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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doodlebug_%28rail_car%29 As to the palm trees, that is probably accurate as they were/are an attractive landscaping element. Cheers, Jack |
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On further searching, I discovered that this was the ONLY episode of the series that was filmed in color. Info from this link: http://www.perrymasontvseries/Show262 The episode is titled: The Case of THE TWICE-TOLD TWIST In addition to Angel's Flight, there is a chase through Olvera Street. Someone asked why it was the only episode filmed in color. There was a response: On the introduction to "Twice Told Twist" on the 50th Anniversary of Perry Mason DVD, Arthur Marx related that Mr. Paley, the head of CBS, wanted to see a Perry Mason episode in color in case the show was renewed for a 10th season. It wasn't. |
The Colorado Blvd location was recreated in the new Buena Vista Street at Disney's California Adventure its not an exact replica but i think that Disney's Imagineering Team did a wonderful job!
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Los Angeles Sears building: Owner discusses makeover plan
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Red's Reef Bar and Grill
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Does anyone know if this was a real bar or just a fictional location? Popular locations for moving the story along, exteriors are occasionally seen. Shown here: Red's Reef Bar and Grill. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ps5fc650be.jpg Perry Mason TV productions |
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I know the tiled Texaco service station at New Hampshire and Wilshire has been on NLA several times before, but I think this close-up is new. The service station stood nearly opposite the I. Magnin store - for a wider shot of both, and a lot more history of this block, see GW's blogspot post on 3240 Wilshire Boulevard. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ireTexaco1.jpg USC Digital Library Here's a better view of the service station. Again, I know that similar pictures have been posted before, but I don't remember seeing this one with the Green T Cafe on the left. There's three zoomable pictures in the set (link below image). http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ireTexaco2.jpg USC Digital Library Of course, this is the old Calpet station, but I did doubt that for a while because e-r's earlier picture makes it look like the wings sweep back. Quote:
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...etWilshire.jpg California State Library Returning to my first picture, the Wiltern Theatre is visible in the distance. Nowadays, the view is blocked by trees and tall buildings. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z.../LAWiltern.jpg Detail of first picture above On the left, just past the Immanuel Presbyterian Church, I spotted a building that looked like a theater. When I zoomed in, I could read the text "Hammond Organ". Sadly, neither of the buildings either side of the sign are still standing (at least not in a recognizable form). http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...LAHammond1.jpg Detail of first picture above Here's a listing from the 1939 CD with details of the Hammond Instrument Co. at 3328 Wilshire. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...LAHammond2.jpg rescarta.lapl.org The later buildings also housed a keyboard retailer - the Sherman Clay Pianos/Organs sign is still there, although the business has gone. Sherman Clay went out of business early in 2013, after 142 years of trading, but I believe this site closed earlier because la.curbed described the building as "empty" in this article about redevelopment from 2010. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...manClayGSV.jpg GSV USC has a couple of other photos similar to the first, quite possibly from the same shoot. They are taken from slightly different angles, and include a bit of Switzer's on the left and the Gaylord in the background. The first has a better view of the Wiltern Theatre: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/re...ll170/id/22062 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/re...ll170/id/93249 More on the I. Magnin store: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=16372 |
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Thanks for citing my Wilshire blog--the link to the story on 3240 is broken for some reason...here's one that works: http://wilshireboulevardhouses.blogs...boulevard.html And here's a good shot of one of Julia Child's childhood homes--a 1915 'then' and a 'now' of 625 S Magnolia in Pasadena. The architect was Reginald Johnson; the pic is from The American Builder of Aug 25, 1915 (J Child was 3 years old that month): http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/3792/bn5j.jpgGoogle Books http://img547.imageshack.us/img547/1088/fi6i.jpgChens & Chai 625 S Magnolia was in the approximately equivalent lot one street east of that of her grandparents, the senior John McWilliamses, at 627 S Euclid, also still there: http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/264/gei2.jpg Julia's father, John McWilliams Jr, was a real estate investor--the family moved a number of times. In 1917, they were listed in the CD at 306 Congress Place: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-m...2520AM.bmp.jpg During the '20s and '30s, Julia's family lived at 1207 S Pasadena Ave. It may be the light-gray-roofed house, apparently the original with much of its property subdivided, at the top of the photo below at end of a long driveway; another source has it that 1207 was renumbered 1199, which is the dark-gray-roofed house at the bottom of the pic: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-I...2520AM.bmp.jpg |
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Nice follow-up. Same with your dissection of the Calpet spread-your-wings optical illusion. Maybe the Tanner shot changed (my) perception of geography too. The Tanner-on-Sunset seems odd with all of the parked cars in front of the building. This suggests there was a large paved parking area in front of the building, with the building set back from Sunset, or the cars were parked on Sunset (blocking) the street. Today, there is a Home Depot across from the building, leading one to wonder if the cars weren't parked across the street from Tanner - with the camera lens compressing the depth of field. Alternatively, could there have been an intersecting street at the location? As improbable as this seems, the nearby Hollywood Fwy necessarily gobbled up or rearranged quite a bit of nearby realty. http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics23/00046284.jpghttp://jpg2.lapl.org/pics23/00046284.jpg |
6600 Avalon Blvd. - Hoffman Candy Company
Responsible for Cup-O-Gold candy. http://www.oldtimecandy.com/assets/i...r-hoffmans.jpg http://www.oldtimecandy.com/assets/i...r-hoffmans.jpg http://www.papertrove.com/dw31413x202.jpghttp://www.papertrove.com/dw31413x202.jpg 1929 http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics25/00047108.jpghttp://jpg2.lapl.org/pics25/00047108.jpg 1930 http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics25/00047051.jpghttp://jpg2.lapl.org/pics25/00047051.jpg |
H[ans].Jevne Co. - Wholesale Grocer
1903 - 208 S Spring St. http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics09/00014309.jpghttp://jpg2.lapl.org/pics09/00014309.jpg[/IMG] 1906 http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics31/00065253.jpg http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics31/00065253.jpg 1913 - Sixth Street. looking east from Broadway http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics35/00067424.jpghttp://jpg3.lapl.org/pics35/00067424.jpg Undated (South Central and E 7th (?)) (Thought the intrepid Lookout Mt. Explorers (3940dex and Lorendoc) posted this, but unable to locate.) http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics25/00047105.jpghttp://jpg2.lapl.org/pics25/00047105.jpg But where did Hans Jeven reside in 1890? 849 S. Burlington Ave. http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics24/00061571.jpghttp://jpg3.lapl.org/pics24/00061571.jpg |
Watch that waistline! Did LA lead the nation in tooth decay?
