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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/ |
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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 __ 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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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
Hotel Balboa, 1221 W. Seventh St., Los Angeles Calif.
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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 |
: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. __ note: The race was held in Santa Monica in 1914 and 1916. _ |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
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.
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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 |
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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 |
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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). |
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 |
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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. |
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"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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Two 'mystery' photographs from the 1920s. (high school thespians...club initiation?)
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"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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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. |
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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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