Originally Posted by Martin Pal (Post 8520527)

I hope this question isn't impertinent, but if you were Chinese, would you write "group of Chinese children" or "Chinese church" on your photographs? Or did archivists write those notes? :shrug:

Originally Posted by Beaudry (Post 7305180)

Here's a little something I call "A Stroll Down Eighth."

Have always liked this particular part of the world—e.g., a snap of the Golden Gopher I shot back when it was a working-class Hispanic bar; spent many a moist and garrulous afternoon with my bebido compadres.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4068/...e1c4ee62_o.gif

Thus I jumped at the chance to pick up these negatives when they came up for sale, but then they disappeared for the better part of the last decade, only to be found this morning when I moved a bookcase (behind which they lay). After having convinced myself I hallucinated ever having owned them at all.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...911/MEu81I.jpg
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Originally Posted by badrunner (Post 8520804)

I found this nice 1929 aerial shot of downtown. Anyone have any info on those gigantic tank looking things next to the river? Damn things are bigger than city hall.
Must have been quite a sight at ground level.

Originally Posted by badrunner (Post 8520804)

btw there are some great old LA photos on this flickr page.

Originally Posted by Martin Pal (Post 8519280)

Also: In the aerial below, what is that circular shaped building/area in the upper righthand corner? I'm assuming that's the triangle area where Wilshire Blvd. meets Santa Monica Blvd., where the Beverly Hilton is currently located. What was there before that?

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Originally Posted by BifRayRock (Post 6424195)

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 8521367)

It was good to see that 1929 aerial again, badrunner.

The L. A. GAS 'gas-o-meters' have been one of the most popular subjects on Nla.

Here are some of the entries.
L.A. GAS gas-o-meter and Amelia Street School (including a baist map)....HERE
1950s color slide: Gas-o-meter in comparison with the 102 Brewery. ....HERE
Undated glass slide: gas-o-meter near Sperry Flour Compant. ....HERE

And check out this page at 'American Film Noirs' dedicated to the 'L. A. Gas Works' that have appeared in...well...film noirs. Duh! .... Go HERE


Michael Ryerson is one of our early members on Nla. He has already posted most of his flickr photographs.

Come back to the nest, Michael. :)

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Originally Posted by Martin Pal (Post 8521255)

Some of a post by Beaudry:



Because I was familiar with the Golden Gopher from NLA, I recognized the neon sign in a new Citi Entertainment commercial. I couldn't find the entire commercial, but here about 20 seconds of it from someone interested in the music artist featured in it.

Do you think this neon is the same as in the above photos? The commercial starts at 4 seconds, the Golden Gopher neon appears at 7 seconds followed by a street level view of the Palladium on Sunset Blvd.

• Video Link

Because of NLA I recognized this!

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 8520914)

Nothing to do with umc 'missions', but interesting non-the-less.

This was listed on ebay a few days ago.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/DbeQud.jpg
Ebay

Described as: ..."Vintage Street Scene Original Snapshot Photo 1940s LOS ANGELES Cal."

Is anyone familiar with Peden's? (sign on side of building)

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Originally Posted by HossC (Post 8521430)

Ten years earlier (1928), it looks like the circular area was just a parling lot with a couple of rectangular buildings around the outside. I think the center detail may just have been a decorative garden.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...lshire1928.jpg
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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 8521951)

:previous:

140 S Coast Hwy, Laguna Beach.
Excellent GW!
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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 8521951)

Here's another mystery location from the same ebay seller.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...921/H7fi46.jpg
no longer listed

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/ln8iMs.jpg

Snow

I thought perhaps the car on the right had come down from the mountains..but there is snow on the other cars as well. (note the one by the Gallo billboard)
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Originally Posted by badrunner (Post 8521772)

One of my favorite streets in dtla. I also instantly recognized that Golden Gopher sign (3:38 mark) in Taylor Swift's "Delicate" music video:

There are some great historic downtown locations featured in the video including the Millennium Biltmore, Los Angeles Theater and Saint Vincent Court.
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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 8519593)

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re: The secret 'tryst' tunnel that runs beneath Marmont Lane from the old 'Players Club' [1940 to 1953] to the Chateau Marmont.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...924/ZYt3r1.jpg
GSV
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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 8521951)

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/ln8iMs.jpg


Also note there's an address of "1121" on the Texaco station. Maybe that could help locate it?