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Old Posted Oct 23, 2012, 10:14 PM
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Yvonne DeCarlo and other Florentine Gardens beauties at the beach. She is second from the left.


for the life of me I can't remember where I found these






below: It's hard to tell which one she is here.


ditto
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http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/yvonne-...ore=1319845380
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below: It's hard to tell which one she is here.


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Old Posted Oct 23, 2012, 10:57 PM
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I don't think Sophie Tucker was one of those girls. (I'm not even going to ask what t.m.i. means)


http://www.hpoliver.com/FEATURES/RIT...012/index.html



below: A Sophie Tucker banner at Florentine Gardens.


https://sites.google.com/site/hollywoodtheatres/hawaii


I found this photograph at https://sites.google.com/site/hollywoodtheatres/hawaii
but it is actually a LAPL photo. I've been looking for it at LAPL so I can find out what the heck happened. It looks like an out of control car might have mowed down five people!
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...or mowed down five Germans.
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Old Posted Oct 23, 2012, 11:19 PM
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LOL! You're pretty clever GW.
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Here you go, ethereal: Hollywood Boulevard safety zone from July 17th, 1943.
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Los Angeles Times July 18, 1943
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Old Posted Oct 23, 2012, 11:46 PM
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You guys work fast! Thx for the info.
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ebay



google street view

It looks like it lost it's second story (you can barely see the 2nd story windows in the old postcard).
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Another Los Angeles mystery. Who is Daddy Rango?


found on an old cd of mine/possibly ebay



This same photo can be found here....with the same question. "Who is Daddy Rango?"
http://www.flickr.com/photos/97974762@N00/2451797519/



....but I have a second photograph. -hence more clues!


old cd of mine/source unknown at the moment

It looks like Daddy R. has some sort of a swami schtick going on.
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Another Los Angeles mystery. Who is Daddy Rango?


found on an old cd of mine/possibly ebay

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He's the 'Man of the Hour'- at least according to the side panel of his bus!!
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What a shock.

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So, will this thread cease to exist in a few more posts, or a few more posts +1 page??
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You're a gem GW.
I googled Daddy Rango and all that came up was that one flickr photograph.
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Pepper trees in Sonora Town.


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What's most interesting about this cabinet card is that mansion peeking through the pepper tree branches.
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Article about old haunted restaurants in LA:

13 Scary Samplings from Gourmet Ghosts – Los Angeles
http://www.thedailymeal.com/13-scary...ts-los-angeles
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Great little article..perfect for October. Thanks for the link mdiederi.

It's funny that they call the old Bernheimer Mansion (Yamashiro) a bungalow...but it's tantalizing that there could be old tunnels running
beneath the estate grounds.



below: Just a reminder of how impressive the Berheimer Estate was/is.


http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=5278

The Berheimer Estate is now Yamashiro Restaurant. I had dinner here with friends many years ago...it was very atmospheric and exotic.
(with great views!)
http://www.yamashirorestaurant.com/

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Update on the "ghost building"

Here is another one of my few and far between posts on this vast thread of knowledge...
Awhile back, I posted some pictures of the abandoned section of the Alexandria hotel (shown here again for reference). I read an article in the downtown news that someone has bought it and plans on turning it into lofts...
Now many buildings down here have been converted to lofts, and have had their historic features redone and made to look all nice again, and you may be wondering why this is such a big deal when its already been done.

Its is a big deal.

An 8 floor building.

No stairs.

No elevator.

Sealed off from the world for 78 years.

I cant wait to hear about all of the little bits of stuff that they find inside, even though I highly doubt that it will be much of any value to the average person, to us lot on the other hand, we may find it absolutely fascinating.

http://www.ladowntownnews.com/news/b....88086&cbst=38

"Constructed as an annex to the Alexandria Hotel in 1910, it earned its moniker not because it’s haunted, but because most people don’t realize the building even exists. It has been shuttered since 1934 not because business is bad, but because the edifice has no stairs or elevators."




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Pepper trees in Sonora Town.


ebay

What's most interesting about this cabinet card is that mansion peeking through the pepper tree branches.
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Yep - That is the J.W. Robinson home---
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Old Posted Oct 24, 2012, 3:43 AM
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Thanks Rick m. I couldn't think of the name. That cabinet card/postcard is one of my favorite discoveries.
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What an amazing story on the Alexandria Hotel annex Horthos.

Here's an excerpt.

http://www.ladowntownnews.com/news/b....88086&cbst=38

Hard to believe this is 21st Century Los Angeles.
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