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:previous: I have to disagree jg6544. The thread is over four years old, beating a subject to death is our modus operandi. ;)
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...537/4657c9.jpg ebay I'm curious...what's going on above the gate. I was immediately reminded me of fraternal globes. like these... http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/538/cfa11c.jpg http://ram-il.org/chapters/chapters-temples/ "Globe lights bearing the symbols to indicate the various Masonic organizations in the temple, including the triple-tau, equilateral triangle, and circle." Or perhaps it's something as simple as Chinese lanterns above the gate. Whatever it is, I've never seen anything quite like it. |
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That clock looks big enough to rival San Diego's Jessop timekeeper! Was there an unspoken rivalry? ;) An explanation for why the Lincoln Heights Sidewalk Clock face looks new and has a differing orientation. Quote:
More background? Facts are sketchy. One source suggests a connection with De Caro Jewlery in 1906 and/or Italian Jewelry Co. 2426 North Broadway As best I can tell, in 1918, Arturo De Caro was the manager of Italian Jewelry at 205 N. Spring Street. Sometime thereafter De Caro Jewelry and Italian Jewlery took up shop at 2423 N. Broadway. (2426 would have placed the clock on the opposite side of the street.) Have not located any written or pictorial evidence that the clock was once on Spring Street or that De Caro had something to do with the clock's placement, purchase and/or maintenance. Would expect the evidence is locatable. Same with additional info on the massive Montgomery Brothers Clock at Seventh and Hope. Should it lead to further information, there is a listing of "Seth Thomas Tower Clocks" that inludes some of the recently mentioned Los Angeles names.;) Los Angeles, Alhambra High School Los Angeles, Brock & Co. Los Angeles, Court House Los Angeles, Italian Jewelry Co. LosAngeles, Los Angeles Brewing Co. Los Angeles, Montgomery Bros., Street Clock Los Angeles, Premier Fireproof Storage Company Los Angeles, E. W. Reynolds Co. http://homepages.sover.net/~donnl/thomas.html 1892 http://www.sterlingflatwarefashions....Bros1892Ad.jpghttp://www.sterlingflatwarefashions....Bros1892Ad.jpg Los Angeles' Farmer's Market/Grove evidently recognizes a good thing as there is a Sidewalk Clock installed there. https://toemail.files.wordpress.com/...ivallife-2.jpghttps://toemail.files.wordpress.com/...ivallife-2.jpg Clocks embedded in LA concrete? Bet there is or was a sundial or two on or near a sidewalk. But for the myriad of photos taken there, the non-public spider pool might have had a lot of things embedded in its sidewalks and pools . . . http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=16194 Banjo traffic signal reminds me of a sidewalk clock? "Stop and Go - like clockwork?" :rolleyes: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ock&DMROTATE=0 1936 -East Colorado and South Marengo "High Noon in Pasa" http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ock&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ock&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ock&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ock&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co.../84249/rec/325 1929 - Liggett and Puretest Drug Store window display (Euclid and Colorado) What time did King Gillette say it was? 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/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/single.../id/2811/rec/9 |
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I don't remember seeing the Reddi-Wip building before, at 8025 Melrose. "Reddi Foods" and "Reddi Pressure Products" are listed there in the 1960 CD. Has anyone seen better pictures of the can? Reminds me of ER's Arden/Crescent Creamery bottles. [QUOTE=jg6544;6657266] Quote:
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:previous: Thanks for that link GW. That's a wonderful little website with a great purpose.
Now my goal is to find a photograph of the dog fountain. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...673/1ead53.jpg https://www.facebook.com/savetheSMBs...oderne?fref=nf -Here's a better look at the art deco stainless steel (?) numbers. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...910/91cf95.jpg https://www.facebook.com/savetheSMBs...oderne?fref=nf __ |
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And if you like our dessert topping, what's going on with your salads? Unfamiliar with this product or its caloric and nutiritional value, but it would make a good building topper! http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics24/00046920.jpghttp://jpg2.lapl.org/pics24/00046920.jpg Aaron Soffer Lapin; Founded Reddi-Wip Inc. Quote:
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On or off topping? Relevance can be subtle or maybe non-existent. Dairy or non-dairy? https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/i...qRA7EmT6a6jiAghttps://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/i...qRA7EmT6a6jiAg Hebert Alpert https://herbalpert.herbalpertpresent...c2afed8934.jpghttps://herbalpert.herbalpertpresent...c2afed8934.jpg A&M Records (El Garbanzo?) https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8431/7...e44c35ff_z.jpghttps://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8431/7...e44c35ff_z.jpg 1416 N. La Brea http://www.oocities.org/hollywood/1096/chapstu1.jpghttp://www.oocities.org/hollywood/1096/chapstu1.jpg On or off topic II? From Melrose dessert topping to Mass transit on . . . Mass Transit http://www.creativepro.com/files/sto...SAWG_fg09a.jpghttp://www.creativepro.com/files/sto...SAWG_fg09a.jpg |
Re: the VW ad. One of David Ogilvy's classics. His book, "Confessions of an Advertising Man," is dated and definitely non-PC, but the chapter entitled "How to Write Potent Copy" guided me through many a successful technical proposal.
