clearly mislabeled on eBay


Could this finally be the long-sought-after proof that the Statler Hilton had a helipad?

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/908/9f2Ck1.jpg
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...909/ns7YGB.jpg
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-196...item5b0e4125a7

In the distance..........the Brown-Leigh Apartments....the Hotel Victor...


below: I found the Hotel Victor in the 1956 directory. 616 St. Paul Avenue

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LAPL




http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...901/yy3KJd.jpg
google-earth

Then it dawned on me....is the helicopter taking off from the roof of the Statler Hilton!?
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I posted this matchbook several months ago.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/673/3U2MXW.jpg
eBay

...but none of us could find any proof of a working helipad.
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oops. I wanted to include this in my previous post.

This is amazing CityBoyDoug! Thanks so much for the link.

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Dinosaur Eggs
 

Your bringing this up again finally flogged my memory about this phenomenon. I remember reading some years back that at the time they were popularly believed to be dinosaur eggs!

Here's a link to a Google Books excerpt that gives a bit of detail:

https://books.google.com/books?id=u7...20blvd&f=false

Focusing on Jean Harlow, it is somewhat laughable that the source fails to identify this icon, although it names her somewhat easier to forget counterparts. In any case, the next three photos appear to be from the 1933 National Air Races at Mines Field. Jean looks like she knew how to enjoy herself.

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Jean and San Fran Pilot Ray Moore
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Jan Heuks and Jean
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1933 - http://waterandpower.org/4%20Histori...Field_1933.jpghttp://waterandpower.org/4%20Histori...Field_1933.jpg


Jean and Packard in front of her Beverly Hills residence
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Windswept Jean
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Jean in her '32 Packard. Don't text and drive.
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Evidently, Jean struck a posed for the '33 National Air Race Trophy:shrug:
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Yes, CBD we are seeing it differently, which is good. I have my romantic wish that Bunker Hill had been kept unbuilt as a public amenity as New York did Central Park. As I said before, I don't mind the tunnels and an incline railway or two might have worked out depending on the design. The Olmsteds would have had fun with it. I would have been happy with paths and a few oaks dotted about. (Court Flight's steep slope was caused by the Fort Street cut and Angels Flight's by the grading away of the lower slope to put in Hill Street). There would have been less salable real estate, but with all our sprawl, we never seem to lack for land anyway.

All blood under the bridge now (as a friend used to say), but it's still fun to think about the "if onlys" :-)

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-E...63634%2BPM.jpg
lapl


Perfect! Now there's an answer that should satisfy everybody. I'm a believer :-)

Regarding the "Malamute," reputed to have been the first saloon to open in Los Angeles after Prohibition's repeal, I question the source of this assertion. It is true that LA had more than it's fair share of novelty restaurants, but that doesn't guarantee that all themed restaurants were located in the city limits. The previously posted images strike me as having been located just as easily at or near a boardwalk as once might have existed at or near Ocean Park or the Long Beach Pike. :shrug:


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The Pike, Edit: 1936, according to one source http://www.millikanalumni.com/Pike/PikeHistory.html
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Pike Postcard
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I posted this detail which includes the Brownleigh/Brown Leigh Apartments and the Victor Apartments back in December 2013, but since I failed to name any of the apartment buildings in the text, they won't show up in searches. The picture also includes the Harbour Apartments.

The Brownleigh Apartments appear in the 1972 movie 'Hickey & Boggs'. At least some of the interior shots were filmed on location as well. Here's the front of the building on St Paul Avenue.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ckeyBoggs1.jpg
MGM

Bill Cosby and Robert Culp hiding on the Harbor Freeway side.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ckeyBoggs2.jpg
MGM

I'm guessing that must be the Victor with the "Single Apartments" sign. The site of the little house from the Cityscape seems to be a parking lot.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ckeyBoggs3.jpg
MGM

A view up St Paul Avenue.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ckeyBoggs4.jpg
MGM

St Paul Avenue today.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ckeyBoggs5.jpg
GSV

[q

The Los Angeles County Assessor has a build date on the Egyptian court as 1925. There are 10 apartment on the property and there is no "remodeling" date which would indicate that it has been left pretty much alone since 1925

:previous: Thanks oldstuff.


