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rick m Dec 12, 2015 1:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CityBoyDoug (Post 7267621)
Errol Flynn having lunch at the Warner Bros. commissary.
Looks like Robin Hood....not sure what he's sticking that fork into?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psok247a5g.jpg
cd-file

Certainly looks similar to a blintz-- IMO

CityBoyDoug Dec 12, 2015 4:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tovangar2 (Post 7267624)
:previous:



A pack of Lucky's. They must have had him on a no-food diet again.

That's what I thought also. Whatever it is, its sitting on the table cloth and not on a plate....or even a napkin?

GaylordWilshire Dec 12, 2015 5:38 PM

:previous:

The Adventures of Robin Hood was released in 1938... the Lucky Strike package had yet to change from green to white.

ethereal_reality Dec 12, 2015 6:38 PM

:previous: Interesting point GW.

I found two different versions of the green Lucky Strike packaging.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...908/XKvul8.jpgandhttp://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...633/Hhfmuu.jpg

I imagine the design on the right is later than the one on the left.








Here's Dolores Del Rio and her insured throat.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...633/mZiSRS.jpg




http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...633/FZgp6c.jpg
Ms. Del Rio at https://www.pinterest.com/pin/172896073171673682/

tovangar2 Dec 12, 2015 6:46 PM

Lucky Strike green "has gone to war".


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ethereal_reality Dec 12, 2015 7:14 PM

Excellent post on the Carondelet House tovangar2.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...908/LspvF0.jpg
google_earth

:previous: There are some major trees behind, shielding the courtyard(s).


I thought I'd take a look from Coronado Street (below)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...907/Is4kwY.jpg
gsv



Lo & behold, there's a beautiful vintage apartment building facing Coronado that I don't recall seeing on NLA.


It was built in 1916!

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...903/NPzxIf.jpg
gsv
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Now back to the Carondelet House.

I love the brick work above the windows and arched doorway. it's almost an aureole nimbus shape
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...911/yGRteP.jpg



And I couldn't help but notice this beautiful painting (there are many) hanging inside.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...907/rL7WQI.png
http://www.carondelethouse.com/caron...irections.html

Is she holding bible? -was she a member of a religious order?

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Tourmaline Dec 12, 2015 8:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CityBoyDoug (Post 7267621)
Errol Flynn having lunch at the Warner Bros. commissary.
Looks like Robin Hood....not sure what he's sticking that fork into?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psok247a5g.jpg
cd-file



Uh. Staying in character, that would probably be "poached" venison.:uhh: One source suggests it is "raisin cake." It is unclear that those are a pack of Luckys or Camels or Chesterfields or any number of cigarettes in light colored packaging, especially if it is masked by a matchbook. http://www.theerrolflynnblog.com/201...with-his-fork/

http://dvdmedia.ign.com/dvd/image/AD...OD_DISC1-3.jpghttp://dvdmedia.ign.com/dvd/image/AD...OD_DISC1-3.jpg


Friar Tuck and Jack Webb may have preferred Chesterfields or was it Fatimas? http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/showpost.php?p=6206218 skyscraperpage.com/forum/showpost.php?p=6205598

http://www.jenspends.com/wp-content/...nk-costume.jpghttp://www.jenspends.com/wp-content/...nk-costume.jpg




Errol and Joan Blondell. (Evidence of matches but no cigarettes.)
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb....ErrolFlynn.jpghttp://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb....ErrolFlynn.jpg




1953 Fox Commissary
http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics05/00022135.jpghttp://jpg3.lapl.org/pics05/00022135.jpg



Speaking of food dispensaries, could this have been LA's version of the Horn and Hardart Automat?

http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics24/00046891.jpghttp://jpg2.lapl.org/pics24/00046891.jpg

CityBoyDoug Dec 12, 2015 8:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tovangar2 (Post 7267932)
Lucky Strike green "has gone to war".
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I heard my mother say that slogan a few times. The reason is that the green ink was needed in wartime production.

