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In 1930 Charles and his wife Marie Bella were living in Pasadena at 95 So. Las Robles. Alas, now a parking structure. they lived in Riverside in 1920 where Charles was a farmer, growing citrus. Charles was born in Illinois in 1859. He and his wife were still living in Illinois in 1910 and Charles was listed as working as a cashier. I found some other pictures of the formal dedication of the Chautauqua camp in Temescal Canyon and it was in 1922. |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...essMethod1.jpg http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...essMethod2.jpg http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...essMethod3.jpg eBay I don't know if the method is the same as the vacuum one developed in 1901 by Hubert Cecil Booth in London. From Wikipedia: Booth is known for introducing one of the first powered vacuum cleaners. Before Booth introduced his version of the vacuum cleaner, cleaning machines blew or brushed dirt away, instead of sucking it up. As Booth recalled decades later, in 1901 he attended "a demonstration of an American machine by its inventor" at the Empire Music Hall in London. The inventor is not named, but Booth's description of the machine conforms fairly closely to American inventor John S. Thurman blown air design. Booth watched a demonstration of the device, which blew dust off the chairs, and thought that "...if the system could be reversed, and a filter inserted between the suction apparatus and the outside air, whereby the dust would be retained in a receptacle, the real solution of the hygienic removal of dust would be obtained." He tested the idea by laying a handkerchief on the seat of a restaurant chair, putting his mouth to the handkerchief, and then trying to suck up as much dust as he could onto the handkerchief. Upon seeing the dust and dirt collected on the underside of the handkerchief, he realized the idea could work.P.S. Very interesting details on the Grant Building, FW. |
:previous: Very interesting details on the vacuum, Hoss. Thanks for the follow-up!
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In my first couple of attempts I discovered that the image was getting soft; it just wasn't as sharp as the image ethereal_reality posted. So I went back to the original image and used a piece of software called Perfect Resize to bump up the resolution to 300 pixels per inch, and increased the frame size slightly. That definitely helped keep the image reasonably sharp. After that I increased the canvas size in Photoshop so that no part of the image would be inadvertently cropped. After Puppet Warping, the last steps were to use Curves to tweak the tonal range a bit, crop, and drop the resolution back down. I hope this helps! ♪♫ I want a zoot suit with a reet pleat And a drape shape, and a stuff cuff To look sharp enough to see my Sunday gal You want a reef sleeve with a right stripe And a rare square, so the gals will stare When they see you struttin' with your Sunday pal ♪♫ |
Adding my favorite Ramon Novarro pic to the NLA dossier on him:
https://s26.postimg.org/y56xwdiop/Ramon_Dog_L.jpg Photo by Geo. Hurrell, Silver Screen Magazine, 1931. NLA might be interested in this well-written two-part article on him (links below, to Cine Silente Mexicano site), written for Motion Picture Magazine in 1927. The second part I found particularly interesting. There are some mentions of his home etc. Some pix too! The article proper is in English, so don't be put off when you're confronted with Spanish at the top when you go to the site(s). Enjoy! https://cinesilentemexicano.wordpres...primera-parte/ https://cinesilentemexicano.wordpres...segunda-parte/ |
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(I remember when Puppet Warp first came out. I played with it for about three minutes, then never used it again. Good to know it has some real-life uses!) Quote:
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OK anti-Curlites. Work your magic.
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/KmhJBp.jpg EBAY "1931 ORIGINAL PRESS NEWS PHOTO LOS ANGELES LA FIESTA PARADE" Oh..and kudos to the decorating comittee. The fake bells hanging from the arches really give the coliseum a Spanish flair. Each 'bell' appears to be as tall as a person (I compared with a man on the top row) -wonder what they were made out of? (I'm thinking papier-mache' THE INFO: https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/tNHiq3.jpg Getting working! ;) __ |
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Do you think there are enough clues to figure out where in Los Angeles these snapshots were taken? "VINTAGE PHOTOGRAPHS 1920'S FLAPPER GIRLS FOX FUR LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA CAR" #1, #2 and #3 https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/zenCmg.jpghttps://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...924/GhPEay.jpghttps://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...922/PnuWzk.jpg EBAY No doubt the best clue is the ICE COMPANY in photo #1, but the first half of the name is missing. To my surprise there appears to be a pretty good clue in #3 as well. If you look closely, there's a sign on the front porch of the residence. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...924/JSfbcN.jpg DETAIL The only parts I can read..is a name that might possibly end in "Field". & at bottom right I see "& POWER" (I think) __ |
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https://i.imgur.com/oY4LB4W.jpg This picture is actually somewhat harder to fix than a street scene, as there are no real straight lines in the image, other than the stage. I had to guess as to what some of the rounded angles are "supposed" to look like. |
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"Reet" is one of the Kookieisms I carried forward from my early exposure to the show without knowing where I got it from until I started watching the show on Me-TV. |
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Another mention of Jefferson Ice was that it was started by Herbert Wolfskill in 1914. I don't find images of the ice company either but I do find pictures of Herbert Wolfskill's home at 5719 Hillcrest in Los Angeles. It was built in 1913 and is in very good shape. Recently sold, there are also real estate pictures of the interior online. |
Seeing as how ER posted one higher-resolution close-up of one of the images, I decided to visit eBay to see if I could find any higher resolution versions of the photos. Here is what I found:
All but two of the photos also mention San Francisco... so we might not even be looking at LA. https://i.imgur.com/NsxcXoK.jpg But here's another photo from the same eBay seller that was not posted by ER... the partially obscured sign in the background appears to say "something STEEL los ANGELES". Also note that the RICHFIELD sign in the photo is not the same one as in ER's photo, as this one is not attached to an awning. The structure itself seems to be a (former?) gas station: https://i.imgur.com/BHDkPZ9.jpg Here's another photo that does not appear in ER's post. Unfortunately, there doesn't appear to be anything in it that hints at the location: https://i.imgur.com/MbqdxV5.jpg The first photo posted by ER. A very tall smokestack and the facade of a building can be seen in the background. Might the smokestack suggest an industrial neighborhood? The woman is also standing next to an elaborate potted plant. Was there a neighborhood where such potted plants were common? https://i.imgur.com/vfeDZwI.gif The second photo posted by ER. What seems to be a distinctive, tall building appears in the background. The gutter area of the street (between the curb and the street proper) appears to be made from bricks: https://i.imgur.com/YbPb2lD.gif The third photo posted by ER. Again, there appears to be a swath of bricks in the gutter, lying between the curb and the street, but the shape of the bricks is different than the above photo. There is also a mysterious structure in the background, which appears to be a plinth with a plaque on the face, with two poles rising into the air - or perhaps it shows two telephone poles, which only appear to be close to each other due to the perspective of the photo. https://i.imgur.com/3NRmKZx.gif That's about all of the clues I can extract from these photos. While it is not enough to reveal the location to me, I hope that they might provide sufficient clues for one of you Noirish LA experts. |
:previous: EXCELLENT summation Scott Charles!
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That no doubt explains the tin FIRE sign bolted onto the front bumper of the truck. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/Wpgg6L.jpg DETAIL it's obviously been there awhile considering the chips and bangs. (that 'Explosives Dangerous' sign still bugs me) EXPLOSIVES DANGEROUS ! https://imageshack.com/a/img924/6039/feBRLz.gif |
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Such as: https://www.shutterstock.com/image-p...pump-on-704840 The Richfield advertisement in the background appears to be painted on the property fence. |
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Many photos of gas stations with gravity feed pumps can be seen here: http://waterandpower.org/museum/Earl..._Stations.html |
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