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ebay I found the Hotel Houston in the 1960 city directory. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...631/Nn62J6.jpg If you look closely at the top photograph, 'Los Angeles Evening Herald Express' is painted on the one-story building to the left of the Houston Hotel. Pretty much everything in this area has disappeared....replaced by the Los Angeles Convention Center complex. __ |
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Kodachrome by Maurice Terrell for the LOOK magazine assignment "Los Angeles : The Art of Living Bumper-to-Bumper"
June 1956 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...901/P9jUyV.jpg http://www.shorpy.com/node/16699 I'm not sure which Bob's Big Boy this is. North Hollywood? Shorpy doesn't say. ..but Shorpy does say......the convertible is a Dodge Custom Royal in coral and black.:) -pretty snazzy isn't it __ |
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http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...905/5ds9Uw.jpg :previous: T2, so the 'gazebo' tower wasn't the original tower? below: I found this photograph in the Loyola-Marymount Digital archives. Here is an exceptional view of what I thought was the original 'gazebo-like' tower of the mission church, as well as the Lugo House. In the middle of the Plaza is a brick water reservoir. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...537/Pze6jT.jpg http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu/cd.../id/435/rec/37 Loyola-Marymount dates this 1880. here's the entire photo- http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...538/mW4uor.jpg http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu/cd.../id/435/rec/37 At first I thought the fenced in area behind the church was for a garden, but now I think it's the horses area. (I believe that's a small barn) *It's possible that we've seen this photograph earlier on NLA, but I don't think it was this LARGE. (I also tweaked it a tiny bit to improve the contrast) __ |
Yuriy Shcherbina over at USC Digital Library just sent me the nicest thank you note for a few corrections and additions I forwarded to him re dates, etc on their photos. He says they've been verified and applied.
Please, if you have the time, let USC benefit from what you know. There's a "Feedback" tab on each photo page. Also, Jack Feldman at the Water & Power Museum is always very grateful for any corrections and additions to their site. Jack may be reached at webmaster@waterandpower.org Thx |
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In your photo the area to the left of the barnyard is the church's orange orchard. The area to the south of the church, with all the trees, is the extant cemetery which has caused so much controversy. Gloria Molina wanted it for her museum housed in the Vickrey-Brunswig and Plaza House buildings. We won that one. The cemetery, which dates back to the earliest days of the pueblo at this site, remains a cemetery. |
:previous: I knew about the bell wall. I was just surprised to see that 'pointed' tower in your 1858 photo. thx for your help T2
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I just located these two screen-grabs (March 1963) in an old file of mine. They caught my eye because they also show the Hotel Houston. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...537/2fnarp.png old file / unknown film In this second view, there is a brief glimpse of a Herald Express sign on the building to the right of the Hotel Houston. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...905/9kYgpM.png old file / unknown film So there are Herald Express signs on both sides of the Hotel Houston. Why I wonder?...were their offices nearby? (or is that their offices in the smallish building to the left of the hotel)-as shown in the original black-&-white photo. -not that big of a deal...but interesting none-the-less. __ |
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LA Times, Oct 4, 1903: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...0.jpg~original LA Times, Oct 18, 1903: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...m.jpg~original http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...k.jpg~original |
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I just found this atmospheric slide of Vine Street on ebay (1950s). be sure to scroll right---->
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Slide dated 1955.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...910/AlsXMU.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/Los-Angeles-...item541a0820d5 sellers description -"1955. Los Angeles area, near Amoco Tower." (from this elevated vantage point, maybe it was taken from the Amoco Tower) You can see the Amoco Tower here: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=23829 ..and HossC posted a photograph taken from atop the Amoco Tower here:* http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=23834 * I just realized it's from the same vantage point as HossC pic. (check it out. -it's worth the comparison) -what are those silver tanks on the left? __ |
ahhhhhh....the blue Pacific. I had no idea the red cars ever came this close to the ocean.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...538/6onHuD.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/Los-Angeles-...item541a0811aa seller's description..."Pacific Electric Jewett Interurban Oceanfront 1950s slide" __ |
I hope I'm not throwing too much at you, but here's yet another slide I came across tonight on ebay.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...673/zuNQEU.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/Los-Angeles-...item4ae4dae7b4 "Compton Station 1957". visible at far right----> __ |
stereo-scope
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/633/4wvUFc.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/Stereo-Reali...item58be946083 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/673/msN7aP.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/Stereo-Reali...item58be946083 Those Shriners sure know how to throw a party. ;) __ |
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http://www.kcet.org/updaily/socal_fo...ec495f17_o.jpg [source: kcet.org] KCET says this photo was taken in Redondo Beach in 1939. I see so many oil derricks in the distance that I question whether that's accurate. |
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ER, the Hotel Houston was the one featured in a tale of my teenage adventures with three of it's residents ("I ain't wear'n yer bra!"). See post 21024 and my link:http://www.trainorders.com/discussio...65#msg-2160165 The hotel was located directly across the street from Los Angeles Railway's 12th and Georgia Street car house. I believe the Hearld-Express building was a distribution center for the newspaper. Cheers, Jack |
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