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This is the kind of coffee shop food that was popular in the 1940s and '50s.
You can recreate these at home for a nostalgic dinner or lunch. http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/4...ymenu1950a.jpg ebay Previously posted years ago by ER. |
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Junior Olympic athletes Johnny Falcon, Jerry Deal, Rex Heap and Mike Pina in “Los Angeles 1932” uniforms in Los Angeles, Calif., 1929 |
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I recently came across some intriguing photographs by Louis Fleckenstein, co-founder & one-time director of the prestigious Camera Pictorialists of Los Angeles.
I wasn't aware of Fleckenstein until this photograph came up in one of my google searches. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/924/i7hQ3c.jpg ARTNET Louis Fleckenstein (American, 1866–1943) Title: Court house - City Hall - Los Angeles , 1930 Medium: Gelatin Silver Print Here are a few of Fleckensteins more intriguing efforts. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...924/Wkuj04.jpg terpsichorean artists Artist: Louis Fleckenstein (American, 1866–1943) Title: Terpsichorean artists, ca. 1930–1935 Medium: silver gelatin prints, mounted I believe odinthor will like this one (what with the tree and all) https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/gJS20y.jpg terpsichorean artist Artist: Louis Fleckenstein (American, 1866–1943) Title: Terpsichorean artists, ca. 1930–1935 (artists plural, so there must be someone inside the Joshua tree :shrug:) Medium: silver gelatin prints, mounted __ Fleckenstein lived in Eagle Rock (in 1918 at least) with a studio downtown. [730 S. Grand Ave.] https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...923/pSgDyQ.jpg lapl The article below mentions that Fleckenstein eventually moved down to Long Beach. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...924/uSBL3o.jpg CAMERA MAGAZINE Which brings me to my first Louis Fleckenstein mystery photograph. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/wcHcSN.jpg getty collection Title: Two Boys in front of Fleckenstein's Studio in Long Beach, CA Artist/Maker: Louis Fleckenstein (American, 1866 - 1943) Date: 1924 - 1943 Medium: Toned gelatin silver print ____________________ :previous: I need help in locating Fleckenstein's home dash studio in Long Beach. (as you can see, there's a street number....but no street name) I'm anxious to see if 'Casa de Estudios' is still above the door. Wouldn't it be great if it was still there. p.s. There will be more Fleckenstein mystery photographs in the coming days. (in other words...hands off my stash ;)) _ |
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Casa de Estudios found
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Found here: https://www.redfin.com/CA/Long-Beach...2/home/7618429 It's too bad the real estate agent's camera lens was smeared with vaseline, because this is an interesting property: (from the listing on Redfin) https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4670/...b399fed1_o.png Casa De Estudios by Kimberly, on Flickr Redfin shows us it was built in 1926, has 8 units, with underground parking, and was recently sold in 2015 for $1.4m. The googlemobile didn't get a clear image of the front door. This was the best I could do. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4624/...7121041e_c.jpg Casa De Estudios by Kimberly, on Flickr |
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Okay then, allow me to use this as an excuse to comment on some of my favorite posts in this thread, ones that stir personal memories: - This post of yours, ER, about the Stardust Ballroom. I went there in the late 80s to see a live show. The band performing was Einstürzende Neubauten, which in German means “tearing down new buildings” - an idea I’d bet that many here would like to take literally! Lead singer Blixa Bargeld began the show by walking out holding a jerry can style gasoline can, which he then emptied all over the stage. Then he lit a match. As people started shifting uncomfortably and eyeing the exits, Blixa tossed the match down into the puddle and yelled out "It's WATER!" Then the band erupted into their first song. For decades I’ve thought of that venue, but had no way of finding any information about it - I didn’t remember the name of the venue, and nobody I knew even remembered the place. I couldn't believe it when I found it in this thread! I guess the place finally shut down in 1989. It sure wasn't in very good shape when I was there. - Any pictures of the old CBS Columbia Square building at 5121 Sunset Blvd. My mom worked at CBS for 34 years, and I spent countless hours in that building, since the time I was five until I was maybe 20. I was a real quiet, polite kid, so nobody minded it when my mother brought me in with her. I still remember everyone’s names there, including a 25 year-old Keith Olbermann (I know he's a polarizing figure, but he was always extremely nice to my mom and