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I just wish the YMCA had saved the rooftop sign.
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/u20luK.jpg detail I checked Google_Earth to see if any of the [sign] brackets were left on the roof. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/CG9O7e.jpg Google_Earth I don't see any remnants of the sign....but I was a bit surprised by how 'hollow' the building is. note the tiny skylight in the lower right corner of the building. I think this is a stairwell. [see below] |
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This LAPD form [1951] is interesting as well.
It lists the items a safe burglar left behind (he was no doubt interrupted) in an attemped robbery in 1951. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/922/U5XsMr.png EBAY https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/BOwErw.png EBAY That's quite a list! _ |
American Beauty = Barbecue.
I was hesitant to post this photograph because I wasn't totally convinced it was Venice CA.
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/MqNICL.jpg EBAY "1916 VENICE BEACH CA BOARDWALK AMERICAN BEAUTY BARBECUE" asking........................................ $299.99 While trying to find additional proof [that this Venice], I happened upon this article about a planned "meat focused" restaurant in Venice. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...924/wLdxiQ.jpg EATER: L.A. And guess what the name of the new restaurant is going to be. Yep, AMERICAN BEAUTY. My question is: What does 'American Beauty' have to do with barbecue? am I missing something? :shrug: ________________________________________________________________________________ While I'm here, let's take a closer look at the astonishly well dressed people in the 1916 photograph. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/xI2LEs.jpg detail note: One of the lovely ladies has cleverly strapped her cell phone to the back of her hand. also note...they're wearing matching mink stoles! (the kind with the head, feet and tail attached) And take a gander at this fine looking lad. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/9maVJJ.jpg detaail Arrow collar...and possibly smoking a pipe? _________________________________ jus' kiddin' about the cell phone. ;) |
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Interesting, e_r! The bouquets on the sign, I think, provide the clue as to what the namer was thinking about: The name refers to the 'American Beauty' rose, introduced as such in 1886: https://i.postimg.cc/k5DmLYpq/AmBeau.jpg Deutsches Rosenbuch, 1889, p. 183. The name came to be a generic term used by florists to indicate long-stemmed red roses of perfect form; but the original was as above. (There's a longstanding controversy about whether or not the 1886 rose was actually a re-introduction of an 1875 French rose 'Mme. Ferdinand Jamin'. I'm firmly of the opinion that it was not a reintroduction, as differences between the two roses were noted at the time.) And the new restaurant is on . . . Rose Avenue. |
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My NCOIC taught me the vulnerability in the WWII-era field safes that were still used on our base. We had one whose combination had been lost. You lay it door side up in a jeep or pickup truck and drive around on rough roads. The vibrations ease tumblers into the unlocked position. Like all vulnerabilities, something the designers hadn't thought of -- vibrations from front to back (in the normal position of a safe on the floor) instead up and down. Cheers, Earl |
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"American Beauty washing machine, Southern California, 1935". http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...canBeauty1.jpg A close-up of the logo shows that this company also went with the rose motif. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...canBeauty2.jpg USC Digital Library As you can see, the American Beauty was made by the Getz Power Washer Co of Morton, Illinois, but this was a publicity shoot for the Globe Department Store. I can only see a passing mention to the store in post #9616, so here's another advert from the 1936 CD. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...eptStores1.jpg LAPL Globe Department Stores Inc was still at 5100 S Broadway in 1956. By the early '60s, they'd either moved or downsized to 5136 S Broadway, and then spent 1963-69 at 5201 S Vermont Avenue. Does anyone have any photos (I haven't had a chance to look yet) - there's only a drawing in the link above. |
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Here's a photograph of "Rose Avenue crossing looking east, Los Angeles, 1929" https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/RxL8dF.jpg USC Digital Archive I wasn't sure if this was the correct Rose Avenue (there's a Rose Avenue in San Marino as well) but if you look closely, one of the signs on the right side of the street says Venice Feed & Fuel. [see BELOW] https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/uTZErB.jpg detail *blinks* Does that child have a road cone on her head? *rubs eyes* Note the wig wag and railroad crossing. Any idea where on Rose Avenue this pic was taken? Here's the r.r. crossing sign, left side of pic. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/xnLycb.jpg detail That smaller sign to its right might be a street sign. (it's much too small to tell for sure) _ |
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Hope I'm not retreading over traveled ground, but I came across this 1905 booklet on the Internet Archive with photos I don't recall seeing on NLA. Lots of typical but interesting views of generally familiar places.
