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From left to right, the buildings are the Trenton at 427 S Olive, furnished rooms belonging to Mrs Elizabeth Collier at 422 S Grand, the St Clair/Sinclair Apartments at 414 S Grand, the Rose Mansion (the Victorian) at 4th and Grand, and the Fremont at 401 S Olive. |
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I believe the original post that may have mentioned Bryn Mawr has disappeared from NLA. April 2, 1924 - Hollywood. http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/single...id/4234/rec/26 http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/single...id/4234/rec/26 Looking for information on this cloistered group of eight Hollywood bungalows. Or is it two Barns or Cape Cod style structures and six bungalows? http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 Palmer Photoplay, 6362 Hollywood. http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 |
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Here's my question:
Exactly how fast do you have to be driving in order to jump the freeway divider? This is the 5 Freeway (Santa Ana) near the Atlantic Blvd exit, right near what is now the Citadel Outlet Mall. http://www.martinturnbull.com/wp-con...drail19401.jpg |
And that lady is still holding on to her cigarette between her fingers there inspecting her? car there. (hand on car) Oh the style of the time and cigarette smoke stench that I don't miss at all! ;)
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Available on Blueray and Beta? 1915 - Clune Studios, shooting "Ramona." http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...C43D8XCFFV.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...C43D8XCFFV.jpg 1916 - Ramona, Get your tickets early! http://www.anndvorak.com/cms/wp-cont.../02/ramona.jpghttp://www.anndvorak.com/cms/wp-cont.../02/ramona.jpg 1916 - Clune http://artsmeme.com/wp-content/uploa...tudio-1916.jpghttp://artsmeme.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04 /Clune-Studio-1916.jpg Another Iowa picnic? 1918 - Clune co. (Unclear that Clune is in this photo. Possibly at far left? Is that a left fist or a shrunken head? :koko:) http://artsmeme.com/wp-content/uploa...units-1918.jpghttp://artsmeme.com/wp-content/uploa...units-1918.jpg Clune in 1930 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...art&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...art&DMROTATE=0 1927 Tec Art/ Clune https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.n...48c83056d539d1https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.n...48c83056d539d1 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=24154 1915 - J. Clune residence 1424 W. 8th Street 1930 - J.Walter Clune http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...une&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...une&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...une&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...une&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...id/30144/rec/1 |
:previous: Very interesting history of Clune Studios BRR.
I'm hoping someone can dig up a larger scan of this 1922 map. (I don't believe we've seen it before on NLA) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/633/bA0L6y.jpg http://metroprimaryresources.info/19...or-relief/281/ "Grade Crossing Elimination and Union Depot Plan" 1922 Is that two side-by-side roundhouses east of the L.A. River? (I can only read a few of the captions) __ |
Heavy March rains and a sink-hole, 1938.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/661/jBEZf9.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/904/tOMsji.jpg ebay So what is the building with the dome? I'm trying to locate this spot on GSV. __ |
A couple of racially insensitive ads.
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Hand-painted photograph showing a flapper-type girl posing on a car bumper in the Santa Monica Mountains, 1920s
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Other posts about King's Tropical Inn: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=8536 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=21610 |
Farewell to Little Tokyo 3/28/42.
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...DrugStore1.jpg http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...DrugStore2.jpg eBay According to the 1942 CD, Mr and Mrs Katsujiro Iseri lived at 3504 Folsom Street. The property websites say the current house at that address was built in 1912. The Iseri's drug store was at 305 E 1st Street. Most of the buildings on that side of the block look like they've been there a while - could this be the Iseris' drug store? http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...DrugStore3.jpg GSV |
Hollywood Roosevelt Plaza Hotels, 1941
The front of this building says "Hollywood Roosevelt Plaza Hotels" and yet it's clearly not part of the Roosevelt Hotel on Hollywood Blvd.
