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http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/H96uHL.jpg usc digital archives There appears to have been an automobile accident at this corner. (also in 1931) "Blackboard, Department 10, Municipal Court, Southern California, 1931." http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/924/OJBVy4.jpg Pacific Indemnity for Tyre Bros. Glass Co. dp.la I didn't find any photographs of the actual accident. So go figure. __ |
Opening of the Hollywood Canteen / Oct. 3, 1942
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He is also the mystery person in the 1944 Thanksgiving photo. Identified HERE http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...924/m0DJIF.jpg next to John Maddox Roberts' father ;)) _ |
Modern Art or Dingbat? U Decide
I'm pretty sure the artist who designed this dingbat was a fan of Alberto Giacometti.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/160...922/K4ajmz.jpg found at http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/p2k6j6.jpggsv LIDO CAPRI, 4216 Mary Ellen Ave, North Hollywood |
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Yep, that's him Rustifer...playing the character of Sidney Schreiber. :previous: That's none other than Patsy Kelly at lower left. (not sure who the other two ladies are) This poster is fun especially the hyperbolic descriptions next to each character. (my favorite is 'Cheryl'...Rhonda Fleming) lol http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/924/VfXicv.jpg movieposters.ha |
Dingbats
For those of you who love & appreciate Dingbats (we'll have to agree to disagree on that issue), the beauty on the right is one you can feast your eyes on:
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/xIBgxe.jpg https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api...FH9Ngub8lJoZc= Yes, I'm being snarky. Couldn't resist. Thanks to Tourmaline for the photo. I do love the name of Ethereal's/ Dana Andrews' "Lido Capri" - and the "sculpture" on the wall ain't all that bad IMO. Finally, Gaylord, you have your point about the un-practicality of preserving historical buildings if you don't have someone with the big bucks to buy & preserve them. Just what developers would say. Put up the money, kiddo, or knock 'em all down & fill in with parking structures, dingbats & mini malls. Let the cash roll in. Just exactly what's happened all over L.A. Hey, progress! Onward and upward. I'm not a zillionaire preservationist so I sadly can't argue with your premise. As a point of interest, the wonderful old two-story Mission revival house w/tower & huge palms that I mentioned, overlooking Ocean Park, was demolished in the early 70's, when the area was shabby and undiscovered. Main Street was a dreary stretch of bars, auto parts stores and thrift shops. For whatever it's worth, when the area later became hot and desirable - and old houses were newly appreciated - I like to think the place would've been saved and refurbished. Bad timing. |
Once upon a time while I was creating my Visit to Old Los Angeles blather, I--somewhat active as a poet :koko: --was inspired to write a poem.
https://s26.postimg.org/dyimt4fy1/Gibson.jpg source:Wikipedia No, not that kind of a poem https://s26.postimg.org/iloouw3ax/Byron.jpg source: Wikipedia There, that's better. Someone actually dredged it up and complimented it today--OMG--and I thought, "Heck, why not share it at NLA?--it's appropriate in its way." So, for better or worse, for your maybe pleasure and kind of delectation, here it is: — Salute — So proud, those soaring towers stretch To point the sun to us. Their peaks, their stretching lines Proud boasts, bold gambles won. You too can hear his angels sing Who built these monuments of joy So long ago, his gift to us. Yes, they still sing To those without deaf spirits, They sing, Their grimy faces raised in niche, at coign; Festoons adorning, though darker now, Pilasters rich with fluted rills The streaming rainstorm streams there, Thrills to spatter off a satyr's nose, Or, intimate with Venus' clothes, Whose face shows tears of seasons past, Pools within her draping folds, And runs off straining titans' arms, Whose muscled stone still holds aloft Their mighty builders' dreams. But we fail them. How many masts How many poles How many staffs Stretched out, stretched up— The bugle-calls of builders' dreams— Jut naked now Our unresponding flesh More cold than builders' brick More flint than builders' stone? These naked flagpoles say to me There once was joy in dreams. Are we too impotent, too weak To honor masts that call to us? You cannot proudly flaunt your dream to me, You, Who cannot fly those given you. You, No flags, but only wind! Inhabit first the house once built And raise its banner to the sky, And in the living of that dream, The catching "now" of your dead "seem." :runaway: |
Crowded Sky
Can't let Gaylord's excellent photo from "The Crowded Sky" go without mentioning the wonderful Jean Willes , one of our B-movie & TV faves - there on the airplane stairs above Keenan Wynn. Jean was at her best as Kevin McCarthy's sprightly receptionist-nurse/turned sinister pod-person in "Invasion of the Body Snatchers."
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More Cahuenga early style street lighting. We've seen this one before, but it may have disappeared when the bucket developed a leak. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...DMY=0&DMTEXT=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...DMY=0&DMTEXT=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...Y=512&DMTEXT=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...Y=512&DMTEXT=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...oll44/id/90482 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...DMY=0&DMTEXT=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...DMY=0&DMTEXT=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...Y=512&DMTEXT=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...Y=512&DMTEXT=0 |
Speaking of Wilshire Specials . . . Wilshire Professional Bldg. http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/fa55d79db3db1ba0_largehttp://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/fa55d79db3db1ba0_large Melodylane at Wlishire und Western http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/8785cd0256fd6ea5_largehttp://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/8785cd0256fd6ea5_large http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/9e9651d87883b4d1_largehttp://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/9e9651d87883b4d1_large |
WigWag caught trainspotting? In San Diego? Yes, it's true. The images are of San Diego. Please skip over this post, if you are averse to images of LA's neighbor to the south. Horton Plaza http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/75c992f48ba3459c_largehttp://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/75c992f48ba3459c_large http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/45244100aeee0345_largehttp://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/45244100aeee0345_large http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/a10e0c3f5fd541e6_largehttp://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/a10e0c3f5fd541e6_large |
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