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Here are a couple of references to "boat on the roof" from the '80s. It's listed in the Variety Arts Center's 1983 nomination for the National Register of Historic Places: The rear (east) elevation is a solid concrete wall, broken only at the top story by windows. The most striking feature of the sides is the 52 foot scale model of the Italian luxury liner Contessa di Conte, built by MGM Studios in 1947, which is docked on the roof, visible from the parking lot abutting the north side.It's also mentioned in this 1987 LAT article. Notice that this time it's referred to as "the USS Variety Club" rather than "Queen minnie": Through one window loomed a 52-foot scale model of the Italian cruise ship Contessa di Conte, which M.G.M. used in the 1947 movie "Luxury Liner." Larsen bought it at the M.G.M. auction, renamed it the USS Variety Club and had it raised to a dry dock on the building's roof. It is said to be the biggest model ever built and it probably is the world's biggest toy, unless you count Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose as a toy. |
Here's how the model looked in the 1948 MGM musical Luxury Liner:
https://i0.wp.com/modelshipsinthecin...Liner00007.jpg https://i0.wp.com/modelshipsinthecin...Liner00008.jpg https://i0.wp.com/modelshipsinthecin...Liner00010.jpg I found these images at Modelshipsinthecinema.com. They have an interesting page about the ship. |
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Here are excerpts of a permit application from 1982 for the model boat as a sign. https://i.imgur.com/BvMt7Iy.jpg |
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In the screen shot above, the sign for the Strand Coffee Shop is hard to read but is left of center, below the building's blade sign. The 1926 LACD says the Strand Coffee Shop was at 729 S. Union Avenue. Here's roughly the same view: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...b.jpg~original Dec 2017 GSV |
“Luxury Liner”, and the model
It seems that a lot of conflicting information is flying around about this rooftop ship.
The name of the real-life ship the model was based on: Contessa diConte - according to the poster on bigorangelandmarks. Countessa DeConte - according to the model's owner Milt Larsen. Conte di Savioa - according to both posters at modelshipsinthecinema (in Handsome Stranger's post). I did a Google search for these names. The first two provide zero results, but the third - Conte di Savioa - leads to literally hundreds of photos. As these photos exactly match the model ship on the rooftop in paint scheme, design details, etc, I'm assuming that Conte di Savioa is the correct name - especially since IMDB says that the name Conte di Savioa is momentarily visible on the ship in the movie. Next, the name of the model: Queen Minnie - the name of the model according to Milt Larsen (he should know, he named it!). USS Variety Club - the name of the model according to the LA Times, in HossC’s post. Queen Minny - the name of the model according to the LA Times, in Noir_Noir's post. Next, the height of the Variety Arts Building: four-story - according to the LA Times, in Noir_Noir's post. 6−story - according to Wikipedia. Finally, the year the ship was installed on the roof: The sixties - according to owner Milt Larsen. 1971 - according to Big Orange Landmarks. 1980 - according to the LA Times, in Noir_Noir's post. 1982 - according to permit application, in Noir_Noir's post. :titanic: |
I've never heard of a fireman's "business card."
"LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT PHOTO BUSINESS CARD 1910s FIREMAN" https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...921/bJyctR.jpg EBAY it was stuck in a photo album. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...921/ORDZpO.jpg 225 E. 5th St. is the address of the Engine 23 Firehouse. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/yN0aYk.jpg GSV What a mess! Does anyone know what's going on with the building? _ for search purposes: J. Bernard Engine Co. #23 L.A.F.D. 225 E. 5th St. Los Angeles |
Beverly Blvd. and Lake St.
