noirish Los Angeles

[HossC]

Originally Posted by odinthor

But gone by 1939:


1939 Yellow Pages, Central Los Angeles, detail

https://www.loc.gov/resource/usteled...,0.333,0.142,0

A restaurant belonging to Fred J Buckley (married to June) still appears at 5101 S Figueroa in the 1939 CD. By 1940, the restaurant had passed to John C Stewart (married to Jennie) and by 1942 it was owned by Jonathan W Taunton. The first two owners resided on the same block as the drive-in, while Mr Taunton lived in Glendale. The earliest view at Historic Aerials (1948) shows what looks like a regular gas station on the site.

[ethereal_reality]

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Here's another "taken from the back of a van" slide. This one is also dated July 1963.


eBay..Malibu Sea Lion


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The Sunset / Lytton Saving slide I posted a couple of days ago sold for around $150.00! ...Yowza!

Color me stunned.
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[ethereal_reality]

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Here's another eBay item that is garnering some attention.



eBay

Yep. That's Charles Lindbergh.

Does anyone recognize the street? (I can't quite make out the name of the drug store)

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[Martin Pal]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

.The Sunset / Lytton Saving slide I posted a couple of days ago sold for around $150.00! ...Yowza!

Color me stunned.
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It IS a fascinating slide...not only the landmarks, but the three cars heading west, one turning left, the middle staying on Sunset and the other turning right.

Can anyone identify all three of those cars?

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

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While we're at it, does anyone know what that billboard for Television Age, next to the red Villa Frascati sign, would be about? Also the red billboard next to the Las Vegas Sahara
sign. NEW! All-Purpose GELATIN in capsules. ? ? ?

[odinthor]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

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Here's another eBay item that is garnering some attention.



eBay

Yep. That's Charles Lindbergh.

Does anyone recognize the street? (I can't quite make out the name of the drug store)

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e_r:


LA Times, 9/3/1927

It's probably the Court Drug Co., at 1070 S. Broadway (source: 1927 CD).

[ethereal_reality]

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Thanks, odinthor. I appreciate your help.


The complete parade route is included on this poster (it's towards the bottom) found at the homesteadblog




For the near blind.



You can read all about Lindbergh's 1927 visit to Los Angeles at the wonderful homesteadblog

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[HossC]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

Here's an interesting slide dated July 1963 that appears to have been taken out the back window of a van!

As you can see it shows the recently demolished mid-century LYTTON SAVINGS building with its unique zig-zag roof.


eBay

Originally Posted by Martin Pal

It IS a fascinating slide...not only the landmarks, but the three cars heading west, one turning left, the middle staying on Sunset and the other turning right.

Can anyone identify all three of those cars?

I'm going for 1958 Chevy delivery wagon on the left, Jaguar XK-E Series 1 in the center and 1963 Chevy Impala on the right.

[Noir_Noir]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

eBay

Originally Posted by Martin Pal

While we're at it, does anyone know what that billboard for Television Age, next to the red Villa Frascati sign, would be about? Also the red billboard next to the Las Vegas Sahara
sign. NEW! All-Purpose GELATIN in capsules. ? ? ?

"Television/Radio Age magazine was a US television industry trade magazine published by Television Editorial Corporation from 1953 to 1989."



worldradiohistory.com - Television Age



All-Purpose GELATIN in capsules was the cat's meow for stronger more beautiful fingernails.



cdnc.ucr.edu - Oakland Tribune, 9 April 1961

[Martin Pal]

HossC and Noir Noir, thanks for your replies! I thought the car on the right was an Impala; an Uncle had one in those years. All I could find when looking up the gelatin capsules was about the capsules themselves being made out of it.

[ethereal_reality]

Originally Posted by odinthor

e_r:

It's probably the Court Drug Co., at 1070 S. Broadway (source: 1927 CD).

I believe you are correct, odinthor!



It's too bad that dude's head is in the way.

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[ethereal_reality]

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There are a group of photographs from a photo album (dated 1916) being sold together on eBay.

The first one is a baffling mystery - or it was until I visted GaylordWilshire's website, wilshireboulevardhouses


eBay

Somehow I had overlooked (or forgotten) that a miniature monument to the destroyed (by a bomb) Times Building was built using remnants of the building.


For more information visit GW's wilshireboulevardhouses
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[ethereal_reality]

This next one from the 1916 album is (still) a baffling mystery!



Judging by the other photographs in the album this is probably one of the old cemeteries located close to downtown. (Los Angeles)

This might be one of the cemeteries that was moved.


