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I can use all the friends I can get--even temporary ones--LOL! My mom's cousin (little girl on the left), who is still very much alive, recently gave me three photo albums from her youth. I wouldn't be surprised if there's a picture or two of Logan school in there somewhere! |
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:previous: Well that was fast. :) Thanks Mstimc! I'll check it out.
Does anyone know if the police call boxes were originally blue, and did they all have the light on top? http://imageshack.us/a/img341/7170/aabbluecallbox.jpg ebay http://imageshack.us/a/img69/20/aabbluecallbox1.jpg ebay in it's entirety http://imageshack.us/a/img829/9036/a...allboxebay.jpg ebay http://imageshack.us/a/img96/9813/aa...llboxphone.jpg ebay |
That police call box wouldn't work too well as a T.A.R.D.I.S., but I can see the British influence nonetheless. ;)
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ps27fdf31f.jpg The Selig Lion Zoo is across the street. This is the one with the famous lion statues in front. |
Could be....but the auto camp in my postcard is much more makeshift than the auto court in the above postcard.
Maybe it evolved into what we see in the color postcard. There is a Lockwood Avenue in East Hollywood/Silver Lake, so maybe we should check that out as well. |
old time photo shoppin'
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...but the page doesn't show the nice free-standing one like yours. |
Thanks T2. :) I'll check it out.
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Here's one of them. http://imageshack.us/a/img689/940/aa...snlion1915.jpg http://astimesgobye.com/?attachment_id=1073 Here they are in their original location on the Seliz Zoo Gates. http://imageshack.us/a/img268/6207/a...ielocation.jpg http://www.movielocationsplus.com/SELIGZOO.HTM I posted this 1930s tourist snapshot earlier in the thread. http://imageshack.us/a/img713/2347/a...pselig1930.jpg http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=9430 __ |
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/ Still there. I like that concave entrance 'wall'. http://imageshack.us/a/img824/6283/a...resttoday2.jpg gsv Hmmm. I spy a roof-top sign in the distance. :) http://imageshack.us/a/img221/5579/a...day611snor.jpg gsv __ |
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Publicity photograph of cowboy movie star Charles 'Buck' Jones by Evans Studio of Los Angeles. http://imageshack.us/a/img836/4292/aabgowerg2.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/Still-Photog...item5ae31f80b6 Like our friend Tom Mix, he learned his trade at the 101 Ranch in Bliss, Oklahoma. In his earliest film appearances he was billed as Charles Jones. Sadly, 'Buck' Jones was one of the 492 victims of the 1942 Coconut Grove fire in Boston Massachusetts, dying two days after the tragic November 28th fire. -noir __ |
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:previous: That was my worry, that the lights were added & not original.
Foreshadowing Gun Crazy? Young couple photographed in Cowgirl/Cowboy attire by Los Angeles Studio Blanchard & Arnold, 59 W. Main Street. http://imageshack.us/a/img692/4707/aabgower1cabinet.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cowboy-and-C...item257e1412f6 __ |
Coconut Grove Fire of 1942
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The fire moved so fast (12 to 15 minutes beginning to end) it killed many people right at the dining table. Many victims died due to the smoke. Buck was found slumped at his table with 3rd degree burns on his face and around his mouth. He died after lingering in incredible pain at a Boston hospital. He was on a War Bond tour, had a bad cold that night and had tried to beg off of going out for dinner. Noir for sure! |
Call Boxes
[QUOTE=ethereal_reality;6137776]:previous: Well that was fast. :) Thanks Mstimc! I'll check it out.
Does anyone know if the police call boxes were originally blue, and did they all have the light on to The box you show is a "phantom" it is made from a Gamewell Secuirity Post and a cable box (cable box has blank doors as they just had wiring inside). the box has had wording on separate pieces of metal applied to make it look like it is authentic. L.A. had over a life time many different boxes, both pedestal type and boxes mounted on telephone poles. After the Watts Riots in '65 the Fire Alarm boxes began to be removed because of false alarms and deteriorating lines. Many were given a sheet steel door with a tag that said POLICE and rewired for police use. It is too hard to explain how many types were used through the years here. I Have many boxes Fire Police different cities etc. I will post some photos one of these days. to answer your question L.A. did not use lights as far as I know. As far as color, what ever was on the truck, blue, black, tan, gray you name it. |
:previous: Thanks for the information Hollywood Graham. -much appreciated
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My very nice 1955 Penguin edition just arrived in the post today http://i.ebayimg.com/t/1955-Vintage-...Z7g~~60_12.JPG |
:previous: very interesting Joe Gillis...I didn't know that.
fyi: Twenty Harold Lloyd short comedies are being featured on Turner Classic Movies tonight starting at 8:00 Eastern. The first is 'Safety Last!' (1923). There should be plethora of Los Angeles locations. http://imageshack.us/a/img208/7536/aabharoldtcm.jpg http://www.tcm.com/schedule/index.ht...ate=2013-05-24 __ |
Anyone know the history of the 'Wilkinson Line Locator'?
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Is this a rare occurance to have such a prominent site on such a major thoroughfare empty like this all this time? Is it a park? it doesnt look like it In fact I can just see a for Sale sign on it, Sunset Blvd house used to stand on the left http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...ps4892fea5.jpg Puzzling (to me anyway):cheers: |
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