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Snix · #**55501** Posted **Sep 17, 2020, 1:41 AM**

Duperrault told the 1910 census that his profession was home builder and that he owned 434 Lake Ave. In 1916 he built shops at 3909 – 3911 S. Vermont Ave. and 3639 – 3641 S. Vermont Ave. The business address on the permits is 230 S. Soto St. which ran real estate ads in the Herald without addresses.

Los Angeles Herald, Volume XLII, Number 11, 14 November 1916

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

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mystery location

I happened upon this fine looking rppc a few days ago on eBay

California Home of A. Duperrault ...Los Angeles, Cal.

I cropped this one a bit to reduce the slant. ........................................................................................................................................................................................................I couldn't decide which one to use.

eBay

There's a hand-written arrow pointing to one of the windows. . .(perhaps a visitor pointing out the guest room)

A. Duperrault moved & moved & moved & moved.

lapl

lapl

So how do I decide which address is the correct one?

Easy.

I didn't realize until after I looked through the directories that the address is on the back!

Adolphe Duperrault hasn't previously appeared in the thread. Does anyone know who he was?

For search purposes:.....Adolphe Duperrault..... 434 Lake Street..... Los Angeles
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ethereal_reality · #**55502** Posted **Sep 17, 2020, 4:05 PM**

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noirishers -

who wants to bite the bullet & translate this?

duperrault postcard

...other than "glacial Detroit" it's in French.

. . .devenir des serviteurs occupes!

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Godzilla · #**55503** Posted **Sep 17, 2020, 6:05 PM**

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Originally Posted by HossC

I too remember seeing 446 N Lake Street on NLA, and probably the little courtyard next door too, but I also failed to find them.

BTW. The property sites given a build date of 1916 for the current 434 N Lake Street house. That's just five years after Mr Duperrault was there.

https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/sho...postcount=4580

AlvaroLegido · #**55504** Posted **Sep 17, 2020, 6:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

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noirishers -who wants to bite the bullet & translate this?

duperrault postcard
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" […] The health is good since we are here. Please write sometimes. [X] works in a store from 8 to 6 every day. We always think to you […] We have a very good climate and a radiant sun very appreciated after getting out of the freezing Detroit. Thousand kisses to share."

HossC · #**55505** Posted **Sep 17, 2020, 6:12 PM**

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Originally Posted by rick m

Rick M. writes---
Well I did post my own photo of this glorious apartment at Lake street -- About eight years ago-- no one commented about it as I remember---!!

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Originally Posted by Flyingwedge

I couldn't find your post, rick, but here's one from five years ago. The building at 446 N. Lake was moved there from 624 S. Alvarado in 1924.

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Originally Posted by Godzilla

https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/sho...postcount=4580

Thanks, rick m, Flyingwedge and Godzilla. I knew I hadn't imagined it. I'll just have to look harder next time!

riichkay · #**55506** Posted **Sep 17, 2020, 7:48 PM**

Because whenever I think of hair styling, the first name that always comes to mind is Redd Foxx....

Getty/Ed Ruscha

7561 Sunset Blvd., August 1975.

odinthor · #**55507** Posted **Sep 17, 2020, 7:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

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The apartments include this archaic garage located behind the building on Zalvidea Street (what a name!).

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e_r, from my notes:

Zalvidea, Jose Maria (Padre) March 2, 1780, born at Bilbao, Spain; August 31, 1805, arrived in California at San Francisco; February 1, 1806, to August 31, 1806, assigned to Mission San Fernando Rey; December 19, 1806, to January 15, 1827, served at Mission San Gabriel; ca. 1821, noted by eventual centenarian Eulalia Perez at San Gabriel as treating the Indians very well, and much beloved; his enthusiastic efforts at grapevine cultivation at Mission San Gabriel, undertaken without the approval of his superiors, at length brought about his forced transfer to Mission San Juan Capistrano, thus March 4, 1826 (overlaps service at Mission San Gabriel) to November 26, 1842, at Mission San Juan Capistrano; as the years went on, increasingly mystical, and some thought him mad; “There were those who tried to brand him insane, but they had no basis in fact. They were just reacting to the Father’s habit of telling them the bitter truth about their abuses and disorderliness”; end of November?, 1842, to ca. the latter part of June, 1846 (when he died), served at Mission San Luis Rey.

By the way, those interested in California history as well as partying might wish to celebrate today September 17 as the (1776) day the San Francisco Presidio was established!

CaliNative · #**55508** Posted **Sep 18, 2020, 3:49 AM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

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noirishers -

who wants to bite the bullet & translate this?

duperrault postcard

...other than "glacial Detroit" it's in French.

. . .devenir des serviteurs occupes!

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I understand a little French but the cursive script is quite illegible. Amazing we used to write this way. Sometimes I have trouble reading my old longhand. Good luck to any brave soul who wants to plunge into the cursive spaghetti. Amazed the post office was able to deliver these nearly every time.

ethereal_reality · #**55509** Posted **Sep 18, 2020, 5:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by AlvaroLegido

[…] The health is good since we are here. Please write sometimes. [X] works in a store from 8 to 6 every day. We always think to you […] We have a very good climate and a radiant sun very appreciated after getting out of the freezing Detroit. Thousand kisses to share.

Thanks for the translation, AlvaroLegido.

I was hoping the message would contain some intriguing clues but I see it was the usual generic postcard message.

_______________________________________________________________________________________

& I appreciate the information on Zalvidea Street, odinthor.