Link
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[Bristolian]

Originally Posted by odinthor

e_r:


LA Times, 9/3/1927

So the ceremony will start at the Coliseum at 3:00 and another is scheduled to start at the Hollywood Bowl at 4:30. I'm sure 1927 traffic wasn't the issue it is today but that still didn't leave much time for the festivities at the Coliseum. And after the Hollywood Bowl, a banquet will start promptly at 6:30 and now we are in rush hour, 1920s style. Was Charles on an extremely tight schedule?

Being 1927, this would have been the early version of the Coliseum before it was expanded for the 1932 Olympics.

[ethereal_reality]

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You're of course correct about the coliseum, Bristolian.


Here's an early view.



"The caption on this aerial photo of the Los Angeles Coliseum calls it “new.” The Coliseum opened on May 1, 1923, so I guess this photo was probably taken within a year or two of that date.
Actually, I’m surprised that the land around the Coliseum is as filled in as it is here. I’d have thought in the mid-20s, development would still be pretty sparse."...Martin Turnbull


Well, I was surprised to see that the ornamental portico and arches were already there. I was under the impression that they were built for the Olympics.
I'm sure additional seating was required for the 1932 Olympics. Was there anything else that was added to the coliseum at that time?

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[ethereal_reality]

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Here's one more interesting snapshot from eBay .




I've never heard of any "Venice Diving Boys".

My. . um . .kingdom for a photograph of one of them.
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[Bristolian]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

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You're of course correct about the coliseum, Bristolian.


Here's an early view.



"The caption on this aerial photo of the Los Angeles Coliseum calls it “new.” The Coliseum opened on May 1, 1923, so I guess this photo was probably taken within a year or two of that date.
Actually, I’m surprised that the land around the Coliseum is as filled in as it is here. I’d have thought in the mid-20s, development would still be pretty sparse."...Martin Turnbull


Well, I was surprised to see that the ornamental portico and arches were already there. I was under the impression that they were built for the Olympics.
I'm sure additional seating was required for the 1932 Olympics. Was there anything else that was added to the coliseum at that time?

The peristyle end arches were part of the original design and there from the beginning but the torch was added for the Olympics.
The Olympic pool on the property was likely added at that time too.

[Flyingwedge]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

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re:..The recently posted McKinley Club photograph.


What, pray tell, is the man leaning against?


detail.

lol... For a second I thought the photograph was buffering. (the circle)
is it wire?


Go HERE to revisit the complete photograph.
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After looking at that photo for longer than I'd care to admit, I realized that's a utility pole painted white from just above the guy's head
up to the top. In the full photo, you can see where the pole breaks the roof line of the house behind the pole.

The photo may have been taken on October 27, 1896, when Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Thomas B. Reed of Maine
came to LA to rally GOP voters. There was a parade from the Plaza south on Main, then down Spring to Seventh and across Seventh
to Athletic Park at Seventh and Alameda, where Reed and others spoke. The parade featured at least a dozen McKinley Clubs from
around the area. Also, Reed was from Maine, the Pine Tree State, so perhaps those are pine boughs around the edge of the kid's sign.

[Flyingwedge]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

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Here's one more interesting snapshot from eBay .




I've never heard of any "Venice Diving Boys".

My. . um . .kingdom for a photograph of one of them.
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Well, here are five of them, so let's have a look at that kingdom!



November 7, 1911, Los Angeles Evening Express @ Newspapers.com

[Mackerm]

Noirish Baja California

I'd love to know if this (possibly) historic rock outcrop still exists.



JSTOR. Francisco Palou's Boundary Marker by Geo W. Hendry

This is supposedly the spot where, in 1773, Francisco Palóu erected a large cross to act as a boundary marker between Dominican-administered Baja California and Franciscan-administered Alta California. The above 1926 article gives some directions to the site, which I had difficulty following with Google maps. It is about 29 miles south of the US border, and there is supposed to be a big rock 3/4 mile offshore which is visible at high tide.



GSV
This GSV photo shows the peak from roughly the same angle, but there are a fair number of houses in the area so I suppose the rock could have been bulldozed. The neighborhood is Primo Tapia and the photo is on a street called Antonia Cortez. I don't speak Spanish, but I think Primo Tapia could be translated as "first wall"

Is it generally accepted today that this is the exact location of the original boundary marker? The relevant journal entries are included, but I'm not qualified to say. The author is shown holding a rattlesnake in his right hand over the cleft in the rock where the cross stood.

[ethereal_reality]

Originally Posted by Flyingwedge

After looking at that photo for longer than I'd care to admit, I realized that's a utility pole painted white from just above the guy's head
up to the top. In the full photo, you can see where the pole breaks the roof line of the house behind the pole.

Holy Moly! You're right, Flyingwedge.... If the pole hadn't been leaning slightly we never would have seen it for what it is....



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Kudos, FW.