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[Lorendoc]

Originally Posted by Fnarf

I hate to say it, but I think that's "Annie" in both cases, in the accursed Palmer script of the time. I've seen letters from my grandmother (b.1900) that just look like endless ocean wave peaks like that.

I thought we might get lucky with the picture being from the census year of 1930.

Living at 845 W 41st St that year were John A. and Jennie Berry, 69 and 64 years old. They were transplanted Iowans and had no children. Both John and Jen(nie) appear on the list of names, so I think it's them. Not much help on the Aurie/Annie issue

[FredH]

Originally Posted by Martin Pal

When you look this up on GSV there's a huge white gasometer shaped tank in the lot next door to this place. What the heck is that for, I wonder, in the middle of all these little residential houses?

I'm guessing that it is a water tank.


Google Maps

In any event, it looks like a strange place to put it. I guess Bell has no zoning laws?

[ethereal_reality]

A very rare photograph of the interior of a real estate office in Los Angeles. [c.1890s]



"Original Photograph: Real Estate Pioneers McGarry Sexton Los Angeles, Broadway(?) 1890's."


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mmm...wall to wall carpeting. nice touch.

There's more to this photograph than first meets the eye.

After studying the room, I believe there are, at least, three different real estate firms in this ONE location.

At first, I thought this might be a Realtor's Club of some sort)







First of all, there is the 'Sexton & Grider' sign on the back wall.


detail




..and Fred Sexton's desk (is that Fred?)


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note the cheerful secretary.







On the left side of the room there is a sign for McGarry & Innes.


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On the left edge, and partially cut off, there is..yet another, sign.


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All we see of this sign is...NCE and LLAN.

It appears a cabinet has been moved. (perhaps to make room for McGarry & Innes)



sooooooooooo.....

If my calculations are correct.

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Grider and Sexton could easily be switched around. (but in the end --I decided to place Sexton next to the his desk.


Now, all we need to do is figure out what building this office was [located in].

It's gonna' be difficult. (I know, because I tried) I came up with all kinds of different addresses. I wasn't able to pin it down to one place.




Postscript:

The seller believes the duo on the far left (with 1/3 of the sign showing) might be....

"At the front left side appears to be an insurance business and notary public, though the sign is partially cropped, it may have been for Mclellan Insurance,
as the estate sale appears to have had some connection with George Mclellan."


Postscript 2

"Los Angeles real estate office located at 108 South Broadway." THE SELLER

This would have saved me a lot of time! I looked through a dozen directories trying to figure out THE ADDRESS.




hmmm... could the seller be incorrect?


LAPL

LAPL

In 1900, finally on Broadway, but 103..not 108




Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner. 108 S. Broadway!




Additional historical backgrounds on the men in photograph HERE (click, then scroll down)

[Martin Pal]

Originally Posted by FredH

I'm guessing that it is a water tank.


Google Maps

In any event, it looks like a strange place to put it. I guess Bell has no zoning laws?
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LOL!

A search of the address says:

6253 Prospect Ave. is a private utility (electric, water, gas, etc.) located in Bell, CA 90201. Built in 1978, this property features a 14,780 sq ft lot, and 200 sq ft of living space.

https://www.realtytrac.com/property/...ave/154840526/

It ays the 6247 house next door is 843 sq. ft. The home was built in 1924.

It also indicates there are near two dozen sex offenders in the area, 15 environmental hazards and 1 natural disaster.

[Mstimc]

Originally Posted by Martin Pal

LOL!

A search of the address says:

6253 Prospect Ave. is a private utility (electric, water, gas, etc.) located in Bell, CA 90201. Built in 1978, this property features a 14,780 sq ft lot, and 200 sq ft of living space.

https://www.realtytrac.com/property/...ave/154840526/

It ays the 6247 house next door is 843 sq. ft. The home was built in 1924.

It also indicates there are near two dozen sex offenders in the area, 15 environmental hazards and 1 natural disaster.

Geez, prime real estate!

The tank may also be a water recovery tank for oil drilling. There are some operating oil wells in my neighborhood and there are tanks about this size near them. They're used to separate and store the water that comes up in some wells.

[odinthor]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

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Additional historical backgrounds on the men in photograph HERE (click, then scroll down)

Ah, yes, e_r--the Birdland Grider! Of whom (reconfigured for your viewing pleasure):


LA Times 10/28/14 via ProQuest via CSULB Library


LA Times 10/28/14 via ProQuest via CSULB Library

[JimCraig]

Originally Posted by FredH

Ouch!


Google Street View

I was amazed during my first trip to Hollywood (circa 1980) at how many high-end homes had bars on the windows. The bars do not appear in the 1933 photos of this house but they are painfully visible in the current view.

Reminds me of the old song "Just a Bird in a Gilded Cage."

[ethereal_reality]

A group of mystery location(s) for a Saturday afternoon.


# 1


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# 2


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# 3


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I hope this stretch of homes have survived. They're quite impressive...especially as a group.









# 4


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Note the fire escape on the left. ................... Once a noble home?...now apartments?




Added Bonus: ...........mystery sign on tree.


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Added Bonus #2.............mystery chair.