At first I didn't realize you were talking about the street behind N. Lake Street.

google aerial

If the street number for the house, once it became apartments, was 446 1/2 - 448 1/2 (a duplex)

1950 Sanborn Map

Why so many garage spaces?

gsv

gsv

A total of six. (when I started this post I actually thought there were more than that)

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& while I'm thanking people. .

Thanks for straightening the Duperrault house, Scott Charles. It looks great!

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ethereal_reality · #**55510** Posted **Sep 19, 2020, 1:28 AM**

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...A mystery parade showing a delegation of men wearing white suits and carrying white umbrellas!

eBay

The contingent makes me thinks of New Orleans or the Caribbean. It's possible the men are of African or African-American descent but it's a bit difficult to tell for sure.

the reverse.

.... "Swobd"

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odinthor · #**55511** Posted **Sep 19, 2020, 2:06 AM**

Swobdi Millinery...

Los Angeles Herald, 8/29/1917

CaliNative · #**55512** Posted **Sep 19, 2020, 6:51 AM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

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...A mystery parade showing a delegation of men wearing white suits and carrying white umbrellas!

eBay

The contingent makes me thinks of New Orleans or the Caribbean. It's possible the men are of African or African-American descent but it's a bit difficult to tell for sure.

the reverse.

.... "Swobd"

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^^^
Looks like an early version of the Doo Dah Parade. But seriously, many labor organizations long ago had men in white suits carrying umbrellas in parades as a symbol of labor unity (workers under the umbrella/protection of a union). Here is another example from Indiana in the early 20th century--again men in white suits with umbrellas, in this case a baker's union; click on the photo in the link below and you see the umbrella men in white suits:

https://indianaalbum.pastperfectonli...D-933439182128

So, in all likelihood the parade in your photo is some sort of union parade, probably on Labor Day. I don't know what SWOBD means, but maybe it was some sort of millinery union (hatmakers). The word millinery is on the back of the postcard.

odinthor · #**55513** Posted **Sep 19, 2020, 2:00 PM**

LA Times, 4/16/1904

Earl Boebert · #**55514** Posted **Sep 19, 2020, 2:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by odinthor

LA Times, 4/16/1904

The dark store sign at the upper left reads "Swobdi."

Cheers,

Earl

ethereal_reality · #**55515** Posted **Sep 19, 2020, 3:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by CaliNative

Labor organizations long ago had men in white suits carrying umbrellas in parades as a symbol of labor unity (workers under the umbrella/protection of a union).

That solves the white suits / white umbrellas mystery! Good sleuthing, CaliNative. If I had known I would have posted the parade photograph on Labor Day.

odinthor. . . so 'Swobdi' is the store. I can see it now in the photograph. (that's the reason millinery was written on the back of the pic)

I've never heard of Swobdi as a surname. If you search for it on the internet you get zip. (nothing)
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ethereal_reality · #**55516** Posted **Sep 19, 2020, 4:08 PM**

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mystery location. (1965)...

Does anyone recognize this beach? It's in the Los Angeles area.

rediscovered in an old file of mine (I hope I haven't posted it some years back)

As you can see there's an antique store on the left and a Mobil gas station on the right.

UPDATE:

I just noticed the answer is right there in the photograph....Does anyone else see it?

. . .or have any idea what's going on in the photo?

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unihikid · #**55517** Posted **Sep 19, 2020, 4:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

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mystery location. (1965)...

Does anyone recognize this beach? It's in the Los Angeles area.

rediscovered in an old file of mine (I hope I haven't posted it some years back)

As you can see there's an antique store on the left and a Mobil gas station on the right.

UPDATE:

I just noticed the answer is right there in the photograph....Does anyone else see it?

. . .or have any idea what's going on in the photo?

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Huntington Beach ... I mean "hcaeB notgnitnuH"

ethereal_reality · #**55518** Posted **Sep 19, 2020, 5:04 PM**

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Yep. Good eye, unihikid....lol

OK, here's a mystery location that I don't know the answer to.

I found it on a website honoring the child actress Lassie Lou.

"The Helen Holmes Serial (1924)"

younghollywood

As you can see it shows a woman and a child (Helen Holmes? and li'l Lassie Lou) on an old wooden tressle. There is a small settlement on the far side of the bridge.

Super-duper LARGE.

younghollywood

I spy a doggy too.

Here are the episodes if anyone wants to check them out.

imdb

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these episodes are actually from an earlier serial, Hazards of Helen....(Lassie Lou wasn't born until 1920)

odinthor · #**55519** Posted **Sep 19, 2020, 9:10 PM**

Speaking of Miss Swobdi, have we had this structure on NLA before?:

LA Times, 8/20/1922

LA Times, 5/10/1923

CaliNative · #**55520** Posted **Sep 19, 2020, 11:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

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Yep. Good eye, unihikid....lol

OK, here's a mystery location that I don't know the answer to.

I found it on a website honoring the child actress Lassie Lou.

"The Helen Holmes Serial (1924)"

younghollywood

As you can see it shows a woman and a child (Helen Holmes? and li'l Lassie Lou) on an old wooden tressle. There is a small settlement on the far side of the bridge.

Super-duper LARGE.

younghollywood

I spy a doggy too.

Here are the episodes if anyone wants to check them out.

imdb

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these episodes are actually from an earlier serial, Hazards of Helen....(Lassie Lou wasn't born until 1920)

^^^

"Perils of Pauline" genre was very common back then. Many imitators. Villains in black suits, top hats twirling their moustashes. Dogs often to the rescue. Rin Tin Tin and later Lassie etc.