Lorendoc, it took me quite awhile to figure all this out.
http://imageshack.us/a/img826/1613/f4m4.jpg I agree, I think the view in question is a photo-montage. -but why...what was gained? __ |
:previous: Ninth and Hope Streets was also the former home of B'nai B'rith Synagogue. Difficulty viewing, look here => http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...id/4682/rec/23 Circa '1902 (From the look of things, the name "Dusty" was probably a popular name.) http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...eet&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...eet&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...eet&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...eet&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...eet&DMROTATE=0 Curious about what appears to be short stacks of timbers on the sidewalk. Part of the building, or something to do with public works (RR ties?) ? http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...eet&DMROTATE=0 Impressive lookout tower. Notice the other utility poles, they literally pale in comparison and seem dysfunctional. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...eet&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...eet&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...eet&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...eet&DMROTATE=0 http://waterandpower.org/Historical_...Bnai_Brith.jpghttp://waterandpower.org/Historical_...Bnai_Brith.jpg |
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Seems only fitting that we peek inside, circa '27 (Opening day!) Curious about the bottles, pre-prohibition reminders or maybe news of the Volstead Act hadn't made it south of 10th Street? http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics18/00008704.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/pics18/00008704.jpg More on El Cholo's history => http://elcholopasadena.com/history/ http://mexicanfoodpasadena.com/wp-co...-history-2.pnghttp://mexicanfoodpasadena.com/wp-co...-history-2.png |
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Cash register counter at the Harvey House restaurant in Union Station. Wonder what became of the white Locomotive? Pulling a load of French Fries in Vegas? http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics18/00008715.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/pics18/00008715.jpg http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics18/00008711.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/pics18/00008711.jpg http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics18/00008712.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/pics18/00008712.jpg http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics46/00042963.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/pics46/00042963.jpg |
Boys Markets. Chain started in '24. http://articles.latimes.com/1988-03-...ermarket-chain
800 Block of Colorado Blvd., Pasadena January 1, 1938 http://jpg1.lapl.org/00098/00098899.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/00098/00098899.jpg Property cleared for building Boy's Market in Highland Park on Monte Vista Street at North Ave. 55. http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics31/00065252.jpghttp://jpg3.lapl.org/pics31/00065252.jpg Same Boy's Market, located on Monte Vista Street at No. Ave. 55, Highland Park? 1937 http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics33/00066268.jpghttp://jpg3.lapl.org/pics33/00066268.jpg General Vicinity of Monte Vista and Ave 55 http://highlandpark.files.wordpress....pg?w=600&h=375http://www.uncanny.net/~wetzel/montevista.jpghttp://www.uncanny.net/~wetzel/montevista.jpg Boys Market at 3670 Crenshaw Boulevard. July '52 http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics34/00036776.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/pics34/00036776.jpg |
November 20, 1944 - Vermont Ave and 51st Street. While the boys were slugging it out in the Battle of Hürtgen Forest, Vermont looks amazingly quaint and peaceful. http://jpg1.lapl.org/00104/00104353.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/00104/00104353.jpg Building currently used as Challengers tennis facility http://www.craiglawson.com/html_imag...ers_tennis.jpghttp://www.craiglawson.com/html_imag...ers_tennis.jpg |
We've focused on Wilshire and Vermont many times. (E.g., http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/show...ostcount=12338 and http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/show...00#post6224300) And GW gives the area extensive coverage on his site http://wilshireboulevardhouses.blogs...e-see-our.html. Looked for this interesting image on this thread, but couldn't locate it. (Notice the ad for flannel suits pushes Bullocks downtown. No mention of the much closer Bullocks Wilshire. BW only sold worsted? Different price points:cool:) 1932 http://theoldmotor.com/wp-content/up...05/Vermont.jpghttp://theoldmotor.com/wp-content/up...05/Vermont.jpg Hard time viewing enlargement? Go here: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si.../1393/rec/2127 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...lvd&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...lvd&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...lvd&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...lvd&DMROTATE=0 Notice the winged bus bench~! Looks like it should be fitted with seat belts. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...lvd&DMROTATE=0 Roberts Bros had a nice sign, but how good were their eats? http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...lvd&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...lvd&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...lvd&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...lvd&DMROTATE=0 Switzer's (3250 Wilshire) - before being eclipsed by Magnins http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...lvd&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...lvd&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...lvd&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...lvd&DMROTATE=0 http://jpg1.lapl.org/00101/00101658.jpg http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=16372 Can't resist including Señor Bengston's remarkable '34 image of the area. http://silentlocations.files.wordpre..._image_2-c.jpg http://silentlocations.files.wordpre..._image_2-c.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/author/show..._Bengtson/blog |
