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Adding a bit . . . Willard George's: https://i.postimg.cc/05tPP03d/Willar...T-20-10-10.jpg LA Times, 10/10/1920 In due course, they moved to the corner of Wilshire and Catalina: https://i.postimg.cc/JhKdZPjp/Willard-George-New.jpg But all good things must end (after another move): https://i.postimg.cc/VLcpyrsB/Willar...T-58-11-19.jpg LA Times, 11/19/1958 Halbriter's: https://i.postimg.cc/g2gT6gVN/Halbri...AT-23-4-15.jpg LA Times, 4/15/1923 It appears that its building is still nicely intact: https://i.postimg.cc/DzmYQ15F/Halbriters.jpg gsv Egyptian Salt Water Swimming Club: https://i.postimg.cc/xCzxhYW4/Egyptian-LAT-24-7-20.jpg LA Times, 7/20/1924 |
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Thanks for the quick response HossC and odinthor. If I remember correctly there is an extant Egyptian inspired apartment building (also from the 1920s) in Hollywood but I don't remember the street it's on. I bring it up because I wonder if the architect of the apartment building was also the architect for the proposed Egyptian Salt Water Swimming Club, A. C. Martin. I'm going to jump in the google-mobile to see if I can find the apartment building. . |
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Flyingwedge covered some of A. C. Martin's Egyptian themed apartments some years back.
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In the future they will have 3D hologram chairs, and in the 22nd century entire hologram rooms. They will call them holodecks. V |
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Of course the discovery of King Tut's tomb in the early 1920s led to a brief worldwide mania in Egyptian fashion, architecture, etc. These apartments were a result. Syd Grauman's Egyptian theater another. Probably the Mummy film in 1932 was another. When the treasures of King Tut came to America in 1978, there was another brief revival of Egytophilia. Remember Steve Martin on SNL singing King Tut? In the '20s the supposed "curse of King Tut" was also widely talked about, how many of the people who unearthed the tomb died early. Lord Carnarvan who financed Carter's discovery dig died of an infection from a mosquito bite after visiting the newly opened tomb, etc. I guess the sinister Mummy film was a result. |
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I happened upon this photograph of a newspaper stand a few days ago on ebay. "1932 Photo HOLLYWOOD LOS ANGELES NEWSSTAND Weird Tales TARZAN Times STOREFRONT" https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/Mt7QLB.jpg eBay I believe this is the outdoor newstand on Las Palmas Ave. just south of Hollywood Blvd. Here https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/v4DAMq.jpg check it out Here Let's take a closer look at the 1932 merchandise. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/M5DyF7.jpg detail I see Gandhi is up to something. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/XIOCuA.jpg I'm confused by the Native American advertising Bromo-Seltzer. The check-out table resembles a still life. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/GU2DwZ.jpg detail I believe the small cloth on top of the register is being used to block the sun from numbers on the register. Postcards and an advertisement for Cosmopolitan. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/Zmaem0.jpg I think those little heads are movie stars. I wish we could tell who they are. AFC? . |
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ER: I'm confused by the Native American advertising Bromo-Seltzer. When you zoom in, that's actually the planet Earth with a bandage around its head. |
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I just happened upon a group of original photograph on eBay. The seller says the photos were taken in 1914.
They're AMAZING! I'm going to start with my favorite one. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/t7FHTF.jpg eBay Pretty cool, huh Here's the group as seen on eBay . https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/kGy0AA.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/ux0c6D.jpg eBay I've enlarged some of the others that I'll post tomorrow. (it's way past my bedtime) Oh, I almost forgot! :duh: Here is what's written on the back of the photographs. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/CWyfXe.jpg Ratcliff Apts. 1329 W. 5th St. L. A. . |
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Ok, here's one more before I hit the hay. This one is being sold individually. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/BgE0gL.jpg eBay I have no idea what we're looking at. The reverse. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/y5HMLX.jpg I wonder if they're referring to the Ratcliff Apts. :previous: G'night folks. . |
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The eBay description says View from Bunker Hill looking west. Think that's one of the big streets that goes through a tunnel? |
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:previous: I believe you're right, Palmero! https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/NLeyFE.jpg gsv A closer look. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/pjzcPJ.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/odw92D.jpg The building has hardly changed since the 1914 photograph! Good eye :) Palmero |
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Here is the photograph that was turned vertically in last night's post. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/OrIODj.jpg I don't believe we will ever know the location. There are simply not enough clues. :( A larger view of the fine looking residential street. I think might be West 5th Street. (also from last night's post) https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/iT4wDr.jpg I've been trying to figure out what that is along the curb. This https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/cLdU5f.jpg detail Could it be something left behind by the guy in the wagon? https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/924/LaAP2w.jpg . |
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