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Here's Sally Rand on 'What's My Line' in 1952 lookin' good. . .and quite charming. Her segment begins at 17:00. She was 48 at the time. . |
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The era when Ruth played was still very racist. Odious Klan marches were held in Washington in 1925 and 1926, and lynchings were a common event in the south. Players with black ancestry couldn't play in the major leagues until Jackie Robinson broke the barrier in 1947. So when opposing players (apparently including Georgian Ty Cobb) suggested that Ruth might have some black ancestry, that at the time was considered a big insult. The opposing players based their insults on Ruth's slightly dark complexion (he tanned deeply in summer) and some of his facial features. But most authorities I'm aware of say that Ruth was entirely or primarily of German ancestry (although Ruth himself also thought he might have partial Irish ancestry as well). One good source is the fairly recent biography "The Big Bam", which I highly recommend. The book has a very good source index. In later years, Cobb and Ruth were somewhat friendly to each other, and a couple of times golfed. Cobb, who was very good with money and investments, and became very wealthy, sometimes suggested investments to Ruth, including buying Coca Cola stock (a very good suggestion). Both Cobb and Ruth were in the first Hall of Fame induction class in the late 1930s, and were very friendly and courteous to each other at the induction ceremony. Interestingly, Cobb was #1 in votes to induct, getting slightly more than Ruth. Honus Wagner, Grover Cleveland Alexander, and Walter Johnson were some of the other inductees in the first class. Ruth was a Democrat, and a big backer of Al Smith in the 1928 presidential election. It didn't hurt that both men were "wets", against prohibition and frequent imbibers. When someone asked why he made more money than President Hoover early in the depression, Ruth joked that he had a better year than Hoover. Ruth was a good Catholic, and a member of the Knights of Columbus. His second wife apparently tamed him somewhat, and his womanizing apparently was reduced, or at least became more discrete. The later feud between Ruth and Gehrig apparently might have started when Gehrig suspected that his wife Eleanor might have had an affair with Ruth. On the way by ocean liner to Japan in 1934 for a series of baseball exhibition games, Gehrig came across a tipsy Eleanor in Ruth's berth having a drink. Ruth and Gehrig reconciled at Lou's farewell in Yankee Stadium after Gehrig got the fatal disease that still carries his name. Ruth never got a chance to manage a team, even in the minor leagues, since most owners thought he didn't have the character or perhaps intelligence to do so. In actuality, Ruth was an intelligent and charismatic man (although his memory for names wasn't great), and probably would have been a good manager. It is unfortunate he never got the chance. Traded by the Yankees, Ruth briefly was a player and Vice President for the Boston Braves. He hit his last 3 home runs with the Braves in 1935 at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, the last one traveling well over 500 feet. The Big Bam went out with a Big Bang. Later, Ruth briefly served as a first base coach for the Brooklyn Dodgers. The Babe died in 1948 from throat cancer. He was only 53. Huge crowds paid their respects at his funeral. The best film to see Ruth in action is the Gehrig biopic "Pride of the Yankees". Who else could have played Ruth except Ruth? The "Babe Ruth Story" with William "Life of Riley" Bendix as the Big Bam is quite horrid--don't waste your time watching it in its rare appearances on TV. The 1990s TV biopic with John Goodman as Ruth isn't quite as terrible, but is hard to find, and Goodman looks and behaves nothing like Ruth. |
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Okie Mod Squad I never tire of pictures showing the Cinerama Dome with the Sunset Vine Tower. Something like L.A.'s homage to the Trylon and Perisphere. One odd thing: the movie Oklahoma! was released in 1955, whereas the Cinerama Dome opened in 1963, so I guess this postcard was made to publicise a re-release of that 30 FPS Todd-AO extravaganza. Or maybe there's another simple explanation. (On a completely unrelated note, Oklahoma City's Gold Dome was built in 1958 to house Citizen's State Bank. The tower at 2200 Classen was originally built in 1966 as a headquarters for Citizens Narional Bank, and was designed as a tribute to Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright's only completed skyscraper is also in Oklahoma. The tower has been converted to apartments - shades of the Sunset Vine tower.) |
The Sheen's at play, around LA
Here are more family pictures. The first few are my dad and aunts in front of Kenwood. The rest are just random parks.
