Originally Posted by belmont bob (Post 6026200)

Hollywood, this photo is at a place I know very well. I used to ride the Red Car past here every day on my way to Thomas Star King Jr. High from my home on Scott Ave. near Elysian Park. Of course that was c. 1954 long after the overpass was completed. I remember a small meat market just beyond the market on the right maybe even directly under the apartment clinging to the side of the cut. My dad would go there to buy horse meat to feed our cat. Also there was a place right about there that processed and sold turkeys at Thanksgiving time. I remember going there c. 1947 with my mom and grandmother and while they were making their choice I watched a worker stripping the feathers off a bird and removing some of the pin-feathers. I don’t remember whether she had to cut off the head but since the bird was already dead, I’d bet she did. When we got home my grandmother settled into the task of removing the rest of the pin-feathers. Haha – not going to happen today when all we have to do is buy a Butter Ball! or just call in a buy a complete dinner from Von's.

Originally Posted by MichaelRyerson (Post 6022561)

...demonstrating for, among other things, increased unemployment benefits, a school lunch program for hungry school children and against the generally crummy situation in which working families found themselves. Lotta this kind of thing going around in 1930. Of course, Harry Chandler was not amused and arranged for a few heads to be cracked, which, predictably, only served to further radicalize the working man.

Originally Posted by Hollywood Graham (Post 6026389)

... I worked for Mabel for a week or so as a kid. I would go out when a car pulled up and take an order for horse meat. Mabel had a Spider Monkey she kept in the store, monkey bit me, quit.

Originally Posted by FredH (Post 6026388)

kznyc2k made that great discovery of Court Circle area remains along N. Freemont Ave. a couple of weeks ago. Today, I was looking at my mid-1950's poster of Los Angeles and noticed that this area was in the poster. I took this photo which shows about five houses remaining along that section of Freemont after the 110 freeway went through.

Originally Posted by kznyc2k (Post 6026387)

http://imageshack.us/a/img26/4111/lo...0scourthil.jpg

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 6024978)

...more on the Hotel Cecil's shady past here (very interesting)

http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/nationa...-has-dark-past
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Originally Posted by Hollywood Graham (Post 6026389)

The place where your pop got the horse meat was one block farther west, it was called Mabel's, I worked for Mabel for a week or so as a kid. I would go out when a car pulled up and take an order for horse meat. Mabel had a Spider Monkey she kept in the store, monkey bit me, quit. My pop bought horse meat there also. Just beyond was Metropolitan Chevrolet and up a couple more stores was the chicken market you mention. You watched as the chicken was killed, defeathered, gutted and wrapped up for you. Up the next block was Michaeltorena Street School. I also went to King in 56, 7 and 8.

Originally Posted by Hollywood Graham (Post 6026389)

The place where your pop got the horse meat was one block farther west, it was called Mabel's, I worked for Mabel for a week or so as a kid. I would go out when a car pulled up and take an order for horse meat. Mabel had a Spider Monkey she kept in the store, monkey bit me, quit. My pop bought horse meat there also. Just beyond was Metropolitan Chevrolet and up a couple more stores was the chicken market you mention. You watched as the chicken was killed, defeathered, gutted and wrapped up for you. Up the next block was Michaeltorena Street School. I also went to King in 56, 7 and 8.

Originally Posted by kznyc2k (Post 6026368)

This area is always worth a second or third look, not least of which because the area has so drastically changed. Here's Sarah's "playground" from around that time:

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/925...0scourthil.jpg
1890s, LAPL

Originally Posted by gsjansen (Post 5421775)

view looking southwest from the roof of the broadway hotel, showing the connecting bridge 1955... this image is looking directly at what was once the upper station of court flight

http://jpg1.lapl.org/00091/00091552.jpg
Source: LAPL

Originally Posted by sopas ej (Post 6026616)

MGM's stable of movie stars, 1943. Photo taken in honor of MGM's 20th Anniversary. Which stars do you recognize?

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 6026618)

I'm gonna milk this map until it's dry. :)

I've been trying to read this sign in the distance.

http://imageshack.us/a/img9/225/aabc...stsidemain.jpg
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I think the sign may say Rescue Mission, E.R.

Originally Posted by belmont bob (Post 6026627)

Ha ha, who would have thunk that from my obscure recollection of about 7 or 8 years old that someone who actually knew of that horse meat place would surface and reminisce about feeding our cats. I went to King from Sept 53 thru “Graduating” in June 56. From there onto Belmont, hence the moniker. I would assume you would have been relegated to John Marshall. On a side note…did you have Miss Cark at King? And maybe Mr. Jalphs = Jollfs (Spelling??) for drafting? I guess I must have been a 9th. grader about the time you were a “scrub” One thing for sure…I don’t remember the monkey.