A streetcar is running past it, but it might be Hollywood Blvd, but has anybody seen this before? The notation on this puts this at Highland and Cahuenga, which I guess is approximately outside the entrance to the Hollywood Bowl...? http://www.martinturnbull.com/wp-con...ene-Lentz1.jpg http://www.martinturnbull.com/wp-con...Lentz-copy.jpg For those of you interested in Hollywood history, apparently costume designed Irene Lentz (more commonly known simply as Irene) had a shop in this complex for a while. |
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With such large signage, it is doubtful that entrepreneur, William "Billy" Clune, wished to go unnoticed. From the Historic LA Theaters' site: Quote:
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As a not-so-subtle reminder, there really is a lot of great reference material in this thread. :hi: http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/show...postcount=2878 http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5260/...31dc998f_o.jpghttp://farm6.static.flickr.com/5260/...31dc998f_o.jpg |
Mandela near 7th & Olive (now Soi 7) - 1937 vs Now:
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in Los Angeles' - you can find it on archive.org. The full report is around 600 pages long, and it's packed with information, statistics, photos and diagrams. I've picked out a selection of photos and diagrams for this post, although I may revisit the report at a later date. I'm sure other members will be able to pull completely different information and images from the same document. Despite searching the report a couple of times, I can't see the map above. The one below is the nearest I could find. NB. I've kept most of the following images fairly large to try and preserve the legibility of the captions. Some of them have had their levels tweaked for clarity. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original archive.org It may be hard to see on the map above, but one of the proposed locations for Union Station was west of Alameda Street, directly on top of the Plaza. The detail below shows the old Plaza location under the platforms, while a New Plaza would be built to the south. The southwest corner of the New Plaza would have extended nearly to the future site of the new City Hall. Macy Street would be elevated over the tracks and join up to the Broadway tunnel. It looks like Olvera Street, Pico House and the Brunswig building were due to be obliterated instead of Chinatown. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original archive.org Here's an artist's impression of how the new station and plaza would look. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original archive.org Another idea had the new station roughly where it was eventually built, although with the platforms running parallel to Aliso Street. The terminal building seems to bisect Alameda Street, and the Plaza also gets a redesign. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original archive.org Yet another scheme involved building the new terminal at the Arcade Depot site, and included a radial design for the New Plaza. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original archive.org Have we seen this station before? Its caption says it was the first Los Angeles railroad station, located at Commercial and Alameda Streets. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...6.jpg~original archive.org This station has definitely appeared before - BifRayRock posted an aerial view of Salt Lake Station in post #7837, and noted that it was "awfully close to the LA River". In fact it was on the east bank of the LA River, directly south of First Street. I think the station was being demolished in BifRayRock's picture, because the roof details have all gone. You can see a streetcar heading for the station in post #14469 by Chuckaluck. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...7.jpg~original archive.org |
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Little newsie with big news...
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Here's a couple more diagrams. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...673/6v5kA6.jpg https://archive.org/stream/railroadg...ge/n5/mode/2up http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/674/gvPUPL.jpg https://archive.org/stream/railroadg...ge/n5/mode/2up __ |
~1929 - Wilson Drug Co. - 100 S Vermont Ave. (Per '29 CD another at 3526 W. Washington)
http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics37/00068475.jpghttp://jpg3.lapl.org/pics37/00068475.jpg Late '20s - Drug store, Washington Blvd. and Western. Now a mini-mall mecca. http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics37/00068451.jpghttp://jpg3.lapl.org/pics37/00068451.jpg Undated - Sun Drugs - Hollywood and Cahuenga (6384 Hollywood Blvd.) http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics03/00011322.jpghttp://jpg2.lapl.org/pics03/00011322.jpg (Early '20s?) Sun Drugs, 561 S Broadway In the '23 Directory there are at least 20 listed Sun Drug Stores http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics17/00008050.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/pics17/00008050.jpg |
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-rare cabinet card / Old Chinatown, circa 1898.
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Does anyone know who might have worn this type of badge at City Hall (around 1928)?
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Post-War housing by Spiros Ponty, 1947.
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Schwabs mens store, 6358 Hollywood Blvd
Does anyone know if this Schwabs mens store at 6358 Hollywood Blvd belonged to the same Schwabs family of pharmacy fame?
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...y.jpg~original news.google.com From Spiros G. Ponty's obituary in the LA Times (January 26, 1989): "Spiros G. Ponty, a Greek immigrant who not only built thousands of homes in Los Angeles but led efforts to provide long-term mortgages so returning war veterans and others could afford to buy them, died Monday at St. John's Medical Center in Santa Monica. He was 88. A restaurateur as a young man who later became an assistant business manager to film producer-director Cecil B. De Mille, Ponty began in the housing business as a real estate salesman. From 1929 until his eyesight began to fail in 1963, he built homes in Westwood, Norwalk, Beverly Hills, South-Central Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley. They ranged from the economical to the elegant, and his 147 Spanish Colonial Revival homes in the Carthay Circle area of West Los Angeles--each one unique--are historical landmarks." |
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We recently saw Calla Lilly 'detergent'....now here's the White King. (and it's full of 80 year old soap!)
