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so-cal-bear, just keeping you guys on your toes. ;)
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/829/sm7j.jpgebay much more lush today. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...0/819/ur2r.jpg GSV |
More hard rubber
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-8...2520PM.bmp.jpgThe Old Motor Early Moreland trucks were equipped with the Moreland gasifier, allowing them to burn cheap distillate fuel (apparently similar to kerosene). https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-d...2520PM.bmp.jpgvintage postcards.org https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-j...2520PM.bmp.jpgcredit http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics27/00048125.jpgLAPL Moreland trucks were Los Angeles's own, built early on in Burbank, later in the city istself. Sources cite the Burbank factory as being at San Fernando and Alameda—the intersection is now generic American CVS/Rite Aid Walgreens—no sign of Moreland today. https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-v...2520PM.bmp.jpg http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics28/00048519.jpgLAPL Inside the Moreland factory. Quote:
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GW, I nearly forgot to thank you for all your LA Times articles about the Produce Terminal and Federal Cold Storage building - they add a huge amount of background info.
-------------------- The picture below is part of a trio titled "Sign boards, Southern California, 1927". No location is given. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...estVernon1.jpg USC Digital Library In the foreground there's a sign for Arlington Avenue. No name is visible on the paperhanging business, so the inset business name (from the 1927 CD) is a guess. However, the next picture places the location on West Vernon, so the address is about right. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...estVernon2.jpg Detail of picture above/LAPL I can be more certain of the name of this business as it appears on the side of the building. It's also the reason I'm confident that we're looking at West Vernon. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...estVernon3.jpg Detail of picture above/LAPL Here's the current Google Streetview image of West Vernon from Arlington. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...estVernon4.jpg GSV Moving to just west of 2nd Avenue, the old H G McElheney building is still there at 2406 West Vernon. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...estVernon5.jpg GSV There's no way of telling the original color from the B/W picture above, but I'd wager that it wasn't pink! Strip away the bars and it still looks pretty intact. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...estVernon6.jpg GSV |
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http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/853/932z.jpg The symbol/logo on this truck caught my eye. It resembles Neptune's trident upside-down. __ |
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http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/36/8skb.jpg Cradle Snatchers 1927, seven reels 6,281 feet. (missing reel 4, and part of 3) Directed by Howard Hawks. shorty p.j.s http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/593/zsof.jpg icollector.com everyone's favorite 'fancy pants' Franklin Pangborn http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/853/3wj2.jpg icollector.com http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/607/uvjz.jpg icollector.com not sure who these player are. (at first I thought the woman was Joan Crawford) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/542/xpfx.jpg icollector.com In this instance, I believe the stage players are a bit more interesting than the players in the film (except maybe Franklin Pangborn:)) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/855/78ck.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cradle_Snatchers |
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I was actually looking for pictures of Mack Trucks when I stumbled onto this one titled "Aerial view of the Mack Motor Truck Company in Los Angeles, ca.1925".
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original USC Digital Library A quick look through the City Directories, and I only found an address on E 7th Street that didn't look right. Then I tried searching for "Hammond Lumber" which appears on the roof sign of the building across the road. That stood at 2010 S Alameda. Imagine my surprise when I found the whole Mack Trucks factory still standing at 2001 S Alameda (albeit without the watertank). http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ackTrucks2.jpg Google Maps The front and rear buildings now belong to Forever 21. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ackTrucks3.jpg GSV Here's the Hammond Lumber Company advert from the 1926 CD. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...mondLumber.jpg rescarta.lapl.org |
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Nuway Laundry, 797 Towne Ave.
"Best Family Style" - a stone's throw from Stanton's Saratoga Chips. 1925 http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...VLB3I4CJ62.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...VLB3I4CJ62.jpg |
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Source indicates Long Beach. Anyone recognize the background building?
'Ol No. 36. Probably not the quickest rig in Long Beach or Santa Anita. http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...PRYXM1XI15.jpg http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...PRYXM1XI15.jpg This Delivery truck's lack of a windshield "may" have been designed to cheat the wind. It also prevented the operator from claiming his vision was impaired due to dirty glass. http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...G225XC361A.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...G225XC361A.jpg Union Ice Co. - California's oldest ice maker per LAT http://articles.latimes.com/1987-07-...07_1_union-ice (Several So Cal locations including this Vernon site: 2970 E 50th St.) Location and date unk. http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...NIGYVRTYA1.jpg |
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The once manly Mack truck factory has been reduced to making clothing for 14 year old girls. Great shots of the Burbank Moreland Truck factory. I have an elderly friend in Los Angeles that bought many of Watt Morelands personal effects from Morelands granddaughter. Watt Morelands house 1763 Buckingham road (Whittington) http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c2...1925_image.jpg Speaking of Hammond Lumber.. (Whittington) http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c2...32_image_2.jpg The Hammond truck is a Fageol...that became Peterbilt in 1939 Cheers,Pat |
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I wonder if the Mullin Lumber Company sign would fly today... (Whittington) http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c2...35_image_2.jpg Cheers,Pat |
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