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Chevron F-310. Do Astronauts still drink Tang?


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http://file.vintageadbrowser.com/i6xc2qtzrf9oxx.jpghttp://file.vintageadbrowser.com/i6xc2qtzrf9oxx.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3173/...54c29c3b19.jpghttp://farm4.static.flickr.com/3173/...54c29c3b19.jpg

http://www.vintagepostcards.org/blog...petroliana.jpghttp://www.vintagepostcards.org/blog...petroliana.jpg

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Standard Oil at 7th and Figueroa - 1919
http://www.kcet.org/updaily/socal_fo...0residence.jpghttp://www.kcet.org/updaily/socal_fo...0residence.jpg Prior post seems to have evaporated: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=13575

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Previous related posts.




Uncertain what happened to the original '38 statue. It has been suggested that the artwork succumbed to "metal fatigue." http://la.curbed.com/archives/2010/0...y_revealed.php Source indicates statue was replaced with a more modest "clothed" version. http://www.publicartinla.com/sculptu...nedy_park.html

http://www.publicartinla.com/sculptures/rfk12.jpghttp://www.publicartinla.com/sculptures/rfk12.jpg

The very old center
 

WOW ! Bruce. What a find ! Lately the thread is captivating as at the start (for example Fred's Bunker Hill 1960's). Never could get before the precise visual idea of how near from Pico House & Plaza was the northern part of the Baker Block. This section (Plaza, Baker and Temple Blocks) was the very old center of L.A. This northern part of the Baker Block must now be the highway. They would never obliterate the historic centers of towns in Europe.

A worthy mention
 

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=300+A...47rkLNqjgLMuYAClock Towers, aka Keuffel & Esser Building. The first conversion of industrial space to residential use, a practice known today as adaptive reuse. Located at 300 Adams Street Hoboken, N.J. It's not L.A. I know, but it did pave the way of adaptive reuse, why many of the noir buildings in L.A. still exist.
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=300+Ad...47rkLNqjgLMuYA

East Foothill Blvd., Pasadena. 1941.

How many times does the Postman ring?



http://collection.pasadenadigitalhis...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://collection.pasadenadigitalhis...XT=&DMROTATE=0


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http://collection.pasadenadigitalhis...2/id/481/rec/4

The Wiki article claims that preservation/repair efforts would have been feasible but were stymied by "interests" that apparently needed a new school building contract. Although no cites were given, it is true that several other brick high school buildings from the 1920s came through just fine, e.g. John Marshall, Hamilton, Uni, and perhaps a couple of others whose names escape me right now.

Drove down Rosemead Blvd. in South El Monte a couple days ago. This sign for the old Starlite
Drive-In Movie Theater is now gone.

UPDATE! - The sign is still there. They have a new swap meet sign and I thought it replaced this one. I'm all screwed up. Sorry.

https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/64...90/22/p3gp.jpg
Google Street View

The old drive in movie signs are disappearing.


https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/37...0/850/bbcf.jpg
http://www.americandrivein.com/states/ca.htm

Only The Lonely
 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaPT...yer_detailpageThis definately qualifies as LA Noir-Martha Davis & the Motels, this Video has such a Noir feel to it you can't help but inagine a Smoky LA Lounge, sine the band was based out of LA it was probably shot therel cant seen to pin point it.http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaPTELylZ1s

:previous: rlrdrken, your YouTube link seems to be broken. For anyone wanting to see the video, try clicking here.


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A couple of nights ago I came across this picture of the Richfield Building on the USC site. I don't remember seeing it here before, but that's no guarantee! It's dated at November 26, 1957.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original
USC Digital Library

When I zoomed in, I noticed that a couple of the windows show advertisments for Richfield Boron Gasoline.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...dBuilding2.jpg
Details of picture above.

I can't find any references to Richfield Boron Gasoline in NLA, so here are a few contemporary advertisements:

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original
Ebay

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original
Ebay

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original
Amazon

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original
Ebay

Tough to argue the merits of Boron's power as a gasoline additive. Maybe, if only more was added to a certain Richfield structure . . .

A sampling of easy-to-overlook previous NLA postings:


http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...I7BYYB1KYV.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...I7BYYB1KYV.jpg


http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics18/00018959.jpghttp://jpg2.lapl.org/pics18/00018959.jpg


http://jpg1.lapl.org/00097/00097481.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/00097/00097481.jpg


http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics49/00044294.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/pics49/00044294.jpg


http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics48/00043703.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/pics48/00043703.jpg


http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics18/00018956.jpghttp://jpg2.lapl.org/pics18/00018956.jpg


http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics18/00018957.jpghttp://jpg2.lapl.org/pics18/00018957.jpg


1939 - "Eye it .. Try it .. Buy it!"
http://jpg1.lapl.org/00104/00104226.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/00104/00104226.jpg


http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics18/00018955.jpghttp://jpg2.lapl.org/pics18/00018955.jpg





http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...9M6P1TDUFI.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...9M6P1TDUFI.jpg

