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Inside Charlie Chaplin's house
I've always heard about Charlie Chaplin’s house at 1085 Summit Dr. in Beverly Hills. Built primarily in 1922 by studio carpenters, the house became known as the “Breakaway House” because of how quickly it started to fall apart. The carpenters who built it were used to constructing things designed only to last as long as the movie’s shooting schedule. Oopsies! I've seen old photos of the outside, but not of the interior until I came across this atmospheric shot. Oh, if these walls could talk!
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/150...0/202/4cm3.jpg PS - ImageShack have just done a makeover and the "forum" link it provides only results in a thumbnail version of the photo. The actual photo is 830KB. Can anyone tell me why it's coming up so small here? If you click on it, you can see a larger version. |
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Chop Suey was developed by Chinese living in America, and is therefore still Chinese food. Same with fortune cookies - developed in San Francisco's China Town.
And I've had authentic Chinese food in China. Monterey Park has nothing to worry about. ;) |
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Academy Museum/ May Company Building
You may or may not know that AMPAS (Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences) is in the process of turning the May Company building on Fairfax and Wilshire into their new motion picture museum. It's about two years away from opening.
http://www.oscars.org/academymuseum/index.html Among other things, on their site they have a link to the museum with drawings and renderings and a section devoted to the May Company building with a lot of photographs and a magazine article from the May 1940 edition of The Architectural Forum, detailing the building and it's floors. Most of the photos are from the 1940's. I don't believe this photograph to have been posted here before. http://www.oscars.org/academymuseum/...ll/MayCo15.jpgAMPAS It's an aerial of the May Company from 1940. You can see Simon's on the corner of Fairfax and Wilshire, too. |
Here's another photo from 1940.
http://www.oscars.org/academymuseum/...ull/MayCo7.jpgAMPAS Judy Garland standing on the "Simons" corner with the May Company in the background. |
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:previous: What an impressive photograph. I don't recall seeing that huge roof top Mobil Gas sign before.
Good find Martin Pal. __ 725 S. Hill Street http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/703/m2mk.jpgebay . Ever have lunch at The Eat 'N Shop on Hill Street? (notice all the gladiolas along the right wall) It must have been a colorful place. __ |
I've never heard of this place.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...0/838/tlkg.jpg Look at the photographer's shadow (s p o o k y)! He looks like a silent film villain. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...0/853/8zf6.jpg So is this ranch a part of the movie industry? (a place to learn stunts for westerns) -Like Inceville. I need to check a map and see where Calabasas is exactly. __ |
El Monte CA, circa 1953
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Ninja55 provided a link to this image a page back. It's so cool I thought I'd post it. (in case anyone skipped the link)
[URL=https://imageshack.com/i/f12ggij]http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...0/541/2ggi.jpg[/img] __ |
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3900 W. Century Boulevard, Inglewood
This is just east of Prairie Avenue, on the south side of Century, across the street from Hollywood Park, on January 5, 1963:
http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...d.jpg~original Huntington Digital Library -- http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/single...id/49299/rec/1 Still looking good on April 18, 1966: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...5.jpg~original Huntington Digital Library -- http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/compou...id/68432/rec/2 Matchbooks: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...7.jpg~original http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...2.jpg~original http://uniqueanteek.com/Matchbook/Ma.../mbc31571b.jpg http://uniqueanteek.com/Matchbook/Ma.../mbc31571a.jpg December 20, 2013; no more restaurant or beauty salon, and it's now the Airport Park View (or Parkview, depending on the sign): http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...7.jpg~original Photo by me The decorative screens over the windows are gone, the globe lights are gone, the original roofline is covered, and the original entrance canopy is either gone or covered: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...3.jpg~original Photo by me It actually looks a bit scary: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...d.jpg~original Photo by me |
:previous: Excellent research HossC! So much for my vision of hundreds of cowboy actors/extras descending on the place to hone their skills.
..but it's nice to see the ranch is now a state park. __ originally posted by Martin Pal http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...0/268/zxjn.jpg I dug up another view of that impressive MobilGas sign. Here's the opposite side...Cresta Blanca. or Bianca http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...90/35/78sh.jpgold file of mine __ |
1938 - North Broadway, Freight Yard, Spring Street, Figueroa (pre-110 Fry), Hill Street
https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/43...90/23/vxb8.jpg http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...d/21945/rec/88 Cathedral High School (Football field is site of an old cemetery) https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/90...0/132/y9r2.jpg http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...d/21945/rec/88 The pedestrian bridge (watch "This Gun For Hire") https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/96...90/34/x2uy.jpg http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...d/21945/rec/88 Broadway Street Bridge https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/95...90/43/clpz.jpg http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...d/21945/rec/88 Spring Street Bridge https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/96...0/689/j9rr.jpg http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...d/21945/rec/88 The high resolution image is here: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...d/21945/rec/88 |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...sonBoiler1.jpg Detail of picture above. From the 1938 City Directory: http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...sonBoiler2.jpg rescarta.lapl.org |
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