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I thought the Laff's Baby Shop was one large building (with the camera shop in the right half) until I saw your google street view Hoss. Boy was I surprised! The Aaron Schultz building (shown above) came very close to being demolished. "The Expo Arts Center was originally Aaron Schultz & Sons Furniture Inc. in 1947. Over time several different companies did business in the space from Silo Electronics and Circuit City and back to furniture as Expo Furniture. In 2008 the Redevelopment Agency (RDA) for the City of Long Beach began the process of purchasing the property from the family trust that owned it at the time. The RDA had the intention of demolishing the 27,000 sq. ft. building and then selling the land to a developer. Former 8th District Councilmember Rae Gabelich and the Bixby Knolls Business Improvement Association (BKBIA) fought to keep the building and turn it into an arts and culture space for the Bixby Knolls and North Long Beach areas of the city." from Expo Arts Center So glad it was saved. _ |
re: 1923 Maravilla Handball Court 'mystery' pic.
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those baist guys and their jokes. ;) __ |
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Rutherford's was at 1024 S Grand...thought we might have seen it on NLA before, but I couldn't find it in a cursory check.... |
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Here's the area today courtesy of Google Street View: https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...fb&oe=5A7D60F9 |
More on Rutherford's Hall:
LAHerald Feb 22, 1913 & March 15,1920 / LATimes Oct 5, 1924 https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/C1...4=w342-h445-nohttps://lh3.googleusercontent.com/AD...c=w329-h459-nohttps://lh3.googleusercontent.com/l3...4=w290-h427-no The building lasted exactly a century-- the "new" BP was issued on January 22, 1913...the demo permit on April 11, 2013 Baist 1914 https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/NZ...I=w583-h460-no from the demo permit: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/SO...4=w747-h567-no July 2012 and Feb 2017: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/nB...o=w809-h550-no https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/xv...Q=w810-h642-no |
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I've heard of Don Lockwood. https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NLUIztLrSiY/hqdefault.jpg The link says that Harold Lockwood and May Allison appeared in over twenty-three films together and became one of the first celebrated on-screen romantic duos. Lockwood and Allison were long rumored to have been romantically involved off-screen, though both denied it. Perhaps that's why the Singin' in the Rain writers (Comden and Green) chose to use the name for Gene Kelly's character. |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original USC Digital Library The City Directories are working again at the moment, so I looked it up. Robert Miller's hair factory is listed at 525 S Avenue 20 in the 1921 CD. It's under the heading "Hair Manufacturers" (not wigs). There were five others that year. |
After I bit of searching, I conclude that the term "hair factory" probably refers to the processing of human hair and the selling of it in bulk to wig manufacturers.
Having women sell their hair was evidently fairly common up until the flapper period, as evinced by the O. Henry story "The Gift of the Magi." Cheers, Earl |
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I was only able to find one "hair factory" listed in the L.A. city directories. (1891 & 1892) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...924/UBvJC1.jpg lapl The only Walnut Street I can find is in Pasadena and as far as I can figure out Kuhrts has disappeared all together. proprietor's home address (also on Walnut) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...924/qNtT8K.jpg lapl There wasn't a hair factory in the 1921 directory (the year of your baist map), but I found four wig makers (none at the address shown on the baist) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...922/SaHTD6.jpg ____ That said, it appears the handball court might have been to the left of the 'garage' on the baist. (circled below) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...922/AFiCSN.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...922/dHfuii.png AMOEBLOG Am I even close? :shrug: __ |
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http://imageshack.com/a/img922/7239/QyHe8I.gif from his high school yearbook (?) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...922/BUPfbu.jpg Elmer Clifton A mature and pensive Elmer. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/KqDegA.jpg silence is platinum [no date] Dramatic Elmer. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...924/2ISo9T.jpg silence is platinum and finally, directing Elmer. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/enIUrC.jpg silence is platinum That's supposedly Dorothy Gish :shrug: __ "The last film directed was 1949's Not Wanted. It was finished by the film's star Ida Lupino after Elmer suffered a heart attack during production. Elmer Clifton passed away on October 15, 1949 in Los Angeles from a cerebral hemorrhage. He was buried at Forest Lawn in Glendale." http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...924/P6y3UL.jpg find a grave |
More Hotel Darby @ 234 W. Adams
I posted about the Hotel Darby a while back, but I recently found a couple more related photos.
This photo is undated but shows a bit of 240 W. Adams to the right of the Darby and 226 W. Adams on the left: https://i1165.photobucket.com/albums...q.jpg~original Islandora/UCLA This enlargement shows 226. The white letters over the entrance, partially hidden by palm fronds, say DARBY ANNEX: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...x.jpg~original Before Wesley Clark built the Hotel Darby at 234 W. Adams in 1909, it had been the site of his home: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...t.jpg~original 1894 LA City Directory @ fold3.com Here is an undated photo of 234 W. Adams, with the west side of 226 on the left: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...l.jpg~original December 1894 Land of Sunshine @ HathiTrust |
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I checked the 1910 Baist, and although it shows a building with the same size and location as the hair factory, there's no label. |
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Separated at birth :previous:? ;) http://www.vinylvendors.com/Pictures...dale432019.jpghttp://www.vinylvendors.com/Pictures...dale432019.jpg https://imageshack.com/i/pnKqDegAjhttps://imageshack.com/i/pnKqDegAj http://winkmartindale.org/wp-content...le-ySuit-7.jpghttp://winkmartindale.org/wp-content...le-ySuit-7.jpg Wink, Wink, ;) https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/...20110830184931https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/...20110830184931 |
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Wonder if this could be at or near the light rail tracks at Santa Clara Ave.? Upper right in second image appears to have a lookout tower of some sort. Note the wire or cable tethered to it. :shrug: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...0&DMY=0&DMTEXThttp://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...2&DMY=0&DMTEXT http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...DMY=512&DMTEXThttp://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...DMY=512&DMTEXT http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...DMY=512&DMTEXThttp://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...DMY=512&DMTEXT http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...MY=1024&DMTEXThttp://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...MY=1024&DMTEXT |
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Similar direction :previous:, some six years later (1923). http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...9coll59/id/405 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...DMY=512&DMTEXThttp://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...DMY=512&DMTEXT http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...MY=1024&DMTEXThttp://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...MY=1024&DMTEXT Quote:
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Clark moved 234 a block west to 340 W Adams after being issued a permit to do so on July 13, 1909; he retained ownership of the house as what appears to be the first annex to the Darby, a residence for hotel workers. #226 would also became an annex of the Darby...more on that and the hotel here. 234/340 was by the mid-'50s the Myrtle Pyle [great name] Guest Home for the Aged. Not sure when it was demolished. Plus a little tangential noir (LAT, Oct 30, 1918)... https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/94...0=w437-h647-no |
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