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Martin Pal Apr 4, 2020 5:24 AM

Variety has published 20 of some heretofore unseen photos of Doris Day today, on what would have been her 98th Birthday. This weekend Julien's is having an auction of much of her belongings. Julien's was to have an exhibition of many items in Beverly Hills at their location that people could visit, but that didn't happen due to current circumstances, but much of their auction business is done online and that will still be occurring.

Does anyone know where this might be?

Doris Day sits on the porch of her Burbank, Calif. home in the early 1950's.

https://pmcvariety.files.wordpress.c...af-7.jpg?w=980Variety


Doris Day outside her home in Burbank, Calif. in the early 1950's.

https://pmcvariety.files.wordpress.c...af-1.jpg?w=980 Variety

How else can I explain
Those rainbows when there is no rain
It's magic...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BIvgZQZCbk

Noir_Noir Apr 4, 2020 6:08 AM

:previous:

Her home from 1951 to 1955 was 131 South Valley Street in Burbank.


Extended between then and now.


https://i.imgur.com/kjQJHcR.jpg
GSV

ethereal_reality Apr 4, 2020 2:54 PM

Beautiful home until they placed the extended garage onto the front of the house. I imagine in Doris' day the garage was separate & placed in the back.
hmm. . . . there might have even been a porte cochere (scroll back up to Martin's first photo) but it's a bit difficult to tell.


P.S....The home is still beautiful just not as beautiful as it once was.

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odinthor Apr 4, 2020 8:02 PM

710-712-714 S. Broadway (the Yorkshire Hotel)

A few snippets. Pt. 1.


https://i.postimg.cc/PJCJb2jn/YorkHer11-16-02.jpg
LA Herald, 11/16/1902


https://i.postimg.cc/DZy807pZ/YorkHer2-5-10.jpg
LA Herald, 2/5/1910


https://i.postimg.cc/dtTDLH68/YorkLAT3-22-14.jpg
LA Times, 3/22/1914


https://i.postimg.cc/gJSr611K/YorkHer3-2-16.jpg
LA Herald, 3/2/1916


https://i.postimg.cc/cJcvdvm2/York-LAT7-3-27.jpg
LA Times, 7/23/1927


https://i.postimg.cc/sfLvfdYj/YorkLAT2-1-19.jpg
LA Times, 2/1/1919

JeffDiego Apr 4, 2020 8:09 PM

Doris Day's Burbank home
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 8884368)
Beautiful home until they placed the extended garage onto the front of the house. I imagine in Doris' day the garage was separate & placed in the back.

hmm. . . . there might have even been a porte cochere (scroll back up to Martin's first photo) but it's a bit difficult to tell.


P.S....The home is still beautiful just not as beautiful as it once was.

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Agreed. The original house, when Doris lived there - very attractive & charming - like a movie-set house. The present owners surely enjoy the extra space, but I think the huge house now looks ungainly, out of proportion. Doris would not approve.

odinthor Apr 4, 2020 8:10 PM

710-712-714 S. Broadway (the Yorkshire Hotel)

A few snippets. Pt. 2.


https://i.postimg.cc/4xkyt62j/YorkLAT4-18-28.jpg
LA Times, 4/18/1928


https://i.postimg.cc/JzNnQs90/YorkLAT4-19-28.jpg
LA Times, 4/19/1928


https://i.postimg.cc/6QBQb9X0/YorkLAT4-20-28.jpg
LA Times 4/20/1928


https://i.postimg.cc/rpgwvvyL/YorkLAT4-21-28.jpg
LA Times, 4/21/1928


https://i.postimg.cc/K4XGPbft/YorkLATz3-9-30.jpg
LA Times 3/9/1930


https://i.postimg.cc/Kj3c3jPZ/YorkLATz2-3-44.jpg
LA Times, 2/3/1944


https://i.postimg.cc/ydbYNcSQ/YorkLAT7-12-91.jpg
LA Times, 7/12/1991, much edited

KevinW Apr 4, 2020 8:52 PM

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/AhPWb3.jpg
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Quote:

Originally Posted by odinthor (Post 8882248)
Going by nothing but a feeling, e_r, I get a Palos Verdes/Rolling Hills vibe from this photo.

Just judging from the LA City Limits, Roads and Hills, I would say this is Route 2 Crossing from La Canada/Flintridge into Glendale. But this would only work if Glendale was considered Los Angeles back then which I doubt. However, the hills to the right seem correct, Route 2 was a major road back then and the buildings in Historic Aerials seem to fit. Right where Absolute Dental Care now is at 1809 Verdugo Blvd. Someone want to check for me?