Watkins Chocolate - 768 Merchant Street (7th and Central) http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics25/00047100.jpghttp://jpg2.lapl.org/pics25/00047100.jpg W.C. Watkins - interior. Sterility assured. http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics24/00046895.jpghttp://jpg2.lapl.org/pics24/00046895.jpg Bishop's aka Bishop and Company (look at top and bottom) 7th and Alameda http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics27/00048121.jpghttp://jpg2.lapl.org/pics27/00048121.jpg Christopher's - 21st and Los Angeles Streets 1922 http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics24/00046899.jpghttp://jpg2.lapl.org/pics24/00046899.jpg http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics24/00046864.jpghttp://jpg2.lapl.org/pics24/00046864.jpg Veronica Lake, actress (and trainhopper)http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=17913, and a big fan of Gum for Servicemen! 1942 http://jpg1.lapl.org/00106/00106292.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/00106/00106292.jpg |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...600Avalon1.jpg Bing Streetside It seems to be marketed towards garment manufacture nowadays. I came across the name "Azteca Jeans Inc" in association with the address, which might be what this picture shows. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...600Avalon2.jpg www.loopnet.com And here's how it looks when it's empty. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...600Avalon3.jpg www.loopnet.com |
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Hope Watkins had more than a bucket for rinsing off dirty hands, hairnets and nursery necessities. http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics03/00001224.jpg Snazzy sinks were available at Advanced Plumbing and Heating Co. 4646 Crenshaw Boulevard No date. Looked at CD, no see. http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics28/00048556.jpghttp://jpg2.lapl.org/pics28/00048556.jpg 1937 Kitchen display http://jpg1.lapl.org/00098/00098160.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/00098/00098160.jpg |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...vPlumbLAPL.jpg lapl.org The 1932 CD lists the company at 6022 S Broadway. By 1936 they've moved to Crenshaw, but the address 4623. Just two years later they've moved again, this time to Melrose Avenue. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...D.jpg~original rescarta.lapl.org |
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In the meantime, maybe someone recognizes a name or two from Hotel Cecil's 1929 guest registry. Notice under letterhead the advisement in uppercase letters. "GUESTS WITHOUT BAGGAGE ARE REQUIRED TO PAY IN ADVANCE." How long will it take before they accept Diner's Card? :rolleyes: http://jpg1.lapl.org/spnb01/00007204.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/spnb01/00007204.jpg http://jpg1.lapl.org/spnb01/00007306.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/spnb01/00007306.jpg Or someone is related to this woman who was satisfied with a view without a room. Source states photo was taken after 9 hours of sitting. (How long was the first screening of Greed?) Circa 1935 http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics25/00062253.jpghttp://jpg3.lapl.org/pics25/00062253.jpg 1928 http://jpg1.lapl.org/spnb01/00007198.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/spnb01/00007198.jpg |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...7thAlameda.jpg Bing Maps Here are a couple of previous posts featuring the H. Jevne Co.: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=4307 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=12633 The trucks of H. Jevne Co. and Watkins Chocolates were among a large collection of commercial vehicles previously posted by westcork: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=13091 Quote:
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A convalescent home now occupies the address. Maybe not as majestic, but there still is at least one Grand Dame on Burlingame. 826 Burlingame http://www.oldhousedreams.com/wp-con...burlington.jpghttp://www.oldhousedreams.com/wp-con...burlington.jpg http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8471/8...d59b1ea8_h.jpghttp://farm9.staticflickr.com/8471/8...d59b1ea8_h.jpg |
Note the glazed brick facing on this building in the next two shots.
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With the glazed brick facade in the 1926 shots, I think we're looking at three different buildings here, at least. Quote:
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Sorting out the Hollywood Post Office at 1717/1719 N Vine... It was built in 1925 to a basic Morgan Walls design that seems to have been undecided upon and then shared... https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-0...2520AM.bmp.jpg LAT Apr 19, 1925 Very similar to the design ultimately decided upon for the Hollywood PO, Mullen & Bluett announced that its Pasadena store would open on Oct 1, 1925... https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-A...2520AM.bmp.jpg https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-7...2520AM.bmp.jpg LAT Dec 1, 1925 This may have been a rendering for either the PO or Mullen Bluett--or there may even be a third MWC building in this style somewhere in LA... Quote:
The Hollywood PO became an Ontra's Cafeteria in 1937... https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-K...0/ontrarev.jpg (See prior NLA post: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=8094) According to the Times, the current Creque building is the 1931 remodeling of another building... https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-U...2520AM.bmp.jpg LAT Sept 13, 1931 LAT |
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