I am so glad you remembered this Otis! I don't feel so crazy now. :)

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https://books.google.com/books?id=u7...20blvd&f=false

"The spheres seem to be, for the most part, perfectly round, not oval or flattened."

-but it doesn't say what formed the 'spheres'. - were they 'polished' by rolling around on the ocean floor? (half-jest)

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Corrected. Note source following image "1936."

While playing host to a multitude of Pacific Fleet sailors and seamen, Long Beach probably offered a lotta things - even in the early part of the last century. :whisper:

1924 - Pike Panorama
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Sailors on Liberty in Long Beach (date unk)
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HossC, thanks for the follow-up on the Helicab photograph. I liked the screen-grabs of Hickey & Boggs.

...but where do you think this helipad was located- Do you think it was the Statler?

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...909/ns7YGB.jpg
eBay

I just noticed you can see the Union Oil Center at far right under the tail blades.---->

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Of course, I don't know, but I'm getting a '50's vibe from this one.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/661/7Daaml.jpg
posted by Richard Herreck at https://www.facebook.com/VintageLosAngeles

Grauman's is in the distance, and the Hollywood Hotel is in the trees at far right.

OK, I'm now just about definite that the Helicab was on the Statler Hilton. This image from the same seller shows a different view from a 1962 Helicab tour. On the left is the southern arm of the Statler Hilton, with the Wellington Apartment Hotel in the center. Going back to the original image (above), the black and white sign just visible in the lower-right corner is the top of the sign for the Rex Arms.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original
eBay

Here's a detail from a USC image that they date at 1968. The Wellington is to the left of the Statler Hilton, and the Rex Arms is above the Wellington. Originally, the "Statler Hilton" signs were on the roofs of the arms on the west (the left of this image). In this picture, the lettering on the northern arm has been moved along to a different roof, and there's definitely a rectangular structure where it used to be. This would be the right location for the picture above.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original
Detail of picture in USC Digital Library

:previous: Great sleuthing HossC! You located the Statler helipad!
I thought it would have been on the opposite end of the roof on that raised portion.(where it's wider)

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below: This is an exciting find.

"1947 Albany Street Los Angeles California Rare Photo Martinette Apt. Bldg."

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/1947-Albany-...item541bb6d70a

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...540/Scm9ce.jpg

In the distance, under the hand-written x is the Albany Apartment building (there's a sign if you look real close). The Martinette might be the brick building on the right, but I'm not sure.

detail / the Albany sign (Is that tall building in the distance the old Mayfair Hotel?)
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detail

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LAPL

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LAPL


The Albany Apartments and the other building on the left (west) side of the street are gone. -replaced by the Loyola Law School Parking Garage.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...673/dHdGU4.jpg
GSV


...and here's the east side of the 900 block of Albany Street. Pretty much the same!

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/633/86A4Ka.jpg
GSV

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Here is another interesting photograph of Albany Street from the same eBay seller.

"1947 Albany Street Los Angeles California Rare Photo Collins Apartment"

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/537/CT0HCN.jpg
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...540/j0rJAp.png
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1947-Albany-...item20f84f1a49


http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...673/JjvRxR.jpg
LAPL

above: I've highlighted the Albany Apt. and the Martinette Apt. (from the previous post) and the Collins Apt. (shown below)


enlargement
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/908/vaU1Bj.jpg

I'm a bit confused where the Collins fits into the scheme of things on Albany. (and I'm still not sure which building in the previous post was the Martinette)
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*OK I figured it out. The Collins was lost to the Loyola Parking Garage. (I don't know why I was thinking it was across the street)

And......after looking at both 1947 photographs, I believe the first photograph (below) was taken from the second tier of the Collins Apt. front porch!! -pretty cool huh :)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...540/9LovsJ.jpg

It makes things so much easier when old photos come with locations. This is 1320 E 49th Street, 5-20-'07. The 1909 and 1911 CDs have a stove repairer called Jacob W King at that address. By 1915 he's just listed as a "repair man". Sadly, the little house is no longer there.

The reverse has a pencil-written transcription of the sign:

"GASOLENE STOVES CLEANED. LAWN MOWERS SHARPED (SIC)"

I think they actually spelled "Gasoline" correctly on the sign, but it does say "Sharped".

