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1970 - 1719 Talmadge Street http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...I2IBTJKVTV.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...I2IBTJKVTV.jpg |
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More Westwood? 1932 Westwood Village Panorama http://waterandpower.org/2%20Histori...llage_1932.jpghttp://waterandpower.org/2%20Histori...llage_1932.jpg 1936 - 1124 Westwood Blvd. A&P http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...4RD1T1TQU5.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...4RD1T1TQU5.jpg 1936 - Sears http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...HTK5YIKCJY.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...HTK5YIKCJY.jpg |
Mystery apartments?
1932 - "The Pierce Apartments," per source. Address not provided. (There was a Pierce Apts. at 444 S Hope, but this looks out of place.?? Pierce mentioned here: http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/show...ostcount=21008) http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...3CH1YR3V83.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...3CH1YR3V83.jpg |
1930 - Zandt Rug Cleaning Service (1041 N. Las Palmas (?) or 5733 Sunset Blvd (?))
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Similar but different buildings. See http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=24323
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"Mayan Apartments and Shops." 1930 - 113 1/2 N. La Brea http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...46GGK6SHQE.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...46GGK6SHQE.jpg http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...D6VL5KDHSC.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...D6VL5KDHSC.jpg |
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Ozzie Nelson & Harriet Hilliard at Ambassador, Los Angeles, CA, 1935
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...psd0e9ef28.jpg http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...id/43905/rec/1 Ozzie was the band leader at the Ambassador and Harriet was his singer They may have already been married in this photo |
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http://i.imgur.com/B84gCHI.jpg GSV The assessor says "built in 1929, effective year built 1938." I can almost see it as an Art Deco-Mayan hybrid :) Looking at it some more, I am not convinced that Chuckaluck's first picture is the same as the modern building. There is a large brick structure behind it which is too close to be a residential structure on North Detroit Street. http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...CEL93S4HUV.jpg I didn't find any "M.A. Lewis" in the real estate listings. I hoped I could get some information from the sign on the right side of the building by playing around with Photoshop and ended up with this: http://i.imgur.com/UddEyO0.jpg Which I think says: Research Service __ _________ _____ ___ Clark Publishing Co. Complete Printing Service So I spent some time in the city directories looking for the Clark Publishing Company but came up empty handed. But Google came up with: http://i.imgur.com/tikBUcp.jpg ...which is right in the ballpark, time-wise. Maybe it's in a city directory that hasn't been digitized. |
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It looks like your research methods are similar to mine, Lorendoc. Like you, I'm not convinced that the two buildings are the same. I also drew a blank trying to find an "M.A. Lewis" in the real estate listings, although I did find an M A Lewis listed as vice president of the Lewis Holding Co, which does appear in the real estate section. Their address is listed as 1000 S Oxford Avenue, which is at the intersection with Olympic Boulevard. Having said that, I can't see anything on the Historic Aerials images that looks like the building in the picture, so the names may just be a coincidence. Later CDs list the Lewis Holding Co with an address on Olympic Boulevard on the same block. The building currently at that location is the Koreatown Galleria, owned by ... the Lewis Holding Company. Regarding the other company, there are numerous references to the S J Clark(e) Publishing Company in the bibliographies of books, but no address is given. It was a branch of a company based in Chicago, and seems to have operated in Los Angeles in the '20s and '30s. Again, this may have nothing to do with the building we're discussing. |
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'Home of Truth', Alameda Calif.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...540/L0ueO2.jpg ebay Has anyone heard of the 'Home of Truth'? It sounds rather cultish to me. __ |
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The Home of Truth Spiritual Center is still there at 1300 Grand St, Alameda. An article at www.examiner.com describes it as the "last survivor of once-nationwide spiritual movement". More information can be found on their website. The top left corner of their site appears to date the postcard above as 1905. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...omeOfTruth.jpg GSV |
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I shrugged at the building comparisons but deferred to the source's description of a "building on La Brea south of Beverly." Parenthetically, it is not unreasonable to assume the building started out with big hair and a small footprint in the '20s and gained some shoe size with a haircut in the '30s. Admittedly, I have no empirical evidence for this, but so many buildings lost their crowns following the '33 Long Beach Quake, it is possible that a combination of building damage/earthquake vulnerability and ongoing development in the neighborhood made a very substantial remodel a practical reality. Labor and materials were plentiful and "relatively" affordable. "Printing?" There was an E. Clark, printer at 407 E. Pico. Very impressive buiilding but dismilar. FWIW, the Mayan Apts. and Shop designation struck me as odd. Nevertheless, there is a '39 listing for Mayan Apartments at 113 1/2 N. La Brea. (There are also listings for Mayan Apts. at 807 N. Madison Ave. and there is a Mayan Hotel at 3049 W 8th Street, neither of which resemble the structure/s in question.) In reexamining the structures I discovered another pretty structure in the area: Hispano Moresque Tiles and The California Bank. The source indicates the building sate at Beverly and La Brea and there is a listing for the Bank at 175 N. La Brea. The '32 CD has a "La Brea - Wilshire Branch" listing for Cal Bank at 671 S La Brea and there does not appear to be a listing for Beverly and La Brea. this suggests the Bank vacated the 175 address for bigger digs at 671. Hispano Moresque was at 173 N. La Brea. The mundane structure benefitted immensely from the imaginative use of tile. ~1929 Hispano Moresque Tile Co. and California Bank at La Brea and Beverly 173-175 N. La Brea http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...J2VLG63NKH.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...J2VLG63NKH.jpg http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...CXXP18THNH.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...CXXP18THNH.jpg |
May Company, Wilshire: 1948 vs 2014
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European trip....with a purpose
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Here's the Nelson family returning from Europe. Ozzie took his teenage sons to the Red Light District in Amsterdam, Holland and paid for their trysts. According to Ozzie, he did this to make sure his boys turned out ''straight''....at least that's what I've read.. :D;):D http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps8408bcda.jpg Associated Press |
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And yes, it does sound cultish to me, at that. |
Ozzie and Harriet Nelson TV show
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According to Wikipedia, the Amsterdam education seems to have worked (maybe too well). "(Rick) Nelson had a tremendous sexual appetite and a casual attitude toward sex, once estimating he had had sex with thousands of women" |
Self Esteem on steroids.....
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He had parents who loved him, adored him and MOST importantly, they promoted his natural talents through their connections. [Even though his voice was processed.] This is a powerful combination that few kids ever have. It builds self esteem, which is something most young people don't have. Of course he was basically a decent person....that also helps. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ps1d491a9c.jpg ABC TV |
May and Co
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