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In April '32, Fletcher Drive looked almost as rural as Hoover Street and Florence Ave.
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Yes, I am aware of that. You never know when a person you know will be discovered in some random photo. My mom was pregnant with my sister at the time of that photo. That year my parents rented a furnished house for $100 a month to await the birth of my sister. It was a new post-war house. All of the door nobs and drawer pulls were plastic due to war-time shortages of metal. He traded in that Buick for a '49 Mercury and then traded that for a '50 model Mercury. He said he got rid of the Buick because too many cops stopped him "to admire the car". I discovered my aunt in a photo here on Norish. She and her friend were walking outside of a restaurant at the corner of Hollywood and Vine. Its a really a small world. Last year I found a 1916 photo of my family on ebay. How that person got that photo of my grandfather and grandmother, their children and relatives, I have no idea but they had it. I bought it as I had not seen it before. |
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Another compressed glimpse of one long Boulevard, Wilshire, circa '30 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...mjb&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...mjb&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...mjb&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...mjb&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...mjb&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...mjb&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si.../id/5293/rec/5 Was this a driving range, or just an orderly set of billboards? http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...mjb&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...mjb&DMROTATE=0 "Fore!" ?? http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...mjb&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...mjb&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...mjb&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...mjb&DMROTATE=0 1930 - Fascinating skyline. Frozen in time. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...mjb&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...mjb&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...mjb&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...mjb&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...mjb&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...mjb&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...mjb&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...mjb&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...mjb&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...mjb&DMROTATE=0 |
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A finger wave is a method of setting hair into waves (curls) that was popular in the 1920s and 1930s and in the late 1990s in North America and Europe. The process involves pinching the hair between the fingers and combing the hair in alternating directions to make a wave shape. A lotion was applied to the hair to help it retain its shape. According to "Techniques of the 1920s and 1930s": Finger waves were developed in the 1920s to add style to, and soften the hard appearance of, the bobbed hairstyles that became very popular during the flapper period. I found four beauty salons in the 1932 CD that offered finger waving in their listings, but none fit the address of the one shown here. |
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When I took another look at the image below, I realized that it was taken from nearly the same point as the image above, but looking to the left. When I zoomed in on the lamppost, I found there was a street sign for Weldon Avenue there in 1932. Maybe the intersection with Fletcher Drive has been slightly realigned, and this part of Ranons Avenue became Roderick Road. Quote:
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I carried on looking down this section of Fletcher Drive, and I think this might be the building with the Langendorf's advert on the side. I found a build date of 1929. The most likely candidate for the house on the left of the picture above is 3562 Fletcher Drive, which was built in 1923. It last sold for $17,500 in 1984, and now seems to be valued at over $420,000. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...tcherStore.jpg GSV |
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https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-W...2619641644.jpg Not one, but three Wilshire Boulevard houses are seen together in this shot, one still standing--the famous Higgins-Verbeck moved from 2619 to 637 S Lucerne, where it remains (the one with the turret near top center); the Jenkins/Getty house (no longer) at 641 S Irving, more popularly known as Norma Desmond's 10086 Sunset Boulevard--seen just to the right of the Higgins-Verbeck in front of the Los Altos; and, just below that, perhaps the strangest of all, the stark white Colonial of the "Richest Indian in the World," Jackson Barnett, at 644 S Rossmore. |
"Original Slide - Los Angeles LATL 3008 PCC Trolley at S. Vermont & 7th Jan 1958."