HossC Dec 12, 2015 8:10 PM

Like the recent "Three houses" photoset, I think this one is also a misnomer, as there only appears to be one house shown. It's Julius Shulman's "Job 5520: Nichols Canyon Houses (Los Angeles, Calif.),1978". The tiled sign in the first picture gives us the full address.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original

All from Getty Research Institute

Here's 2675 Nichols Canyon Road today. The property websites give a build date of 1978, so it was new when Mr Shulman photographed it. I wonder if the tiled address sign is hidden under the red-flowered bush on the left where the original gate was located.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original
GSV

The house next door, 2665 Nichols Canyon Road, was also built in 1978. Its matching tiles are still visible on the wall.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...6.jpg~original
GSV

Like many canyon houses, these are much bigger at the rear. 2675 is in the center, with 2665 on the right. This view is looking east.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...7.jpg~original
Google Maps

tovangar2 Dec 12, 2015 8:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 7267968)

Lo & behold, there's a beautiful vintage apartment building facing Coronado that I don't recall seeing on NLA.

It was built in 1916!

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...903/NPzxIf.jpg
gsv

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That's the 12-unit "Coronado" by Peoples and Cheney :-)

They did another (38 units) the next year, at 671 Coronado, south of Wilshire
named "The Wilshire" (the home next door to the Coronado and behind the Hayward/Thomas barn lasted at least until 1950 when it got a Certificate of Occupancy after having added on two more units) The location of the fabulous "Hershey Arms" (much discussed here) is also shown:

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-B...5%252520PM.jpg
baist, 1921, plate 15

The Tudor-Revival "Wilshire":
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-O...2%252520PM.jpg
you-are-here

...And a last reminder of the Hershey Arms (John C Austin, 1907):
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Y...1%252520AM.jpg
laconservancy

Earl Boebert Dec 12, 2015 8:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CityBoyDoug (Post 7267621)
Errol Flynn having lunch at the Warner Bros. commissary.
Looks like Robin Hood....not sure what he's sticking that fork into?
cd-file

I vote for raisin cake with a frosting of an American flag (sort of).

Cheers,

Earl

GaylordWilshire Dec 12, 2015 9:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tovangar2 (Post 7267614)
Julia Thomas was not the first to bring change to the block. Some larger homes had been turned into apartments, Otis was growing on the block to the east and Jake Zeitlin opened his shop selling "books & fine prints", opposite the Thomases, located in his own pretty home at No. 624:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-t...4%252520PM.jpg
lapl


Julia and Charles Thomas' 1922 home still stands at 135 N Norton along with the 1897 redwood barn, now a combined garage, guest quarters and pool house:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-z...1%252520AM.jpg


Great coverage of the Hayward properties, T2. Jake Zeitlin rented from the county what had been the carriage house of the Edwin Earl's 2425 Wilshire Blvd (more info here).


The front door of the Thomas house built at 627 S Carondelet (and at 135 N Norton since 1926) appeared in a feature in the Times on Aug 17, 1924 (the window at upper left belongs to another house on the page). I've been in touch with a former owner of 135 N Norton who apparently has the urns in the shot. (More here.)

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-X...door.jpg?gl=US

Bristolian Dec 12, 2015 11:49 PM

[QUOTE=CityBoyDoug;7267621]Errol Flynn having lunch at the Warner Bros. commissary.
Looks like Robin Hood....not sure what he's sticking that fork into?

It looks like a bicycle pedal to me.

CityBoyDoug Dec 13, 2015 2:40 AM

How we used to board the planes in 1930s Glendale.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psygolkbdv.jpg

Walk through the tunnel and simply climb on board. If it was raining, you got wet.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...pskcewriws.jpg
CD Files

ethereal_reality Dec 13, 2015 3:42 AM

Hotel Balboa, 1221 W. Seventh St., Los Angeles Calif.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...907/7LdBWf.jpg
eBay

This is a fine looking building. -and it's huge, almost a block long.