https://i.postimg.cc/hPq66trq/050.jpg Dad 1946 https://i.postimg.cc/4NV74BV9/056.jpg Aunt Delores, Aunt Mildred on the trike, and Lassie 1946 https://i.postimg.cc/q7kC5ytC/047.jpg Dad, Papa, Aunt Mildred, and Aunt Carol not facing the camera This one is a hard one to place. Dad said there used to be stables near Inglewood, but remembered sometime in the mid 50's they made trips to Ontario to go riding. Papa owned two horses, which my Aunt Carol took to. She later moved to AZ to live the life of a cowgirl and was able to own a few horses herself. https://i.postimg.cc/WbgB9kcV/059.jpg Papa, Aunt Mildred, and i'm not too sure which cousin Papa is holding but Aunt Mildred is holding Trena Some park in LA 1958 I posted this a few months ago when we we're discussing Marineland. I got to go to Marineland in 1986-87 (I think it was Marineworld by then), and i remember getting my caricature drawn by a clown. When i go back home for the holidays ill post it, till then here are the Sheen's at Marineworld (again) 1957..in Living Color! https://i.postimg.cc/brNZ6hsc/060.jpg And last is one of my favorites. On the back it simply says Griffith. https://i.postimg.cc/J03zW7dd/083.jpg Granny with Aunt Mildred, and Dad 1946 edit: The reason for my visits to ML/MW was mainly because Dad did a commercial for them. If you want check it out https://youtu.be/s7_FaN6bves |
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And since it's the Holiday Season, here are more Candy related Pictures. When they passed, granny just boxed up the pictures and put them n the Duplex's basement. I've tried to get a hold of FIDM to see if they wanted any items (we have the keys to Mr. Candy's office at Bullocks Wilshire and Westwood, along with his awards, and a few P.G. Winnett items), but it's a lost cause.
I posted this way back when i had Photobucket, the back had my Grandmother's writing, but its BW. https://i.postimg.cc/zGfbrWSm/095.jpg Christmastime 1957 https://i.postimg.cc/NLq4nDrw/038.jpg P.G. Winnett, and Kate Winnett Candy on the right, the rest unknown. This last one is the Candy's driver out in Sunland. Evidently they owned a bunch of property out in that area, and they would go shooting out there. All of the photos from this day are desert scenes, Mrs. Candy Shooting, the driver sitting, and my grandmothers lunch.. I'm only posting the driver because the rest aren't too interesting. Plus he looks cool. https://i.postimg.cc/tR2nm2Wd/072.jpg All photos scanned by me |
The Christmas tree looks like it's in the old Bullocks-Wilshire store on Wilshire Blvd.
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Here's an interesting rppc currently on eBay https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/684RzL.jpg eBay Let's take a closer look. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/AAq4Ew.jpg On the left you can see the L.(?) Watson & Son Meat Market. And the back tells us this is Glendale CA. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...924/UcEdJj.jpg What we don't know is the name of the street. . |
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I am quite sure we have seen the Garvanza Villa Hotel on NLA (I can't locate the post) but we haven't seen this view that just showed up on eBay. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...922/eMs0ic.jpg eBay Here's a super-duper closer look. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/zSbok2.jpg . . .and the reverse. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/hdlN0t.jpg . |
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https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...e404ae34_h.jpgusc https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...6f57cf54_h.jpgbingmaps Can't find a demo permit, but 121 South Avenue 63 was built in 1925, so I'm guessing it went down around then. Here's another shot of it: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...0ceb8cd9_h.jpgusc The view looking out over the Arroyo must have been incredible*. Designed by Boring and Haas, it was built in 1886. *Edit: the view is still pretty swell. As are the 1920s apartments that replaced it— https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...af998292_h.jpggsv |
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It appears the Garvanza Villa Hotel was destroyed by fire. https://i.imgur.com/uBbE3g4.jpg planning.lacity.org This is the demolition permit from March 1924. https://i.imgur.com/cC2UKGq.jpg ladbsdoc.lacity.org |
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A quick return to the Garvanza Villa Hotel. The hotel under construction. (1885) https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/LhXy2n.jpg Los Angeles Public Library "The Garvanza Villa Hotel under construction at the corner of what are now Avenue 63 and York Blvd."... KCET A late 1886 view looking north from the second floor of the hotel. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/WF0cL0.jpg Garvanza by Charles J. Fisher "The photograph shows Pasadena Avenue (now York Boulevard) passing the newly completed Land Company building (later called Miller's Hall) and the Wells Fargo Station." ...Charles J. Fisher So which one is the Santa Fe Station? I don't see any railroad tracks. :shrug: Lastly, here's a photograph taken from the porch of the Garvanza Villa Hotel. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/AhPom6.jpg Garvanza by Charles J. Fisher "When the $20,000 hotel opened on November 1886 it was sometimes referred to as the 'Garvanza Park Hotel'. This view of the Arroyo Seco includes Sugar Loaf Hill which was to become known as 'Santa Fe Hill' when the railroad bought out the 'Los Angeles & San Gabriel Railroad' the following January.". . . .Charles J. Fisher The hanging plant at the end of the porch appears to be taking the brunt of the wind. ... |