HossC Apr 4, 2020 9:22 PM

The sign in this picture is identical to the one in e_r's post. Unfortunately, there's no info with it.


BillinGlendaleCA Apr 5, 2020 3:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KevinW (Post 8884617)
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/AhPWb3.jpg
eBay



Just judging from the LA City Limits, Roads and Hills, I would say this is Route 2 Crossing from La Canada/Flintridge into Glendale. But this would only work if Glendale was considered Los Angeles back then which I doubt. However, the hills to the right seem correct, Route 2 was a major road back then and the buildings in Historic Aerials seem to fit. Right where Absolute Dental Care now is at 1809 Verdugo Blvd. Someone want to check for me?

Glendale has been around since 1906, some parts in the Crescenta Valley were county before being annexed into Glendale, but not part of the City of LA.

HossC Apr 5, 2020 2:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 8819039)

This is the first time we have seen this apartment building on NLA. (I checked twice)

The Crestmont Arms, Los Angeles [1929]

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...921/oXzAmS.jpg
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The location is just off a curve on Sunset Blvd. at 1519-1525 Griffith Park Blvd.

The building is some distance from the street so it's a bit difficult to get a good look. (the overgrown tree that has engulfed gate also hinders the view )

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/zFyTur.jpg
gsv

The gray building on the left is a gas station in the 1929 photograph.

I could've sworn we'd seen this location before, but like you, I couldn't find it on NLA. It was only today while watching a DVD that I remembered why it was familiar. It was one of the filming locations I identified from season 2 of 'CHiPs' a few years ago (it appears briefly in the episode 'Repo Man'). This is how the Crestmont Arms looked circa 1978.

https://i809.photobucket.com/albums/...tmontArms1.jpg
Rosner TV/MGM TV

ethereal_reality Apr 5, 2020 5:40 PM

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:previous: Cool find Hoss.




I found this interesting bit of ephemera in an old file of mine.

Is anyone familiar with this school?

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/921/Jf87vi.jpg
b.a.barr file.....I hope I haven't posted this before.

Does anyone have a photograph of the Walt Whitman School School located at 515 S. Boyle Avenue?



The only time a Walt Whitman School has been mentioned on NLA was a reference to the fictional school in the TV show, Room 222.
The stand in for the fictional school was Los Angeles High School on Olympic.

...You can see the Room 222 post Here

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odinthor Apr 5, 2020 8:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 8885157)
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I found this interesting bit of ephemera in an old file of mine.

Is anyone familiar with this school?

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/921/Jf87vi.jpg
b.a.barr file.....I hope I haven't posted this before.

Does anyone have a photograph of the Walt Whitman School School located at 515 S. Boyle Avenue?

The only time a Walt Whitman School has been mentioned on NLA was a reference to the fictional school in the TV show, Room 222.
The stand in for the fictional school was Los Angeles High School on Olympic.

...You can see the Room 222 post Here

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Not a pic, e_r; but I've found several interesting items.

Here is part one:

https://i.postimg.cc/t4sphMGC/Walt-W...oices-P334.jpg
from a book called "Anarchist Voices," p. 334


https://i.postimg.cc/sgGCBG5M/WaltWhitSchindler.jpg
citation as in image


https://i.postimg.cc/d3WcC8Wy/WaltWh...hJVol11p49.jpg
from "Getty Research Journal," vol. 11, p. 49

odinthor Apr 5, 2020 8:26 PM

. . . And here is part 2 of 517 S. Boyle Avenue, the location of the Walt Whitman School . . .


https://i.postimg.cc/nhpwxs08/Walt-Whit-LAT5-17-06.jpg
LA Times, 1/17/1906


https://i.postimg.cc/zD49sXs5/Walt-Whit-Her8-6-09.jpg
LA Herald, 8/6/1909


https://i.postimg.cc/LsyWNHtc/Walt-Whit-LAT1-29-12.jpg
LA Times, 1/29/1912


https://i.postimg.cc/yNTQW7pJ/Walt-Whit-Her4-8-19.jpg
LA Herald, 4/8/1919


https://i.postimg.cc/J0jPVmX4/Walt-Whit-LAT9-8-27.jpg
LA Times, 9/8/1927


https://i.postimg.cc/sXXcX7Z8/Walt-Whit-Her4-10-20.jpg
LA Herald, 4/10/1920

Noir_Noir Apr 5, 2020 9:39 PM

:previous:


https://i.imgur.com/x59IToS.jpg



From these which maybe someone can find in better quality?


https://i.imgur.com/8uEBjM7.jpg


Found here with more about the school's foundation -

socalarchhistory.blogspot.com

ethereal_reality Apr 6, 2020 5:59 PM


RE: Walt Whitman School

Interesting information and photographs!