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Now this is amazing...the Westwood Observation Tower, shown here in 1928.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/743/WmvDsN.jpg http://heyler.com/blog/amh-westwood-tower "Built by the Janss Investment Corporation in the 1920s, this oddly shaped tower was located on the northeast corner of Wilshire and Beverly Glen Boulevards. It stood at 420 feet above sea level, making it the highest point on Wilshire Boulevard at the time and was used primarily as a landmark advertisement. At night, the lightning bolts along the sides and the 'WESTWOOD' sign would light up and be seen for miles. Potential home owners were allowed to climb the tower to get a better view of the new community and identify the lot they would like to purchase." -one more look / wider view http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/743/beFHEQ.jpg Now to find some photographs taken from the observation deck showing the surrounding area and development! You know they must exist somewhere. It's now my quest. ;) |
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ER, after a bit of research on the issue of the twin roundhouses shown on this map I have come to the conclusion that a bit of artistic license was taken by the person who created it. The facility in question would be the original Los Angeles & Salt Lake (later Union Pacific) yards and backshops on the east bank of the LA River. These extended from 1st Street down to 7th Street. They were eliminated when Union Pacific built its East Los Angeles Yard and and shops six miles south of LA near Montebello in 1924. Page 77 of John R. Signor’s history titled The Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company – Union Pacific’s Salt Lake Route, contains an excellent photo of one roundhouse and a rectangular shop building taken from the 4th Street viaduct in 1915. Nowhere in the book is a second roundhouse mentioned. Looking over the document 'Railroad Grade Crossing Elimination and Passenger and Freight Terminals in Los Angeles' referenced by yourself and HossC failed to show twin roundhouses on any of the maps or in any of the photos. It is quite a wonderful document, by the way. Cheers, Jack |
When I first noticed these photos I was...like...huh?...'til I saw what they were.
I like these kinds of photos that are "real" photos, but link the present with our personal notions of the past... http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...Film_Shoot.jpg http://en.wikimedia.org/wiki/photos/File:Black_Dahlia_Film_Shoot_2 These two photos were taken on Hollywood Blvd. in front of the Pantages during the film shoot in 2005 for The Black Dahlia film. (Which I do not recommend.) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...lm_Shoot_2.jpg |
I don't recall seeing this particular photo on NLA before, though the area around Sunset and Vine has been
extensively covered. It's taken from the southeast corner under the neon canopy of Carpenter's Drive-In. We see Wallich's, Capitol Records, Coffee Dan's, the Gruen Watch Time billboard and NBC among others. (Feel free to name them!) http://waterandpower.org/4%20Histori...ters_1940s.jpgDWP/LAPL The photo is dated c.1940's. Do you agree with that? I know TV came into fruition in the late 1940's but I didn't think Wallich's was that early with their store "TV" advertising. |
We've covered the NBC Radio City Building on Sunset and Vine many times.
Here's a few photos of their NBC Color City Studios in Burbank. http://www.scottymoore.net/images/NBC/1958.jpg Photo by Frank Thomas 1958 http://www.scottymoore.net/images/NB...9e03e778_z.jpg NBC Color City on Alameda Ave. in Burbank - ca. 1960 http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...x/audition.JPG The Monkees in front of NBC, from episode "The Audition" 1966 http://www.scottymoore.net/images/NBC/ebay1.jpg Postcard Photo by Ellis-Sawyer 1968/Ebay |
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These nice little houses, in 2014, are now selling for around:.......$500,000. ......My aunt owned one like these from 1948 till it was paid off in 1978. Her monthly payment was about $50. We sold it in 1987 for $110K and divided the proceeds 5 ways. The neighbors thought our selling price was outrageously high. I wonder what they think now? These late 1940s tract homes were very nice. They were all lath~plaster with beautiful hardwood floors. They had large garages with storage space. For their time and day, they were modern and up-to-date. As my mother once said, '' those houses are like pearls on a necklace." |
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Looking for some vintage photos- 3rd & Main
Does anyone have, or remember seeing on this thread or elsewhere, any vintage (really any time period) of the corner of 3rd Street & Main? There are many impressive/historic buildings around this area (Bradbury bldg & Douglas bldg to the West, St. Vibiana to the North, etc). There is a small one-story building on the NW corner, with some dive bars and a Mean Streets Cross-Fit gym in it that has so far escaped the areas' gentrification.
Walking around the building the otherday, I could see traces of mosaic tile floor and a more impressive facade that's been covered up with ugly 70's aluminum slats. It appears the building might have been something bigger and more impressive back in the day, and was wondering if anyone knew anything about it? |
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