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These are all photos of Maj. Horace Bell's house at the corner of Figueroa (1337 address) and Pico.
His farm encompassed the land from Figueroa west to Union between Pico and Washington. He later subdivided it into individual lots and sold if off in 1875 for $8,000 profit after he became an attorney at his wife's encouragement. A street near the convention center, Georgia St,. was named after his wife Georgia Herrick Bell. On some old maps you can see the area as named "Bell's Addition". I believe this area is where the new stadium "Farmers Field" is/was planned for construction. Personally I would loathe to see that happen. The fwy traffic is bad enough as it is at that 10/110 interchange. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ALJQCLx4xm...Bell_72dpi.JPGhttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...orace_Bell.jpg http://www.thenativeangeleno.com/201...dfly-angeleno/ You can read his 1st book online here: Full text of "Reminiscences of a ranger : or, early times in Southern California" Quote:
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Vanished railways
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Perhaps the original designers underestimated the volume of future traffic. It's too bad that, now that most of the original satellites are now connected to the ticketing area by ordinary concourses, most of the airport looks rather generic and ordinary. Thinking of the old satellite arrangement of the 1960s and 70s recalls a time when air travel was still very special for most people. |
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https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8614/...38206f36_h.jpglooking east on 4th Street from Olive, 1908
Looking east on 4th Street from Olive with the Wright & Callender Building here on the near right, the Black Building hasn't been built yet but will go in on the near left as these bay windowed apartments will be razed. Hotel Antlers out-of-frame at the extreme lower left corner. Nov. 15, 1908. "Pacific Railroad Depot fire, Los Angeles. 4th Street between Hill and Broadway." 8x10 glass negative, photographer unknown. Los Angeles Express, Nov. 16, 1908: FIRE DESTROYS L.A.P. BUILDING Flames broke out in the basement of the Los Angeles Pacific building at 314 W. Fourth St., adjoining the Broadway Department Store, at 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon and threatened serious loss. The fire is believed to have had its origin in the rear of the basement, under the Sunset Bakery, at 320 W. 4th Street. Fourth Street from Broadway to Hill was speedily roped off to keep the crowds back, and Broadway became a mass of humanity within a few minutes. Great volumes of smoke could be seen rolling up over the Broadway Department Store, creating the impression that it was that great store which was burning. So quickly did the flames spread in the lower portions of the Los Angeles Pacific Building that the clerks and stenographers of the railway company in the offices on the second floor could not reach safety by the stairway or elevator. Fifteen girls and women were taken from the windows of the second floor with ladders. The clouds of smoke that rolled from the building did not begin to compare in size with the cloud of spectators which sought to reach the scene of the fire. Shorpy |
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Amazing 1908 fire photograph MichaelRyerson!
I got the chills when I saw the people watching the fire from this rooftop. It appears that several men are straddling the wall with one leg dangling over. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/673/ATuYmr.jpg detail :previous: -looks like that might be a man to the left of the turret as well. -he's bending over to check his shoelaces. ;) __ |
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Family's Ocean Park bungalow overlooking the Pacific, May 10. 1907.
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A few weeks ago, I found this framed composite photo on ebay, ca. 1915.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...538/emYsNI.jpg below: larger images. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/633/7iVqs9.jpg some of the firemen http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/631/gTnLXe.jpg apparatus #1 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/537/U7xNXS.jpg apparatus #2 and #3 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/912/Qr464h.jpg __________ As most of you know, this station still stands at 644 S. Figueroa. The 1,000 ft. Wilshire Grand Tower is going up right across the street. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...540/6DQZHC.png GSV I'm out of town for a few days. -have fun everyone! __ |
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City Bus to Disneyland
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See this site for a bit more:http://metroprimaryresources.info/l-...e-livery/1455/ See this site for Knott's Bery Farm buses: https://www.flickr.com/photos/metrol...7616643413950/ Sorry about the two previous posts: I can't seem to find instructions for deleting them. Cheers, Jack |
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Also, the jetways came after the satellite terminals were built. I don't think they made their appearance until three years or so after LAX was opened. Planes used just to park on the apron and passengers would climb down mobile stairs and walk through the open air (gasp!) to the terminals.
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...XPostcard1.jpg http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...XPostcard2.jpg eBay According to lawa.org, LAX went from just over 51 million passengers in 1994 to 66.7 million by 2013. Wikipedia estimates 70.7 million passengers for 2014. |
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