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Cheers, Earl Edit: Sorry, Wig-Wag, missed your earlier post. The standard joke about Lucas electrics in the SF Bay area was: On a beautiful day, a guy and his girlfriend are driving along the Nimitz freeway in Oakland in his MG. Girlfriend looks across the Bay and says "It looks like its about to rain in San Mateo." Car coughs and dies. First thing any sensible person did upon getting a British car was to replace all the ignition leads. |
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. And today's humor award https://myniature.files.wordpress.co...nner.jpg?w=190 goes to: Earl, LOL! I had a similar thought about that, too, thanks for elaborating on it! ___ You don't suppose the woman was in the car when that happened, do you? It doesn't really look like it was parked. |
:previous: I wondered the same thing Martin Pal. If she was in the driver's seat she was awfully lucky to be alive!
Thanks Gaylord Wilshire and Michael Ryerson for the information on the Packard Dealership photograph. (location and the globe) -------------------------- Can anyone tell me why this rather small place needed such an oversized cooling tower? http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/BzORsz.jpg Southern California Edison Photographs and Negatives, Huntington Digital Library Phil's Charcoal Broiled Steaks & Cocktails, Redlands CA, 1938. And what, pray tell, is this contraption in the back? http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/79sqdz.jpg detail __ |
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Space Age era
Zep Aero Company, 113 Sheldon Street, El Segundo Calif. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...921/m4myE8.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...921/zTSnRu.jpg ebay http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/tZEpql.jpg 113 Sheldon St., 2008 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/u5QPLr.jpg gsv And in 2015 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...921/yNdfGR.jpg gsv ------------- Hoss, thanks for locating the buildings in the Meat Truck Accident photograph. (I checked, but must have looked on the wrong side of Exposition blvd.) |
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[QUOTE=mrfredmertz;7738069]Thanks for the reply, Martin. The network I am writing this for would murdalize me if I gave away the pilot details but suffice to say it's very noirish and set in the 1930s. I am also one of the producers of the new Robert Downey Jr. version of "Perry Mason" which is very, very noir and set in the 30s. It's being written by Nic Pizzolatto, who created "True Detective," one of the best detective series I have ever seen on television. NLA is a never ending font of information and I marvel at the ability of the folks on here who can pinpoint a location from a mere fragment of a building in a photograph. That's why we love this group and all of your august and arcane knowledge.
Well, mrfredmertz, you've certainly got us all intrigued now. And in related news, "murdalize" is now my new favorite word. |
It's been a while since we've had an industrial subject from Julius Shulman. This is "Job 3105: Eugene Choy, American Electronics Plant (Fullerton, Calif.), 1960". I've included both of the color images and a selection of the black & white ones. The dark area under the zig-zag roof is a pool.
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original The zig-zags continue at the side. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original The reception area. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original A workshop. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original I'm guessing that this is some kind of motor winding or transformer coil. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original I'll finish with this laboratory shot. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...6.jpg~original All from Getty Research Institute The building at 1600 E Valencia Drive, Fullerton now seems to belong to Graphic Tech. With the exception of the pool and the small walls, all the exterior details seem to have survived. Eugene Choy obviously liked the zig-zag roof design, because you can see a variation on his Cathay Bank. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...7.jpg~original GSV |
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Here's a couple more photographs of vendors selling maps to movie stars homes
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...921/RGZmFs.jpg old file 8245 Sunset Blvd. / says 1938 on the billboard. below: Early 1950s? http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/qvUz59.jpg (I found this a few days ago), now I can't remember where, sorry |
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"Tourists who came to the Sunset Strip hoping to see the stars at play could also tour adjacent Beverly Hills, where the stars lived, with the aid of a handy map or guide. The streamline-moderne Berman Furs Building can be seen in the distance. Holiday magazine, 1949." - JH Graham https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/RN...A=w782-h438-no JH Graham It's Sunset at Cory Dr, not "Corcy". _ |
Thanks t2!
Here's a better look at the building down the street http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...922/u6gZOU.jpg https://www.pinterest.com/pin/201254677068884523/ ....also home to the Paul Kohner Agency __ |
9169 Sunset Blvd - Paul R Williams - 1936
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