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http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...th%20grand.jpg CSL 1952 view: http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...952%20lapl.jpg LAPL http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...lle/8-1-27.jpg 8-1-27 lat 609 S. Grand: originally the Edwards-Wildey Building (also Walker & Eisen). Renamed the "609 South Grand Building" 1936, National Oil Building in 1950. It replaced an older brick building on the site. http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...le/2-17-24.jpg 2-17-1924 lat http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...9sgrandcsl.jpg CSL |
West side of 200 Block of South Bunker Hill Avenue
These will mostly be photos of 221 through 251 South Bunker Hill Avenue.
The 1884 LA City Directory was the first to show addresses on this block of Bunker Hill Avenue. Before, the listing was something like, "Bunker Hill Avenue between 2nd and 3rd." The 1884 LACD shows George M. Holton (1845-1919) at at 123 S. Bunker Hill. He was an attorney; he was also Los Angeles County District Attorney from 1885-86 and Chief Deputy District Attorney from 1895-99. His first wife, Corneliae, died in 1892, and by 1901 so had three of their four children, including 17-year-old Dane Mortimer. The 1920 City Directory still lists Holton at the same house on S. Bunker Hill Avenue, by then renumbered 227. Newspaper articles place Holton on S. Bunker Hill Avenue (presumably in the same house) in 1882. Holton was the only person I could locate in limited searching on this block of SBH in the "pre-address era" and in 1884 or later. [UPDATE: Frederick W. Sparr is listed at 117/221 SBH in the 1888 LA City Directory and at "SBH near 3rd" as early as 1883]. Here's the 1888 Sanborn Map, showing 123 S. Bunker Hill Avenue and some of its neighbors. I wonder if 131 was really between 127 and 129? The writing on the unique shape at left says, "BR [brick] Foundation for D [Dwelling] Work Abandoned at Present." The rectangle behind the foundation is a shed, and the empty lot to the left/south is on the NW corner of South Bunker Hill Avenue and 3rd Street: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...c.jpg~original LA Public Library This is the 1950 Sanborn Map. Like its neighbors, 123 SBH has been remodeled and renumbered: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...x.jpg~original LA Public Library This c. 1890 photo looks SW at what would eventually become (from left to right) 245 (partial), 241, and 237-39 SBH. The porch over the front door of 241 isn't on the 1888 Sanborn, nor is the addition in the rear of 237-39. However, both are on the 1894 Sanborn, so perhaps this photo really is c. 1890-94. Can anyone identify the structure in the distance to the right of 237-239 SBH? It almost looks like a trestle. Also, there appears to be a street above the mystery structure, but I cannot identify that either: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...8.jpg~original 00060250 @ LA Public Library This photo of 237-39 SBH is undated, but it may be c. 1956: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...w.jpg~original 00026497 @ LA Public Library Here are 237-39 (nice woodwork on the front porch!) and next door at 231 the Earlcliff Hotel in July 1957. The Earlcliff went up sometime between 1894 and 1906: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...m.jpg~original 00026635 @ LA Public Library Here's a better look at the Earlcliff c. 1955: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...d.jpg~original 00091465 @ LA Public Library North of the Earlcliff was the old Holton house, 123/227 SBH. This is how it appeared on June 12, 1961, with a bit of the Earlcliff on the left: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...g.jpg~original 411271 @ Huntington Digital Library Looking at the houses north of 227, we see 221 and its brownish roof, just a tiny bit of 211-217, followed by 209 with its dark green roof, then 203 SBH. The yellow fire hydrant is on the SW corner of South Bunker Hill and 2nd Street; we can see just a little of 145 SBH beyond that. Thanks to GW for including the caption, which jogged my memory about having seen Frederick W. Sparr in the city directories at 117/221 SBH: Quote:
http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...o.jpg~original 00026491 @ LA Public Library Here are, from left to right, 251, 245, and 241 SBH in 1962 or 1964. I believe the gray car at left is a 1955 Austin: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...w.jpg~original 408099 @ Huntington Digital Library Here's a closer shot of 251 SBH, c. 1956: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...u.jpg~original 00026482 @ LA Public Library Looking north on Hope Street on February 1, 1959, we see in the center the large, beige south side of 255-59 South Bunker Hill, on the NW corner of 3rd Street. The white, multi-storied structure behind it is the Earlcliff, 231 SBH: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...w.jpg~original 411340 @ Huntington Digital Library This 1965 photo looks up at the rear of homes on South Bunker Hill Avenue. From left to right that's 237-39, 241, 245 (white), and 251: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...a.jpg~original 00026528 @ LA Public Library This c. 1966 photo looks north on South Bunker Hill Avenue, with 251 SBH the first house on the left and the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in the distance: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...p.jpg~original 00026609 @ LA Public Library By the time this photo was taken on June 10, 1966, 245 South Bunker Hill was the only house remaining on the west side of the street: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...f.jpg~original 408136 @ Huntington Digital Library |
