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Beaudry who told us about the LADBS site, so thanks again for that, B. I couldn't find interior photos of 620 S. Ardmore either, but its certificate of occupancy was issued March 21, 1924. Here's a snip from the August 16, 1923, building permit: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...e.jpg~original LADBS |
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Recently I had a request asking how to post photographs on the thread, so if you don't mind I am going to do a quick tutorial.
Mind you, the following instructions are for the website Imageshack. (the website I personally use) ___________ Once you've uploaded your photograph to Imageshack. #1 Left click on the three horizontal gray lines below your photograph on the right side. A black panel will appear. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...921/6E48U2.jpg Left click on in the white area at the top of the black panel..."Get Image sizes or links" A white horizontal rectangle will appear, as shown below. #2 Left click on the small gray triangle to choose which Type. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...921/CHXaW1.jpg Left click on Forum. #3 Next, left click on the other small gray triangle to choose the 'Size'. (a vertical panel of options will appear) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/UfYexf.jpg Left click on the size you want. 1024 x 768 is a good size to use. (as is 800 x 600, which is slightly smaller) I often use 1280 x 1024. (this size pretty much fills my computer screen) #4 RIGHT click on the highlighted code. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/UuT7OM.jpg #5 Another panel will appear and Right click on 'Copy' http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/XRQ2DW.jpg #6 Then return to the forum and Right click 'Paste' into the post. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/US2P56.jpg Now the code is in your post. (I hope :)) ___________________________________________________________ http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/HrmpCz.jpg If you happen to use a different site other than Imageshack, HossC is a good person to ask for help. |
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Those aren't streetcars, kind of. The train is bound, almost certainly, for Glendale, and as such will traverse a few miles of private right of way. And it started at the Subway Terminal, running a mile or so deep underground . Parts of the tunnel remain. Other trains used 6th and Main and had to traverse city streets up to Aliso , then over the river to private RoW- Those few blocks and the bridge were significant in killing the PE lines to Pasadena and El Monte. Going south PE reached PRoW around 9th St and lasted longer. The Narrow gage streetcars of the LA Ry ran single. There was a period when trailers- unpowered cars towed by a powered car, were tried, but the difficulties in downtown traffic, etc outweighed the advantages and use was discontinued in the 30s. Railroad Boosters ran an excursion ca 1937 as a last HOOrah. The line on San Pedro Street south of Aliso was owned by the Los Angeles Municipal Railway, much of it dual gage. It was built by PE for the LAMuni and leased to PE and LARy. Before it was built all red and yellow [ and probably blue cars] used Main St and created a nightmare. The San Pedro St line was suggested in a report by Bion J Arnold an electrical engineer and traction expert based in Chicago. THe busses you have noticed are "Bendy-busses" [a British term if you watch Top Gear BBC] , articulated in the middle rather than two separate vehicles- well AFAIK, I keep as far away from the metropoli as I can, as much as I can |
'mystery' location.[ca.1960]
"Terry Norton, 14, holding sign, and Laurin Latimer, 13, picked up some vacation money today selling lemonade to construction workers on the Golden State Freeway. The youths live in Atwater district." http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/921/vTjLwZ.jpg http://lit250v.library.ucla.edu/isla....latimes%3A665 Does anyone recognize the rather interesting buildings in the background? Here's a closer look at the buildings in the distance. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/LHisrm.jpg detail Is that a covered oil well or a windmill over there on the far right---> __ |
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_______________________________________ *I just found a map that shows three Hamarson Oil Co. plugged and abandoned wells. Here's a detail of the map http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/6iiy7t.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...923/pSuYHi.jpg To see the complete map go here: ftp://ftp.consrv.ca.gov/pub/oil/maps...127/Map127.pdf To be honest, other than finding the three Hamarson sites, I couldn't make heads or tails out of the map. & unless I overlooked it, there's no date on the map. __ |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glendale-Hyperion_Bridge One error in the Wikipedia description: PE's Glendale-Burbank line was converted to busses in June, 1955. In any case, a quick trip (had to be, I was on the freeway) in the Googlemobile plus a Google Earth flyover suggest that those buildings were sacrificed for the entrance ramp from Riverside Drive. Time for a city directory check if I get a chance later this afternoon. |
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Google Earth shows most of the heavily drilled areas remain open space for parking and container storage. Cheers, Earl |
:previous: Thanks for clarifying and approximately dating the map Earl. I appreciate it.