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...acobWKing1.jpg
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...acobWKing2.jpg
eBay

"1951, Columbia Avenue Los Angeles California Dar-Mar Arms Apartment Photo"

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/1951-Columbi...item541bb70428

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Dar-Mar Arms Apartment 814 Columbia Ave. Los Angeles



This one is still standing. :) (but with a hideous 'cage' door)


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GSV

very nice details
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to give you an idea where Columbia Avenue is
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...540/QofSzF.jpg
google_earth

NLAers, I just came a second photograph with that roof-top sign in the distance.
Luckily this one has the location.

"3032 in Palm Place loop South Gate"

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/910/Dmmfus.jpg
https://www.flickr.com/photos/30993133@N04/


By having the name, I was able to find this aerial by Harry Marnell.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...540/yGCa3E.jpg
http://harrymarnell.net/palmplsky.jpg

But I haven't located that market yet.
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:previous:

It's Serber's Foods, which is listed at 2620 Santa Ana Street, South Gate in the 1956, 1960 and 1973 CDs. This image is dated 1954.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...rbersFoods.jpg
ozfan22 on Flickr

BTW. I've just found the original image in the Metro Library and Archive on Flickr, and it has the title "J line at Palm Pl. loop".

:previous: Thanks for locating the market Hoss. I really appreciate it.
The sloped roof looks extremely large. I see 4 oversized vents and 2 extremely tall refrigeration units. (not to mention the top-heavy rooftop sign)
Is it still standing? (I'll have to check it out)

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I believe this is not a Packard but instead a 1932 or 1933 Auburn. Does anyone agree?

Auburn
 

Auburn.....lovely car for sure. Probably a bit pricey in those days, also.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psbjyi78ew.jpg
remarkablecars

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auburn_Automobile

Harry Marnell's aerial shows the Palm Place Loop after the area was redeveloped in the 1970s. Here's a 1972 aerial with Santa Ana Street going straight through between Long Beach Boulevard and Seville Avenue. I've marked Serber's Foods and the original loop.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...Street1972.jpg
Historic Aerials

By 1980, the Serber's Foods building and the loop had become part of a parking lot for a new mall which was built on the original alignment of Santa Ana Street. Santa Ana Street still exists on this block, but it's now a much narrower street which zig-zags behind the mall. The loop, as marked on Harry Marnell's aerial, had moved to its current location south of Palm Place.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...Street1980.jpg
Historic Aerials


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Yesterday there was a message on PhotoBucket saying they were performing maintenance on the site, but everything appeared to work OK for me. Today I found that all 10 images that I uploaded yesterday were replaced by a small message saying the image had been moved or deleted. This problem only seems to have affected the images I uploaded yesterday, and I have re-uploaded them. I have since read that PhotoBucket has a limit of 2500 images per album, and I appear to have hit that limit. Seeing as Photobucket didn't warn me that I'd reached this limit, it's possible that other images have disappeared. If anyone spots any more images of mine replaced with a similar message, please PM me - thanks.

Jacob W. King was born in Missouri in about 1845. His wife was Clara (Galbriath). Maybe that is Clara in the picture on the porch. They had a daughter Nelly and in the 1910 Census there was also a boarder, Ida Davis, living with them. Jacob is listed in that Census as a "stove repairer". In 1900 they were living in Illinois and were in LA by 1907 when the picture was taken. Jacob does not appear in any census after 1910.

They appear in the 1900 Census in Keithsburg, Illinois and Jacob's occupation at that time was a "button cutter". Button cutters would literally make buttons out of shells.

More Healthful and . . . um . . . Ben Hur Wins Again!


1932
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And He means it!

1932 RKO Publicity shot
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This slide comes with the following details:

Location: 7th Av EB at Los Angeles St (Pacific Electric tracks curving to 6th & Main surface yard)
Route: S
Date: 1948

It's obviously E 7th Street, not 7th Avenue, but otherwise the location is correct.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original
eBay

The sign above the streetcar identifies the building on the left as one of the M J Connell Buildings. These now seem to be called the Cornell Buildings (see post #14670 and post #15886), but according to santeecourt.com, this corner building is now the Connell Building. Here's the view today.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original
GSV


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Thanks for the extra information on Jacob W King, oldstuff.