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Excellent round-up of the houses/apartments on the 200 block of S Bunker Hill Avenue, Flyingwedge. Here's an aerial view of most of them from a 1955 Goodyear blimp series which I've posted from before. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...e.jpg~original Detail of picture in USC Digital Library Here's the full picture from my previous post. Quote:
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This is the Butler-Moody Drug Co in 1924. USC have it located at 11th and Western (due to that address being on the envelope), but the 1925 CD lists it at 1455 Crown Hill Avenue. There's a new building permit for that address dated 1924, but the actual permit isn't available online. There are three similar shots in the photoset.
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original USC Digital Library This part of Crown Hill Avenue is now W 3rd Street, and 1455 W 3rd Street, like 1455 Crown Hill Avenue, is on the corner of Witmer Street. That expains the awning saying "334 The Witmer 334" on the left and "Witmer Tailors" on the right of the drug store in the picture above. The dress shop at 332 Witmer Street belonged to Mrs Beulah Veit. Could the lovely brickwork of the drug store be hidden under the current façade of 1455 W 3rd Street? http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original GSV |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original GSV Up until sometime around 2014, the building was Frank's Highland Park Camera store (the roof/blade sign can still be seen above). It looks like Frank's large second floor sign (below) may have preserved the windows seen in e_r's picture. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original GSV |
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A bit of crime at 1455 Crown Hill... from the Times, May 11, 1927: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-K...2520AM.bmp.jpg |
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http://www.czechreality.com/images/F...cPhoto-70C.jpghttp://www.czechreality.com/images/F...cPhoto-70C.jpg The ubiquitous Vera, Frank, Jana and Milan. :) http://www.frankscamera.com/images/IMAG0000.jpghttp://www.frankscamera.com/images/IMAG0000.jpg https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7258/7...0e1cbc05_b.jpghttps://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7258/7...0e1cbc05_b.jpg http://www.frankscamera.com/FranksCa...AP-NoHours.jpghttp://www.frankscamera.com/FranksCa...AP-NoHours.jpg |
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Remarkable series of photos. Fascinating to see the "old" juxtaposed with the the "new." The overhead street lamp appears to be similar if not the same as so many that were installed some fifty years prior to the date of these circa '66 images. Can just imagine the garish illumination it provided to that part of the street supplemented by each residence's lighting. How wonderfully noirish. |
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http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...903/mSkPk4.jpg My father worked for the post office (rural mail delivery for 39 years!), so I couldn't help but notice the mail box attached to the utility pole. still there in the color shot as well http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...911/orvu2C.jpg detail 1947 (location unknown) -note the noirish looking cocktail lounge across the street. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...907/lKwu9E.jpg https://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2674301205/ I grew up in a rural community; our town didn't have this type of mail box. __ Thanks for the fantastic post Flyingwedge. |
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They were common in cities.... https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-H...2520PM.bmp.jpg PS Though the one seen here is a full-size model, I think this picture is great: http://jpg1.lapl.org/00116/00116305.jpgLAPL Judging by the cars, this seems to be 1960, more or less; according to display ads in the Times around this time, the Woodland Hills Branch was at 21620 Ventura Blvd. |
:previous: ER's very own Hotel Nugent post? http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=10473
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:previous: I had forgotten about that photograph Tourmaline, and the earlier mail box discussion.
