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old company name, not 20th Century-Fox. But your photo showing a similar bench outside the Fox Studio on Western shows that the benches were there for advertising. I doubt that any of them still exist, unless in a private collection. But you never know. |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original USC Digital Library If I'm right about the location, and you're right about the date of the first photo, then I think that the CA State Library picture shows the 1909 building next door. It's now 7th & Union Hardware. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original GSV The roofline is no longer flat, but the windows appear to have originally had the same design, i.e. rounded top and small sill underneath. I've inset part of the first image from comparison. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original GSV |
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SW corner 7th and Union
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Here are some photos (all at Islandora/UCLA) of that building taken on June 28, 1972, by Eudie Bohem (sp?), when it was the home of the Andrews Hardware and Metal Company: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...psoo2rp0c6.jpg Looking SW http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...ps6xgqc1n0.jpg 7th Street side http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...psc5umkxtf.jpg Mezzanine http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...psaztl93p3.jpg Ceiling beams http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...psxjo0oba9.jpg Mosaic http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...psiiq4up1y.jpg Elevator detail Quote:
That's a great comparison image! |
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You could rent an apartment for $50 or less in the 1950-60+ era.....that same exact apartment is now in 2017... $1,400 or more [and wages have not kept up with inflation.] In 1969 I rented a house on a large lot for $65. If the minimum wage was in-line with inflation since 1950 it would be about $25 per hour in 2017. |
Those interior pictures of the Young's Market building are great, FW.
------------------- Does anyone know where this Julius Shulman subject is? It's "Job 3263: Hugh Gibbs, Sully-Miller Contracting Co., 1961". http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original The other shot shows the reception area. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original Both from Getty Research Institute I found addresses for the company at various places around Los Angeles and Orange counties, but didn't find the building above at any of them. The current address of the Sully-Miller Contracting Co is 135 S State College Blvd #400, Brea, and that's definitely not it. |
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It's strange to me that this area wasn't photographed a bit more. Across the street from the 8535 Sunset Blvd. address where Chez Paulette was located from the late fifties until 1964 was the recently mentioned and short lived My Own Place (Larry Finley) which was followed by the Jordanell Cocktail Lounge in that location, which was there for at least 4-5 years (since it's listed in the 1956 and 1960 CD's). It was later followed by the Sea Witch which there are very few photos of, either. The closest I've come to that time frame and area at all are these two photos from Hollywood Photographs dated 1948. This is looking west on Sunset Blvd. from La Cienega. http://hollywoodphotographs.com/photos/lrg/SB-037.jpg This one is angled toward the north side of Sunset. The road on the right is Miller Drive. I don't know what kind of an establishment Pioneertown is, but they have a nice Gruen watch clock on the corner. (The blade sign near the lamp post says "Records". You can see it better in the first photograph.) http://hollywoodphotographs.com/photos/lrg/SB-038.jpg Then there's this photo dated 1950: "Sunset Blvd at 8600 block" (Facing north.) http://hollywoodphotographs.com/photos/lrg/SB-040.jpg Seen in photo: 8609 address The Clearing House of Information on Public Figures Norman Willson Little something (Folks, perhaps, followed by the first letter of another word) Interesting house up on the hill. |
Thank you Flyingwedge (and HossC) for all the history of W 7th and Union.
