http://24.media.tumblr.com/c61a54f5a...el45o1_500.jpgBefore USC/USCDL


(Ouch) Interesting new tumblr page: Before USC

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http://imageshack.us/a/img853/5323/2mdi.jpg
http://simmonscollection.com/posters.cfm

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1949 postmark
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I just found these two additional photographs of the Silver Lion Cafe.

notice the building reflected in the window.
http://imageshack.us/a/img854/4007/ojny.jpgebay



http://imageshack.us/a/img844/4070/3xu4.jpgebay

-he's about to get mugged by Spiro Agnew.

I flew that flight in 1961. Nonstop or one stop depending on the wind. Mine was one stop both ways. That pure jet 707 was the most underpowered aircraft the regulators ever certified. We crossed the perimeter fence at LAX with what looked like two feet to spare and 15 miles out I looked out the window and guessed we were at 5000 feet. Service was superb; as a college kid from a poor background I had never experienced anything like it.

18 months later I was banging around in the back of a T29 courtesy of Curtis LeMay's Air Force :-)

Cheers,

Earl

:previous: Great memories Earl. Thanks for sharing-
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This is a bit of a mystery. There appears to be a run on feed!

Downey CA
http://imageshack.us/a/img716/6910/kzbg.jpgebay


http://imageshack.us/a/img855/1047/m9hp.jpgebay


http://imageshack.us/a/img132/5628/todl.jpgebay

So what's going on? Could it be a polling place?

-does anyone recognize these buildings/know the address? (I especially like the building at far left)
http://imageshack.us/a/img823/5347/vvkd.jpgebay
http://imageshack.us/a/img836/4141/474p.jpg
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Eagle Rock Sub Station
 

I know we have talked about the Eagle Rock Substation before at 7888 N. Figueroa Ave. in Eagle Rock. Here are a few pictures I took on a tech scout for a tv series. And no, I cannot say what series, the non-disclosure agreement I signed prevents me from saying. All three photos by Mr.Swink

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w...tationwide.jpg

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w...ionwindows.jpg

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w...nteriorjpg.jpg

You've seen it here before ER...a couple of priors:

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=10986

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=6463


Not sure about the interesting building where 1150 S Hope now stands...

More than the reflected building, I noticed the sign for the business at left - the San Pedro Loan & Jewelry Co., which we discussed mostly back on page 692 after the 1979 photo you posted:

http://imageshack.us/a/img35/9734/aa...197980smit.jpg
Max Yavno

Unfortunately that building (once at 205 W. 6th, now gone) doesn't look like anything close to the same building. The 1979 move was probably not its first.

I also didn't spot anything with the window pattern of the reflected building along modern 6th or 7th Streets.

Hmm...well...I know it was featured on FaceOff: http://www.redesignrevolution.com/re...ranean-terror/ ;)

The grand opening, perhaps? I notice on one picture the front of the building has two overhead lights, and just one in the other photo. Maybe the guy on the ladder was still installing those on opening day.

Little side link of photo back in the 30's.

http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1.../p2p-66432183/

San Pedro Bay Historical Society lists the Silver Lion Café at 507 S. Harbor Blvd. from the 1930s to 1950s. They also list the Golden Lion Café at 507 Front in the 1920s. The Water and Power site has a 1900 picture of Front Street and says it became Avalon Boulevard, but that's in Wilmington and doesn't fit the image, so I think it's safe to say that Front became S. Harbor.

The picture below comes with the following caption:

"Harbor Blvd, San Pedro, California, after the Long Beach Earthquake, March 10, 1933. The businesses shown are the Army & Navy, Sullivan Bros Lockers, Sailors Steel Locker Club, Silver Lion Cafe, Harbor Hotel, Neal Tailor, Hotel Alexander, and several other unidentified businesses including a dentist, a drugstore, and cafes."

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...borBlvdSP1.jpg
www.sanpedro.com

I can't see the Silver Lion Cafe, but it's meant to be in there somewhere. That means it's also likely to be in this 1938 picture I found on www.railwaypreservation.com. They also have a picture of Front Street, and say it became S. Harbor Boulevard.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...borBlvdSP2.jpg
www.railwaypreservation.com

Finally, the building reflected in the window of the Silver Lion Cafe is the San Pedro Pacific Electric Station. The picture below supposedly dates from the 1950s.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...EStationSP.jpg
www.portoflosangeles.org - Lo-res.
www.portoflosangeles.org - Hi-res.

Ww ii
 

http://imageshack.us/a/img823/5043/m9i7.jpg

You found it HossC! -Amazing
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That might be a box of baby chicks on the table, and behind the legs of the fellow on the far left. They usually had to be picked up when they arrived.

Poinsettias trapped in the sterile plaza of mid-century Civic/Music Center.
http://imageshack.us/a/img837/601/3l73.jpgebay
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http://imageshack.us/a/img15/5571/24zr.jpgebay
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