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"An Idea" (Shop name?) Is it a '49 or '50 Shoebox? 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 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 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 http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/compou...id/5737/rec/13 |
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In fact, if anyone gets down to the Library before I do: MONKEY ISLAND -- LOS ANGELES Know your Los Angeles R 979.41 L881V02 |
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Vanished Van Nuys
There's nothing I like better than vintage hand-tinted glass slides; they usually seem to be of gardens, but this one of the Whitley house, said to be from 1909, is great: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-F...2520PM.bmp.jpg More from The Museum of the San Fernanado Valley Closer to newly built: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-q...2520PM.bmp.jpg https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-c...2520PM.bmp.jpgLAT March 12, 1911 https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-p...2520PM.bmp.jpghttps://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-l...2520PM.bmp.jpghttps://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-R...2520PM.bmp.jpg LAT Oct 10, 1920/June 25, 1929/May 10, 1931 Whitley sold the house in 1920; by 1929, it was the El Vaquero Saddle Club, the life of which seems to have been shortened by the Crash. A Christian Science school was another occupant before a mortuary firm took it over in 1939.... https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-T...2520PM.bmp.jpghttps://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-A...2520PM.bmp.jpg LAT Aug 29, 1937/Feb 20, 1940 |
:previous: That color slide of the Whitley House is beautiful GW.
I found this fine home on ebay yesterday. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/674/3f6ddd.jpg reverse http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...539/4843b1.jpg Residence at North Pasadena. __ |
Does anyone recognize this early beauty?
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...536/30ed80.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...538/3a8310.jpgebay -she's ready for her close-up. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/540/c86387.jpg detail ..looks like she has veneers on her teeth. __ |
Mystery Island.....Let's Go!!!
Kinda reminds me of the ever popular noirish Monkey Island. Sorry its not but it was a part of Pacific Ocean Park.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psd43f2347.jpg Boing The Mystery Island Banana Train was P.O.P.'s knockout punch--a true escape from the urban environment of Los Angeles. After queuing, riders would board a unique conveyance: the charming miniature Banana Train. The cab and engine were located in the rear, pushing, rather than pulling the open-air, bamboo-clad cars. The drivers of the trains delivered a live spiel, describing the sights while telling pithy jokes along the way. Leaving the longhouse, guests would spy a miniature, thatched hut, home to a live parrot. Passing under another grass-roofed structure, a menacing cannibal glared down at from above, after which visitors would pass through the native's village, where the driver would joke that they would later be invited to dinner. |
You never know where it will lead.
For some strange reason a closer look at Saratoga Springs' sidewalk or tower clock reminded me of a glossed over image of the Van Nuys Building in downtown LA. I have no information other than what you see, including some very small pedestrians. Whether height is added by the camera angle remains uncertain. The clock is certainly imposing, but apparently not Montgomery Brothers-BIG. :uhh: 1967 http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...J78GDABI3F.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...J78GDABI3F.jpg This may be a repost that I missed the first go round. Sorry if it is. Marveling over all of those glass globes. (There could be a clock amongst them, but you'd never know it. :shrug:) 1924 Fourth and Main http://waterandpower.org/Historical_...ourth_1924.jpghttp://waterandpower.org/Historical_...ourth_1924.jpg |
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I think the lower half of this 1952 aerial shows the former Whitley mansion. As the article in GW's link says, the site is now a Toyota dealership. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...n.jpg~original Historic Aerials I deliberately included a small portion of Van Nuys Boulevard above Oxnard Street in the aerial above because the buildings below can be seen on the northeast corner of that intersection. It's the Department of Water and Power at 6000 Van Nuys Boulevard, seen here is 1926. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original USC Digital Library It's since been replaced by this building. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original GSV Here's another Department of Water and Power building that I don't think we've seen before. It was at 1613 North Cahuenga Boulevard. The picture is dated 1932. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original waterandpower.org This one is still around, although it's now a restaurant called 3Dog Cantina. To me, the paint on the upper detailing makes it look like a modern fiberglass addition. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original GSV |
Thanks HossC. Noticed a couple of other "possibly" overlooked eye-catchers over at DWP.
1937 Hollywood Branch. (My power would go out during rain storms in LA. I therefore prefer the dependability of a gas-powered Maytag with the additional benefit of adding a "smog infused" aroma. Hearing protection optional. I would be afraid to tell that to the gentleman in the background. :rolleyes:) Notice windows open for ventilation! http://waterandpower.org/2%20Histori...ood_Branch.jpghttp://waterandpower.org/2%20Histori...ood_Branch.jpg 1933 - 2536 Brooklyn Ave. (Now Cesar Chavez) http://waterandpower.org/Historical_...nch_Office.jpghttp://waterandpower.org/Historical_...nch_Office.jpg https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5005/5...f6310373a5.jpghttps://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5005/5...f6310373a5.jpg |
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