Get an immediate improvement with Richfield Boron! http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...t.jpg~original eBay I'm struggling to see much that survives from the picture above. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...thVermont2.jpg GSV |
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Thank you HossC for your welcome follow ups. I think it a fair bet that if one were to enter the still extant building today and ask for Langedorf's bread, one might received a different type of finger waving. Cosmetology has hopefully progressed since the 1930's. The practice of finger waving while fry'n and eat'n rabbit should be strongly discouraged.:rolleyes: Langendorf's California history is long. 1948 Billboard https://ccoarchives.files.wordpress....read.jpg?w=600https://ccoarchives.files.wordpress....read.jpg?w=600 http://www.porcelainsigns.com/wp-con...oorpush059.pnghttp://www.porcelainsigns.com/wp-con...oorpush059.png 1963 Langendorf Delivery Trucks - in Los Angeles (per source) erhttp://jpg2.lapl.org/pics24/00046908.jpg 1960 - Commerce, CA. Down there on Gage Ave. lies the Langendorf facility. http://jpg1.lapl.org/00102/00102984.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/00102/00102984.jpg 1998 - THe Langendorf facility (on Gage Ave.) http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics10/00024941.jpghttp://jpg3.lapl.org/pics10/00024941.jpg |
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Thanks for the follow up. There is a lot going on in that image, including traffic that seems to be fluid without the impediment of traffic devices (or accidents) at every intersection. Some three years prior to the introduction of Kong, the E.Clem Wilson scaffolding looks like a mighty attractive invite for any big ape to test his skills against So Cal's newest monoplanes. The Richfield Tower, is noticeable, but hardly dominates. Hard to imagine a time when virtually every multi-story structure had an unencumbered view. :cool: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 |
Florence and Hoover Call Box
Godzilla I have one of those Call Box pedestals next to the Acme at Florence and Hoover. They were not very common in L.A., the only other one I have seen a picture of was at 1st and Spring 1920's. Mine has had the lettering ground off and am looking for one that has not been ground off to see what it said on the door. I was hoping this photo would divulge it but alas no. Thanks for posting it.
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Is that a separate stand-alone call box or a signal box or a combination of the two? :shrug: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVBi7_UsbWM (~4'10) http://s3-media2.fl.yelpcdn.com/bpho...lrs9jYLQ/o.jpghttp://s3-media2.fl.yelpcdn.com/bpho...lrs9jYLQ/o.jpg 1963 http://jpg1.lapl.org/00115/00115034.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/00115/00115034.jpg Number of lights on the semaphore signals?. Some of them have the large red and green while other have the two red and green plus a small amber toward the bottom. Is the amber an afterthought or just not needed depending upon existing traffic congestion? Red, green and yellow example. http://www.antiquetrader.com/wp-cont...rontPagefw.jpghttp://www.antiquetrader.com/wp-cont...rontPagefw.jpg Obvious repeat posts. Undated, Grand and Wilshire (Provision for amber light at signal bottom) http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics26/00032543.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/pics26/00032543.jpg 1941 - Alvarado and Temple. Upon the advice of MR, signals receive blackout treatment. Notice the amber light. http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics50/00044600.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/pics50/00044600.jpg 1945 - Seventh and Broadway. Morning of VJ Day Aug 14, 1945 http://jpg1.lapl.org/00106/00106102.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/00106/00106102.jpg 1947 - Sixth and Flower http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics48/00058608.jpghttp://jpg2.lapl.org/pics48/00058608.jpg 1950 - Fifth and Grand http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics48/00058610.jpghttp://jpg2.lapl.org/pics48/00058610.jpg https://latimesphoto.files.wordpress...signals970.jpghttps://latimesphoto.files.wordpress...signals970.jpg Unknown location (Should I stay or should I go?) http://streets.mn/wp-content/uploads..._b-336x500.jpghttp://streets.mn/wp-content/uploads..._b-336x500.jpg |
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A prior posting of the shot, with a little more info-- http://www.skyscraperpage.com/forum/...ostcount=19278 |
...and this, with interesting commentary by HossC and Beaudry.
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__ On the previous page (#1355) there are several photographs by Godzilla (re: Sanders photos) and a bunch by Tourmaline (re: Anna Mae Wong) that are not showing up. Is anyone else having trouble seeing them? -or is it just my computer? __ |
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Thanks, ER-- as for Anna May Wong, those shots aren't showing up on my computer either-- |
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The blue Cannon Electric box you posted a photo of was primarily used in the Eagle Rock area. It is aluminum and was painted blue at one time, silver another, depending what paint was on the truck. Acme Semaphore signals had one red, one green light. The yellow light was flashing at night after the signals were shut down (mot much traffic then so the stopped operating and went into a caution mode. Some did have a Blvd. Stop Sigh with a flashing red light late at night. There were no other lights on an Acme. Acme did make a conventional tri-light after semaphore fell out of favor. http://http://s597.photobucket.com/u...rdpi7.jpg.html |
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