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There is a group of original slides that were just listed on eBay. They're being sold separately. Here's the first slide. (my favorite)...I'll post the rest later today. Looking south on Olive Street toward the Biltmore Hotel. (1950s?) https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/t6o76b.jpg eBay We've seen this view many times on NLA but it's always exciting to see a never-seen-before original. The empty lot on the right is the former site of the Fremont Hotel. :previous: This one. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/eUa1gv.jpg img.i side note:...The Fremont can be seen in a few film noirs. Also too. . . I'm curious about the skybridges connecting the two white buildings. I don't recall seeing them before. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...922/GO5ixg.jpg detail The top two are obviously passageways for employees. Just for fun. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...922/3gCN6F.jpg detail note the Christmas thingy. I know we've discussed them before but I don't remember what we decided they were. umm. . .a place to post letters to Santa? . |
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https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/yeytN5.jpg eBay The Los Angeles County Courthouse designed by African-American arthitect Paul Williams. Additional info. for newbies. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/EGeZhX.jpg dailyjournal See the clock. Read below: "The gigantic clock with the 11-foot hands and large Roman numerals first appeared in Los Angeles County's 'Clocktower Courthouse' in 1861. The clock was transferred to the 'Red Sandstone Courthouse' in 1891. After sitting in storage, the clock was retrieved and installed in the Mid-Century Los Angeles Courthouse, shown above."...dailyjournal That is amazing. I'm surprised the clock survived all those different moves from one place to another. (most of you no doubt already knew this story) https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/QEp9O8.jpg eBay For newcomers:... The massive building in front of City Hall is the old California State Building. It was damaged in the 1971 Sylmar Earthquake & demolished in 1975-76. :( . |
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I've been watching Get Smart lately and I just thought I'd ask... In the Season 3 intro, below, what are the two buildings we see right at the start?
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And as Bristolian pointed out, the area is Garvanza, though to be exact I'm Garvanza-adjacent, in the Avenues of Highland Park. I did just go through the Jack In The Box drive-thru the other night, right there on the storied Garvanza Villa land... Despite what it says in the City Planning Dept HPOZ report on Garvanza, I don't think there was a fire. A fire would have made the papers, for one thing. Also, there was a big auction beforehand, which leads me to believe it was their intention to tear it down: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...3eaec92d_c.jpgnewspapers.com And then Whiting-Mead tear it down come March: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...d9273d16_c.jpgnewspapers.com What I don't get, is the use of 156 S Ave 63 in that notice, or in the demo permit that Noir_Noir posted. Seems to me the GV was on the other side of the street; many times its address is given as 121: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...c79e02ef_o.pngnewspapers.com ...so I guess the subject of its address is something of a mystery. |
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What really gets me is that it shows the pedestrian bridges between the two telephone buildings. The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph offices at left (Bliss & Faville, 1924) was joined to the new Southern California Telephone HQ (Charles Day Woodford) when it was finished in 1947. We've seen the shot by the great Palmer Conner here on NLA before I'm sure: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...0442f843_b.jpgHuntington Library |
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https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...bae9dbf5_b.jpglapl However, that tower didn't last too long. In 1966 the tower was removed/demolished, and seven stories added to the structure, and then the tower was rebuilt in a slightly different configuration: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...34869807_b.jpghuntington, huntington |
