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Seems to still be there... but for how much longer? https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-D....bmp.jpg?gl=US |
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Thanks to Tovangar2, MR,GW, OS and HossC for contributions on this subject. Astute observation MR. I noticed the “W” and unwittingly assumed that considering the incredible scrutiny given all things MM, another source definitely connected the W with “Wilshire” rather than “West” Blvd. Perhaps there is even more light to be shed on this subject. Not surprisingly, MM may have never even visited the 5454 address, whatever its attached boulevard. There seems little disagreement that infant MM spent time in Hawthorne with Albert and Ida Bolender. In this bio-video, narrated by none other than John Huston, we are told that twelve days after her birth, MM was taken from the hospital to the Bolender’s Hawthorne home. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8pvqHSzw4E How or why 5454 figured into her life remains a mystery. Assuming, for the moment, that there were no questions regarding Marilyn’s dubious connection with 5454 Wilshire, there remains evidence that someone named J.J. Vallicella was connected to that address in 1923. Elsewhere in the same directory, there is a listing for John J Vallicella (fruits) and it lists the 5454 Wilshire address as "r" for residence. Mr. Vallicella's other '23-CD listing is found under the heading of "fruits and vegetables - retail." This strongly suggests that this address was either a farm or, more likely, a farmer's market/fruit stand that was appurtenant to a residence, but this makes a lot of assumptions. In any event, while this does not completely eliminate any connection with Glady's Monroe or her daughter, MM, it hardly makes for a compelling case otherwise. FWIW, Tokutara Fujita is listed at 6604 Wilshire and Masuda Masakichi is listed at nearby 6896 Wilshire, putting them somewhere close to Wilshire and San Vicente. 1923 - Wilshire and San Vicente http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...EXT=DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...EXT=DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...EXT=DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...EXT=DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...id/4018/rec/11 Wilshire to the left. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...EXT=DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...EXT=DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...EXT=DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...EXT=DMROTATE=0 1926, August - Wilshire and San Vicente http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...EXT=DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...EXT=DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...EXT=DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=DMPROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si.../id/5683/rec/1 1926 - Marilyn's possible-but-unlikely 5454 Wilshire-address would be in the sparsely depicted area "roughly" a block south (to the right) of the oil derricks. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...EXT=DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...EXT=DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...EXT=DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...EXT=DMROTATE=0 1930 - Wilshire and San Vicente (Little if any evidence of farms or aerodromes) http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...EXT=DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...EXT=DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...EXT=DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...EXT=DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...id/5276/rec/13 |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...7thHoover7.jpg LAPL Incidentally, when did Lafayette Park Place get its name? Although Lafayette Park is labeled on the 1921 Baist map, the street next to it is called Benton Boulevard. |
Marilyn Monroe
Thx Tourmaline for that YouTube link. I'd never seen that particular shot of the Bolenders' house before. Makes an interesting 'then & now':
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-s...21944%2BPM.jpg youtube https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-S...23042%2BPM.jpg gsv I read somewhere that the Bolenders bought a former Chinese restaurant building from the Sunset Strip and had it moved to the left (west) of their home. They remodeled it and lived there, renting their original home out to workers. Maybe the restaurant is still in there somewhere (that house is huge now): https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-u...00745%2BAM.jpg google maps I thought everything MM and been researched endlessly, but I notice under Gladys Monroe's profession on MM's birth certificate it says "Malian Pictures Lab" (if I'm reading that right), not Consolidated Film Labs (?) Tourmaline correctly states it says "Motion Picture Lab". https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-m...65031%2BPM.jpg cursumperficio |
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I read it to be "Motion Pictures Lab." But I could be wrong. And when it comes to dead ends, the 1918CD lists Moving Picture Laboratory Workers with meetings at Labor Temple. Obviously, 1918 is far from 1926, but Gladys could have been a member and might have left some 5454 records . . . somewhere. :shrug: Another tidbit. The cursumperficio site alleges the following about Gladys Baker's negative cutting career. I have absolutely no idea concerning the accuracy of this information. :shrug::shrug::shrug: Quote:
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Maybe something is lost in the translation? Same building like suggests the possibility that Gladys had more than one residence and maybe a choice of surnames prior to giving birth. :shrug: It is also possible that if she was listed in any directory, her name or the address was misspelled. FWIW, Chas S Gifford is listed in the '23CD as residing at 7131 Cardiff (Ave), Palms. |
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Benton Blvd extended from Seventh St north--the segment from Seventh to Sixth presumably changed some time after the petition mentioned below, apparently by 1930; Lafayette Park Place north of the park was once Andrews Blvd and appears to have had its name changed around the same time. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-u....bmp.jpg?gl=US Times Dec 1, 1927 |
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Thx Tourmaline for clearing up "Motion Picture Lab" on the birth certificate. A person could try to document everything about MM accurately and never have time for anything else. I'm not going to try (I wouldn't be the best person to do it anyway).