1941 - Third and Vermont (Apt. complex at 275 S. New Hampshire Ave.)
http://jpg1.lapl.org/00104/00104348.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/00104/00104348.jpg


http://photos1.zillow.com/p_d/IS99th...0000000000.jpghttp://photos1.zillow.com/p_d/IS99th...0000000000.jpg

A bit off topic, but the ad containing the B-58 Hustler bomber would be from the 1960-62 era. The B-58 was built by General Dynamics in their Ft. Worth, Texas plant. I was attending TCU at the time and the campus was probably around 6-7 miles from that plant as the crow flies. Every morning around 2:00am they rolled those suckers off the assembly line to static test the engines. The ground would shake and noise was about at the same level as one might expect from a large tornado. Thanks for the Memories!

On another note, Boron is not only a great fuel additive it is a wonderful oil additive that in both cases cleans up the inside of an engine, eliminating both ignition ping from carbon build up but the nasty sludge that can collect on rotating assembly components in any engine. Overall a good thing for fuel efficiency, engine life, and reduction of air pollutants.

Uni's auditorium was knocked down mainly because the PTA President wanted her name on a new building. Stivleman Hall is now the school's auditorium along with the cafeteria in the basement level. I bring this up because there was very little damage to the original aud,and the company who knocked it down spent so much time and money that they went out of business because it was a solid building and only 30 years old at the time. I had a friend who went to LA High,and he told me the guy who designed the new building was a former prison inmate and drew from what he knew,he also did the buildings for Fairfax and Stivelman. Tov would know more about this.

Tourmaline, when I said "I don't remember seeing it here before", I was referring to the picture, not the Richfield Building. Thanks for the reminder of previous posts.


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There have been several mentions of Chutes Park on NLA, and Los Angeles Past posted a couple of great pictures in post #739, but I don't recall seeing a colorized picture before. The postmark dates it at 1905.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original
Ebay

The neighboring Washington Park has also had a few passing mentions, but I didn't find any pictures. The Chutes Theater and waterslide are clearly visible in the background of the second picture below.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ngtonPark1.jpg
Ebay

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original
Ebay

The parks were located just south of Washington Boulevard between Grand and Main. The site was just marked as "The Chutes" on the 1910 Baist map.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z.../LAChutes3.jpg
www.historicmapworks.com

The "Base Ball Grounds" are shown by 1914.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z.../LAChutes4.jpg
www.historicmapworks.com

The stands of the ballpark are much larger by 1921, and the site next to the ballpark is now labeled "McCartney's Washington Gardens".

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z.../LAChutes5.jpg
www.historicmapworks.com

Today, nothing remains of either park. Olive, Hill and Broadway have all been extended through the site.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z.../LAChutes6.jpg
Google Maps

And finally, a recent aerial shot.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z.../LAChutes7.jpg
Google Maps

No misunderstanding. ;) IMHO, the Richfield Building (and its tragic demise) is worth remembering . . . again and again.



Wondering if the nearby presence of Borax mining had anything to do with Richfield's embrace of Boron. "The West's only Boron motor fuel."


20 Mule Team Borax. 1908
http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf7k4009g5/hi-reshttp://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf7k4009g5/hi-res


http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf009nb18d/hi-reshttp://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf009nb18d/hi-res

Nice background info.

Interesting that the fountain (right foreground) is identified as "electric." Curious if it referred to the lighting or water movement, neither of which appears obvious in image. In either case, let's hope it was well insulated and grounded. :rolleyes:

WANTED for Destruction of Art.
 

With USC's format change a few more images have been temporarily lost.


Recent mention of assembly lines brought to mind these ready-to-install Boron-gobbling Lincoln-Mercury power plants. Please consult owner's manual for warranty coverage concerning low-lead fuels.


1958
http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...182MBV1MEN.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...182MBV1MEN.jpg


http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...3DTQ6UI8EV.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...3DTQ6UI8EV.jpg

http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...EA12E91V8H.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...EA12E91V8H.jpg


Ford's "Maywood Plant", located at 58015 S. Eastern Avenue and Slauson Avenue, City of Commerce. December 20, 1956
http://jpg1.lapl.org/00089/00089804.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/00089/00089804.jpg

More Maywood, circa '55. Source identifies some pictured structures as being Kraft Foods. (Wonder if those buildings broadcast Mitch Miller's music to bolster mayonnaise worker moral ;) )
http://jpg1.lapl.org/00088/00088446.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/00088/00088446.jpg


http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics28/00048513.jpghttp://jpg2.lapl.org/pics28/00048513.jpg


1934 Tire making. Source indicates Ford Factory and Goodyear collaboration. 6701 So[uth] Central. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...id/42895/rec/3

http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ory&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ory&DMROTATE=0
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http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Vxu2A9_Ghb...redandlost.jpghttp://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Vxu2A9_Ghb...redandlost.jpg

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saw this on curbed today.

http://la.curbed.com/archives/2014/0..._back.php#more