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http://jpg1.lapl.org/00081/00081596.jpglapl A look at the block in 1941, that's Olive & Temple lower right, the two unmistakable domes nearby at 227 N Olive. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4382/...11ea051e_h.jpg Flight C_7334, Frame 57 from http://mil.library.ucsb.edu/ap_indexes/FrameFinder/ |
I want to show you this rather dreamy photograph of the old Forthmann Carriage House.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/ePIOb3.jpg flickr The photographer, J. Jakobson, used film rather than digital. A Fujica ST705w SLR on expired cross-processed Agfachrome RS1000 slide film @iso50. but he doesn't mention when he took his photo (it was uploaded to flickr relatively recent, on May 10, 2017) The last time the carriage house made an appearance on NLA was three years ago. (Tetsu's post shown below) Quote:
re: the dreamlike photo: I'm guessing the Jakobson photo was taken soon after it was moved to the new location. the photo made me curious the restoration. Is the carriage house still on stilts? -has that first floor been built? It isn't clear in the google street views. In this 2011 view the carriage house appears to be raised on stilts (the carriage house is obscured in the later street views) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/SS5Lij.jpg gsv In this more recent view from the alley, it looks like there might be a first floor. -it's hard to tell because of that mound of dirt. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/KThi6M.jpg Mr. Jakobson writes "it is currently owned and in the process of restoration by Ithyle Griffiths and Angela Kohler." Does anyone in L.A. know the status of the restoration? (could you look and see if you find yourself in Angelino Heights :)) __ |
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We all know that the search feature of skyscraperpage, including NLA, is inadequate, to put it kindly without cussing. At one point, one of our tech-savvy contributors posted a way to search the thread via Google, or some way other than the #$%&@ "Search this Thread" drop-down box at upper right. (I tried using it to find the answer to this query, and, shocker, no luck.) HossC? Anyone? |
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The method I use is go to Google and type something like: Code:
site:http://forum.skyscraperpage.com noirish adams cloverdale Code:
site:http://forum.skyscraperpage.com noirish "city hall" This method also works for image searches, although I normally get a disproportionate number of my own images because the word "Noirish" is in the path of my Photobucket images. |
I do something very similar.
After using the skyscraperpage search, I double check by using Google 'Images' and type 'noirish' in front of what I'm searching for. (like Hoss suggested) Or if you can remember a certain word or phrase that was used in an old post, go to Google (but not 'images' this time) and type "noirish los angeles" in front of that word or phrase. Does that make sense? __ I see the thread was especially slow today. I had to take my Mother to the doctor in Illinois. I have numerous photos lined up to post in the next hour or so. |
OK, I just used all three of my search methods...and this video didn't show up
The 25th Man, 1962. (link directly below) http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...coll88/id/1434 28 minute LAPD video: Sadly, it's missing the sound so it drags a bit...but it's definitely worth a look. Chief Parker appears in several scenes (a scant four years before his fatal heart attack) like in this scene on the roof of the Parker Center. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/ToIDM4.jpg That's him, right? and the Parker Center itself. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/c2OyFC.jpg A noirish view of one of the Arroyo Seco Parkway tunnels. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/BlfDY3.jpg A new recruit. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/dmYzFa.jpg s w o o n A glimpse of the Italian Kitchen in the Commercial Exchange Building. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/Yg2gOv.jpg White gloved traffic cop and 'Cinderfella' showing at the RKO Hillstreet Theater. (Cinderfella was released in 1960) -so the date of the video (1962) might be a bit off. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/4DlMQO.jpg Inspection in a 'sunken' parking lot. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/uvRAlC.jpg A visit to school children http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/vu963G.jpg note the school-sized incinerator. Lastly, I've been trying to figure out the strange structure in the distance that resembles a giant barber pole. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/heKdIh.jpg __ If we have already seen this video on NLA you can disregard all three of my search suggestions. |
war ends in Hollywood.......August 14, 1945
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Thanks, CBD, never saw this one before. |
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Neat picture, Doug. This may be off-the-wall, but the gorgeous young woman holding the paper while perched on some enlisted men's shoulders looks very much like "Acquanetta," lead actress in some Universal horror films around 1944-45. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/QdTH1O.jpg Acquanetta, campy 1940's Universal star of "Captive Wild Woman." https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1125/...f6590aaf23.jpg Acquanetta, called "The Venezuelan Volcano" by Universal Studios publicity, was apparently born Mildred Davenport in either Ozone, Wyoming, or Norristown, Pennsylvania. Her rather mysterious origin was either Arapaho Native American, or part African-American, but definitely not Venezuelan. Author Richard Lamparski says that during a promotional event for one of his "Whatever Became Of?" books at a San Fernando Valley bookstore (I believe this was in the 1970's), it was Acquanetta whose appearance drove the crowd wild because of her "Camp" status as a long-forgotten and kind of bizarro 1940's starlet. There were about a dozen other former celebrities there, but a group of gay men started chanting "Acquanetta, Acquanetta" as she appeared, and the crowd joined in. Acquanetta was thrilled. |
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Jeff....Martin....Richard Lamparski? Great outré historian, I've read all of his books. When Richard called an actor for an interview...you knew your career was over.;);) Gloria and Richard http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u2v2vImg98...Blamparski.JPG http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u2v2vImg98...Blamparski.JPG |
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Acquanetta
AN ARTICLE about Acquanetta in a blog called "Vintage Black Glamour" by Michelle Gainer:
http://vintageblackglamour.tumblr.co...e-was-promoted http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/hXWweC.jpg The Universal "Inner Sanctum" mystery "Dead Man's Eyes," 1944 https://thetelltalemind.files.wordpr...mans-eyes4.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/GhvhjO.jpg Acquanetta with Lon Chaney, Jr., "Dead Man's Eyes" 1944, clothes by Vera West https://thetelltalemind.files.wordpr...mans-eyes6.jpg |
A few days ago I happened upon this interesting photograph. It was labeled...
"Wynyate House, South Pasadena. This was the home of Margaret Collier Graham and Donald Graham." http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/L52abD.jpg https://www.pinterest.com/pin/231442868320697049/ It turns out this is 'East Wynyate House', a smaller home built on the Graham property in 1896. (for Mrs. Graham's relatives) This is Wynyate House. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/NF5Ri7.jpg https://calisphere.org/item/ark:/13030/kt2v19q85k/ This three-story redwood Queen Anne Victorian mansion was built in 1887 for Donald M. Graham, the first mayor of South Pasadena, and his wife, Margaret Collier Graham, a well-known writer and literary figure. (Wynyate is Welsh for "vineyard") (no address was given) __ |
I believe this amazing photograph from 1930 is new to NLA. (I could be wrong of course :))
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...924/7xqyGG.jpg http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4050/...f1b05e54_o.jpg The police station in the photograph was located at 1629 Cahuenga Avenue, just north of Selma Avenue. It shared the building with the fire department. __ |
I just discovered 'Above Suspicion'--not the 1943 Joan Crawford/Fred MacMurray movie, but the British TV series of a few years ago, with the great Ciaran Hinds, Kelly Reilly, and even including Sylvia Syms in one season called The Red Dahlia...based on our old friend Elizabeth Short. The Brit victim around which the three episodes center is cut up exactly like Short was...etc etc. Quirky series worth looking into...
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:previous: Sound interesting Hoss. Thanks for the heads up.
This pic might be new (to NLA) too. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/p5y9Dh.jpg https://www.pinterest.com/pin/159737118008904716/ "A group of Los Angeles policemen walking at an undisclosed location." (1950s?) __ |
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