Thanks for your help, odinthor and Noir Noir. I appreciate it. :)

P.S. The top left photograph and the bottom middle photograph appears to show a different house unless this is the back of the house. (the turret is missing)





A benefit for the Walt Whitman School at the Philharmonic Auditorium - third ad down. From the Los Angeles Herald, March 30, 1921.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/921/rVpZrr.jpg
Los Angeles Herald, March 30, 1921


"36 Baby Vamps" at the Burbank Theater. ...What, pray tell, is a baby vamp? :shrug:


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ethereal_reality Apr 6, 2020 6:42 PM

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Here's an interesting business card rediscovered in an old file of mine.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...924/AX8Srb.jpg
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For search purposes:. . .Roosevelt Drive In Market....Cor. Sunset & Kingsley

Martin Pal Apr 6, 2020 7:51 PM

:previous:

A current look at the corner of Sunset & Kingsley at the beginning of this video:

Sunset Boulevard, Part 12: Kingsley Drive to Western Ave. Hollywood

Video Link


...or at the end of this one, link:
Sunset Boulevard, Part 11: Alexandria Ave. to Kingsley Drive, East Hollywood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm7UTs-sHM0

FYI: So I find that these videos start downtown at Figueroa and the last one is:
Sunset Boulevard, Part 25: San Vincente to Sierra Dr. "The Strip" West Hollywood.

ethereal_reality Apr 7, 2020 12:14 AM

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A mystery location.


Here's a c.1950 car accident photograph that I don't believe we have seen on NLA.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...921/lFQEnK.jpg
from losangelestheaters, but they don't know the location.

CAPTION:

"This c.1950 shot is in the Los Angeles Public Library collection Note the theatre signage beyond the car.
The Library's caption for the photo is not helpful in identitying the location."
....LOS ANGELES THEATRES


And here's the description over at LAPL.

"Automobile in the street after an accident coming out of a driveway, 1950's."....LAPL


Does anyone recognized the location?

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CityBoyDoug Apr 7, 2020 2:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 8886494)
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A mystery location.


Here's a c.1950 car accident photograph that I don't believe we have seen on NLA.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...921/lFQEnK.jpg
from losangelestheaters, but they don't know the location.

CAPTION:

"This c.1950 shot is in the Los Angeles Public Library collection Note the theatre signage beyond the car.
The Library's caption for the photo is not helpful in identitying the location."
....LOS ANGELES THEATRES


And here's the description over at LAPL.

"Automobile in the street after an accident coming out of a driveway, 1950's."....LAPL


Does anyone recognized the location?

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Another ugly car bites the dust. Oh well.:rolleyes::rolleyes:

Lorendoc Apr 7, 2020 5:31 AM

2173 Ventura Boulevard, Camarillo
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 8886494)
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A mystery location.


Here's a c.1950 car accident photograph that I don't believe we have seen on NLA.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...921/lFQEnK.jpg
from losangelestheaters, but they don't know the location.

CAPTION:

"This c.1950 shot is in the Los Angeles Public Library collection Note the theatre signage beyond the car.
The Library's caption for the photo is not helpful in identitying the location."
....LOS ANGELES THEATRES


And here's the description over at LAPL.

"Automobile in the street after an accident coming out of a driveway, 1950's."....LAPL


Does anyone recognized the location?

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This is a tough one. At first, I thought it might be Ventura Boulevard, or somewhere in the Valley. The obvious start is the optometrist.

Paul Pincus Komm, born in Kharkov 8/13/18, moved to Buffalo as a child. He attended UCSB and registered for the draft in 1940. He graduated from the School of Optometry at UCLA in 1942. In the 1950 Blue Book for Optometrists, he was listed as having an office at 215 W. 5th Street downtown. Subsequently there are some mentions of him on the society pages of the Valley News, mostly about ocean cruises he and his wife Eileen took. He died 3/20/99 in Tarzana.

There are other businesses in the photo besides the illegible theater marquee: "Gourmets [sic] Pantry", Lou's ___(watches?), _. A. Perry. Below "Lou's" you can see (barely) "Dr. Paul Komm."

I think the address could be found SFV directories which don't seem to be online. EDIT: oops, it looks like I had the right boulevard, but the wrong city. The 1963 Oxnard city directory has the following:

Komm Paul optom 2173 Ventura blvd (Cam) r North Hollywood

and

Lou's Jewelers (Louis S Garnica) 2171 Ventura blvd (Cam)

The Valley Theatre is not the one in the picture; it was further east.

Today, meh:

https://i.imgur.com/G1c7LX2.jpg
GSV


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