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Thanks, HossC...so that's the Broadway entrance...it was confusing me somewhat! |
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I wasn't really aware of this, but apparently after the Northridge Quake in 1994, the building was shut down for almost two decades, was considered for demolition, but underwent a $234 million overhaul starting in 2012, including extensive seismic retrofitting, and reopened in Oct. 2014. https://i2.wp.com/brighamyen.com/wp-...9/DSC06808.jpgBrighamYen https://i1.wp.com/brighamyen.com/wp-...9/DSC06800.jpgBrighamYen https://i0.wp.com/brighamyen.com/wp-...pg?w=497&ssl=1BrighamYen Looking at GSVs, the bollards were put in sometime between 2015 and 2016. |
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Here's another of the slides from the group that I mentioned a couple of days ago. (I previously posted three of the slides) I'm glad one of them found a home with Beaudry. :) As you can see this one was taken on Hollywood Blvd. just east of Argyle. -looking west. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/oqeknK.jpg eBay The two films playing at the Pantages are. . . Tip on a Dead Jockey (1957) House of Numbers (1957) And there's a bit of jabberwocky fun going on with the two signs. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/3...924/X8aQcR.jpg . |
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mystery street, Los Angeles 1970 ....eBay hmm. .perhaps the owners of the two nifty cars work in the building on the left. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/q4lyWJ.jpg eBay At first glance there doesn't appear to be any good clues (besides the name on the bldg at left.) . . . .that is, unless you take a look farther down the street. (see below) https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...924/e0XuSL.jpg detail As you can see the street appears to dead end at a rather interesting looking building with a wall and arch. (& possibly a tall tower on the left) . . .of course an even better clue is the homemade 2412 sign with the arrow. There's also a street sign peaking out from behind a pole. The first two letters appear to be A and y(?) I think. Last but not least, here is a closer look at the name on the building that I mentioned earlier. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...922/qxTwQ3.jpg detail I've often wondered if there's an app that will stretch out the letters to make the sign more legible. (just askin') Good luck minions! :superwhip . |
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Pensick & Gordon Toy Warehouse, 1946. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/bteDgL.jpg eBay 845 S. Los Angeles Street I thought I recognized this building as a building in the Arts District. . . . .but 845 S. Los Angeles St. is located in the 'Lady Liberty' Bldg. LINK...... (as you can see, it isn't on a corner as shown in the ad) So where is the building in the ad? :shrug: (At the moment I don't remember the street address of the building I think it might be. . |
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The CDs around that time all list 845 S Los Angeles Street as the address of Pensick & Gordon (earlier ones give their address as 356 S Los Angeles). Despite this, the building in the picture is at S Santa Fe and E 3rd. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds GSV |
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I just found this 1970s view of Pensick & Gordon on flickr https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/cTOgwu.jpg flickr "At this time all boarded up and abandoned. Today, it has been converted into lofts as part of the clean up of Downtown. On the corner of 3rd and Santa Fe Ave. The structure was built in 1907 and was originally a wholesale grocers.". ...emd "My dad worked there for years from 1956 til he retired in 1975 He was a truck driver and warehouseman. They had the best company picnics at Elysian Park. Free toys for all the kids."......perezcathy Free toys for the kids at the company picnic! That is so cool. :) I know we have seen this building on NLA but a search for 'Pensick' resulted in no hits. |
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The Toy Warehouse Lofts, converted in 2001, was the first of the derelict downtown commercial buildings to be made into live-work space under the Los Angeles Adaptive Reuse Ordinance. In 1907 grocer R. L. Craig commissioned architects Morgan And Walls to design a new warehouse for his growing business. The firm, noted in succeeding years for several downtown buildings including the Richfield Tower and several theaters, created the three-level structure with understated but elegant brickwork. Craig died before the building became operational and his wife, Nancy Tuttle Craig, took over and built the business into the largest grocery distributor in the city. The operation quickly outgrew the building and Mrs Craig, one of the most successful businesswomen in early Los Angeles, moved to a larger warehouse nearby. |
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