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Here's today's Julius Shulman post. It's "Job 3259: Hugh Gibbs, Armed Services Young Men's Christian Association (Long Beach, Calif.), 1961".
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original A closer view of the entrance. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original The other end of the building looked like this. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original I left out an image looking across this area from the entrance on the right. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original This shot shows three pool tables. I'm not sure what else occupied their time. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original All from Getty Research Institute The 1962 Long Beach CD mentions the "Navy Landing and Armed Services-Y.M.C.A.--Located at the foot of Magnolia Street." and describes "The Armed Services Y.M.C.A., a recently completed $1,000,000-project, [which] provides recreation facilities for members of the armed Forces.". It lists the address as 520 W Seaside Boulevard. By 1969, the address changes to 101 S Magnolia Avenue. That address and (what I think is) the building above both appear on this 1960s matchbook. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...6.jpg~original eBay Despite having two addresses, I can't see the building on Historic Aerials, and it doesn't seem to have survived (please prove me wrong). Maybe there's a recognizable building in this enlarged detail from the first image. A couple of rooftop signs are partially visible. Does anyone have memories of this establishment? http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...a.jpg~original |
I've finally sorted out that all-important matter of who was the real William Garland, legendary real estate man. As is well known, William May Garland was famous for his predictions of future Los Angeles population statistics and his red-and-white "semaphore" advertising; what could be confusing at times were reference to the contemporaneous, unrelated William "n.m.n." Garland, who after his railroad career in Arizona got into real estate himself and built several downtown office buildings, one prominent one bearing the Garland name. Anyway, both William Garlands built big houses for themselves, Wm May's on Adams Boulevard and seen here and here before. Plain William built an especially lovely house on Westlake Avenue in 1898, a new picture of which I've recently acquired and adapted to my catalogs of LA houses.
The full story is here. http://bit.ly/2j28JUL |
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Your post reminded me to look further in my files for the photograph below. It shows a Community Chest Office in Los Angeles at a Santa Rita Clinic. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...924/526CbC.jpg old file / originally from ebay I wasn't sure where this was located until I noticed it says Bellevue Avenue on the post sign. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...922/MHXYEp.jpgdetail Well...2321 Bellevue (the street number is more clear above the door) places the Santa Rita Clinic in the old Queen of Angels Hospital. ______ St. Rita is wondering what she's suppose to do with the feather. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...923/S9bwNN.jpg ;) |
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Yes, I remember being inside this YMCA maybe twice when I was stationed at Naval Base Long Beach in 1968. It was kind of a strange place, basically there was not much there. Few sailors visited the location as I recall. It did have an open bunk-room where you could sleep overnight for two or three dollars. [No private rooms.] There may have been some sort of food service. The building was probably a PR gesture by the city that showed that Long Beach welcomed the Navy. Most guys headed to the locker clubs and bars of Long Beach in those days. Yes, it is long gone, as are the Naval Station and Navy Shipyard. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psheyrlazi.jpg Netr |
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All of the ''Jungle" blocks were razed and redeveloped in the 1960s. They were gone by the time I arrived in Long Beach in 1968. |
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Here's an aerial view of the 1958 Hancock Fire. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/v5RZz4.jpg http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/se...cock%20Fire%22 And some closer views. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...921/7VIsnJ.jpg http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/se...cock%20Fire%22 Burnt cars http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...924/QsgRZv.jpg Run! http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...921/bCrz6O.jpg http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/se...cock%20Fire%22 In the cab. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/6M5NjS.jpg http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/se...cock%20Fire%22 That pistol thingy (that looks like a glue gun)....a guidance control? -for sprayer on top of the truck perhaps. I believe that's the Hancock Oil Administrive building at lower left. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...921/yPD2L0.jpg http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...d/88516/rec/18 Close-up of the Hancock gate (that was partially seen in the first photo) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...922/ABxi1d.jpg detail _ |
