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I've picked a mixture of color and black & white shots from this Julius Shulman set. It's "Job 3594: Kurt Meyer, American Savings (Whittier, Calif.), 1963".
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original This rather unusual shot looks along the space between the windows and the shades. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original A look across the street to the Whittwood Center. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...6.jpg~original I'll finish with this night view. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...7.jpg~original All from Getty Research Institute The old bank building is still standing at 15725 E Whittier Boulevard. It now seems to be called the Family Medicine-Whittwood Medical Office Building. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...8.jpg~original GSV |
Another experiment, this time with Postimage.org:
https://s26.postimg.org/c81j7m3jt/All_Kinds.jpg ___ OK, for the moment, in Preview, the image is showing . . . ('Scuse my trying these experiments here; but I'm thinking others will be interested once I'm successful...) |
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http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5084/...7b175f0c_b.jpgfrom this post which has some more shots of the area Not finding "Frenchy's" in the directories; what years did your friend's aunt have the establishment? |
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Getting on to an hour later, I see the image is still present and OK. Postimage.org (which seems to have several slight variations in its name) is simple and . . . free . . . Here's the login URL: https://postimages.org/ (note that, in the URL, it's "postimages," though the logo says "postimage"). I ran across it, while trawling the net for Photobucket replacements, at a forum "PaperMoneyForum," on a thread from last year, then "bumped" in the current PB crisis. No one seems to have anything bad to say about PostImage.org. Here's the thread: http://www.papermoneyforum.com/post/...cement-8493950 Meantime on this very trying day I'm not able to get through to my historical L.A. Times site . . . :hell: |
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Thanks for checking out the options, odinthor. I've just read through the most recent entries in postimage(s)'s blog. It looks like they're planning a premium (paid) service to supplement the free users, but they're having trouble getting their payment gateway to work. There's also a report of four hours downtime with no loss of data - figures that Photobucket could only dream of! Additionally, there have been problems exceeding their service provider's data limits, but everything appears to be sorted now. As I said before, I don't mind paying a small fee for a reliable service. I hopefully still have a few months to decide which alternative to jump on. I also finally managed to download my first (and smallest) album from PB today. I've been trying for days, and this is the first time it worked. I guess everyone else is trying to do the same thing! |
Wilshire Drive In
Circa 1948 , my mother ( Lala Tucker Larson) , she met my father while working as a waitress at one of the Drive-Ins (possibly on Wilshire). Not sure exactly which "drive-in".
Dad was a member of SCTA / & raced out on the dry lakes, they would always drop in for burgers after the racing on weekends. Dad was a member of the Hollywood Throttlers Car Club. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9...2BWilshire.jpg |
I wonder if our gallant preceptor e_r has reflected that he soon will have "lived" on this group longer than he actually lived in L.A. . . . ? As one who has been, say, a ragtime enthusiast longer than ragtime was the current thing in popular music, I know that such a situation gives one a special and rich feeling as sort of a validated guardian of the subject. Congratulations, e_r!
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The Angelus Sign Company was incorporated in January 1907, and the 1907-09 city directories show an Angelus Sign Co. at 319 S. Figueroa. You can see it on the 1909 Birds Eye View Map of Los Angeles at the Library of Congress. The 1910, 1914, and 1921 Baist Maps all show a small, narrow brick building at 311 S. Figueroa. There is a January 4, 1910, building permit for a paint shop alteration at 311-1/2 S. Figueroa, which is described as two stories tall and with dimensions of 10 x 30 feet. The May 25, 1922, demolition permit for 311 S. Figueroa also says two stories and 10 x 30 feet. The ProQuest database is down as I write this, so I can't check the 1906 Sanborn Map (Vol 1, Map 31, I think) to see if 311 S. Figueroa is there. But even without that resource, and despite the possible 311 vs. 319 discrepancy, I would guess that your mystery photo shows 311 S. Figueroa Street, c. 1909-11. EDIT: Since the image has disappeared from the post it was quoted from, here is the mystery building: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...psmuwvi2c7.jpg |
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Yes, about ProQuest: Once my nose got sufficiently out of joint about not being able to make use of ProQuest, I contacted the university Library (which hosts the service). They did some checking around, and it turned out that PQ was having a "global outage" yesterday (haven't checked today). Not sure if they meant "global" metaphorically as in "everything at ProQuest Incorporated," or "global" literally as in "worldwide"; but I suppose it amounts to the same thing. |
I know we've had a few menswear shops from Julius Shulman recently. This one is "Job 16: Burke and Kober, Carver's Men's Shop, 1947". I've picked five of the 12 images.
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original A closer look at the entrance... http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original ...and the displays just inside. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original This store is more like the Monte Factor shop in Beverly Hills, with very little stock on show. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original I'm guessing that this last shot shows where you picked your suit fabric from the bolt. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original All from Getty Research Institute Unsurprisingly, the site on the corner of S Flower Street and Wilshire Boulevard is now filled with a much taller building which has a FedEx office on the first floor. |
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I came across this interesting bit of ephemera today on ebay.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/922/Zi0w87.jpg ebay Am I the only one that didn't know about Aimee's cruise to the Holy Land? A list of field offices is on the back. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/GswPWy.jpg And the itinerary http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...924/pHUSne.jpghttp://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/m4lJbx.jpg below: Rotated so you can read the handwritten note. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...924/Zhjqpg.jpg 'Reservations write - Helen or Leo Carver apt. 6 - 1830 Sunset Blvd. L.A." _________________________________ Thanks for the kind words odinthor. You must have intuited that I needed a pep talk. You were correct. _ |
A slide showing the Shrine Auditorium in 1953.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/HGURDz.jpg ebay / As most of you know, this is the side facing Jefferson Blvd. (we have seen similar views but I believe this is new to NLA) _ |
Here's an early postcard of Westlake Park (1909) that I believe might be new to NLA.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/0RZHom.jpg ebay The message on the reverse only mentions ducks and swans -but I think the enclosed area in the pic is a seal pen. here's the reverse. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...924/uuVlqp.jpg __ While trying to confirm the seal pen, I came across the postcard below. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/QzQAEQ.jpg Does anyone know where the band shell was located? (the building in the background appears to be outside of the park boundary) And to be honest, I didn't know there is a band shell in the park now. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...922/bCQlSw.jpg https://www.triposo.com/poi/W__160998254 But I believe this band shell is in a different location than the band shell in the old postcard) __ |
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