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Episcopal Church, Burbank CA.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/910/yT0lrX.jpg eBay :previous: That elderly church-going lady is straight out of central casting. She's so cute. Does any know where this small church was located? __ http://www.ebay.com/itm/B-W-Photo-07...wAAOSwT4lWT2SF |
I happened across the following two snapshots earlier this evening on eBay.
"Outdoor Sets, Columbia Studios, Burbank Calif." http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/633/xmvdU6.jpg Columbia Studios was located in Hollywood's "Gower Gulch", so this must be the Columbia Ranch in the valley. below: Columbia Ranch http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...633/lU0vkF.jpg old file / no date. :previous: I've been trying to locate the buildings in this aerial of the old Columbia Ranch in Burbank (I haven't had much luck....yet) while googling...I also found this interesting tidbit. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...903/v1PGdS.jpg at http://www.columbiaranch.net/history.html Here are the eBay pics enlarged http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...908/CL8dk9.jpg :previous: This one was obviously taken just beyond the perimeter of the "ranch". (at first I thought this was the studio's power-plant) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...910/AbTFhW.jpg above: old western street? (if only we could see the other side of that hanging sign) both images found at http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Phot...UAAOSwo0JWNsgm |
I don't believe this photo of the Gardena Pacific Electric station has been seen here. I'm not sure of the exact location but I think the route ran along Vermont Avenue in Gardena.
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Great post on the Inkwell and V Williams, T2! My dad's side of the family came to LA in 1944, and by the time my father was old enough (around the early 50's) the beaches weren't as segregated ,we have pictures somewhere of them at Venice,and riding rides at P.O.P., which was better than Disneyland but not as good as the Pike in LB. And i love the Motor lodge set Hoss.
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I have no idea where the station was, I never heard about a location in any of my Pacific Electric reading. |
:previous: I've searching for that station as well transitfan, but I haven't had any luck.
this simplified map is from a 1908 booklette. (I'm not sure why the names of the rail-lines are written upside-down) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...908/16IKVV.jpg http://www.colapublib.org/scgi-bin/c...in&file=29.jpg here it is flipped http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...633/JNq9L3.jpg :previous: but that doesn't tell us much without the Gardena street names. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/320...903/Qn9HSc.jpg 1908 __ |
'mystery' street, 1960s Los Angeles.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...903/HnaOFU.jpg http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TaHengZUYW...960s%2B(5).jpg This is merely a guess: Is that Century City in the far distance? It looks like twin towers, unless my eyes are deceiving me. Twin towers http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...903/6FPUjM.jpg http://demo.processwire.com/cities/l...-plaza-towers/ "Century Plaza Towers are two 44 story, 571 feet tall towers located at 2029 and 2049 Century Park East in Century City." architect- Minoru Yamasaki (yes, that Minoru Yamasaki) year-1975 _ |
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:previous: Thanks Wig Wag!
And does anyone recognize this car wash? Los Angeles, 1960s. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...903/mS4Xcu.jpg http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-14gMjmjbT0...960s%2B(9).jpg :previous: I love the astro-space thingy on top. -very cool...very mid-century. |
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I think this might be the same car wash I just posted. It looks like the same car anyway (and it was in the same group of slides)
Los Angeles, 1960s http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...910/vIFPLT.jpg http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OPPRYmdlX1...60s%2B(12).jpg for comparison http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...903/mS4Xcu.jpg The men's jumpsuits look the same too, white with red trim. (see detail below) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...905/6uZuRV.jpg :previous: I didn't notice that little orange car until I lightened the photo. -it looks cute. |
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The property had bad fires in 1970 which wiped out a lot of the sets. The first fire burned a quarter of the lot. I could see the glow from the fires from my house on the hill, about three miles away. Some sets were rebuilt but then burned again in later 1970. The north east corner was sold off at some point not too long after that and there was a supermarket put in and various shops, fast food and a drug store (now CVS). I remember that at the inside corner of the retail area where there was some parking, there were a number of feral cats which apparently roamed the movie lot and were being fed on the wall between the retail space and the lot by someone. I had an aunt and uncle who lived in the neighborhood and they had some "overflow" cats in their yard as well. |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original Detail from image at www.photos-albums.com The only vintage address I could find for Alert Cleaners is 2000 E Rosecrans Avenue, Compton. Just west of there is the extant Compton Car Wash. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original GSV Looking at Historic Aerials, it looks like the curved sculpture was still on the roof up until 2004 (below) - check out the shadow. Sadly, it's gone by the first GSV image in 2007. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original Historic Aerials |
:previous: excellent find hoss. so the roof-top structure made it to the 21st century at least.
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This is part 2 of Julius Shulman's Franciscan Motel pictures. These photographs date from two years after the ones I posted yesterday. This one is "Job 1085: Franciscan Motel (Los Angeles, Calif.),1951". Although the "F" on the chimney was visible in the earlier images, the sign along the front of the building appears to be new.
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...0.jpg~original This pool shot is pretty similar to the one from 1949, although the trees seem to have grown nicely in two years. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original The last image shows the steps to the pool and the "Franciscan Pool" lifebouys. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original All from Getty Research Institute The motel was obviously newly built in 1949, as the 1948 aerial view shows a cleared lot. The completed motel can be seen in the 1952 image. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original Historic Aerials The buildings nearest the freeway were demolished sometime between 1972 and 1980. The ones at the back of the lot, however, survive today. They are now in what seems to be the north parking lot of the Ford Theatres. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original GSV |
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