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Old Posted May 22, 2020, 6:23 PM
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The photo of Jackson's/The Bottle Shop is dated in a few places online as May, 1957. FYI.
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Old Posted May 23, 2020, 5:07 PM
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Do you remember when we discussed the stand-alone ice machines.

The discussion began when I posted this snapshot taken by a Russian visitor to Los Angeles.


Post #51722

At the time I asked if neighborhoods had their own ice machines.


Scott Charles answered back "They sure did!" and included this photograph from the 1970s.


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A couple of weeks ago I posted screengrabs from a short film found in the Huntley Archives. (Nutburgers)


Another film in the archive includes a segment that shows a person using one of these neighborhood ice machines. (identical to the one in the Russian eBay photo)

This is where it gets interesting:

Much to my surprise, the person who walks up and purchases a block of ice (and lugs it away!) is none other than Jean Harlow!

Here is the sequence:




Jean walks into the frame.





She places the coins in the slot. .





And glances down to where the ice somes out.





Kerplunk!





Jean bends down to retrieve the block of ice. .





and walks away mumbling something about killing her agent.





You can watch the 8:47 minute film. HERE. (the riveting Harlow Ice Machine segment begins at 3:26)


There are also several mystery locations in the film. Watch for the posts.


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Old Posted May 23, 2020, 5:38 PM
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Here is the first mystery location from the same film

The old Horseshoe Tavern.















Anyone?





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Old Posted May 23, 2020, 6:30 PM
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The 1937 CD lists the Old Horseshoe Tavern at 6110 Wilshire Boulevard. That's just west of Fairfax. The intersection has many well-photographed buildings, so I'll see if I can turn up any pictures.

ETA:

LAPL has three detail views of the building by Anne Laskey taken in 1978. They're titled "Former tavern, Wilshire Boulevard". The description says:
Exterior of a Tudor revival style building, once the home of the Old Horseshoe Tavern and Thoroughbred Club, which moved to 840 S.Fairfax Avenue in 1949 and was renamed "Tom Bergin's Horseshoe Tavern. Located at 6110 Wilshire Boulevard, this structure is no longer standing.

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Old Posted May 23, 2020, 8:09 PM
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On the side, and towards the back, there is a liquor store named The Bottle Shop.



And there appears to be a real estate office in the home behind the building - - - - >
I believe I have a photo of the sign that can be seen on the wooden post in the middle of this image. In later years it was mounted on a light post a few feet away, but given its age I think it's probably the same one. You can see the holes at the corners that were used for rear straps as seen in the old photo. The sign survived at this location until some time between April and December 2017.

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Old Posted May 23, 2020, 8:33 PM
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Do you remember when we discussed the stand-alone ice machines.

The discussion began when I posted this snapshot taken by a Russian visitor to Los Angeles.
As I recall each block of ice was carefully wrapped in brown paper...so lovely.

I used to buy cubed ice for our electric ice cream machine. Add rock salt to the ice and it got real cold. Run the machine for a few minutes and you have homemade ice cream.


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Old Posted May 24, 2020, 1:30 AM
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Walter Lantz (April 27, 1899 – March 22, 1994)....Hollywood cartoon studio.....who supplied material to Universal Studios.

Link: some of his iconic music for his cartoons of 1940s.>>>>> [the cartoon is a bit iffy by 2020 standards but the music is top notch.] 7 minutes

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xx4wr2


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Walter Lantz (April 27, 1899 – March 22, 1994)....Hollywood cartoon studio.....who supplied material to Universal Studios.

Link: some of his iconic music for his cartoons of 1940s.>>>>> [the cartoon is a bit iffy by 2020 standards but the music is top notch.] 7 minutes

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xx4wr2


universal
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Lantz, of course best known for Woody Woodpecker. Trying to figure out that women's behind on the left. Is she bowlegged? Not unshapely, but different. Maybe she was the inspiration for the cartoon ladies above right.

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Ethereal, any more old stories of the "Spanish" Flu in L.A. a 100 years ago? Appreciated the one you had a few weeks ago. Knowing how they got through that could help us now. Press is reporting on a big outbreak at the Farmer John meatpacking plant in Vernon.
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LAH, Oct 20, 1907






A second interesting house also appearing in the Herald on 10-20-07 (maybe someone can find this one....)

