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Hey guys, haven't checked in here in a long time but Arnold Hylen's grand niece is running a Facebook page dedicated to Arnold here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Arnol...58678744196612

Anyway his niece is posting never before seen pictures there, including color shots of which the Cal State Library has none. So it's quite the thrill to be going through my Facebook feed and see new-old LA shots peppered throughout. Unfortunately, details on dates or locations are at a bare minimum, so you'll just have to put your detective caps on as you look at these shots!

http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/4040/d2g4.jpg
EDIT: this is the Herman Baer house at 221 South Olive

http://imageshack.us/a/img560/5831/c2l6.jpg
(^ this shot is reversed)

http://imageshack.us/a/img824/5723/e717.jpg

Thanks for the heads up on the Arnold Hylen photos kznyc2k. I look forward to checking them out.
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We've seen numerous postcards and ads for the Los Angeles Alligator Farm, but these two are new to me.

Miss Earline Heath posing with Bill, a 260-year-old alligator circa 1933.
http://imageshack.us/a/img221/8619/8qhz.jpg
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aw..look how cute.
http://imageshack.us/a/img35/2529/i9il.jpg
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p.s. Nice glamour shots of the fashion show at Lucy's Chuckaluck. :)

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Originally Posted by Earl Boebert (Post 6173952)

Transocean, AKA Taloa, originated the motto of Air America: "Anything, Anywhere, Anytime." Draw your own conclusions :-)

http://www.taloa.org/index.html

Thanks for the info. Earl. Wasn't Air America a cover for the CIA, or do I have the wrong airline?
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Brock cocktail ring 1937
http://imageshack.us/a/img17/5294/wwqc.jpg
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I've been wondering about that 260 year old alligator. I thought only trees live that long.

Here's the press release.
http://imageshack.us/a/img69/8769/t0pm.jpg
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Quote:

Originally Posted by Earl Boebert (Post 6173952)

Transocean, AKA Taloa, originated the motto of Air America: "Anything, Anywhere, Anytime." Draw your own conclusions :-)

http://www.taloa.org/index.html

Cheers,

Earl

This description from Wikipedia of one flight exemplifies their motto! Of course it was well before the Vietnam war. ;>)

A crew once left Oakland, California for Taiwan in a DC-4 loaded with 12,000 pounds of gunpowder for General Chiang Kai-Shek’s Nationalist Chinese Army, then ferried the airplane to Hong Kong to pick up a load of Chinese cedar chests and fly them west to Rome, Italy. Within hours of the delivery of the cedar chests, the airplane departed full of Italian seamen bound for New York to rendezvous with an ocean freighter.

Cheers,
Jack

Lilac scented talc?

Time to make momma proud and beautify America!

1959 - The Owl Barbershop - 117 E. 6th Street (Space currently occupied by "Salon Pure")

http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...CD74JSF6E6.jpg http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...CD74JSF6E6.jpg

But could it ever replace LA Imperial? "They do good work!"
(MercedES Theater - Look closely - and Pico House)

1950
http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...8IFQFNMBCU.jpg http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...8IFQFNMBCU.jpg

1945
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015406.jpg http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015406.jpg http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015406.jpg

Quote:

Originally Posted by CityBoyDoug (Post 6173714)

An old picture of the City Boy taken in Mexico City.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...pseacebf99.jpg

-You're looking quite dapper in this photograph CBD.
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Originally Posted by BifRayRock (Post 5897743)

http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/...v/d3e12896.jpg http://cdn.calisphere.org

Another interesting view - showing a wee bit 'o the Hat.

Circa '32
http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...L2KIUF4RHA.jpg http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...L2KIUF4RHA.jpg

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 6175125)

Thanks for the info. Earl. Wasn't Air America a cover for the CIA, or do I have the wrong airline?
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Brock cocktail ring 1937
http://imageshack.us/a/img17/5294/wwqc.jpg
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During the VN war, Air America was indeed a cover for the CIA. I was stationed in Thailand and there was an Air America Terminal on the base. I was isolated from the rest of the base and access was restricted to those with "a need to know." Worst kept secret.

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Originally Posted by BifRayRock (Post 6175270)

Grand Opening!
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-b...0/100_5388.JPG https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-b...0/100_5388.JPG

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Four survivors of "the Blue and the Gray" met again on common ground. They sat together at the Coliseum to join in paying tribute to America's World War heroes in Armistice Day exercises. There were three of the Blue, the Union men, and one of the Gray. Photo shows, from left to right: second row, Capt. Eugene Merrick, 79, who fought with the 147th Illinois Infantry; Col. J. C. Brooks, 85, 20th Tennessee Infantry; A. H. Cain, 86, 50th Missouri Infantry; and Corp. Joseph Carter, 92, 50th Missouri Infantry. Photo dated: November 12, 1934.

http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics21/00045312.jpg http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics21/00045312.jpg

1941 - Armed sentry
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics30/00049651.jpg http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics30/00049651.jpg

Victory Tribute, '45 Gen G.H.Patton as featured guest.
http://jpg1.lapl.org/00091/00091206.jpg http://jpg1.lapl.org/00091/00091206.jpg

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Scene at the Veterans Day memorial held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Admiral John Sidney McCain Jr., Commander-in-Chief of Pacific Forces, delivers the address to the crowd gathered. McCain's son, John Sidney III, a navy lieutenant commander is among the American POW's being held in North Vietnam

November 11, 1970
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics21/00045327.jpg http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics21/00045327.jpg

Lost in the shade of an arcade palm? Gone, but not completely forgotten.

Coliseum Hotel - 457 West Santa Barbara Avenue (renamed Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.) Billeting for Gladiators and Trojans alike!
http://jpg1.lapl.org/spnb01/00007217.jpg http://jpg1.lapl.org/spnb01/00007217.jpg

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Originally Posted by BifRayRock (Post 6175270)

Howard Motor Car Co. - 1930 - 386 S. Western Avenue

(Still there, just not selling or servicing Buicks.):whisper:

http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...74YLEABPQI.jpg http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...74YLEABPQI.jpg

Four years into 'noirish Los Angeles' and we finally come across this one-of-a-kind building. How in the world did we miss it?
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Auction day at the Garden of Allah. (home movie)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvAk5...ature=youtu.be

http://imageshack.us/a/img9/9743/9i1n.jpg
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the first post on the Garden of Allah.
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=2114

interesting radio commentary with slides
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=9899

I am pretty sure the same inept designer/architect was hired to update these two motels.

Sunset Marvel Motel 5308 Sunset Blvd.
http://imageshack.us/a/img163/2230/41yr.jpg
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Sunset Marvel today
http://imageshack.us/a/img809/7058/wfql.jpg
gsv
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Hollywood Vine Motel 1133 Vine Street
http://imageshack.us/a/img856/7166/eyzs.jpg
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Hollywood Vine Motel today
http://imageshack.us/a/img833/5928/clqx.jpg
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Anyone have an idea what this "Lets Get Associated" sign is all about?*

http://imageshack.us/a/img17/1328/f8qt.jpg
http://www.oldgas.com/

*I just noticed the gas pump says Associated Gasoline (it's a bit hard to see). -that would explain the sign.
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