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Why is it missing a chunk ? I can see the street through it.






key



Good luck sleuths!


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[FredH]

#1

I'll take the easy one (with street signs)


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Corner of Cesar Chavez (then Brooklyn) and Chicago St.

Looks like the same sign out front.

[Lorendoc]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

A group of mystery location(s) for a Saturday afternoon.
# 2


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Here is #2, 203 S St. Louis St.

gsv

[Godzilla]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

The design reminds me of the Eames House in Santa Monica Canyon. (well actually Pacific Palisades)


http://www.matchboyscollective.com/t...ouse-classics/ built 1949

It makes me wonder if the architect of the Union Service Center was a disciple of the husband & wife team, Charles & Ray Eames.

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1958 - Display of Eames' wares at Christian Science Reading Room parking lot. 132 Brooks Avenue, Venice


https://66.media.tumblr.com/81917a1f...90ro1_1280.jpg

[ethereal_reality]

This is such a great photograph! Can anyone spot the wild boar?

[ethereal_reality]

Using a street car as a recruitment tool, Los Angeles Calif. [c.1942]



recently found on ebay (no longer listed)





That's an interesting building in the background. Does anyone recognize it?







And does anyone recognize the two attractive starlet/models hoisting the anchor?







In a residencial area. I'm having a difficult time reading what is written on the bottom half of the life saver. ... U.S.S. What?






Another interesting building in the background. (and some nice looking young men )

There appears to be a much larger building in the far distance.


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[FredH]

I'll take a shot:

I think it may say U.S.S. Kill Hitler




Not sure

At least I'm in the right war

[FredH]

The Hollywood Reporter is running a story on the death of John Belushi at the Chateau Maramont, on March 5, 1982, while he was living in Bungalow 3.
HBO is about to run a series on the book The Castle On Sunset.


Hollywood Reporter






The article details his final days. Drugs did him in.


Read the Hollywood Reporter article here:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/fe...etails-1204001


What struck me was that, while Belushi was in L.A. killing himself with drugs, Dan Aykroyd was in New York writing the script for Ghostbusters.
Aykroyd was writing Ghostbusters with the expectation that Belushi was going to be part of the movie.

What would Ghostbusters have been like with Belushi in it? What part would he have played?

[Hollywood Graham]

Originally Posted by FredH

The Hollywood Reporter is running a story on the death of John Belushi at the Chateau Maramont, on March 5, 1982, while he was living in Bungalow 3.
HBO is about to run a series on the book The Castle On Sunset.


Hollywood Reporter






The article details his final days. Drugs did him in.


Read the Hollywood Reporter article here:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/fe...etails-1204001


What struck me was that, while Belushi was in L.A. killing himself with drugs, Dan Aykroyd was in New York writing the script for Ghostbusters.
Aykroyd was writing Ghostbusters with the expectation that Belushi was going to be part of the movie.

What would Ghostbusters have been like with Belushi in it? What part would he have played?

As an off duty job I worked security there two nights a week from 12 am to 6am. Many movie and music people stayed there. Lot of dope around with them. One night a rock group was staying there and as I started to make my rounds a package of Cocaine and a gas torch fell out of a window almost right next to me. Why they threw it out the window I don't know. I gave it to the black and white patroling the area. I left that job a week before Belushi died. I suppose nothing has changed there.

[HenryHuntington]

Re; post 51233:

Dunno if it'll help, e-r, but my Guesstimator® tells me that our streetcar's on Larchmont Blvd. a little south of Melrose Ave. As you might recall, a number of Stooge's street scenes were filmed in/around this neighborhood due to its convenient proximity to the Paramount lot.

I didn't find any of the adjoining structures pictured, as sizable apartment buildings have taken most of both sides of Larchmont here. But maybe the Paramount reference will help someone ID the starlets.

[HossC]

Originally Posted by FredH

What would Ghostbusters have been like with Belushi in it? What part would he have played?

This came up on a show I watched last week (I can't remember which one). Apparently, Bill Murray's part was written for Belushi. That would've been a very different movie.

[transitfan]

Originally Posted by HenryHuntington

Re; post 51233:

Dunno if it'll help, e-r, but my Guesstimator® tells me that our streetcar's on Larchmont Blvd. a little south of Melrose Ave. As you might recall, a number of Stooge's street scenes were filmed in/around this neighborhood due to its convenient proximity to the Paramount lot.

I didn't find any of the adjoining structures pictured, as sizable apartment buildings have taken most of both sides of Larchmont here. But maybe the Paramount reference will help someone ID the starlets.

Larchmont would make it the old 3 line. Coming from downtown via 6th St, then a private right-of-way next to Wilton Pl up to 3rd St, then 3rd St to Larchmont and up to near Melrose. It may have been cut back in later years. It was converted to trolley bus in 1947, when 5th and 6th Sts were made into one-way streets in the downtown area.

[Lorendoc]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

Using a street car as a recruitment tool, Los Angeles Calif. [c.1942]



recently found on ebay (no longer listed)

Could the car just have arrived very end of the line? The tracks just seem to end. If that's so, it might help to identify the location?