I). My mom told me that some time in the 60s, the Rolling Stones did some kind of recording in the building, on the fourth floor (which was where the audio studios were - my mom worked on the third floor... the TV news studios were on the first floor... TV shows were filmed at a different location, over at "TV City" on Beverly). The walls on the fourth floor were carpeted at the time (groovy, man)... and the Stones peed on them. The Vice President and General Manager of KNX (CBS radio) George Nicolaw was furious. Everything had to be torn out and replaced, and the Stones were forever banned from the building. All these decades later, I can still remember my mom's phone number at CBS - area code 213, 460-3350, extension 350. Nowadays, with cellphones, I don't remember anybody's phone number. Remember how we used to memorize all of our friend's phone numbers by heart? - Or this post by HossC - my first real job was working at that exact Standard Shoes store, I was 15 or 16. Of course, the decor was a lot less psychedelic by the time I was working there, but other than the colors, it was absolutely identical to those photos. Seeing those photos was a real flashback! - Or this other post by HossC - I used to be a regular at the Dresden, as well as at the Onyx coffee house (1802 N. Vermont), so it was quite a thrill to see what those places looked like back in the 1950s. I knew the Dresden's original owner, Carl Ferraro, and have been seeing Marty and Elayne perform since the early 90s. I still know people there, in fact I just got a text message from one of them who's working there right now. - So yeah, it's been great rekindling all these old memories in this thread - and that's in addition to the subject matter of the thread, old LA buildings, one of my greatest interests! So thanks once again, ER, for giving us all a place to reminisce about old time LA! |
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I have actually sung with Marty and Elayne several times; it was some of the most fun I've ever had in front of an audience. I am definitely going there soon with my wife. If it's a Tuesday, maybe I'll even sing! |
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The "Spaghetti Derby" is what Lucy orders in the famous "L.A. at Last" episode when they eat at the Brown Derby. (Although Lucy only says "I'll have the spaghetti," but she emphasizes wanting lots of "meat sauce." And, or course, Fred explains what a "Derby Salad" is.) Quote:
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They helped another local LA band get their first recording contract. Ever hear of The Doors? :) https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/...20170510212910 (https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/...20170510212910) |
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From the Facebook group "Somewhere in Time." Image courtesy Bill Shepard https://scontent-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...7a&oe=5B3CA16D https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4625/...33051ca0_c.jpg |
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All I know of the place is that my great-grandmother bought it "in the 20s", and that (judging by the age of my dad) the photo I have appears to be from the mid-30s - I wonder if the structure survived until the 60s-70s? Quote:
I hope Marty and Elayne stay there as long as they can - the place wouldn't be the same without them. By the way, at what time was the Dresden one of your hangouts? The period when I spent my most time there was between 1992 and 1999. Do you remember any of your bartenders' names? |
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After that post I corresponded with John Bengtson by email, and he was able to provide me with some information that helped me find a few pictures of my grandmother and grandfather which I'd never seen before. Many of you already know that John has written some truly fascinating books about the locations in LA where the movies of Chaplin, Keaton, and Lloyd were shot - I'd imagine most of the people in this thread would really enjoy reading his books, which are positively stuffed with photos with photos of 1920s Los Angeles. I don't mean to come across as a shill, I just really love his books, and reading them was one of the things that brought me to this thread when I started Googling some of the locations he writes about. I haven't posted much about my family's silent movie history here because, though the time period is correct, it has nothing to do with architecture. That said, I trust it won't cause too much trouble if I post just one studio photo of my grandmother... https://i.imgur.com/zsBTEl0.jpg That's grandma Elva as a Mack Sennett Bathing Beauty, seen with Keystone Teddy, the Sennett dog, and star in his own right. Some Teddy links: http://normanstudios.org/blog/2017/0...s-best-friend/ https://ladailymirror.com/2015/07/06...s-best-friend/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_(dog) |
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