As you have no doubt noticed, I have a problem with my memory. originally posted by Flyingwedge http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...912/xArLEz.jpg Huntington Archives below: Well this certainly looks like an accident waiting to happen, even the center line swerves a bit. (can you imagine a drunk driver approaching this at night) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...907/PLxILb.jpg detail Didn't realize it projected into the roadway to this degree. _ |
Here's another Julius Shulman photoset with just a single picture. It's "Job 2734: Burke, Kober & Nicolais, Florsheim Shoes (Los Angeles, Calif.), 1959".
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original Getty Research Institute The main clue to the location are the words "...ST SIXTH" above the entrance. A quick look through the CDs showed a branch of Florsheim Shoes at 408 W 6th Street. That's opposite Pershing Square, which explains the foliage in the foreground of the picture above. I believe this USC image is a little earlier, with Florsheim's store being just half the size. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original USC Digital Library As we've seen before, the Consolidated Realty Building now looks a little different. Here's where Florsheim Shoes used to be. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original GSV |
Few of us are blessed with perfect memories.;) Remembering, or at least agreeing on correct spelling, may have been Charles Ray's real problem. Was it Myles or Miles or Smiles Standish? :shrug: From Jan. 1924 Photoplay. (Hard to believe over 92 years ago.) http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...psueq2xzaw.jpg http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/show...ostcount=33199 |
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ER: You've posted over 9,000 items on this thread. That's a lot more than I could remember... City Boy Doug. |
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Speaking of memories, it is interesting to revisit some of NLA's earlier posts. Anyone remember Antonio "Tony" Moreno and his quaint cottage? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Moreno https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canfield-Moreno_Estate The most beautiful Home in Hollywood (?) circa, January '24, Photoplay http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...u.jpg~originalhttp://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...i.jpg~original Thomas Ince's little Beverly Hills' "Spanish hacienda," (featured in the same issue) probably did not receive the coveted :previous: designation because of the commercial signage in his back yard. :P http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...q.jpg~original |
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http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/30/us...-officers.html http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...912/vLXvyY.jpg http://murderpedia.org/male.M/m/mason-gerald-fit.htm http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...633/eWGIIJ.jpg http://murderpedia.org/male.M/m/mason-gerald-fit.htm The killer evaded the law for 46 years! He was arrested in 2003. Here's a rather noirish looking photograph of the murder scene. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...905/xrZ4Gk.jpg http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thed...rror/page/601/ :previous: Why the large monument-like street marker? -this looks more like a border marker. Here's Palm Avenue & W. Rosecrans today http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...633/zRHgB7.jpggsv I thought there might be a small plaque for the slain officers but I didn't find one. The deadly encounter with Mason was quite a distance from the 'lover's lane' robbery/rape (upper right) -as bristolian said, the west edge of the golf course. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...911/YIF1AB.jpg google_earth O = murder scene [] = lover's lane The policemen stopped Mason " about an hour and a half later", after the rape, so what was he doing for an hour and a half between the two points? I bet if one delved a bit deeper, you'd find a bar he stopped at. -perhaps that's why he ran that red light at Rosecrans & Sepulveda. He was tipsy. ___ |
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It turns out that the Hazard Homestead and its lower latitude flora located in "the Bimini District" was a location for Theda Bara's lost film, Cleopatra (1917). http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...pshhyp4fax.jpg 1917 MoPicNews Elsewhere, it has been reported there were 3,000 extras present as part of a barge-on-the-Nile scene, in or near what is now known as Dominguez Slough. Sadly, just like Ray's Mayflower, few, if any "location" stills exist. :shrug: Here's some of what's left of 1917-Cleo's moving images: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9D8p1mI13A |
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