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http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...673/ky6bgE.jpg gsv closer-view http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...537/EKlHMw.jpg gsv ...luckily, there's another sign on the south side (I had to travel back in time when the trees were smaller to get this view) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...913/xhOzPk.jpg gsv :previous: but I still can't read it.:( But wait, there's another painted sign in the back of the apartment building facing Hoover. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...538/MpuTFB.jpg google_earth Here's that sign. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...673/liBupW.jpg gsv :previous: note that it says Arms instead of Hotel. I'm hoping one of you can help decipher the ghost signs. :) (the apartment building was built in 1924) ___ |
I'm reading BEASDEL ARMS in the bottom photo, ER. But BEASDEL has two letters too many for the "_______ Hotel Apartments" signs. Under some magnification, the closest I can get is DEL-BE.
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Business as usual....LA noir
Murder of Detective Lieut. Hugh A. Crowley. Westwood, CA. 1932
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psp5yypo1e.jpg hudnall Officer Crowley was shot and killed when he interrupted a robbery at a theater in the Westwood District. One of two men was wounded by Officer Crowley's return fire. Both were arrested a few days later. It was determined that the suspect that was shot by Officer Crowley was the one who killed him. He was convicted of first degree murder and hanged at San Quentin Prison on August 18, 1933. The other suspect was also sentenced to death but his sentence was later commuted to life. |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...lRioHotel1.jpg eBay The full post is here, and covers its current name of Greenwich West, and its original name of the Blasdel Arms. Thanks to e_r and HenryHuntington for the follow-ups. While we're in the area, thanks also to GW for answering my Benton Boulevard /Lafayette Park Place question. If the name was changed by 1930, it's possible that the 1929 LAPL photo of the bank shows a sign with the original name, but it's too small to see. |
The corner of 7th and Flower was once home to this branch of Bank of America. It looks familiar to me, but none of my searches found any previous mentions (it was diagonally opposite the Martz Flats). These pictures are from the Julius Shulman photoset "Job 912: Bank of America (Los Angeles, Calif.),1951".
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original This branch, at 801 W 7th Street, did have a ship emblem. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...a.jpg~original The reverse view gives a better look at the Pig N Whistle next door. The roof sign in the background on the right is from the Gates Hotel. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original Unlike the previous Shulman Bank of America photosets I've found, this one comes with a couple of interior pictures. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original All from Getty Research Institute There's now a branch of The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf on the corner. The building looks to have similar proportions to the bank, so did it get a makeover? http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original GSV There's also a blank sign on the roof. Was this from the Bank of America? http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...6.jpg~original GSV This undated image from LAPL shows the building that was on the corner before the bank. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...7.jpg~original LAPL |
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1952/1953 it is there on historicaerials.com 1964 it is Citi Bank |
Talk about straight from central casting! This guy looks like he just stepped out of a film noir. (note the dramatic shadow ;))
originally posted by CityBoyDoug http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...912/lQWnoZ.jpg Good find CBD. __ |
Online Building Records / Hugh A. Crowley
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Click the link at the bottom of the page. That will take you to the page where you type in the address "10674 W Pico". Beaudry recently alerted us to this new online system. It's very useful. ----------------------------------------------------------- Quote:
(When I'm actually in the theater lobby, I've never been able to figure out exactly where the body was.) |
Never saw the light?
1952 - Sunset and La Brea. An auto accident (somehow) involving a blind pianist, Mary Ann "Ginny" Jordan. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...EXT=DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...EXT=DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...EXT=DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...EXT=DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...d/42188/rec/72 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...EXT=DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...EXT=DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...EXT=DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...EXT=DMROTATE=0 |
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I wanted to add one more, previously posted by e_r, to show what we've lost and what we've gained. Among other buildings, the Abigail Stark residence and the Romanesque First Baptist Church are on view at right, and, of course, the Martz Flats (center) (wikimedia commons dates this shot as 1916): Quote:
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The once and future home of Lord Motor Car Company, 1240 S. Figueroa (Previously at 1032 S. Olive)
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