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TOP O' THE TAIL? We've already seen 'Tail o' of the Cock' on NLA but what in the heck are these posters for 'Top o' the Tail' all about? https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/qnFoUI.jpg eBay The year is 1966. Here's a closer look in order to see the details. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/uWIXrn.jpg detail If I were to guess, I'd say this was some sort of private or special party at the La Cienega location. .but whenever I see 'Top' I immediately think of a venue on top of a skyscraper like the Top of the Mark in San Francisco & the Tip Top Tap on top of the Allerton Hotel in Chicago. if interested: McHenry's Tail o' the Cock in the San Fernando Valley, 1958. Here. . . .and Here (thanks Hoss!) . |
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Nathan "Beaudry" Marsak slings Bunker Hill lore with on Saturday's Esotouric webinar
Greetings noirists,
Please forgive the event plug, but I wanted to pull your sleeve to this Saturday's Esotouric webinar, “A Visit to Lost Bunker Hill with author Nathan Marsak.” Nathan will be talking about the long research road that led to his new book, "Bunker Hill Los Angeles: Essence of Sunshine and Noir" (Angel City Press), and we'll be joined by Bunker Hill native son Gordon Pattison. And a new Cranky Preservationist video will be debuted during the show. The webinar ends with a Q&A, so bring your nerdiest lost L.A. questions and let's see if you can stump these two time travelers. Tickets are $10, and the program can be watched live at noon on 11/21, or recorded for one week. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EnR0fwiW...pg&name=medium |
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mystery snapshot. "MAGIC MIRROR in DOOR w REFLECTION TRIPOD CAMERA MAN & BOYS ~ 1960s VINTAGE PHOTO" https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/buCH9Z.jpg eBay I faintly recall the exterior of this unique photography studio but the name Lemon Grove Studio doesn't ring a bell for me. . . . .but if I were to make a guess I'd say this studio is somewhere along Sunset Blvd. Here's the reverse. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...924/NVVsl4.jpg not much help clue wise Here's a closer look at the man and boys. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/8zRVDe.jpg I wonder if the man with the tripod works at Lemon Grove Studio? . |
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https://i.postimg.cc/Rh56ZFH3/068.jpg Photo by me 1442 Spaulding Demo https://i.postimg.cc/QdHXvDFv/DSC03806.jpg Photo by me 1442 Spaulding Demo Im hoping to maybe find a few older pics of TTOTC with the wagon in the lot. |
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I happened upon this rppc this afternoon on eBay 3314 Thompson Street, Los Angeles - postmark 1915 https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/hFMGab.jpg eBay On the reverse the writer explains how the house is much larger than it looks. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/QOZnaq.jpg But the only Thompson Street that shows up on Google-Earth is in Glendale & Chatsworth and neither location appears to be match. . |
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Look what I just found! ....Another snapshot taken in front of the Lemon Grove Studio building. "BOY w SCHWINN BICYCLE LEVIS JEANS & CHUCK TAYLOR CONVERSE SHOES ~ 1965 PHOTO" https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/AG2K7A.jpg eBay It appears that a couple of additional companies have moved into the building. ...ARICAL...&...The John Clair Pictures Company. And if you look closer there is a street number. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/idSe6Q.jpg detail 5348. :) And, as you can see, the decorative mirror is missing. (shown below) As a reminder, and so you don't have to scroll back, here is the first photo again. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/WJiPe4.jpg eBay . |
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Here's another photo from the same eBay seller. The sign has similar lettering to "Lemon Grove Studio", and on the back are stamps for Arical and John Clair. https://i.postimg.cc/gjC6RqxY/Arical1.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/CKcBJVRr/Arical2.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/gjZxYXN1/Arical3.jpg eBay And another mystery arises: what is the photo being held by "Gabriel"? Also, this one from the same seller just feels related somehow... "RESERVED PARKING JERRY LEWIS SHOW": https://i.postimg.cc/SRzCRNyY/Jerry-Lewis-Parking.jpg eBay |
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I could not find anything on Arical or John Clair Pictures but I did take a flyover at 5348 Lemon Grove Avenue in Hollywood. https://i.imgur.com/KkUbIcy.jpg Google Maps The "Lemon Grove Studio" was probably housed in this small building in the backyard. https://i.imgur.com/BVU06pd.jpg Google Maps :shrug: |
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https://i.pinimg.com/564x/8a/ba/e6/8...22e29a9304.jpg flickr Mommy Dearest carves the bird. Another fun day for her daughter Christina and son. |
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I'm pretty sure that's Kathleen Freeman, a little younger than we usually think of her. Here she is in 1951: https://i.postimg.cc/L8FZKwcy/Freeman.jpg From: https://worldofwonder.net/bornthisda...hleen-freeman/ She was in many of Jerry Lewis' films (not always credited; sometimes just her voice), and was presumably a friend of his, so it makes sense that she would be spotted in the parking lot for his show. I saw her live in a performance of Bye Bye Birdie (also featuring Jerry Van Dyke and Shari Lewis) in Santa Monica. She played the character Albert's mother. |
Recognizable character actress. Been in hundreds of things - but never knew her name. She passed in 2001.
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Heddi Lamarr was another smart cookie. Came up with the idea for frequency hopping in wireless communications to make them secure. |
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The address is actually 2319.... Thompson Street north of Adams was renamed as a northerly extension of Portland Place circa 1925. "F. L. W." would be Florence L. Warner, a bank stenographer; "mother" was Fannie Warner, a widow, who owned the house. Flo married Verne R. Pentecost, an assistant cashier at Security National, around Feb 15 of 1915...so perhaps she was encouraging J.S. Mitchell to come west for the wedding. https://i.postimg.cc/TwP40WgL/thomps...nd2314-bmp.jpg 2319 Portland née Thompson https://i.postimg.cc/kg4skdDz/thompson2325-bmp.jpg 2325 Portland née Thompson |
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Congratulations, unihikid. Seems odd for someone to have ordered a Country Squire only to remove the Di-Noc within the fiberglass frame. Why not just order a black Country Sedan? Anyway, you'll have a good time with this one. First year of a new body, first year of the rear scoops to keep dust off the back window...hard to tell, but it looks like it could have the great 289 V8...or even the 240 Six, which would be a rare bird indeed (352, 390 and up V8s would have, at least originally, an emblem behind the front wheels). You can de-code the data plate here. I have a couple of old Ford wagons...the Squire framing was real wood around Di-Noc through '53 and into very early production '54, fiberglass after that. Have fun. |
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