Courthouse https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7874/...f55ef95c_b.jpg IA A while back I was asking if there were panoramas from the observation deck at Angel's Flight and was obliged to have a few posted in response, but I don't think we saw this one. part one https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7825/...e0b35e11_h.jpg part 2 https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7873/...384c64c3_h.jpg IA All the pics are quite zoomable on the site. |
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Any idea where on Rose Avenue this pic was taken? But, of course, e-r. Venice Feed and Fuel is listed in the 1925 Santa Monica CD at 200 Rose Ave. Sadly, it's no longer there; but the two-story wooden structure across the street is now The Firehouse restaurant at 213 Rose Ave. Less convincingly, the two-story duplex with the pagoda-like roof treatment at the far left edge of the frame apparently also remains albeit in somewhat remodeled form at 105 Rose Ave. That would seem to place our photographer just east of Pacific Ave. Incidentally, the railroad crossing Rose Ave. was PE's Santa Monica Air Line. |
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One more thing: coincidentally, my friend who lives at one of the apartments in the photo sent me this photo TODAY. Apparently, when the "tower auto" was converted to apartments, they never got permits and aren't allowed to have kitchens in the apartments. The apartments are due for inspection and to remedy this, the apartment owners are going to remove all the kitchens, pass inspection, install new kitchens, and give all the tenants 50% off this next month. AMAZING. https://i.imgur.com/ZUnoeCJ.jpg |
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GW, I think your house is 503 S. St. Andrews Place. Comparing the photo above with the one below, the house has been painted and the palm trees near the sidewalk have grown, but the shape and details of the house look the same: https://i1165.photobucket.com/albums...psrtjaqhfu.jpg UCLA/Islandora/SeeingSunset 503 S. St. Andrews even has that little roundish room on its NE corner: Quote:
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So I take it the original American Beauty Barbeque was located on 'Rose' Avenue pier.
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One more thing.
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...921/4ytK4g.jpg I could be wrong, but I believe this is the first time we have seen a good photo of the horizontal Purser Apt. sign. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/pTjFpe.jpg DETAIL 1912 It looks like the sign might have been back-lit. Not to be confused with the other Purser Apts. at 1126 Olive Ave. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...921/h3ZMaJ.jpg we have seen this before / but the image is missing. calisphere Perhaps the same person owned both buildings? :shrug: Is that your car GW? __ |
Here's the Purser Apts in this famous color image. over there - - - - - >
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EXCELLENT, FW--thank you. It was built in early 1913 by I. M. Decker, who seems to have been responsible for a number of houses in the vicinity. The owner from 1921 or so was Charles F. Zaruba, proprietor of the Washington Photoplay Theater. His family was there into the '40s. His wife was Emma Loeffler Zaruba, an opera star. |
Hey guys. Curious if anyone has any information or can dig up any dirt / old photographs on my house at 229 24th St in Santa Monica. Apparently before I made my mark my house was ran as a brothel.
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Both Pinterest Speaking of American Beautys...maybe it was just a southern thing--this image is from a New Orleans wall--but, with thoughts in mind of a bare Paris apartment, I thought I would try to connect it to LA via Marlon. Have we seen him lolling on his front steps before? Have we tracked down where this house might have been? (Or if it's even his house, as the source (on Pinterest) claims.) I suppose the butter would have come in here, perhaps with Wally, rather than in a Paris apartment. Anyway... |
mystery location / mystery parade
I happened upon this amazing cabinet card last night on ebay. LOS ANGELES CA California c1880 Cabinet Photo - Parade View https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/Oq8b13.png EBAY There appears to be an open space on the left, behind all the horses and buggies. Could this possible be Central Park? :shrug: The mountains in the background could possibly be a clue. (I'm not very good at matching up mountain ridges) -also note the large stone house behind the flagpole. Does anyone recognize the uniforms? https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...924/G33J1w.jpg because I sure don't. And lastly, here is the reverse of the card. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/924/AJ0kKY.jpg As a reminder, and to newcomers: Central Park eventually became Pershing Square. |
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This is the fire house H H pointed out. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/yTL7TV.jpg detail / see the complete photograph HERE And here's that side of the street today. (arrow is above the fire station) https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/STkb0g.jpg GSV Engine Co. No. 62 Truck Co. No. 17 213 Rose Ave. Venice https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...921/hqe3Pa.jpg lafdphotoalbum note the hill in the distance on the right. I didn't realize there was such a prominent hill in that direction. The station has been kept in great shape! (minus the tower) https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/rGIvoi.jpg GSV _ |
Did Douglas Fairbanks own a cow?
