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Here are some very interesting looking people.
"At Farewell Party to British Consul in Los Angeles, 1939" http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/5GjUAn.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/1939-Los-Ang...8AAOSwo4pYeDlr "Ann Kresge, Johnny Addams ,RAF squadron leader, and Frieda Anescort pictured at the party given in honor of Captain Francis E. by British members of the film colony before Capt. Evans, British Consul here for the past four years, returned to London to assume new duties." 5/24/39 _ http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...923/6wPOmr.jpg Too bad it doesn't say were the party was given. __ |
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Frieda Inescort-- one of the unsung greats. Went looking for a picture of her & Bette Davis together in The Letter, couldn't find one--but then remembered her as the mother-in-law Monty Clift was hoping for in A Place in the Sun... https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/8t...7Ag=w1366-h768 In the '36CD, she was listed as a "studio worker" at 1746 N Cherokee (sec Yucca): https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/r7...9lw=w1366-h768 |
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'studio worker' seems a bit of an understatement for Ms. Inescort who was quite well established both on stage and in film by 1936. |
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http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/Gfr8UP.jpg Like this? I had never heard of such a thing until your post JMR. |
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Seems like an odd place to hang one of these things-- the wind would blow it around even if full of water. Hanging it front of the grille was in part to prevent this, as well as, some say, to cool the air flowing through the radiator (although I wouldn't have thought it would lower the temp all that much). |
This post nearly didn't happen today. The display on my laptop died first thing this morning, but I've nearly managed to get it up and running again (white currently shows up as cyan lines, but all other colors are fine) with bits salvaged from my previous laptops which I held onto when their motherboards failed. It looks like hoarding and brand loyalty pay off occasionally :).
I'm staying in Beverly Hills for today's Julius Shulman post, but due to the issues above, I haven't had time to research its location. This is "Job 1105: Pereira & Luckman, Parking Garage (Beverly Hills, Calif.), 1951". http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original I was hoping for at least a street number, but the only signs say "PARKING" "ENTRANCE" and "EXIT". http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original Would I be right in saying that this is a 1950 Pontiac Silver StreaK? http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original Here's a close-up of the triangular device by the wheels. Is it some sort of roller arrangement to help center the car? http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original I think I prefer fixed ramps - this looks rather complicated. Do you think the car was on its way to/from an Iowa picnic? http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original The final picture shows what looks like a fireman's pole. I'm not sure if they were for drivers or staff. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...6.jpg~original All from Getty Research Institute If there's no post tomorrow, you'll know why! |
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FYI: Christo's umbrellas were in the fall of 1991, dotted along Interstate 5 in the Tejon Pass. http://christojeanneclaude.net/__dat...0bc8f9d7cb.jpg |
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pepper tree I take it the mocking birds mentioned in the postcard were eating these berries? _ It's disappointing the google-mobile doesn't drive through the grounds of the Veteran's Hospital. I wanted to see some of those gnarly old pepper trees. |
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snapshot / Los Angeles, 1970 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/LqJTZK.jpg ebay |
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http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/oVRNHX.jpg old file I think this might be somewhere like Santa Monica or Long Beach since there's a young man walking around in his speedos. ;) There's writing along the curb but I can't make it out. __ |
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ps3a1drexi.jpg farm4static Remember that ER is just a youngster compared to us oldsters here.:):) |
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They are commonly called Century Plants around here, but that may be in error. One for odinthor. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Ay...4xs=w1366-h768 robert patrick |
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2701 Main at Hill, SM: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/bD...366-h768-rw-no |
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https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Mm...366-h768-rw-no smgov What is that fellow doing at the base of the street lamp? |
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I was wondering the same thing tovangar2. Does the site say anything about the photograph? it's an odd pic. to highlight. originally posted by HossC http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/co8pSa.jpg Julius Shulman Getty Hoss, I couldn't help but notice the Iowa plate.:previous: & what do I think of when I see Iowans in CA? Iowa Picnic. August 11, 1951 (same year as the license plate in Hoss' photo) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/uMGQmy.jpg http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...d/15411/rec/32 The three hostesses in Bixby Park, Long Beach. Sherle Lewis 16 yrs. Donna Roach 18 yrs. (Sioux City) Darla Jean Ford 19 yrs. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/akKIEv.jpg looks like one of the pensioners on Clay Street..............................:previous: Here's Governor Earl Warren (soon to become a Supreme Court Justice) and the Governor of Iowa at the 1951 picnic. (dig the policeman on the right) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/0W6iAr.jpg http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...d/15411/rec/32 The picnics (which we've covered before on NLA) became so popular, one picnic topped 100,000 people! (I can't even visualize 100,000 people at a picnic) __ More reading on Iowa Picnics here: http://historylosangeles.blogspot.co...elsewhere.html |
"This car sticks out like spats at an Iowa picnic." -- Raymond Chandler
Saddle shoes, on the other hand ... Cheers, Earl |
[QUOTE=ethereal_reality;7677572]:previous: That was quick GW! Thanks for figuring out the location.
I was wondering the same thing tovangar2. Does the site say anything about the photograph? it's an odd pic. to highlight. originally posted by HossC http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/co8pSa.jpg Julius Shulman Getty Hoss, I couldn't help but notice the Iowa plate.:previous: & what do I think of when I see Iowans in CA? Iowa Picnic. August 11, 1951 (same year as the license plate in Hoss' photo) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/uMGQmy.jpg http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...d/15411/rec/32 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/akKIEv.jpg looks like one of the pensioners on Clay Street..............................:previous: Here's another long-gone piece of the era. He's holding a hand-carved Mexican cane. They were painted in the Mexican national colors of red, white and green and you could buy them in any souvenir or junk shop in the Southwest from Texas to CA. I like to think he bought his in some joint on Olvera Street. |
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