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Flyingwedge Dec 13, 2015 4:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CityBoyDoug (Post 7268380)
How we used to board the planes in 1930s LAX.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psygolkbdv.jpg

CD Files

That's not LAX, it's Grand Central Air Terminal in Glendale.

http://www.airfields-freeman.com/CA/...m#grandcentral

John Maddox Roberts Dec 13, 2015 4:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CityBoyDoug (Post 7268022)
I heard my mother say that slogan a few times. The reason is that the green ink was needed in wartime production.

I first read the slogan in James Jones' novel "From Here to Eternity."I later learned that the bronze green color was so popular in the 20's-30's that collectors and decorators call it "Depression green." You saw it on everything. The one product that still uses it is John Deere farm equipment. Anyway, the green color was produced from copper, and copper was crucial war materiel. Once war broke out, anything using copper was yanked from the market, including the popular green pigment. By the time the war and its rationing ended, the fashion for bronze green had passed.

CityBoyDoug Dec 13, 2015 5:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flyingwedge (Post 7268465)
That's not LAX, it's Grand Central Air Terminal in Glendale.

http://www.airfields-freeman.com/CA/...m#grandcentral

Thanks FW....just another of my stupid mistakes. I changed the location in my post above.

GaylordWilshire Dec 13, 2015 1:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CityBoyDoug (Post 7268022)
I heard my mother say that slogan a few times. The reason is that the green ink was needed in wartime production.


Several sources say that the slogan and idea of copper and ink being needed for the war effort was just a marketing ploy--that the change from green to white had more to do with modernizing the package, to make it cleaner, and thus more appealing to women.

Earl Boebert Dec 13, 2015 3:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CityBoyDoug (Post 7268380)
How we used to board the planes in 1930s Glendale.

[snip]

Walk through the tunnel and simply climb on board. If it was raining, you got wet.

[snip]
CD Files

Boarded airplanes like that at Ontario Airport in the 70's on my many visits to West Covina. Lined up at the fence, they opened the gate and you just walked across the apron to the plane.

Cheers,

Earl

BifRayRock Dec 13, 2015 4:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 7268428)
Hotel Balboa, 1221 W. Seventh St., Los Angeles Calif.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...907/7LdBWf.jpg
eBay

This is a fine looking building. -and it's huge, almost a block long.

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:previous: Misplaced race car in the foreground? A specific event or an artistic invention? Most likely the latter considering the dearth of spectators.



More views of Hotel Balboa in the Commodore's shadow.


Early 1930s (Star is part of ? advertisement?)
http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...k.jpg~original


http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...1.jpg~original

February 1937
http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...z.jpg~original

Hotel Balboa at left
http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...r.jpg~original


Source:USCdigital



ethereal_reality Dec 13, 2015 5:30 PM

:previous: Thanks for the additional photographs of the Hotel Balboa BifRayRock. -much appreciated.

I wondered about the oddly placed race car as well.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...910/Y2gpAO.jpg
detail

:previous: It looks like they took a wrong turn from the Santa Monica Grand Prix. ;)





Dead Man's Turn at Ocean Ave. and Wilshire blvd.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...633/trFhaT.jpg
http://www.trackforum.com/forums/sho...irthday!/page5


Santa Monica Road Race Track.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...903/Cbk4hz.jpg
http://www.vanderbiltcupraces.com/bl...bilt_cup_races

:previous: "Death Curve" at arrow, lower left corner.
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note:
The race was held in Santa Monica in 1914 and 1916.
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HossC Dec 13, 2015 5:30 PM

:previous:

That's a nice picture of the Commodore, BRR. Looking at the images on Historic Aerials, it seems that the Hotel Balboa survived into the '70s (it's there in 1972, gone by 1980). The site then became a parking lot for at least two decades. The current building, the San Lucas Apartments, was built in 2003. I think that the 2003 Historic Aerials image shows the apartments under construction. Here's a current view of the Hotel Balboa site.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original
GSV

BifRayRock Dec 13, 2015 5:40 PM

SE corner of Kingsley and Wilshire sidewalk was evidently an impromptu parking space.