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Another possible location for the above photo would be the PE-SP Freight House at 7th St. and Pico Ave. That might explain a couple of artifacts in the photo: - PE 1615 is shown with its trolley pole secured down, there aren't any crew members visible and a caboose is the only car in tow; such would indicate that 1615 has been "tied down" (gone out of service) for the day. The freight house would be a logical place for such. - About two-thirds of the way up the left edge of the photo, we can see a corner eave, which might have been part of the freight station. Tracks on the west side of the flood control channel led to Long Beach Harbor and so would've justified assignment of a first-line locomotive such as 1615 to handle the heavy volume of freight, whereas the Daisy Ave. industrial lead might not have. If indeed the photo was taken at the Long Beach Freight Station, there won't be much remaining geographic evidence of its existence. That neighborhood has been taken up by the Long Beach Freeway/Shoreline Drive/W. 9th St. interchange. I'll re-look for on-line access to a Long Beach city directory from that era, as I don't think there were too many Mobil service stations that also had a cafe attached. |
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I couldn't find a map GW, but could this be the place where Wilson Foster lived in 1925? "Silver Lake Court at 2500 Glendale Blvd. in July, 1938." http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/Dt3Q3l.jpg http://losangelespast.blogspot.com/2...lake-auto.html This is actually Scott's mom. (If I remember correctly, he posted this on NLA in the early days of the thread. __ "The 67 unit Silver Lake Court. Resort Atmosphere in the heart of the City, well known for its Hospitality and Service. Rates Most Reasonable." http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/PfcTwg.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...921/T7WL0B.jpg http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/7...eblvdsilve.jpg *I first posted this back in June 2010, when the thread was only a year old! The newspaper article GW posted said the 'radio' speaker was stolen from it's 10 foot high perch in an eucalyptus tree. I believe those are eucalyptus trees on the left. _ |
Return to Monkey Island
Long-time NLA readers will know we've covered this place before -- a lot -- but we've never really seen a photo of the
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This HDL photo is also at the California State Library, where it is dated 1940. The CSL copy was posted to NLA, but it has disappeared because it was hotlinked: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...ps12b2aca6.jpg 488295 @ Huntington Digital Library and California State Library This undated photo has also disappeared from NLA because it was hotlinked: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...pszjsk8cbs.jpg California State Library We've seen Monkey Island in a drawing: Quote:
Here Monkey Island's location is mostly hidden by the clump of trees below the little arrow next to MichaelRyerson's name (we're looking north at the Barham bridge over the 101): Quote:
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In this November 13, 1948, aerial we get a peek over that clump of trees and can see Monkey Island a bit better: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...s.jpg~original 00115014 @ LAPL The March-April 1949 issue of California Highways and Public Works has this photo looking south at the 101 and the Barham bridge. Those two large blobs to the right of center, just west of the freeway, look to me like the remains of Monkey Island. Does anyone agree? http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...6.jpg~original Metro Archives May 2016 looking south on W. C. Fields Drive and the 101 toward Barham: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...psnclpcpry.jpg GSV |
I've mentioned the name Wailes-Bageman a couple of times recently because they commissioned some of the Julius Shulman pictures I've posted. Now I've found pictures of their plant. This is "Job 62: Wailes-Bageman Plant, 1947". The owners were Charles D Wailes and Fred J Bageman.
N.B. I've picked the most interesting three of the six images in the set. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original The company made prefabricated concrete. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original Finally, here's some of their stock in a yard next to the railroad. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original All from Getty Research Institute I could only find an office address in the CDs (816 W 5th Street), so I was glad when I traced some of the other companies in the first picture. Here are a couple of detail views. In the distance on the left there's the Sears warehouse in Boyle Heights, but that's not a huge help. In the foreground is the machine shop of M P McCaffrey Inc at 2121 E 25th Street. On the right you can easily read the sign for the Repcal Brass Mfg Co at 2115 E 27th Street. A little harder to read is the black on white roof sign further down the street which belonged to the Western Gasket & Packing Co at 2331 E 27th Street. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original Detail of first Shulman picture That means that the concrete plant must have been in this area around 27th Street in Vernon. The view below is from 1948. You'll only find industrial units there today. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original Historic Aerials |
Can anyone make out the name of the apartment building in the distance (shown below)
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...923/euaS4p.jpg detail Poulley? It is the Polley Apartments. Probably owned and run by James A. and Ella Polley who appear at 1127 Lemoyne Street in the 1940 Census The building is still there and is well kept up. At the top front, were the sign is in the 40's picture is a triangular area made of tiles to form a vent. It is blurry in the old picture but in exactly the right place in the Google picture. Mr. and Mrs. Polley both worked in Ink and Paint for a motion picture studio in 1940. The 1930 census indicates that he did not have an occupation but that he did own the building. Mr Polley was born in Canada in 1877 and came to the US in 1891. |
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Here's the building, although it isn't as tall as I expected. I circled where it used to say "Polley Apts." http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...921/uosERC.jpg gsv The property was built in 1926. https://www.redfin.com/CA/Los-Angele...6/home/7053078 __ |
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John & Bob's Mobil Service 3393 Long Beach Boulevard Wings Mobil Service 3395 Atlantic Avenue By 1951/1952 (the next available CD), there are 21: Bob's Mobil Service 292 Alamitos Avenue Brook's Mobil Gas Station 245 W 3rd Corbett's Mobil Service 4625 E 2nd Fingado's Mobil Services 551 W Anaheim Gieck Mobil Service 142 E Anaheim Hal's Mobil Service 3735 E Broadway William N Hess Mobil Service Station 3401 E 7th Joe's Mobil Service 1666 W Pacific Coast McCleary Mobil Service 5952 E 2nd Monte's Mobil Service 146 E 7th Paul's Mobil Service 3598 Atlantic Avenue Peterson's Mobil Service 1095 E 10th Phoenix Mobil Station 2601 Atlantic Avenue Rivers Mobil Service 2002 E Pacific Coast Sorenson's Mobil Service 2841 E Anaheim Vince's Mobil Service 2590 Lakewood Boulevard Weed's Dick Mobil Service 4801 E 2nd Willow & Delta Mobil Gas 1395 W Willow Wisdom's Mobil Service 701 W Pacific Coast Yowell & Morgan Mobil Service 2337 E 7th Zeigler Mobil Service 1942 E 10th None of the listings mention a cafe. I've done a bit of checking with Historic Aerials, but so far I haven't found anything likely. Their earliest image for this area is 1953. |
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