Roxy Apartments
357 South Alvarado St. I thought this building was interesting and worth sharing. http://imageshack.us/scaled/large/27...elesforssp.jpg Source: GSV |
:previous: Beautiful apartment building Matthew.
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http://imageshack.us/a/img593/4564/a...ckcircular.jpg gsv I'm waiting for 7 dwarfs to come out. :) __ |
Odd find....
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It appears that's my aunt Ethel H. with the crutches in the photo above. She was having lunch with one of her friends at Hody's. She passed away in 1982. Her profession was teacher of pathology at LA County Hospital. Below is a photo of her and her home in Alhambra on a very rare snowy day about 1949. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psfcbe07c9.jpg |
:previous: You're kidding, right?
__ Bird Stand at the Farmers Market, 1950s/60s http://imageshack.us/a/img837/3726/a...tfarmersma.jpg ebay Perhaps this is where Blanche Hudson bought her pet parakeet. stewed bird http://imageshack.us/a/img90/3867/aabbirdtvgasm.jpg http://cinemalane.blogspot.com/2010/...baby-jane.html __ |
Crescent Heights Tract Map
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The graceful curves connecting today’s North Crescent Heights Boulevard with Sunset Boulevard on the north and Santa Monica Boulevard on the south are part of an obscure element of Pacific Electric History known as the Quint Cutoff. Some have attributed the building of the Quint Cutoff to Sherman and Clark in 1900, but it may have actually been in place much earlier as part of the Cahuenga Valley Railroad that was built in 1887 by James McLaughlin to link LA with Cahuenga Valley, a small community at the mouth of Cahuenga Pass. In addition to hauling passengers, the CVRR also serviced a small quarry off of today’s Sunset Boulevard, a short distance west of Laural Canyon. The curves are actually “wyes” for reversing the direction of the CVRR’s steam locomotives. In 1890 the Cahuenga Valley RR was sold to E. Hurd and S.E. Madision who extended the line westward along Prospect Avenue to just east of what is now La Brea. In May of 1896 Hurd and Madision sold the CVRR to the above-mentioned Moses Sherman and Eli Clark, operators of the Los Angeles Pacific electric railway, which was in turn sold to Henry Huntington and became part of the Pacific Electric Railway. Little is known about the Quint Cutoff in PE days and no records of it’s abandonment exist in PE files It is thought to have been abandoned prior to 1911. For additional information on the CVRR see: http://www.beachwoodvoice.com/zzArch..._11%5B1%5D.pdf Also, PE’s Cahuenga Valley Line: http://www.beachwoodvoice.com/zzArch..._11%5B1%5D.pdf This Electric Railway Historical Association site contains route descriptions of most of PE’s lines that were discussed in “Lines of Pacific Electric”, by the late Ira L. Swett |
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Why were the engines called "dummies"? |
Hanging out in Hollywood.....long ago.
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Steam Dummies
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Here is a link to a Wiki page that does an excellent and succinct job of explaining this type of steam locomotive. Much better than I could do! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_dummy BTW, following removal from operation on city streets, many of these locomotives found use on logging railroads, mining operations and in the harvesting of sugar cane, to name a few applications. Cheers, Jack |
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The old T.V. antenna from the 1978 picture is still present but fallen over and replaced by cable. |
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Quint Cutoff:
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Otter kicked out of Holmby Hills.
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Aww, he's cute! :)
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The Hewson Rocket.
http://imageshack.us/a/img94/3691/aa...opyjournal.jpg http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s....php?p=5426029 In early 1940, Rudy Stoessel, Paul Erdos, and Burt Chalmers opened a small bodyshop in Hollywood called Coachcraft Ltd., and began building custom bodies for movie stars and wealthy locals. In 1945, William Hewson raised capital to form the Hewson Pacific Corp., and planned to produce the 'Hewson Rocket' and sell it for $1,000. Stoessel fabricated the body shape and Erdos welded the aluminum panels together. Hewson's idea was to give the body form a very aerodynamic shape with no projections anywhere-headlights covered in glass, tail-light lenses flush, and no outside door handles. As Hewson's capital was depleted by the time the car's body was finished, Coachcraft kept the car in their front showroom until it was auctioned off in 1959 to a used car dealer in Minneapolis for $650. Coachcraft survived in Hollywood until 1966. http://imageshack.us/a/img716/8681/aabconceptj2.jpg http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s....php?p=5426029 Thanks to 'SUNROOFCOD at jalopyjournal for the background information. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...postcount=3553 __ |
Hewson Rocket update:
http://imageshack.us/a/img19/3691/aa...opyjournal.jpg 1956 Los Angeles City Directory http://imageshack.us/a/img850/5281/a...chcraft195.jpg The birthplace of the Hewson Rocket still stands on Santa Monica Blvd. in West Hollywood between Doheny Drive and N. Robertson. http://imageshack.us/a/img850/6526/aabconcept9017.jpg gsv good sized double garage with plenty of skylights http://imageshack.us/a/img577/3166/a...9017aerial.jpg google aerial __ |
Charming GIF of Linda Darnell on a movie set.
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4200 hundred block of Wilshire Boulevard, December 1955.
http://imageshack.us/a/img812/9059/a...200wilshir.jpg slide/ebay Flocked trees must have been very popular in 1955. __ |
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Aunt Ethel's hangout on Hollywood and Vine.
http://imageshack.us/a/img838/9569/scomposite.jpg ebay There's something wrong with this postcard (and it isn't the evil looking clown with the beach ball for a nose). Can anyone tell me what's wrong with it? :) __ |
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