyroom!

I really liked how you made the Shulman photographs into a 'mystery' challenge.
I figured it out once I saw the Engstrum Apts. sign.

detail
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/JiTyLO.jpg




The cafeteria must have been in the space that I've outlined in red below, even though the Engstrum sign appears to be too far to the right.
(I think it's just the angle of the photograph that makes it look that way)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/beULjd.jpg
usc




detail
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...922/r9JOAw.jpg

Any idea what that white vertical thingy is? (circled above)
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Photo #2

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/sdGRDb.jpg
1945 usc





Here are a couple other things I noticed.

The extra-tall flue. (circled in red) -it's visible in the first photograph as well.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...921/9mcbCy.jpg

I can't figure out which building it belongs to.

Also note the silver water-tank on the hill in the far distance. (so where do you suppose this was located?)

One last thing: I believe we get a glimpse of the Metropolitan Water Bldg. (yellowish-orange arrow)


here's closer look.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...922/j9wcvD.jpg

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The "white vertical thingy" appears to be at the entrance of the parking lot next to the Engstrum. Could it be a barrier in the upright position? It's behind the lamp post in his detail view.

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

:previous: I believe you're correct Hoss. It's probably a gate in the upright position. Thanks for your help.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/JJQ9tQ.jpg

:previous: Thanks for this oldstuff. She looks like she would have made a great nurse.

*I just found out she had six children.
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/pal...?pid=161733756

I've only just found this photo, which the source dates as circa 1968. I think the cafeteria was a level above the one which you outlined. The third Shulman picture must've been taken on the far left.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original
Detail of picture in Huntington Digital Library

Just over a week ago I posted four "then and now" comparisons of schools from jbange's link, but with my own Google Maps images on the "now" side. I then did another four and completely forgot to post them. The originals can be found laschools.org. Again, I've only included views where at least one of the original buildings is still standing.

Virgil Junior High School/Virgil Middle School - 152 N Vermont Avenue.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original

Washington High School/Washington Preparatory Senior School - 10860 S Denker Avenue.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...6.jpg~original

Bancroft Junior High School/Bancroft Middle School - 929 N Las Palmas Avenue.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...7.jpg~original

Bell High School/Bell Senior High - 4328 Bell Avenue.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...8.jpg~original