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It's hard to believe the cb radio craze inspired several big studio motion pictures in the late 1970s. .....(like Smokey and the Bandit [1977]...and Convoy [1978] |
Here's another mystery location. (perhaps this one will be more difficult than the Blue Cross/Sunset Blvd. photograph from earlier today)
Seller's description:...."Vintage Photo 3x5 - Los Angeles Street Corner Stein's Police Car 1954" https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/kMiOQP.jpg LINK The car doesn't look like a LAPD pollce car but the streetlight tells me it's possibly Los Angeles. (the seller seems to think it's Los Angeles) . |
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The street name signs are white so possibly Beverly Hills. |
Calling all cars... or at least SHERIFF PAUL's: even under high magnification, I can't quite make out the city name on the driver's door, nor get any detail on the seal. I can read "City of ________ (all one word?) Police Department" and "RADIO PATROL". I'd also note that monochrome police cars seemed to be the exception. Any thoughts, SP?
Also noting the street furniture: the traffic signal mounted to the lamppost on the corner is smallish, has only two lights and makes no provision for cross traffic. If it's a streetcar signal (are/were those rails toward the bottom of the frame?), that might explain the unusual nature. But I don't remember seeing those employed at intersections in/around Los Angeles. A quick check of the L.A. City Directories showed a Stein's Coffee Shop on Melrose Ave., but that's all. |
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Was the a Stein's Clothiers in La Verne in 1954? (I'm probably way off base...) EDIT: La Mesa, maybe? |
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For what it's worth, the Stein's in L.A.--which obviously is not the corner one in the photo--was at 632 S. Broadway, at least in 1938:
https://i.postimg.cc/PxcbpLW5/Steins-LAT10-21-38.jpg LA Times, via ProQuest, via CSULB Library |
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giffy Always share your smokes with fellow noirishers. 10-4 good buddy. |
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http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...921/LUfshH.jpg pinterest [no date] And it says it was designed by a Los Angeles inventor! . |
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Here is a wonderful RPPC that is currently on eBay http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...921/tmcGVn.jpg eBay I thought I recognized this apartment building but the one I was thinking of is located on an east - west street. (the name of the street has slipped from my memory) The Arlington Grand was located at 2825 South Grand Ave. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/xwBTbw.jpg I checked past posts using "Arlington". There are numerous Arlington's mentioned on NLA, like Arlington Manor. HERE . . .but I didn't find any mention of an 'Arlington Grand'. . |
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The Arlington Grand still stands...at 1920 West 25th St, just south of the Rindge house. Relocated in 1951. Note the fire escape... https://i.postimg.cc/g0cDN13p/Arlingtongrand1-bmp.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/GhJGVqLm/arlingtongrand2-bmp.jpg |
Oh my, that hurts my heart....It is an abomination.
Did the owner(s) over the years let the columns rot until they finally had to be removed? or were the columns removed to 'modernize' the look of the apartment bldg? ( And to cover up the pediment and cornice . . .oh, never mind. .....I hate it. update: The columns were probably lost when the building was moved. . |
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I'll take the good news. The Arlington Grand still stands. What's the bad news? Here are some current photos. |
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