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We've had many NLA postings on the Mary Andrews Clark Home; but I didn't spot one showing its Dining Hall:


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any more old stories of the "Spanish" Flu in L.A. a 100 years ago? Knowing how they got through that could help us now


Automobile Patrol plan to fight Spanish Influenza in Los Angeles.



Los Angeles Herald - 6 December 1918


Some other approaches.


Lemons!


Los Angeles Herald - 23 October 1918



No kissing!



Los Angeles Herald - 31 October 1918



And lots of laxative!



Los Angeles Herald - 5 November 1918
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Walter Lantz Hollywood cartoon studio.....who supplied material to Universal Studios.

Link: some of his iconic music for his cartoons of 1940s.>>>>> [the cartoon is a bit iffy by 2020 standards but the music is top notch.] 7 minutes

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xx4wr2
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For the longest time I was trying to figure out what the sign said on the Walter Lantz building...studios, pictures...?

Finally realized it's Walter Lantz Cartunes!

The photo is c. 1946 and is on Lankershim Blvd. along the perimeter of Universal Studios. According to a commenter on CartoonResearch.com:

This photo is the only known one to exist of this location and is attributed to Dick Lundy, the director of "Wild and Woody". And it’s useful to look at to understand my description of how the building was actually connected to the outer studio wall of Universal, with a front door that opened right on to the sidewalk of Lankershim.

"Wild and Woody" is a W. Woodpecker entry where Woody plays a western Sheriff whose nemesis is named Buzz Buzzard.

Woody and Buzz? Hmmm...
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A second interesting house also appearing in the Herald on 10-20-07 (maybe someone can find this one....)

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LA Times 8/17/1908
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Maybe Huntington Drive was renumbered, because my guess is 1611 Huntington Drive, which is just east of the old Oneonta Park station. The property websites give a build date of 1908, which is only a year after GW's Herald picture. The image below is from 2009 as trees now hide half the house.


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Old Posted May 24, 2020, 7:19 PM
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More on 1611 Huntington Drive (items re-formed for your viewing pleasure):


LA Times, 10/30/1925


LA Times, 10/30/1925

Proximity of the article's date to Hallowe'en made me wonder at first if this might just be a fun holiday fiction; but the referred-to murder in Venice at least was certainly true, and at length there was much ado in court about it.
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More on 1611 Huntington Drive (items re-formed for your viewing pleasure):


LA Times, 10/30/1925


LA Times, 10/30/1925

Proximity of the article's date to Hallowe'en made me wonder at first if this might just be a fun holiday fiction; but the referred-to murder in Venice at least was certainly true, and at length there was much ado in court about it.
Quicklime is always used if you want human or animal remains to disappear.
We used to use it on the dog kennel droppings.
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Automobile Patrol plan to fight Spanish Influenza in Los Angeles.



Los Angeles Herald - 6 December 1918


Some other approaches.


Lemons!


Los Angeles Herald - 23 October 1918



No kissing!



Los Angeles Herald - 31 October 1918



And lots of laxative!



Los Angeles Herald - 5 November 1918
Thanks Martin for your added info on the old Lantz building.

Great articles from the past, noir-noir.

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Here is an original hand-tinted photograph of a line of tourist bungalows facing one of the canals in Venice California. [1924]


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It was taken by a photographer visiting from Michigan. Note the two children watching him take the photograph on the porch. - - - >



too green hand-tinting man.
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Old Posted May 25, 2020, 2:57 PM
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Here's a more recent photograph of Venice showing a burnt out house. [1964]


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The 4 story Cadillac Hotel can be seen in the background.

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Old Posted May 25, 2020, 3:07 PM
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Maybe Huntington Drive was renumbered, because my guess is 1611 Huntington Drive, which is just east of the old Oneonta Park station. The property websites give a build date of 1908, which is only a year after GW's Herald picture. The image below is from 2009 as trees now hide half the house.


GSV

Thanks for finding the house odinthor and HossC--


Here's another item related to 1611 Huntington Drive, though one not nearly as "grewsome" as the bones story....


LAT July 27, 1929
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