SE corner of Kingsley and Wilshire looking east toward Wilshire Christian Church and ELCord's iconic radio antennas.
http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...g.png~original NatHisMus



MR image of Mariposa and Wilshire vicinity looking west. (Opposite direction of first image)
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/281/19...c0629dde_b.jpghttps://c1.staticflickr.com/1/281/19...c0629dde_b.jpg



http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5053/...be3f66cd_b.jpghttp://farm6.static.flickr.com/5053/...be3f66cd_b.jpg http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=5897743






This before and now composite east of Kingsley (Ardmore and Wilshire) provides perspective. (Opposite direction of first image)
https://urbandiachrony.files.wordpre...rewilshire.jpg https://urbandiachrony.files.wordpre...rewilshire.jpg

ethereal_reality Dec 13, 2015 5:59 PM

detail / February 1937
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...903/PXydRh.jpg


:previous: Vai Bros. Brandy ad on the Hotel Balboa.




sign on truck, 1934.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...633/6c1Faf.png
detail



the whole truck :)
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...910/u2j6ln.png
detail



at usc digital archives
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...908/Lxen7r.jpg
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...783/show/66780
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tovangar2 Dec 13, 2015 6:04 PM

.

It's fun to see that shot of the Chapman Park Bungalows under construction again. Thx BRR

ethereal_reality Dec 13, 2015 6:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Maddox Roberts (Post 7268468)
I first read the slogan in James Jones' novel "From Here to Eternity."I later learned that the bronze green color was so popular in the 20's-30's that collectors and decorators call it "Depression green." You saw it on everything. The one product that still uses it is John Deere farm equipment. Anyway, the green color was produced from copper, and copper was crucial war materiel. Once war broke out, anything using copper was yanked from the market, including the popular green pigment. By the time the war and its rationing ended, the fashion for bronze green had passed.

:previous: Very interesting JMR.

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Wig-Wag Dec 13, 2015 7:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 7268718)
:previous: Thanks for the additional photographs of the Hotel Balboa BifRayRock. -much appreciated.

Santa Monica Road Race Track.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...903/Cbk4hz.jpg
http://www.vanderbiltcupraces.com/bl...bilt_cup_races

:previous: "Death Curve" at arrow, lower left corner.
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note:
The race was held in Santa Monica in 1914 and 1916.
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Pursuant to "Dead Man's Curve/Death Curve", I believe it was Sterling Moss who said "The eeek of the corner is directly proportional to the number of spectators". The map seems to be capitalizing on this!

Cheers,
Jack

CityBoyDoug Dec 13, 2015 7:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GaylordWilshire (Post 7268599)
Several sources say that the slogan and idea of copper and ink being needed for the war effort was just a marketing ploy--that the change from green to white had more to do with modernizing the package, to make it cleaner, and thus more appealing to women.

Probably true....wouldn't surprise me.

HossC Dec 13, 2015 7:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wig-Wag (Post 7268816)

Pursuant to "Dead Man's Curve/Death Curve", I believe it was Sterling Moss who said "The eeek of the corner is directly proportional to the number of spectators". The map seems to be capitalizing on this!

I've never heard that one before, and can only find one reference to it online (not that I'm disputing it). There are, however, many other motoring quotes online that are attributed to Sir Stirling Moss, including these:
If God had meant for us to walk, why did he give us feet that fit car pedals?

If everything is under control, you are just not driving fast enough.

It is better to go into a corner slow and come out fast, than to go in fast and come out dead.
Considering that he raced during one of the most deadly eras in motorsport, he's obviously been doing something right to still be going strong at 86 years old!

