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Going out on a limb. :treehugger: Interior photos associated with Gov. H T Gage. Unfortunately, I these appear to be of Gage's Sacramento residence when he was running the State. As Gage had the where-with-all to bring the best to his So Cal home, these pics might serve to provide an idea of what a much earlier board meeting might have seen. The date provided is April 1916, which would have been 13 years after Gage left office. I therefore question both the date and maybe even the given location. (I am sure of very little.) Noirishers, draw your own conclusions. 1916 (?) http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/single...id/15341/rec/1 1916 Caption reads: "Cook working in kitchen of Governor Gage's Home - [New Electric Range on left and old wood fueled range in alcove at end of kitchen]" http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 Peekaboo http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 1916 - Merely for context. This is said to be Gov. Gage's residence in Sacramento. No less provincial than many of the other mainhouses seen in recent photos? http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/single...id/15340/rec/3 |
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I marveled at the second image and what appeared to be outwardly bowed or bay windows. Shadows seemed to support this idea but now with the inclusion of the third image, I have my doubts. Could this building have had three remodels or maybe two with an optical illusion? |
After some research and study of this photo, I would venture say the locomotive is a
O-4-4T The first set of drivers is difficult to see. It was built to 36" gauge, and converted to 42" on arrival in Los Angeles. Sold 3/10/89 to Los Angeles, Pasadena & Glendale Railway #1. The "T" in O-4-4T stands for tank engine that has a same ben behind the engineers cab for fuel and a saddle tank sitting over and around the boiler. I hope this answer your question. |
Sorry, I am not to good at this. The post above was in answer to Retired in Texas question on page 822.
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This is Bell Gardens....
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The tall chimney was probably taken down in an earthquake and replaced with a shortie. |
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CBD, thanks for your extra scrutiny! I had minor trepidation over posting on an LA Noir thread what was listed as a Sacramento location. Building looked oddly familiar, but the overgrowth threw me off. There were clearly cosmetic mods to the pediments and a door added where - there might have been an opening for ice deliveries. Guessing the chimney was above the wood stoves. The former Gov is said to have lived there until '24. So '16 makes sense. And at his advanced age, who is to blame the Ex-Gov. for not getting his weed wacker out of the shed! :rolleyes: Could that be the same cook outside front entrance? I suspect the kitchen photos bearing the same dates belong to Bell/Bell Gardens too. http://wwww.dkse.net/david/Gage/DSCN2996.JPGhttp://wwww.dkse.net/david/Gage/DSCN2996.JPG http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 As before, can't see it? Go here: http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/single...d/15340/rec/17 http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 |
Thank you everyone for your positive feedback and all the excellent follow up info and photos. Perhaps we'll never know all the details but it seems that your replies have fleshed out most of the story behind this structure and its nearby contemporaries. Nice work everybody, much appreciated.
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Say hey to Carl Laemmle!
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7147/6...5692f698_o.jpghttp://farm8.staticflickr.com/7147/6...5692f698_o.jpg Great stuff, Chuck. Does anyone know the origin of the castle in the background? Was it built for a specific film? |
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Wondered about the same thing. Assumed it was built as a set. Could it have been part of Von Stoheim's costly epics, or one of Chaney's bigger productions? http://micechat.com/wp-content/uploa...3/03/pic10.jpghttp://micechat.com/wp-content/uploa...3/03/pic10.jpg http://www.image-archeology.com/Univ...Studio_831.jpghttp://www.image-archeology.com/Univ...Studio_831.jpg http://www.image-archeology.com/Univ...s_Entrance.jpghttp://www.image-archeology.com/Univ...s_Entrance.jpg Indian street scene? http://www.image-archeology.com/Univ...nd_dollars.jpghttp://www.image-archeology.com/Univ...nd_dollars.jpg http://www.image-archeology.com/Laem...s_Cal_LA61.jpghttp://www.image-archeology.com/Laem...s_Cal_LA61.jpg |
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-and so many great follow-up posts as well. Good job everyone. :) |
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http://imageshack.us/a/img853/5418/xjde.jpg detail -any idea what this is on the sidewalk? http://imageshack.us/a/img706/7955/9bj2.jpg posted earlier by flyingwedge There appears to be a stick (umbrella?) poking out of it. __ |
Here are a few more images from that sepia group on ebay. (no information other than downtown Los Angeles)
pre-TALLYS http://imageshack.us/a/img43/7240/zpkc.jpg as TALLYS http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...&postcount=932 unknown construction (perhaps the building below) http://imageshack.us/a/img824/1983/qul4.jpg Bilicke(sp)-Rowan Hotel? http://imageshack.us/a/img542/989/zgo4.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img31/6281/yz44.jpg The corner looks somewhat familiar, but I don't remember the name Trout's http://imageshack.us/a/img27/6428/x4x6.jpg -not sure if this is the same building in the other construction photos, or an entirely different building. http://imageshack.us/a/img546/3596/9dvg.jpg |
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Apparently it was a water tower in disguise. The picture below is dated 1914, before the studio officially opened in March 1915. According to writeups at the time, every structure on the lot was made to be useful in filming, with multiple sides to many of of them for different settings etc. https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-p...2520PM.bmp.jpgsame as the web address marring the picture at left |
That's interesting and makes sense that everything on the lot would serve a film function.
But I was actually referring to that distant castle-like structure on the left hand side of the postcard. |
:previous: Good find GW, I guess we should have been able to figure that one out. (but didn't)
Remember when we discussed the disguised water tower at Forest Lawn? Frohich's Tower of Legends http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=7746 |
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His business during those first years after the war was so fragile that he would never let customers see his very small facility in west Pasadena. Laurens Hammond would have gladly put him out of business but I think he underestimated him and probably never saw the CBS buyout coming. After Hammond’s death, the two companies got together in 1968 and produced the first Leslie to be sold with a new Hammond Organ. In 1980, Hammond bought the company from CBS and moved the manufacturing to the Chicago area. Don Leslie had retired by that time. During much of the late 60’s and into the early 70’s Leslie manufactured about 100 speaker systems a day. But the market began to dry up with advancements in electronics, and today a small number of the products are still manufactured for the “purists” who will never settle for digital sound. I have a soft spot for Leslie because that’s where I met my wife. It was nice little company to work for but they didn’t pay worth a crap! |
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When you get a bunch of JDs not practicing law and a bunch of MLSs not working as librarians together in a room, they do tend to be interested in and knowledgeable about all sorts of things. Like many of the people here. :D |
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Maybe it is some sort of community bulletin board (?). That wouldn't explain why it is basically on open-framed box, unless different items were hung from it. |
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http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...ps010785ff.jpg USC Digital Library -- http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...d/16972/rec/23 Perhaps all these sepia photos are of buildings on Broadway? This was posted earlier by er: http://imageshack.us/a/img835/9479/r7e2.jpg This 1904 photo looks west at 6th Street (on the left), with buildings on Spring and Broadway closest to the camera. In the right foreground, to the right of H. Arnold's Furniture Warehouse, is the Spring Street School. Behind the right side of the school are those two skinny, five- and four-story buildings from the above sepia photo. The Trout's Drug Store sign is also visible though not really readable: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...ps48ee8cb0.jpg USC Digital Library -- http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...d/25517/rec/37 |
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