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I've been working on another house-history site to go along with those on Berkeley Square, Wilshire Boulevard, and St. James Park--this one, on Fremont Place. There are now 19 in the "inventory," more to come: fremontplace.blogspot.com

Facebook page HERE

Good to see you GW!

Agreed - it's great to hear from you again, GW.

I've just had a quick read through your post about #61 Fremont Place (top-right in the image above). I posted some more recent photos of it in post #19436, but other than finding the "same single source" that mentions Myron Hunt, I didn't delve much into its history. Thanks for providing the interesting background details. Now I'll have to read your posts about the other 18 houses!

Actually . . . it may have been a Sanders System Drive In.

Per source, Sanders Chain Store, circa 1930 (Looking for listings.)





Sanders 1

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Sanders 2
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Sanders System Interior 1

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Sanders System Interior 2
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I found this slide on eBay earlier today. We've seen Ken Clark's Pontiac dealership at 3740 Crenshaw before on NLA (see below), but not this one.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...AKenClark1.jpg
eBay

The seller dates the picture above as 1940s, and the Crenshaw site was still an empty lot until at least 1952, so I had to look elsewhere. I Googled Ken Clark Pontiac, but all the first hits I got were for the Crenshaw address. Then I found a 2010 newsletter on encasedcollectorsinternational.org which has a "Guest Article" by "John C Clark (youngest of 3 sons of Kenneth DeLoss Clark)". Here's an extract:

"My father was Ken Clark. His first dealership was in Los Angeles at an address on Jefferson Blvd. Then, he expanded to what I believe was 4242 Crenshaw Blvd. (not sure - would have to research to double verify).

In the 50's, his last dealership before he sold it out in about 1960 to Majestic Pontiac was Ken Clark Pontiac at 3740 Crenshaw Blvd., at the corner of Crenshaw and Coliseum. That dealership stayed in business until around 2000, as the community then deteriorated and the dealers left Crenshaw Row, one by one."

The picture above has a prominent gasometer, and I didn't have to go far from the Crenshaw site before I spotted one between Exposition Boulevard and 36th Street. As I looked along Jefferson Boulevard, I saw there was an L-shaped building on the corner of 11th Avenue. It's just below Jefferson in the top-right corner of the 1948 aerial below.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...AKenClark2.jpg
Historic Aerials

Here's a shot of that building today.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...AKenClark3.jpg
GSV

This is Ken Clark Pontiac at 3740 Crenshaw Boulevard in either 1959 or 1960, depending on which source you believe. BifRayRock posted a smaller version of this image in post #13390.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original
Alden Jewell on Flickr

As John C Clark mentioned, the dealership became Majestic Pontiac around 1960. Here's a picture I found that's titled "The former Majestic Pontiac dealership stands silent next door to the Holiday Bowl."

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...AKenClark5.jpg
www.synthetrix.com

The dealership is now long gone ...

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...AKenClark6.jpg
GSV

... but the original sign, complete with neon Indian, is still there.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...AKenClark7.jpg
GSV

More here: http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/show...&postcount=734




The Show must go on. (After a short delay?)


Repairs, while you wait!



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March 5, 1929 Auto Show melt down
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Anna May Wong at home. (Source suggests 1930s)



Anna May tre chic
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Anna May Wong 2
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Anna May Wong 3
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Anna May Wong 4
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Anna May Wong 5
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Anna May Wong 6
http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...YABSML4G5J.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...YABSML4G5J.jpg


Anna May Wong 7
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Anna May Wong 8 "Dear WigWag,"
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Anna May Wong 9
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Anna May Wong 10 "Good appetite"
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GW, you're looking well. Always nice to see you. Is that a new jacket? It's a good color for you. I believe you've shed some weight.

Anyone care to join me at the Ivar Tea House?

1920s? (per source)
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1920s ? "A garden in the heart of Hollywood."
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1938
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1938 - The Ivar House backyard Tea Room.
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1920s - According to source this is one of the attractive servers
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1920s Ivar House garden
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Ivar House in living tint. Date unk
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Ivar House Flower Shop
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1949 Ivar
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Could this be the street front? Somewhat doubtful :no:


Circa 1937 - "A house on Ivar"
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And further up the hill at 2026 Ivar Ave, is an even less likely candidate.



1926 - 2026 Ivar Ave
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2026 Ivar Ave
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Next time call for reservations.
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Skyways Airport Hotel (9250 Airport Blvd 670-2900 ?)