HossC Dec 13, 2015 8:02 PM

After a couple of excursions up canyons, we're back in DTLA for today's Julius Shulman post. This is the Standard Federal Savings and Loan Association building on the corner of Wilshire and Grand, as seen in 1956. It's "Job 2210: Standard Federal Bank (Los Angeles, Calif.),1956 ". On the left is the Pacific Indemnity/Pacific Finance Building at 621 S Hope Street (see post #22241). Next to it you can just see the "bi" from the "Mobilgas" sign on the General Petroleum Building/Mobil Oil Building. On the right is the National Oil Building.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original

The photoset contains four pictures, two color and two black & white, and they're all pretty similar. With that in mind, I've decided to just post this detail of the other color image.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original

Both from Getty Research Institute

Here's a drawing of the proposed 13-story addition to the original building.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original
USC Digital Library

This 1968 Dick Whittington aerial shows the completed addition roughly in the center of the picture. It's the one with the "California Federal" sign on the roof.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original
USC Digital Library

Here's the building today.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original
GSV

jdcamb Dec 13, 2015 10:09 PM

When I was young. My friend Greg Safir had hundreds of maps of LA subdivisions in the attic of his Garage. His Father was a high level exec at M&T Bank in Buffalo. Clipped to the maps were notes describing how much a piece of land cost and how much they sold it for. They were donated to Yale Univ after his fathers death.

Tourmaline Dec 13, 2015 11:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HossC (Post 7268861)
I've never heard that one before, and can only find one reference to it online (not that I'm disputing it). There are, however, many other motoring quotes online that are attributed to Sir Stirling Moss, including these:

If everything is under control, you are just not driving fast enough.



The above quote is also attributed to Mario Andretti. :shrug:



I was unaware that Wilshire Blvd. was also known as "Nevada Avenue." ;) Although "Deadman's curve is obviously a good place for those with blood lust, second best, according to map is directly above it where Ocean meets San Vicente: "small chance for accidents." :no: http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...903/Cbk4hz.jpghttp://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...903/Cbk4hz.jpg

HossC Dec 13, 2015 11:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tourmaline (Post 7269050)

The above quote is also attributed to Mario Andretti. :shrug:

To borrow a popular meme: ;)

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...colnQuotes.jpg
quotesjunk.com

Tourmaline Dec 14, 2015 12:39 AM

:previous: So, Abe Lincoln used to drive too fast?:koko:
https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=...st-Abe.jpg&f=1



Go Zeppo Go!?!?

Marx Bros. Mercedes versus Agent Phil Berg's Duesenberg? If it has been previously mentioned on NLA, sorry for the duplication. :shrug:


I thought I recalled a previous NLA reference to the so-called famous bet between the Brothers Marx and agent Phil Berg over the comparative speedy virtues of a certain 1927 Boat-tailed Mercedes Benz model SSK and a 1931Duesenberg Phaeton, model J. Some sources refer to the Mercedes as a '28 Model S 26/180 and, perhaps not surprisingly, many other facts seem to be "fuzzy." The event has also been dubbed the "Muroc Match Race." Here is one of "many" accounts of that September '32 race. >> http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe...rticle5033700/


http://i684.photobucket.com/albums/v...8.jpg~originalhttp://i684.photobucket.com/albums/v...8.jpg~original




http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog....-3-4-front.jpghttp://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog....-3-4-front.jpg



The winning '31 Duesenberg, but not in race trim.
http://static.theglobeandmail.ca/8d4...sic-duesy1.jpghttp://static.theglobeandmail.ca/8d4...sic-duesy1.jpg




http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/o...1.jpg~originalhttp://i376.photobucket.com/albums/o...1.jpg~original



Coop and Berg's Duesenberg (?)
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vfU1eEc0ju...50958101_n.jpghttp://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vfU1eEc0ju...50958101_n.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ug7rnP86Rf...61063778_n.jpghttp://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ug7rnP86Rf...61063778_n.jpg


More here>> http://s376.photobucket.com/user/hem...mg001.jpg.html

HenryHuntington Dec 14, 2015 5:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 7268742)
detail / February 1937
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...903/PXydRh.jpg


:previous: Vai Bros. Brandy ad on the Hotel Balboa.