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Here is the larger view of the firemen in the cab of the fire truck. Maybe someone can tell us what those controls do. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psc653dmoe.jpg usc.edu |
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http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/Uazt8w.jpg https://mikestakeonthemovies.com/201...his-mate-1934/ The pre-code Tarzan films (Tarzan the Ape Man-1932, Tarzan and His Mate-1934 have Jane wearing a leather string supporting two narrow animal skins covering her front and back, but leaving her hips completely bare. The skimpy outfit was later modified for something more family friendly......(see below) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...922/FXy6Jc.jpg http://www.tikiroom.com/tikicentral/...=34744&forum=1 I really like this one. Jane takes a break. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/QbQBuE.jpg http://www.dfiles.me/tarzan-and-his-mate.html In Tarzan and His Mate Jane even has a 'nude' swimming scene. http://imageshack.com/a/img923/1642/w2xzzF.gif As Tarzan throws Jane into the water her clothes are ripped off by a branch... (the sound effect when this happens is pretty bad...it sound like a creaky barn door opening) Watch it here: Interesting comment on youtube. "The underwater double for Maureen O'Sullivan was Olympic swimmer Josephine McKim although O'Sullivan had no problem showing her body too as she wore nothing under her loin cloth and there were several times in the movie where you can see her vajayjay. It wouldn't be a big deal at all now but it was in 1934." "vajayjay" lol :) __ |
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http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...923/lgqG0j.jpg http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/ne...re-id507224977 Oh, and your song was wonderful odinthor. ;) Here's Jeanette's version in all it's scratchy glory. Pretty amazing for one of the first sound productions. __ |
Wow, Jane butt naked in 1932! That's what launched the production codes
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Man, great skinny dip with Jane (or her double), temporary relief from the Depression gloom outside the theater . But Louis B. Mayer & the other studio moguls were outraged, and then came the production codes. No more nudity until the late '60s. |
It wasn't just the Codes. One director wrote that Maureen was a good Catholic girl and in consequence was usually pregnant when filming the later Tarzan movies, requiring creative camera work and extensive use of body doubles.
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Remember our discussion about the 'radiator water bags' a few weeks ago?
Well, I just found one on a postcard! "c1960s Desert Center Cafe, Greyhound Bus Depot, Standard Gas California" http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...921/SyywQd.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/c1960s-Deser...8AAOSw2xRYcnXV note the bag is hanging on the side-mirror and not in front of the radiator. (I believe t2 said her family hung it like this...on the side mirror) a closer-look http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/ixKY6U.jpg detail ___ update: Desert Center is off of Highway 10, southeast of Joshua Tree National Park. I believe the buildings in the vintage postcard might still be there, but the google-mobile refuses to go down Ragsdale Road :( http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...921/84fQZQ.jpg google_earth Here's a better look at the buildings / viewed from the north http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/97Pur3.jpg detail What do you NLAers think...could these be the same buildings? __ |
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Amazing ER to see you out in the middle of nowhere. Ragsdale was the founder of the old stage-stop in 1921. 1946...Desert Center - now abandoned but still standing. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psfi8mu1dz.jpg paperzillo The town was founded in 1921 by Stephen A. Ragsdale, also known as “Desert Steve”, and his wife, Lydia. Ragsdale was an itinerant preacher and cotton farmer, originally from Arkansas. In 1915, he left his farm in the Palo Verde Valley along the Colorado River to attend to some business in Los Angeles. The road between Phoenix and Los Angeles was mostly sand, and Ragsdale's vehicle broke down near a place called Gruendyke's Well. This featured a hand-dug well and was inhabited by a prospector named Bill Gruendyke. Gruendyke rescued Ragsdale and gave him food, shelter, and water until his vehicle was repaired and he could resume his journey to Los Angeles. Upon his return, Ragsdale bought out Gruendyke and moved his family to the remote spot, where they constructed a small shack with a lean-to that served as the repair garage. A Model T truck was modified to serve as a tow car. Gasoline was pumped by hand from a 55 gallon drum. Lydia served food and refreshments to thirsty and weary travelers. In spite of the remote location 50 miles (80 km) in any direction from anything, the Ragsdales prospered. Ragsdale named his outpost 'Desert Center'. |
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It's not a feather. St. Rita is looking at a crucifix. We are looking at it from a side view. |
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