Merry Christmas to all! Here is a card from 1908.
http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/7612/i6we.jpg My collection And a special thanks to ER for all your efforts these past few years. (and the card even comes with a Merry Christmas E.R.) |
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Ironic, considering the full figure was more desirable.
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A big THANKS to Earl and the members for allowing me to post my request here Brian |
View from Fort Moore this evening. Happy Holidays!
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I apologize for this post, but I'm looking for some of the old photos in this thread that show the oil fields, especially those photos that have been posted that show vast amounts of oil derricks. Long Beach comes to mind as one location that had several oil field pictures posted. I did a search of this thread but came up empty.
I was given a nice present on Christmas by my Uncle... my Great Grandfather's 50' steel measuring tape - my Uncle told me it was used by my Great Grandfather who worked all over Southern California in the oil fields as a driller from the 20s to the 50s. He specifically told me he worked in Long Beach and Signal Hill. I wanted to show my Uncle some of the pictures from this thread of those areas, but I can't find them. Thanks in advance for any assistance. |
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PHX31 - I think the quickest way to find what you are looking for is to Google "Los Angeles oilfields", then click on images at the top of the page. There are a bunch. ER - I found this photo from 1939 of the Brunswig Drug Company building in Little Tokyo. Looked pretty nice back then. http://imageshack.us/a/img31/781/4lxg.JPG USC |
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As kids, my mother, brother, and I, would walk three blocks to pick up the bus in Atwater Village (known simply as Atwater in those years) and go to downtown LA for a day of shopping. Walking, of course, to all the stores within a pretty significant radius. May Co. was the traditional first stop. We were usually treated to lunch at Clifton's, or another cafeteria, which name I can't remember. So yes, I agree. Much more exercise was the norm in those years. Living in Atwater, we never drove those two or three blocks to "the boulevard" for necessities. Also, as kids, we would walk to the theaters on Brand Blvd. in Glendale, never thinking of spending our popcorn money on riding the bus; a two or three mile walk, if I recall correctly. 15 cents was the cost to watch a double feature at The Temple Theater. Andys |
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Actor Tom Mix in front of his 1937 Cord Phaeton 610 Capitol Avenue Houston Texas Shop long gone at this point |
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Brewery and Aliso
Brew102 from the 101 North, circa 1983, my photo:
http://i982.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps70940440.jpg View West: http://i982.photobucket.com/albums/a...psb3c46661.jpg The brewery still looked intact and functional, although I don't know if it was. I remember some time later one building stood alone, the oblong one with the "Brew102" sign on it. That building, just East of North Garey Street, stood immediately West of the Aliso. The Aliso site is currently the entrance to the 101 South. |
Mystery photo, L.A. circa 1983
I shot this circa 1983 somewhere near downtown L.A., but I don't remember where. I thought someone here could help me out:
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http://www.siro-driftsirens.com/products.html This motorcycle has one of their old round sirens in the "Y" section of the frame in front of rear wheel This must have been promotional photo? Here is a video and sound of the old school B&M 1940s style sirens we are used to in the old Noir movies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FewoPm71V6U |
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Meanwhile, back in Los Angeles...Tom with a Leach: http://theoldmotor.com/wp-content/up...ch-600x472.jpg http://theoldmotor.com/?tag=tom-mix |
Eatin' healthy....
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Los Angeles downtown tunnels.
Possibly someone has already posted this but here is a link to an article about tunnels in downtown from KCET. It's got a picture or two I had never seem before.
http://www.kcet.org/updaily/socal_fo...la.html?utm=fb Happy Holidays |
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This is not a blog; it's a discussion forum.
Speaking of discussion, are 1980s photos too new? I grew up in SoCal but it was in Orange County and my parents came from Iowa in the early 1970s. Consequently I have no personal photos of 'old' LA, and very few newer pics as we rarely ventured into LA. But I did dig up this crappy photo from 1984: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-9...ug84N11008.jpg me The high rise down the street appears to be still under construction. As it turns out this is the intersection of Alpine and Broadway, which looks pretty much the same in Google Street View's 2011 drive-by: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-l...533%2520PM.jpg GSV I also have the photo below, which is from the same roll of film. I think it's Forest Lawn in Glendale. https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-8...ug84N11007.jpg me |
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