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According to the L.A. City Directories, it was around this time (ca1937) that the Hotel Balboa (actually listed as the "Balboa Hotel") became the Rossiter Hotel Apartments. The Rossiter was the first "permanent" residence my parents were able to establish when they moved to Los Angeles in mid-1946. The postwar housing shortage was so acute that the city mandated that "transients" were required to move every few days. My own first memories of life are from that building. Thanks to everyone who's contributed to this thread.

oldstuff Dec 14, 2015 4:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 7261441)
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?
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/B-W-Photo-07...wAAOSwT4lWT2SF

The current St. Jude's Episcopal Church in Burbank is located on the Southeast corner of Olive and 6th Street at 111 S. 6th. I remember when they built the current building which sits on the corner of olive and 6th in 1965. They had another sanctuary building just to the east of that which was there prior to that and is still there, but the County Assessor only has the date of the 1965 building. Churches tend to stick with land that they already have so I would venture to say that the frame building in the picture was on the 6th street property prior to the "new" building which was built in 65. I do have a vague recollection of there being some sort of frame building there. My own church is just in the next block.

Tourmaline Dec 14, 2015 7:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HenryHuntington (Post 7269353)
According to the L.A. City Directories, it was around this time (ca1937) that the Hotel Balboa (actually listed as the "Balboa Hotel") became the Rossiter Hotel Apartments. The Rossiter was the first "permanent" residence my parents were able to establish when they moved to Los Angeles in mid-1946. The postwar housing shortage was so acute that the city mandated that "transients" were required to move every few days. My own first memories of life are from that building. Thanks to everyone who's contributed to this thread.


FWIW, in 1910 there was a "Rossiter" in DTLA, 222 W. Seventh Street. Any connection with :previous: is unknown. Per 1916 CD, Rossiter's sells women's "Knox Hats." http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si.../id/1825/rec/1


1910 - Broadway, looking south from Seventh.
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ter&DMROTATE=0



http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ter&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ter&DMROTATE=0
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ter&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ter&DMROTATE=0

http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ter&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ter&DMROTATE=0
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ter&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ter&DMROTATE=0







Another undated image of the Hotel Balboa.
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics48/00058724.jpghttp://jpg2.lapl.org/pics48/00058724.jpg




Per this link, Knox Hats began in 1838 and provided head coverings for Abe Lincoln, among other Chief Executives. The "Knox Stovepipe."
http://bernardhats.com/hat-companies...k-hat-company/
http://nyccirca.blogspot.com/2013/07/knox-hatter.html


http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-c1HfbHiIjA...4855---WEB.gifhttp://4.bp.blogspot.com/-c1HfbHiIjA...4855---WEB.gif


Per 1917CD, Knox Hats were also sold at Mullen and Bluett, (South Broadway and Sixth) and there was a "Knox the Hatter" located in the Hotel Alexandria (214 West Fifth Street).

HossC Dec 14, 2015 7:43 PM

This is another Julius Shulman photoset that's credited to Carlos von Frankenberg. It's "Job 5710: Kings Road House (Los Angeles, Calif.),1979". Although "House" is singular in the job title, there are actually two houses shown here. There are two shots of each house, so I've chosen to just post one of each. The first is 1447 N Kings Road.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original

The other image of this house shows that it's 1443 N Kings Road (the number is behind the small bush). Although it shares some design elements with the house above, the finish is completely different.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original

Both from Getty Research Institute

These houses are a couple of hundred yards north of Sunset Boulevard, very close to Sunset Tower. I had to go back to early 2014 to find this GSV image of 1447 with the trees pruned back. The parts which were originally finished in wood have been plastered, and the balcony above the garage has been covered, but it's otherwise intact.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original
GSV

The same can't be said for 1443. Once again I've had to go for a historic GSV image to show more of the house, but it still looks the same today. At some point it's had some major modifications - the building records suggest 2006.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original
GSV

The house next door at 1437 wasn't included in the Shulman photos, but the building records say it was also built in 1978. I'm guessing that the glass balconies aren't original, although they predate the current modifications which are being carried out.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original
GSV

ethereal_reality Dec 14, 2015 10:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HossC (Post 7268869)
After a couple of excursions up canyons, we're back in DTLA for today's Julius Shulman post.