There's a nice history of Young's Market Company on their website https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/4V...A=w929-h636-no They started out in 1888 with a shop at 171 W Jefferson (now a vacant lot) .................................................................... Quote:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/yG...g=w909-h539-no gsv That interesting House is still there too at 8630 Pine Tree Place: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/GP...g=w863-h473-no google maps I was hoping to get a little closer, but the upper reaches of Pine Tree Place are gated: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/yv...Q=w429-h513-no gsv |
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1947 - Shortly after breaking ground. http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...g.jpg~originalGettyImages Hard not to envision the Rexall structure without considering "Beverly Ponyland" at 8536 Beverly Boulevard. OLy2-1010 But across the street, to the north, at 8537 Beverly Boulevard, there was another business with a curious history, the Health Hut, operated by Gypsy Boots. Boots is alleged to have coined the name "smoothie" when he made one for Steve Allen on Steve's TV show. I can't recall seeing any decent photos of this business at this location. A few years Boots evidently tried his luck with the same business at 13705 Ventura Blvd. In the '80s there was a Health Hut at 3333 S. Hoover, but it is unclear whether this was a Boots' enterprise. http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/show...ostcount=24709 :previous: post mentions one of Gypsy Boots' contemporaries, Nature Boy, Eden Ahbez. Here's Eden biking on an unknown So Cal Street (Thought this was previously posted, but maybe not.) Per source, April 1948 (WigWag, the bike looks like a 10-speed from afar, but upon closer inspection, it has only one gear. Note the teeth on the crank gear. You don't see those on newer rides.) http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/bc2d33d94ca4bb2a_largehttp://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/bc2d33d94ca4bb2a_large 1948 http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/5d4f0eeb31b966a3_largehttp://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/5d4f0eeb31b966a3_large 1948 http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/b17a8b9ba08a664c_largehttp://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/b17a8b9ba08a664c_large |
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Gypsy Boots might have gotten a kick out of this 1921 image. It is obviously a parade and one might guess it is on South Hill Street since Venice Apartments (background) was located at 1323 S. Hill. (FWIW, the Beverly Hotel was at 1330 S. Olive) Mother Lodge New York, Number One http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...w.jpg~originalhttp://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/compou...coll2/id/19150 |
I met Gypsy Boots back in 1992 and we had a nice conversation. This was at a Los Angeles Health Fair and I asked him his age. He said he would reveal his age if I bought one of his nut n' grain bars. I did buy and he was a swell fellow all 'round. Oh, his power bar was delicious.
Born Robert Bootzin August 19, 1914 San Francisco, California Died August 8, 2004 (aged 89) Camarillo, California Other names Boots Bootzin, Gypsy Boots Occupation Fitness pioneer, actor, writer 1949....Boots is upper left. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...pssywwo5zq.jpg naturesong.com |
'mystery' location
Does anyone recognize where this photo was taken? http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/UX4mzM.jpg The humongous billboard with the faux-gilt 'frame' around it reminds me of the 'Macao' billboard we discussed quite some time ago. Color Slide / Macao Billboard, 1952 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=25034 But I can't decide if it's the same one (or not) _ I'm also curious about this 'wishing well' turned planter. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...924/Jb9PKK.jpg detail The slide was found on French eBay. PHOTO ANNÉES 1950 RENAULT DANS LE MONDE PUBLICITÉ LOS ANGELES http://www.ebay.fr/itm/PHOTO-ANNEES-...AAAOSw14xWHnZy __ |
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My only other choice was the roof of The California Club, but I think it's too low as well. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...922/xvtw6b.jpg gsv Here's 'Aqua-Girl' again for comparison. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/z261C6.jpg |
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Looking at the 'Macao' slide again, I think the 'wishing well' might have belonged to the skinny low building with the red tile roof. I can't remember if we discussed this particular building. ______ update: You can see the building I'm talking about in this detail. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...924/zn9ukK.jpg I just noticed it had a higher section too. (visible behind the green stop light) and here's the wishing well again http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...924/Jb9PKK.jpg Must. Solve. Wishing. Well. Mystery. ;) __ |
About your ''questions" E Reality.
I always like your questions of the Forum and have often answered them. I find something interesting about what you notice in a photo. You have a charming way of presenting a puzzle to be solved. On occasion I have also made a slight correction to one of your posts but I try to be polite about it. :previous: |
The corrections keep me on my toes CBD. I prefer it that way. ;)
I'm pretty sure we haven't seen this colorful image on NLA. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/FyG2bX.jpg Photo by Gene Lester / February 1, 1954 "Un groupe de photographes s'attroupe autour de Lonnie Carey, un mannequin, alors qu'elle s'appuie sur un telescope de l'observatoire Griffith." At first glance I thought this was a film set! translation: "A group of photographers crowd model Lonnie Carey as she leans against a coin-operated telescope at Griffith Observatory." ____ Here's my question: Does Lonnie Carey ring anyone's bell? [no pun intended] -my Google searches [for "Lonnie Carey"] keep leading me back to this same photograph. (which turns out to be from the Getty Archive) http://www.gettyimages.com/license/77651342 p.s. If that's Lonnie on the steps who's the babe in green? |
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