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http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...8.jpg~original USC Digital Library -- http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...d/50842/rec/10 Is that a '54 Buick Special in the foreground . . . I mean forewater? "Hey, slow down! I know your car has portholes, but it's not a ship!" The chrome around the headlights makes the car look like it's sleepy -- like a person with bags under their eyes. But I'd probably take a baggy-eyed Buick over a buck-toothed Buick. |
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What's better than an early-morning old-car id challenge? That's actually a '54 Super about to drown its Dynaflow. Note the upper-series cowl--that of the Special and Century differed from the Super and Roadmaster--and the three ventiports... only the Roadmaster had four in '54. (In '55, only the Special would have three.) Among the other vehicles I see a couple of Chevrolets--perhaps three--and '52 and '53 Mercurys.... There is still an ARCO station on the corner. Apparently it was a flood-prone intersection--the LAPL identifies the photo below as Sepulveda and Slauson, dated 1954. (That's a '52 or so Chrysler.) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/15/5bw1.jpgLAPL And another, dated by the USCDL as January 13, 1952--the building at right is the same as the one above; at left is a Union Oil station: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-V...2520AM.bmp.jpgUSCDL |
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Mixed [up] messages? :uhh::uhh::uhh: Forget truth in advertising and hyperbole, how about proof reading?
My old cars saw more than their fair share of aquatic (deep puddle) operation, but for a moment, the message seemed to be that Boron could make any land-based vehicle perform like the Nautilus. Alas, not a single mention of Boron's rust preventative qualities. Maybe Richfield also marketed Turtle Wax and Simonize? "New Boron fuels may enable jets like the B-58 to circle the world non-stop!" Wonder if Boron-laden jet fuel had anything to do with the aircraft's inverted position? Showing its best side to the city below? Indeed, as I read the text, it is not even clear that Boron is being used in the Hustler's fuel. "Could." This 1910 photo is labeled "[Glenn] Curtiss in speed contest." Wonder if the Balloonist was giving Curtiss a head start? Imagine how history could have been different had Boron been involved. http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...GUSL445FQJ.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...GUSL445FQJ.jpg Source characterizes this as "Aviation:Airplanes:Biplanes" and "Chariot Racing - California- Pasadena." If the date is right "1911 or 1912", Ben Hur's biplane climax was ahead of its time. Wonder how Boron might affect equines? http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...RQAKNXXRMH.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...RQAKNXXRMH.jpg Most of us tend to think of Gasoline storage in large tanks. This undated image is of Wilmington warehouse filled with drums of av gas. First layer of fuel drums seems to be "topped" by a "floor" of wood planks. http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics42/00040605.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/pics42/00040605.jpg Sensational! Quote:
Vehicles better suited for refueling at Slauson and Sepulveda? LA Attacks! Splashing up support for Army-Navy show at Coliseum, January 8, '44. http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics49/00044051.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/pics49/00044051.jpg Oct. 6, '43 (In front of Hall of Records?) http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics40/00054542.jpghttp://jpg2.lapl.org/pics40/00054542.jpg Quote:
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oops. I just noticed the Eustace Plumbing shop I placed at 830 Ceres Avenue (per the 1909 city directory)
has a street number of 708 on the corner of the door. I can't believe I missed this the first time around. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/853/9g25.jpg So now I'm really confused. Could Ceres have been renumbered, or am I just completely wrong? :( Here's my initial post showing the 1909 directory. http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=19138 |
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The mountainous conditions in Utah and the tremendous amount of weight being transported lead the the creation of the double articulated steam locomotives by the Union Pacific Railroad unofficially known as "Big Boys." For you folks in L.A. there was one of the 25 of these monsters built during WWII on display in Pomona until last year when it was moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming to be completely restored by the U.P. with the idea of using it to tour the U.S. as a rolling railroading museum. http://www.trbimg.com/img-52e45c38/t...014012-001/600 http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...#axzz2rWVRr1JX |
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You're much better at reading Sanborn maps than I am. Most of the time I can't make heads or tails of them. __ |
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ER-- I believe we looked into this once before-- master plumber Garrett Joseph Eustace appears on census and voter rolls from the '90s on into the '20s--in 1922 he is listed at 709 Merchant St...which is two streets away from Ceres...but then this still isn't "708"... hmm. In the 1904 CD, his business is listed at 128 N Main. |
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Is there treasure buried beneath the Hollywood Bowl? -1939 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/30/jjez.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/202/ngr2.jpgebay |
mid-century modern
Vine & Selma http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/703/4ge3.jpgebay a bit blurry http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/853/rdzi.jpg |
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http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...0.jpg~original Fold3.com 708 E. 9th Street is just east of San Pedro Street; just a parking lot there now. |
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To summarize the article, it spent the last couple of months being moved across the LA fairgrounds parking lot, and just last night it was moved onto the Metrolink tracks for transport. It was on display at the Covina Metrolink station this morning. Then it headed west on the Metrolink tracks to Bassett, where it could connect with the UP tracks. It began heading east on the UP track toward Colton about an hour ago. As I type this the train appears to be near Diamond Bar. Here's a schedule page: http://www.up.com/aboutup/special_tr.../details.shtml And a map page to track it as well: http://www.up.com/aboutup/special_tr...team/trace.cfm They're slow-loading at the moment as they may be getting hammered with traffic. The engine will be on Display in UP's Colton yard next weekend and the weekend after that, but there's no schedule up yet beyond that. I am eagerly awaiting news on when it will come through here in Vegas! |
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There it is-- thanks, FW |
:previous: mystery solved.:) -thanks flyingwedge.
__ tourist snapshots, 1948. -radio landmarks http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/836/s4tu.jpg ebay |
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https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-3...2520PM.bmp.jpgLA Times Dec 16, 1959 https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-4...2520PM.bmp.jpgLA Times June 26, 1960 http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics29/00064046.jpgLAPL 1981 |
-interesting matchbook
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/833/v7lh.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/824/7bq5.jpg radio log. -notice angelus temple http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/855/r1pn.jpg I believe we've seen 1120 S. Main Street before on NLA. Here it is. (the white building in the center) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/824/djmy.jpg USC http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...&postcount=992 -the building still stands. I'm pretty sure we've seen this before/after on NLA, but I couldn't find it for the life of me. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/21/qh2z.jpg GSV What are those wonky trees? __ |
Child labor 1915, Los Angeles
posing in front of a stand advertising soft drinks. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/607/i4yl.jpg ebay -intriguing store in the background, but I'm afraid there aren't enough clues to figure out the exact location. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/132/z30f.jpg ebay I believe that's more than ornament on the curved stairs...they're openings to let light into the basement. The courthouse here in Lafayette has the same openings under it's stairways. |
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It says it's free to the public. Were they hoping to sell War Bonds or keep up enthusiasm or...? Just wondering. |
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if anything was ever found? Although, I guess we might have heard about it. |
This video with it's lively incidental music will brighten your afternoon.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/545/xqci.jpg Here's the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Rk1r6M0G8I enjoy:) |
Did you catch the Tick-Tock Toluca in the video?
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/10/3gah.jpgebay http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/320x240q90/18/z70s.jpg -it looks like it had a roof-top sign. *drools*;) Of course the original and most famous Tick-Tock was on Cahuenga in Hollywood. __ |
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