Keep thinking I have seen these images on this thread, but maybe not. NW Corner Wilshire and Vermont, circa '79. http://whitenoiseofeverydaylife.file...010/11/ah1.jpg http://whitenoiseofeverydaylife.file...010/11/ah1.jpg GW posted this quasi-contemporary view of the same Vermont-Wilshire intersection. Evidently, the dust has yet to settle on the intersection as there are big projects underway. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-egx7q60_pp...todaycompl.jpg http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-egx7q60_pp...todaycompl.jpg |
Anyone notice the "mixed" reviews for the construction on the SE corner of Wilshire and La Brea? http://la.curbed.com/archives/2013/0..._mosthated.php and http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...42650&page=167 Guessing neither the Ritz nor Columbia Savings was worth remembering. Is "charm" something random or accidental? :fourleafclover: :wiseman: Charming Wilshire corridor circa '40. A simpler and lower-to-the-ground time. http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...7CT54T5J5D.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...7CT54T5J5D.jpg McDonnell's at Beverly and La Brea '31-'32 http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...C5RUPAJNAE.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...C5RUPAJNAE.jpg [S] teak [S]andwich. http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...EP3Q6Q3I91.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...EP3Q6Q3I91.jpg http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=15975 Also in the neighborhood, at 113 1/2 North La Brea Ave, the Mayan Apartments! http://rescarta.lapl.org:8080/ResCar...an&submit=Find And it's still there! One of the occupants is photographer Harry Langdon, who once occupied another (recently revamped) location of interest near Sweetzer and Beverly. (8275 Beverly Blvd.) http://www.thedailytruffle.com/wp-co...PM-400x240.pnghttp://www.thedailytruffle.com/wp-co...PM-400x240.png Circa 1930 - 113 1/2 N. La Brea (Me thinks the "Deli" is the precursor to El Coyote? See Below) http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...AIB4VEIK43.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...AIB4VEIK43.jpg No shortage of Deli's on La Brea in '32. http://rescarta.lapl.org:8080/ResCar...en&submit=Find http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=3484 http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics18/00008708.jpghttps://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_d...01653%20PM.jpg http://www.julienewmar.com/labrea/im...-N-La-Brea.jpghttp://www.julienewmar.com/labrea/im...-N-La-Brea.jpg Exact location unknown. (Follow the sign?) http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...V74F1VCT5A.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...V74F1VCT5A.jpg |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...denaStamps.jpg Ebay The description says: "These labels were used in the Los Angeles area probably in the 20's & 30's. The Pasadena Electric Express provided service over the Pacific Electric urban rail service. The two "Electric Express & Storage" might possibly be either a forerunner of [or] followed the Pasadena labels. Service was 10 cents." Various sources also list an address for the Pasadena Electric Express Company at 400 S Fair Oaks Avenue, Pasadena. This is from the Thurston’s Residence and Business Directory of Pasadena, Altadena and Lamanda Park, 1924. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...aElectric2.jpg Pasadena Digital History Collaboration I'm not sure if this is the same company, but here's a snippet I found on www.erha.org: "In the early days, Southern California's first electric railway freight business was begun by a private company. "The Pasadena & Los Angeles Electric Express Company", using two box motors. The line also had one more first: the first combination baggage-mail car was operated on its tracks." |
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I've followed just about every page of this thread and know that many have provided valuable info about and photos relating to the Black Dahlia mystery, however I did want to post a link to a 3 part video on Elizabeth Short that is part of James Ellroy's Feast of Death on BBC Four (2001). Hopefully it's not a repost and excuse me for my ignorance if it is..., I for one found Larry Harnisch's (former LA Times writer) theory very convincing. Here it is for all of your enjoyment.
Part 1: http://youtu.be/_RUPKbDebSA Part 2: http://youtu.be/alWIvTb1zfQ Part 3: http://youtu.be/oyWjnFY858Y |
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:previous: I'll have to recheck it. thx for the heads up AL.
I took my cue from this at http://dearoldhollywood.blogspot.com...locations.html http://imageshack.us/a/img837/5066/bpwf.jpg by Robby Cress the crime duo continues down... http://imageshack.us/a/img843/752/gjg3.jpg by Robby Cress __ |
-Have we discussed this memorial fountain(?) before? I can't remember.
http://imageshack.us/a/img854/2149/6hpk.jpg ebay __ |
I'm surprised by how decrepit this is by the year 1926.
http://imageshack.us/a/img593/7788/upum.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img96/6268/m1om.jpg ebay When was the line put out of service anyway? 10 years earlier...15? __ -I'm outta town for a few days. Have fun everyone! |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ateoStreet.jpg Historic Aerials |
Hi. I found this thread not long ago and have been reading it from page 1. Reading the thread is doing serious violence to my spare time, but it's such an enjoyable violence! I'm only up to page 48 but feel as if I've already had a graduate course in LA history. I registered this account just to thank the regulars for their contributions. According to one old entry, you may not think this forum has many users, but I suspect you have many more silent "students" than you know.
I lived in the Security Building downtown (5th and Spring) for a few years and collected some historic information while I was there. In 1906, the bank gave out a freebie street map and railway guide. This forum has helped me make sense of it. At the risk of this being a repost from the 800 pages I haven't yet looked at, here's the map from the Rumsey Collection. http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/...ps275d9d3a.jpg http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/...ps7af9d305.jpg I also have some original picture postcards the bank put out. It's amazing what you can find on eBay! Anyway, thanks again so much. I just couldn't read any further without letting you know how fascinating and valuable it is to learn so much history about a place with "no history." |
Welcome sportbiker
Thanks for the maps, and welcome to the thread!
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