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Excellent post, FW.


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We originally covered Maxwell's Cafe in September 2014. It was in the Currier Building at 214 West 3rd Street.

Here are a few follow-up posts, including some discussion about Out of Bounds/Off Limits places:

https://forum.skyscraperpage.com/sho...ostcount=23793 - HossC

https://forum.skyscraperpage.com/sho...ostcount=23801 - Lorendoc

https://forum.skyscraperpage.com/sho...ostcount=23802 - FredH

https://forum.skyscraperpage.com/sho...ostcount=23803 - MichaelRyerson

https://forum.skyscraperpage.com/sho...ostcount=23805 - Lorendoc

https://forum.skyscraperpage.com/sho...ostcount=23806 - CityBoyDoug

I originally posted Julius Shulman pictures of the Sheats House in post #38154. That set was from 1963, this one is from 1980, and includes color images. It's "Job 5824: Sheats House (Beverly Hills, Calif.), 1980". I don't know what the wooden frame under the roof apex is - it's not on any of the other images

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...7.jpg~original

The second image in my original post shows a black & white version of this picture, so I think one of the 1980 shots must've got mixed in with those from 1963. The glass wall wasn't present when the house was first built.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...8.jpg~original

Here's a closer look at the glass wall.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...9.jpg~original

This area appears far more cluttered in 1980.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...0.jpg~original

These colors aren't to my taste, but I like the hat selection.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original

Most of the black & white images duplicate the color ones, so I left them out. This one, however, shows a room which my original post showed from the other side. I'm including it because the skylight is open here. The furniture has changed since 1963.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original

All from Getty Research Institute

A follow-up to my original post by e_r showed the floor plan in post #38155.

This time I came across an interesting article about the house at theguardian.com.

I did find that photo on Ancestry in a grouping of family photos. This particular house was probably built by Edward Ivor McCray, Sr. There are a long line of the same name, I find up to Edward Ivor McCray, V, at the present time. The response below your post says where it is located and that it is still there. Edward, Jr. was born in Australia in 1899 as his father had moved there to conduct his business. Edward, Sr came back to the US in around 1919 and Jr. who was in school in Australia, came back to the US around 1922, and it seems that the rest of the family came back as well around that time. The family appears at the house in the picture in around 1924. This was Edward, Sr., his wife, Edward, Jr. and his wife, and brother Ivar. They appear in the voter registrations for that year. By 1928 it appears that the elder Edward was there with sons Maurice, Robert and Alan.
Edward. Sr. died in 1930. Edward, Jr. and his wife appear to have moved back with the rest of the family after the death of his father. Edward, Jr. died in 1951. His mother outlived him, dying in 1954

:previous: Thanks so much for checking Ancestry oldstuff. I really appreciate it.

Bruce

Can anyone tell me what's going on in front of the Biltmore Hotel? [3-13-43]

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/921/FY3ybq.jpg
ebay

It's obviously some sort of demonstration.

-note the two people watching from their hotel room window at far left.



here's the stamp on the reverse
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/BNUfCt.jpg
3-13-43 #271-H

Amazingly bucolic and open. :)


https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...809af52329.jpghttps://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...809af52329.jpg

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A similar shot (enlarged slightly) from lighthouseantiques.net. The caption reads:

Breeches Buoy Demonstration, Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles c.1940's. Clear, close original 8” x 10” Official Coast Guard photo shows great detail as a young lady rides the breeches buoy during a Coast Guard demonstration while a large crowd including many military, looks on. Possibly done as part of a War Bond drive. Good view of the breeches buoy apparatus including hawser, crotch pole and more. Clear and close view. Dated March 13, 1943.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...sBuoyDemo1.jpg
lighthouseantiques.net

:previous: Thanks Hoss!

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...922/Pq27H7.jpg
www.maritime.org

Thank you oldstuff. With your info, I found a photo of Mr McCray, Sr:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/rz...A=w319-h441-no
findagrave

His Find-A-Grave memorial mentions the family business was McCray Bros Oil and that he was one of the founders of El Segundo, but I can't confirm that at any other site.

His wife, Elizabeth Annie McCray was listed as the owner on a November 1939 permit to have work done at the family home:

"Change ornamental pillars under front porch by removing cracked plaster molds and replacing with straight stucco columns"


The MLS photos don't show the porch.