This photo looks west down Beverly Blvd. from Lake St. It's dated c. 1929-37, but I'd narrow it down to c. 1934-35
(I believe that's a '34 Oldsmobile next to the streetcar). Pacific Auto Finishing is at 2217 Beverly: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...z.jpg~original UCLA/Islandora -- Los Angeles Times Photo Collection Here is about the same view in January 2017. It's not obvious at first glance, but 2217 Beverly is still standing: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...q.jpg~original GSV A closer look at 2217 Beverly; the structural integrity of the east wall seems to be in doubt: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...g.jpg~original December 2017 GSV Here's the front: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...e.jpg~original December 2017 GSV In this close-up from the c. 1934-35 photo, you can see that only the entrance and the area directly above it look the same as now. You can also tell where the top of the building got chopped off: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...ps65oapajo.jpg This is the billboard we see part of in the previous shot: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...d.jpg~original Did you notice the partial view of the large building with PROPH on the side in the upper right corner of the c. 1934-35 photo? At lower left below there's a sign that says GRACE TABERNACLE, which was just one of the structure's many names: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...pswo61yujz.jpg That building had originally been built by the Church of Philadelphia, which began in Glendale. The church was led by Gladwyn Nichols, Aimee Semple McPherson's Musical Director (and announcer at her radio station, KFSG). Nichols left McPherson because he objected to her materialism (e.g., fancy gowns and bobbed hair), and he may not have believed her story about being kidnapped. The May 2, 1927, Los Angeles Times says Nichols was dismissed, rather than he resigned: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...psam7rtehu.jpg ProQuest via LAPL The man himself, Gladwyn Nichols, 1927: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...p.jpg~original 00021679 @ LAPL Anyway, the "permanent" HQ on West 6th Street announced on May 2 didn't last long. This June 29, 1927, building permit is for a "platform for church services in a tent" at 123-27-31 N. Lake Street: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...y.jpg~original LADBS The building permit for the Church of Philadelphia -- at 127 N. Lake -- appears to be dated May 5, 1928. Many of the church's neighbors must have been anxious for the construction to be completed: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...psrftx8avo.jpg August 22, 1928, Los Angeles Times @ ProQuest via LAPL Gladwyn Nichols later returned to McPherson, which may have been the end of the Church of Philadelphia. Its building, now renumbered 123 N. Lake, went through several names: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...ps1kuq5sc6.jpg December 17, 1932, Los Angeles Times @ ProQuest via LAPL As previously mentioned, Grace Tabernacle was a name used for a while. I don't know if the building was long enough to have PROPHETIC LECTURES on its side, but the ad below would explain the PROPH on the side of the building in the c. 1934-35 photo: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...psgjivbsiv.jpg May 5, 1934, Los Angeles Times @ ProQuest via LAPL By 1936, 123 N. Lake was the Observatory Auditorium, but the next year it was the Beverly Auditorium. By 1950, it was the Calvary Temple: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...psb0ynyftr.jpg 1950 Sanborn Map @ ProQuest via LAPL The c. 1928 church at 123 N. Lake lasted until c. 2003 (below, at center); the 2004 aerial shows an empty lot on the site: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...psaazjzzlo.jpg HistoricAerials |
RE: 1908 PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM
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The Variety Arts Club
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I recall having long conversations with a fascinating man, an archivist, from whom I learned a great deal about silent films and the like. Hanging in the bar were many of the signed concrete plaques that once hung on the wall at Earl Carroll's, the famous neon sign may have been there as well, but don't quote me. Adjacent to the bar was an classic nightclub of the type one sees in Thirties films, with tables surrounding a sunken dance floor and a proscenium bandstand. On the first floor was a theater--about 1000 seats in size, with a balcony--that was quite well-suited to vaudeville, although in those says it was mostly used for rock acts. I saw The Smithereens there during that time. I never visited the second and third floors; if I recall correctly, they held an archive, a library, and other Variety Arts Club facilities that were for club members only. It was a marvelous place. I last visited it in about 1994, I think, and I grieved when it closed. |
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Yes and I'm not sure why it changed—but between October '04 and February '05 it changes names. It was constructed by Elizabeth Gordon (or maybe Mrs C A Richie), to be leased by Mrs D A Ritchie/C A Richie, and perhaps one of them was from NW England and wanted to call it that after their ancestral lands. https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1735/...09671893_o.pngFeb 5, 1905 LA Times |
I almost forgot this one.
It's dated later than the others. (1918) https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...922/1pqS90.jpg May 1918 near Seal Beach |
Re: The Cumberland Hotel
The Richeys are listed as running the Cumberland in the 1905 CD. Elizabeth Y Gordon was boarding at 4811 Pasadena Avenue, but no connection to the Cumberland is mentioned. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...umberland1.jpg LAPL There don't seem to be that many pictures of the Cumberland, although I did find it in this panorama. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original Quote:
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After all that SEPIA how 'bout some COLOR. :)
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!940 aerial here shows the newly constructed/opened Hollywood Library-- AND the actual walled backyard where New Years Eve 1929 Jimmy's hosted it's 300 tuxedoed all male crowd per Harry Hay's reminiscences. (In Stuart Timmon's book on Harry-later founder of Mattachine Society..
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