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Also interesting that one of the first search results for the Saugus prison farm brings up the story of Bob Mizer, brave founder of the Athletic Model Guild, sent to the farm for six months for disseminating obscene material in 1947. More surprising than the conviction is that he only needed to wait six years for the US Supreme Court to overturn the decision. The Advocate Is it related to the Pitchess Honor Rancho? LA County Sheriff LA Times article on a prison farm break in 1986. |
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His fifth wife was Barbara Ann Thomason (stage name Carolyn Mitchell) Here she is with a list of her various 'titles'. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...673/pHKlCH.jpg http://marriage.about.com/od/Multipl...y-Rooney_6.htm This pose is similar to the one above. (I'm including it because of the location near Bullocks Wilshire) Where was this taken? it resembles a motel-- http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...536/pu4jG8.jpgiltil 'Carolyn Mitchell' cheescake http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...673/TiXIK1.jpg Here are the newlyweds. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...742/6CjNOr.jpg They eventually had four children together. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...673/XVtIGF.jpg corbis.image Here comes the noirish part: In 1966 Barbara Ann Thomason Rooney (age 29) was murdered by her 25 year old lover, Milos Milosevic, in Rooney's home with Mickey's gun. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...661/aE2j8y.jpg www.dailymail.com Removing wife number five from 13030 Evanston Street Los Angeles. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...903/OkOdGp.jpgcorbis 13030 Evanston Street http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...673/YX92kF.jpglatimesblog.latimes above: Attorney Harold Abeles escorts three of Barbara and Mickey's children from the murder house. (Kimmy Sue was at her grandparent's house in Inglewood) Milos Milosevic timeline http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...904/80RkDJ.jpg murderpedia.com __ |
Future Muscle Beach
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ER, your 2012 posting of the huge 1947 Muscle Beach photo is the Santa Monica location. Quote:
In the Howser episode, he actually interviewed several old timers including Pudgy Stockton, mentioned by MichaelRyerson in this post. I thought it funny that they mentioned the differences between the gymnasts and the bodybuilders...they didn't mix too much, apparently. The gymnasts said they were there all day from 8am while the bodybuilders came for an hour and got in their way the rest of the day, distracting the womenfolk. Today, the rings and swings remain at the original site of Muscle Beach while the bodybuilders have moved south to the Venice boardwalk, near Windward Ave, separated after all those years. |
[QUOTE=ethereal_reality He sure did [B]FredH[/B], and with noirish results.
Here comes the noirish part: In 1966 Barbara Ann Thomason Rooney (age 29) was murdered by her 25 year old lover, Milos Milosevic, in Rooney's home with Mickey's gun. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...661/aE2j8y.jpg www.dailymail.com Wow! ER - I had no idea. Every time I read about this guy, something new pops up. He lived til 93, but somehow managed to cram in about 193 years of living (and misery). I still can't figure out how he got all those women. |
[QUOTE=HossC; Following [URL="http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=6683840&postcount=23024"]MichaelRyerson's very detailed and informative post about the 4th Street cut[/URL], here are a couple of extra images.
