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Very cool. ...Thanks Snix. :) Here they're using one of their drums for a different purpose. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...924/pUJmDJ.jpg Cleaning up the front of the store. . |
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mystery location. Here is the eBay seller's description of the photograph. "Los Angeles...Gun Club?...1900?...Claude F. Hale, Photographer. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...924/SbBnGR.jpg eBay / old file . . . . 2323 Grand Avenue. . . .Los Angeles Cal. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/BBuGq5.jpg Let's take a closer look at this group of men. ... Look closely and you'll see at least two clues. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/wynh5T.jpg detail As you can see, a man in the front row has a Star of David with arrow going through it. The number 3 is within the star. A man in the second row (on left) has letters that appear to be backward on his sweater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . :shrug: . |
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Here's a more recent mystery location. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/WHit81.jpg eBay A closer look. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/4Oma5e.jpg Note the tall building in the distance that appears to be under construction. . |
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And if you flip the picture left-for-right then the "3" becomes an "E" and the reversed letters appear normal. |
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Sopas ej, FWIW I concur. I believe the photo was taken looking NW from the West Blvd. bridge over Venice Blvd.
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https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/4Oma5e.jpg Note the tall building in the distance that appears to be under construction. . ^^^ The skyscraper under construction several miles away is the 28 story California Federal Savings & Loan headquarters building (since renamed since Cal. Fed. S&L is no more) in the "Miracle Mile" district of Wilshire near the tar pits & Hancock Park. This building was under construction about 1964-65, so that dates the photo.The blue building to the right is Lee Tower, and the tan building to the right of that held the local offices of Mutual of Omaha, a company made famous by Marlin Perkins on "Wild Kingdom" in the 1960s. Besides his wildlife TV show, Perkins was also director of the St. Louis Zoo. The Carnation company (now part of Nestle) was also headquartered in this area of Wilshire in the 1960s. |
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Here's a couple of images of Sears that I posted in 2014. The full post showing the Pico & Rimpau loop is here. Quote:
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Here is the photograph flipped. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/z8CUxJ.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...924/vymFU4.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/wr58EM.jpg If only we could read this gentleman's tag. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/kWHFnd.jpg . |
Los Angeles County Gun Club? Los Angeles California Gun Club?
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Hey, look what just turned up on eBay A transparency of the back side of the recently discussed Drum City! https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/YV0zq6.jpg eBay As a refresher here's the Drum City slide I posted a few days ago. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/yLgwDh.jpg 6122 Santa Monica Blvd. . |
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Once more. . . . https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/Yrr2gP.jpg EBAY Quote:
Here's a closer look at the California Federal & Saving Building. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/g9HwmR.jpg miraclemilela That's quite a helipad on top! (I thought it was white-out at first) . |
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. . .currently on eBay https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...922/fvpi9S.jpg Queen of Outer Space I would give anything like to know the backstory to this odd photograph. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/Dqlwxz.jpg eBay I think his piano bench lights up. . . as well as his organ....*blush* I've seen this photograph before. I hope I haven't posted it in the past. |
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The ghost of that Drum City sign haunted the side wall until disappearing into thin air in 2017. https://i.imgur.com/ktuLSp3.jpg GSV |
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Did a Google maps street view, and see that the old Cal. Fed building has a "VERIFI" logo at the top. Verifi must be the name of a company I haven't heard of. Why was the "Miracle Mile" called that? Maybe a developer came up with the name. I guess bubbling tarpits with giant mammoth, mastadon, ground sloth, dire wolf and saber toothed cat fossils is somewhat miraculous in a busy city. Barely more than 10,000 years ago Los Angeles teamed with giant and fierce creatures that would rival the Serengeti. Only 200 years ago grizzly bears, wolves and cougars roamed the outskirts and sometimes ate people. |
Good piece on one of our most popular architects, Paul R. Williams
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