Did Charlie Chaplin have a plain old mail box in 1924? I saw this amazing photo album last night on ebay...& as far as I can tell, it's already gone. Title Page https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...922/9v28ue.jpg There were a lot of photographs so I might not post them all at once. In my opinion..these are the most intriguing. #1 https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...921/4PQ40j.jpg Does anyone know if Fairbanks owned a cow in 1924? I don't think this is Pickfair ;) #2 https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/7r8iIK.jpg I think they meant Anita Stewart. #3 https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...921/3KMCtP.jpg Chaplin's Chicken Movie? #4 https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/aCz1kd.jpg Wow. Chaplin's mail box. Here's a vertical look. #4a https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/UMX5NA.jpg Charlie's got mail. ;) _ |
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Buy The Ruins Of A Silent Film Star's Franklin Avenue MansionI also found this 2011 video of 7425 Franklin Avenue. |
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7425 Franklin Avenue was the residence of Kenji Nakauchi, the Japanese Consul to Los Angeles, at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. https://i.imgur.com/TDbFb7T.jpg Embattled Dreams: California in War and Peace, 1940-1950 https://i.imgur.com/I4J4OgF.jpg newspapers.com - Los Angeles Times 12/08/1941 Suspected Japanese spymaster Dr. Takashi Furusawa and wife Sachiko had links to 7425 Franklin Avenue. https://i.imgur.com/DTncKXN.jpg Spies: A Narrative Encyclopedia of Dirty Tricks and Double Dealing |
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The image :previous: is from a November 11, 1949-LIFE collection taken when MB was "method[ically]"researching his role in the 1950 film, The Men. "The best shots are the ones of Brando in Eagle Rock, in and around the bungalow owned by his aunt Betty Lindemeyer. In some of the photos, Brando is joined by his maternal grandmother and her pooch." https://www.adweek.com/digital/marlo...lished-photos/ Here are a number of related images that might help identify both the street address and the neighborhood. http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/c4a...945892_landinghttp://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/4d9...2783e9_landing http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/192...86a7b3_landinghttp://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/a49...0dc669_landing LIFE photographed by Edward Clark http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/b6c0efa8331d4922_large http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/b6c0efa8331d4922_large http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/4713b91cc6fa5d42_large http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/d07f94b1991f011a_large http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/3c509463c111f4a4_large http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/c21ac02267945835_large |
The :previous: LIFE images were unidentified. These appear to be Marlon visiting Olvera Street. ;)
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[QUOTE=Godzilla;8467715]The :previous: LIFE images were unidentified. These appear to be Marlon visiting Olivera Street.
Please note there is no i in Olvera Street. "Earlier called Vine Street, Calle Olvera (Olvera Street) was renamed in 1877 after Agustin Olvera, the first judge of the County of Los Angeles who owned an adobe home in this area." |
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This photograph of Anita Stewart's home helped me solve a mini-mystery. :)
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...924/eHbcG5.jpg ebay / from 1924 photo album I've had this photograph in one of my files..and have always wondered where it was taken. [see below] https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/0rMReg.jpg charliechaplin.com If I'm not mistaken, this is the Anita Stewart house! Category : The Pilgrim Description : Girl's home exterior 'The Pilgrim' is a Charlie Chaplin movie filmed in 1923, a year before the snapshot was taken. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...923/AWYND9.jpg IMDB _ update: Now that the two photographs are side by side........ I see that the columns on the Anita Stewart house are placed in pairs while the columns on The Pilgrim house are individually spaced. I guess this means my mini-mystery remains unsolved. :( *sad* _ |
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Coming across this rendering of 825 S Coronado here, I was reminded of #826 and HossC's definitive history of it here on NLA, which is due for an encore. I for one am excited by the rejuvenation (I prefer this to "gentrification") of Westlake...at the same time keeping my fingers crossed that 826 S Coronado will survive.... https://urbanize.la/sites/default/fi...?itok=QjxOcsD1 |
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3870 York Boulevard today: https://i.postimg.cc/BZ8pnSRK/3870york1-bmp.jpg GSV Feb 2014 And here's a less-clear view from Sept 2014, but one with Marlon's ghost: https://i.postimg.cc/P5qPdxRG/3870york2-bmp.jpg |
Cambria Street School, Los Angeles
I don't believe we have seen this fine looking school on NLA. (yes, I searched)
At first I thought the school was located in Cambria, Califorinia [San Luis Opisbo County], but it's actually the Cambria Street School in Los Angeles! https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...924/cAMN7S.jpg abebooks or maybe we've seen it under a different name (?) Here's a closer look sans border. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/gwdx0q.jpg looks like a meteor[ite] landed in the foreground _ |
We have discussed the Hollywood Canteen many times on NLA....& if I remember correctly, the Canteen Club Cafe has also been mentioned. (I tried, and failed, to find the posts).
THAT SAID....I'm pretty sure this is the first souvenir folder from the Canteen Club Cafe! https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/ReVMi9.jpg EBAY (no longer listed) https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...921/EQID1m.jpg I can't quite read the writing (my eyes are blurry). It might be LaVerne, Maxine and Patty. ;) the back https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/RjY4Ni.jpg search purposes: Canteen Club Cafe, 527 South Main St. Los Angeles |
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Velda, hope to do it again -- without the rain -- Love, adta Cheers, Earl |
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I have a sister named adta. tee hee. not really. |
Western Pipe & Steel Company
I found this recently on ebay. The location isn't given....except for California. The riverbed in the foreground could be the Los Angeles River.
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Here's the Western Pipe and Steel Company of California on the banks of the Los Angeles River on the 1921 Baist map. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...sternPipe1.jpg USC Digital Library Earlier CDs list the address as 1758-1764 N Broadway, but by 1921, it's 1758-1764 N Spring Street. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...sternPipe2.jpg LAPL |
:previous: very cool. Thanks Hoss!
And here's the man. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...921/sHk6Hi.jpg detail |
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