This is the Standard Federal Savings and Loan Association building on the corner of Wilshire and Grand, as seen in 1956.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...905/MMp01i.jpgdetail

:previous: When I first glanced at this photograph I thought the dark area at bottlom left was the bed of an old pick-up truck.
(then I noticed how much lower the car was at bottom right ;))

So Mr. Shulman must have been standing atop an entrance marquee of some sort (notice the lettering and the round sign) -I'll guess that's the back of a Coca-Cola sign.

Any idea what this place katty-korner from the Standard Federal Savings & Loan bldg. was in the 1956?
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HossC Dec 14, 2015 11:12 PM

:previous:

The 1956 CD lists System Auto Parks & Garages Inc at 630 S Grand Avenue, and Dagwood's Famous Sandwiches at 638 S Grand Avenue. I think we can see "DA ..." and "FAM ..." on the left. A slightly earlier incarnation of Dagwood's is just visible on the right of this circa 1948 LAPL image. If only it was zoomable.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...LADagwoods.jpg
LAPL

I'll have to see if I can find a better picture.

ethereal_reality Dec 14, 2015 11:41 PM

:previous: I think you nailed it Hoss. The DA & FAM is no doubt Dagwood's Famous.
good sleuthing-

ethereal_reality Dec 14, 2015 11:54 PM

"Dead Man's Curve, 1961"

That's how the following aerial photographs are labeled at USC Digital Archives.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/905/utpUMH.jpg
USC

"Air Views of Sunset Boulevard at Groverton Place. 06-29-1961" (:previous: I don't remember seeing that reservoir with the intake tower before)


http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/907/qJJZod.jpg
USC



http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/903/VO7F9P.jpg
USC



The curves are still in place. (but most noticeably, the small reservoir has been filled in)

present day aerial
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...633/USiYad.jpg
google_earth


The three 1961 photographs I posted are from a set of 12.
You can see the rest here:http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/re...oll44/id/61290
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HossC Dec 15, 2015 12:14 AM

:previous:

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 7270276)

Anyway, they're still in place but the small reservoir has been filled it.

Thanks e_r. That reservoir explains the little bit of water which can just be seen near the right of this Julius Shulman photo that I posted a couple of days ago. I never got around to looking for it at the time.

Quote:

Originally Posted by HossC (Post 7264068)

Some of the Dead Man's Curve pictures also show the University Elementary School. I posted Julius Shulman photos of that in post #31985.

ethereal_reality Dec 15, 2015 1:00 AM

:previous: Very cool. Discoveries like that are what make this thread so much fun. :)
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ethereal_reality Dec 15, 2015 3:08 AM

Two 'mystery' photographs from the 1920s. (high school thespians...club initiation?)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/908/azvOQJ.jpg
eBay

:previous: I am especially curious about the odd shaped building behind the two. -or is it a fancy billboard?
In the distance (on the right border) there appears to be a school.



And here's the second pic. (I think this is the school in the distance in the above photo)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...903/iihBWO.jpg
eBay

Does anyone recognize it?
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The photographs are from the same group that included the photograph below that I posted a month or so ago. We never figured out the location.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 7234589)
'mystery' photo, 1928.

I thought perhaps someone here on NLA could help figure out the location.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...911/WSPbNn.jpg
eBay

Here's what the seller had to say:

" From a group of images from Los Angeles, CA students who went to Glendale High School there.
Here they are in some outdoor venue where they are doing a skit. Name on back is Dot Wachs. "


ethereal_reality Dec 15, 2015 4:21 AM

Here's a rare find.