Undated Skyways Airport Hotel Coffee Shop - Cafe
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Not to be confused with Snaps formerly on Western Ave.
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Mid '60s "Snaps"
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Snaps Interior
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Snaps interior
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snaps interior 3
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Snaps interior 4
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Position filled?

1924 Airplane Cafe - Ready for Chili and takeoff.
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That's 6405 Bryn Mawr Drive. According to the property websites, it was built in 1926, and has four bedrooms and three bathrooms. It was last sold in February 2001 for $847,500, and is now valued at around $1.5m.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...nMawrDrive.jpg
Google Maps

Here's a detail from a panorama of Hollywood. It shows the house above just under the right side of the "BRYN MAWR" sign. LAboomer52 posted a couple of pictures of Bryn Mawr in post #3495. BTW. I don't think it's been mentioned that "bryn mawr" is Welsh for "big hill"!

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Detail of picture in USC Digital Library

I suppose I should have added "per source."

http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...id/72119/rec/2 :shrug:

1930 (per source) - Toonerville Trolley Cafe
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Trolley Cafe
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;)

1937 - Sailors eating hot dogs at the Pike

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When the coffee could have been extra strong.


1941 -
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1940 - Wilshire - Fairfax looking North
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Biff and Tourmaline

I always enjoy the photos of the vintage drive-in restaurants.

Here's a photo of my stepdad's 1947 Buick [left] at a Burbank drive-in in 1948. I once asked him where he got the car. He said he took it from some of his gangster clients because they did not pay their legal fee to him. That's my mom with her head on the passenger side window. She was living in Glendale at that time and working in his jewelry store on Brand Blvd., Glendale.
My brother and I were living in San Bernardino with Mary Ellen who was the daughter of her father's 3rd wife and her husband John Dobson [right photo]. We were hiding out from my bio father who was wanted for assault and battery on my grandfather. That's myself, brother and the Dobsons. No one was supposed to know where my brother and I were. The photo [right] was taken at night as we had just arrived at the Dobson's home in San Bernardino. My bio father had already burned all of our furniture, baby photos and clothes.


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Thanks for sharing this interesting photo. That Buick is a beaut. In the background is one of Kevin McEldowney's Flower Shops.



1935 - Store Opening - Kevin McEldowney and unidentified female, possibly Ms. McEldowney? Looks like a teletype machine.
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Obit from Jan. 16, 2004:

Thank you Godzilla for the gorgeous post

That house is also addressed 6412 Quebec Drive. It looks very modest from this angle:
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-o...54229%2BPM.jpg
gsv

The slope above it seems to be doing its best to reverse the grading efforts:
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I was wondering if the homeowner was Geo. W Hill (1895-1934), the film director. He was at his Venice Beach house at the time of his death. However, he suffered a very serious car accident (the injuries might have been the reason he committed suicide sometime later) which would have necessitated a move from the Bryn Mawr/Quebec house.

It's hard to tell from the 1926 photo, but Hill did tend to cock his head to the side, at least in photos (pretty slim evidence, plus I cannot tell if the kinda big rangey guy in the house photo is 31 or 61) This one of Hill is from 1928 when he was 33:
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http://silverscenesblog.blogspot.com...of-golden.html

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(detail) uscdl

Maybe another noirisher knows

Info on Hill and his brilliant career:
Wiki
IMDB

Hill was married to (also) brilliant Frances Marion (1888-1973) from 1930 to 1933. They had been very successful professional partners, but the marriage did not work out.

(Thank you HossC for the Quebec Drive address correction)

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CBD-- Interesting that this same picture with your family car etc was on ebay a few years ago (or at least that ER posted it here then)--

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=13054

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=13057


PS Hello unihikid, HossC, Michael Ryerson & all--

Los Angeles, Catch of the Day?


LA Rabbits and some happy and some not-so-happy endings?


1959 - Al Shotwell's 4th Birthday
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Undated, ad for Monrovia Rabbit Show?
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Rabbit Fur Exhibition
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1892 - San Fernando Rabbit kill. Yippee, Let the fun begin. (Bakersfield had its own fun too.)
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July 1932 - At or near Florence and Hoover St intersection. Bon appétit!
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