Another era at 2151 Hollyridge Dr:

Chuck Berry (60) at his Los Angeles home w/ friends, 1986, at the time of the making of "Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll" (1987):
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/cp...w=w537-h481-no
Terry O'Neill / Billboard

Hoss, here's the Nubel in 1956.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/bVw8bM.jpg
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...34d6c730c9.jpg



And in living color....

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...921/QQRJRV.jpg
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/3580/photos

"Originally opened in 1929 as the Bellflower Theatre it was built for and operated by Frank E. Woodruff. seating was provided for 900, all on a single floor.
In 1949 it was remodeled and a balcony was installed, increasing the seating capacity to 1,150 and it was renamed Nubel Theatre." -W. Gabel





And finally, here's a view similar to Hoss' top pic, except the theater is now the 'Holiday'.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/s3KJMs.jpg

:previous: The Bobbie Lynn sign caught my eye. I wonder if was a tiki-themed cocktail lounge...or something similarly 'noirish'.

Nah, women's sportswear.

"Many of the family-run businesses, like Hill's, Bobbie Lynn, Gumms Shoe Emporium and Thompson's Furniture Store, opened shop in Bellflower in the early 1920s, creating a tightly knit group of downtown merchants."
LAT

Excellent post Flyingwedge.

I noticed the real estate billboard to the left of the horse's head, so I thought I'd look up Flint in the 1901 City Directory.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...921/mgOxbL.jpg
http://rescarta.lapl.org

So he lived at 1221 Orange, right? (I'm not sure what 'bds' stands for)

it's not listed in the 1901 abbreviations.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...922/GWBkRw.jpg

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By 1905 he's living at 22 Chester Place.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...922/pkMeJU.jpg
lapl

Thanks, e_r and Hoss.

1221 Orange was the home of O. T. Johnson (at left here). On January 12, 1899, Frederick W. Flint, Jr., married O. T. Johnson's
daughter, Katharine, at the Johnson home.

http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...u.jpg~original

January 13, 1899 LA Times @ ProQuest via LAPL


I believe bds stands for beds. As in, "sleeps there but doesn't own the place," I guess. However, I thought bds was more often
used to note someone living at a rooming house.

Thanks for solving last night's mystery slide t2. http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=40719






Here are two more slides dated 1962. (Debi1965 is the watermark, not the date)

#1
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...921/haybTk.jpg
ebay

Above: The first slide is definitely of Westwood. ("Westwood Shoe Mart" is the give-away ;))






Below: The 2nd slide is merely described as "Los Angeles" (but I'm pretty sure it's of Westwood as well)

#2
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/A4NylY.jpg
ebay

But I haven't been able to pinpoint which street(s).
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/ORIGINAL-SLI...3D322455673494

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I found a 1963 advert for Westwood Shoe Mart which lists the address as 1132 Westwood Boulevard. The large store under the "KIRK DRUG" sign was Schock Stationers at 1120 Westwood Boulevard, with Papermaster's Pharmacy (surely a better name for the stationers :)) next door at 1122, and Village Music at 1124. The store at 1126 is just listed as Westwood One Hour Dry Cleaners in the 1958/1959 Westwood CD, but there's a longer name on the 1962 image. Kirk Walgreen Drug was at 1100 Westwood Boulevard. I think the building below is the one which housed Westwood Shoe Mart.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original
GSV

The second photo is one block north. The Nobby Knit Shop was at 1056 Westwood Boulevard, with See's Candies at 1050. The larger building under the "De" of the watermark was JJ Newberry at 1028 Westwood Boulevard. It's the one in the GSV image below.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original
GSV

Here's an earlier view of JJ Newberry looking back from the other direction.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original
USC Digital Library

:previous: Excellent sleuthing Hoss!

I love that last photograph by the way.

I could be wrong (that's been known to happen ;)), but I believe this 1886 photograph is new to NLA.



http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/R3EFDO.jpg

You can check it out here:
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/RARE-Vintage-...QAAOxySoJTWtZ9


Here's a closer look. I really like seeing all the people on the sidewalk.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...921/bmZLhf.jpg

What kind of trees are on the right with the gnarly trunks--------> Pepper?

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Here's another early photograph....this one is dated four years later, 1890.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...924/Qu7nHk.jpg
ebay

I looked up Cardesty in the city directories without success.





Here's a closer look at the mother with her children. (I suppose that's who it is)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/a1olmr.jpg
detail

The little girl is hugging a doll, and the boy behind the baby carriage is sporting a magnificently detailed jacket.

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