"Looking for Moonstones, Moonstones Beach near Santa Monica, Cal."

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...911/iOydgN.jpg
eBay

I think it's great that the trolley stopped to let the passengers search for moonstones.




with border
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...905/m7MsN3.jpg
eBay


I think the photograph might have been mislabeled in the old album. The only "Moonstone Beach" I could locate was further south near Redondo Beach.
Does anyone know, was there a Moonstone Beach closer to Santa Monica at one point?






1905, Redondo Beach
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...903/bjoQpA.jpg
eBay




http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...905/JvzeeH.jpg
eBay




http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...911/uYZpFZ.jpg
eBay

:previous: It looks like they're about to be hit by a tsunami. ;)

I wonder what that church-like building is?

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CityBoyDoug Dec 15, 2015 6:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 7270612)
Here's a rare find.

"Looking for Moonstones, Moonstones Beach near Santa Monica, Cal."

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...905/JvzeeH.jpg
eBay

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Moonstone Beach ~ Catalina Island.

I was there at about age 12. Sure enough I found a little moonstone, approx the size of a pinto bean. Had to wade out about ten feet into the water to get it.
I recall I was the only one who did.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psqqqofzwl.jpg
cardcow

Moonstone is composed of two feldspar species, orthoclase and albite. The two species are intermingled. Then, as the newly formed mineral cools, the intergrowth of orthoclase and albite separates into stacked, alternating layers. When light falls between these thin, flat layers, it scatters in many directions producing the phenomenon called adularescence.

Flyingwedge Dec 15, 2015 8:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 7270612)
Here's a rare find.

with border
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...905/m7MsN3.jpg
eBay


I think the photograph might have been mislabeled in the old album. The only "Moonstone Beach" I could locate was further south near Redondo Beach.
Does anyone know, was there a Moonstone Beach closer to Santa Monica at one point?

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Yes, I think that must be the Moonstone Beach near Redondo. The trolley wire arrangement in the photo was
described as unique to the Redondo via Del Rey line by HenryHuntington; his comments and some other photos
of that line are here: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=26219

jumbo0 Dec 15, 2015 3:27 PM

Laurel and Hardy locations
 
I'm a huge fan of Laurel and Hardy and therefor on my last visit to L.A. in october I decided to visit some old filming locations from back in the 20's / 30's. At some places I took pictures, but I would like to share those locations with you with both new and then pictures. Hope they contribute :)


1. From the movie 'Big Business'.
Location: 3398 Caroline Ave. Culver City

http://weerfotos.be/Uploads/1_final.jpg


2. From the movie 'Hog Wild'.
Location: 4171 Madison Ave. Culver City
Although the house itself has changed alot (or maybe already another one is built there since I didn't recognize it from the movie), the house next dooe still remains the same.

http://weerfotos.be/Uploads/2_final.jpg

3. From the movie 'Hog Wild'.
Location: MGM Studios
You can see the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studios water tower in the distance which is 100% correct according to the filming location. Now it's the Sony Picture Studios.

http://weerfotos.be/Uploads/3_final.jpg


4. From the movie 'Music Box'.
Location: 395 N.Vendome St, Silver Lake

http://weerfotos.be/Uploads/4_final.jpg


5. From the movie 'Me and my pal'
Location: 2026 Wellington Rd, Los Angeles

http://weerfotos.be/Uploads/5_final.jpg


6. From the movie 'Second Hundred Years'
Location: 1659 Marengo St, Los Angeles

http://weerfotos.be/Uploads/6_final.jpg


7. From the movie 'County Hospital'
Location: 3998 Tilden Ave, Culver City
(Thanks to silentlocations.wordpress.com)

http://weerfotos.be/Uploads/7_final.jpg


8. From the movie 'Two Tars'
Location: 3199 23rd St, Santa Monica

http://weerfotos.be/Uploads/8_final.jpg


Kind regards from Belgium


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