This one is simply titled "4th Street cut." The camera was somewhere near to Grand Avenue, looking roughly west along 4th Street towards the Harbor Freeway. Just behind the "Smith's" sign on the white wall is the southern end of Bunker Hill Avenue, and the large building on the left is the Barbara Worth on Hope Street. The picture is dated 10/15/54. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original Huntinton Digital Library HossC - I love this photo and I'm not sure why. I guess it gives you the feeling of just being dropped off at a random street corner in 1954 and given the chance to take a look around. |
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Nice post, Hoss. As usual. This image, in particular, is amazing. The camera appears to be situated on the property on the NW corner of Grand and 4th Street. The Brunson/4th&Grand service garage would have been to the immediate right of the camera. As you've noted, we're looking across the southern end of Bunker Hill Avenue and immediately beyond that the shattered foundations of the now-missing Crestholme, the Kiernan and the Gibson over on the NE corner of Hope Street. That distinctive dark retaining wall is all that's left of the Hildreth (Hopecrest, indeed). Over here on the left, between the Barbara Worth and the camera, the upper floors of the LaBelle and the Bronx have been removed and out-of-frame to left the status of the Gordon and the Zelda is unknown although here's a shot of the Zelda in August so it seems likely she would be gone by October. The camera in your shot would be somewhere west of the flatbed Ford, probably beyond the pile of rubble. https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7376/...1be40c16_o.jpgThe Man comes for the Zelda, 1954 August, 1954. The Zelda reduced to little more than a shell awaits the final indignity. Down to the left the Grenada appears largely intact, as does the Sherwood. To the right, the Gordon is hollow and next door the Bronx is being reduced to rubble. So it goes. (Great two-tone Buick at speed, center/bottom), Cars parked at lower right edge are waiting for service at the 4th & Grand garage. USC digital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Collection, 1920-1961 |
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My search for the mystery road led me to the 1972 Historic Aerials image below. It looks like the "S" shaped road provided access between S Olive and S Grand while the 4th Street Cut was being dug. I decided to include a larger area because of the details it shows. Pretty much all of the buildings mentioned in the last few posts about the 4th Street Cut have gone, as has Bunker Hill Avenue and the section of Grand Avenue between W 1st and W 4th. S Hope has a temporary jog around the under-construction Security Pacific Plaza (Bank of America Plaza). http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...A.jpg~original Historic Aerials Here are a few previous posts with images relating to this area: gsjansen: 4th & Grand Service Garage looking across 4th Street in 1955 and 1956. http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=4072 FredH: Casa Alta on Olive Street being demolished in 1966. The Olive Inn and Mutual Garage are in the background. http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=18863 FredH: Close-up of the Olive Inn with the 4th & Grand Service Garage in the background. http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=18874 Flyingwedge: Some great, large, color aerial views of Bunker Hill, circa early 1969. http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=19714 |
David H. Geedy
My 2nd great-granduncle David H. Geedy moved to Los Angeles in 1905. His address was given as 1670 West 23 Street, Los Angeles from an article in the Los Angeles Herald dated November 19, 1905. Using the Google mobile there are houses that could date from that era on the street. I could not find 1670, it looks as if the numbering has changed somewhat. This might be an interesting area to look for some Noirish tales.
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http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/539/26AIvm.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...905/mE2eXA.jpgusc This unique structure still stands on Ferguson Drive in Commerce. (all thirty vaults are still intact...I counted them) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...673/EsbWVE.jpg Google_Earth And it's practically next door to the old Union Pacific East Los Angeles Depot. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...631/FaNjZE.jpg La Angelina on flickr. We first covered the East Los Angeles Depot back on page 466. Here is a nice vintage photograph when it was still in use. http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=9306 __ |
the bented way in better days
Hi HossC. Here is the entrance way dropping on Olive. It is taken from the opposite point of view. It was posted by Beaudry.
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We've seen numerous photographs of the aftermath of the 1910 Los Angeles Times building bombing.
Here are two from ebay (maybe we've seen them on NLA.....maybe not) I'm posting them because I have a question that has been bothering me for some time. What is the white thingy with the rectangular sign on top? (in this view someone has draped a jacket on it) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...674/3OdGRe.jpg ebay Here's another view. (this time with a wagon beside it) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...540/VPldpz.jpg ebay __ |
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-photographer's stamp. Hemenway at the Auditorium Building
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/904/2n5lIr.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...907/HF4dp4.jpg A true beauty. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/673/62D6bD.jpg ebay __ |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...0.jpg~original USC Digital Library Your mystery object appears to be an advertising board on a post with a sign for The Times at the top. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...n.jpg~original Detail of picture above. |
:previous: -Very interesting HossC. Thanks for the assist.
It appears the entire sign was lit from within. It reminds me of the shooting gallery sign we've seen in previous posts. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/539/qcSTQD.jpg http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=16634 __ |
Hazel's Wonder Tablets, distributed out of a drug store on Whittier Boulevard.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/674/jVsfGn.jpg ebay -snake oil in pill form? __ |
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