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Rancho Grande western cafe.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/540/qLtriK.jpg ebay -the matchbook doesn't give a specific street address, just the vague Sunset & Cahuenga. |
Bert RIVERE ???
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" Portugese [sic] Point, San Pedro"
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...537/TePdum.jpg ebay I wasn't familiar with Portuguese Point so I had to do some googling. I found out out it's located on the Palos Verde Peninsula, north of Inspiration Point. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/674/onIMhV.jpg http://geology.campus.ad.csulb.edu/p...tchapter3.html __ |
Hockey on Roller-Skates, 1926.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...673/EwzC06.jpg ebay Can any of you sleuths figure out what roof she's on? reverse http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...537/BM4mVc.jpg __ |
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I found some more pictures of Antoinette Pellant playing different roller-skate sports on the same roof. The other young lady is Doris Turner. I thought they might help in working out the location. NB. I've grayscaled the photos and cropped the descriptions. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...RoofSport1.jpg http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...RoofSport2.jpg http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...RoofSport3.jpg http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...RoofSport4.jpg http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...RoofSport5.jpg http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...RoofSport6.jpg All pictures are from eBay. |
:previous: By sheer luck, while perusing the Los Angeles Central City thread a few minutes ago, I think I spotted the rooftop.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/661/jz380K.jpg http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=6102 I believe our lovely ladies were playing roller-hockey (and tennis) on the roof that I've outlined in red. That means the background in the vintage photos is the Los Angeles Athletics Club across the street. The skylight you see is above the athletic club's swimming pool (shown below). You can see the very top of the skylight in two of the photos from 1926. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...540/QqQRAH.jpg old file/m Now I need to go down to street level to find the name of the building that the roller-skaters were actually on. (unless someone beats me to it ;)) __ |
LA's nude beach.....Supposedly
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That's a very active earthquake zone....sometimes all day. The last time I was there in the 1980s, sand and rocks were literally falling all day from the cliffs. One had to keep moving your beach towel to keep from being hit. The world famous Wayfarer's Chapel is nearby. [Left side of photo.] http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ps66399a4c.jpg http://geology.campus.ad.csulb.edu/p...tchapter3.html |
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[QUOTE=ethereal_reality;6764607]:previous: By sheer luck, while perusing the Los Angeles Central City thread a few minutes ago, I think I spotted the rooftop.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/661/jz380K.jpg http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=6102 I believe our lovely ladies were playing roller-hockey (and tennis) on the roof that I've outlined in red. That means the background in the vintage photos is the Los Angeles Athletics Club across the street. The skylight you see is above the athletic club's swimming pool (shown below). You can see the very top of the atrium in two of the photos from 1926. Nice find ER - I might have located the place in a year or two. The ladies look like they can certainly roller skate, but this hockey stick is about a foot too long to be of any real use to this girl. http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps293925d3.jpg ebay |
Denel's Music Store label
Someone just sent me a photo of a Denel's Music Store label -- it's from a record label bought there by his father.
I thought people who lurk here might like to see it. http://www.martinturnbull.com/wp-con...hop-label1.jpg |
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[QUOTE=ethereal_reality;6764196]I've had this photograph in an old file of mine for quite some time. I found it on ebay (the seller was asking $400).
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/674/eD7Ysk.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...673/Ki1dmG.jpg This is an interesting youtube video of Robert Mitchum discussing Marilyn Monroe http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps40d3b235.jpg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZKUtW-aDHM |
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In spite of millions of dollars being spent to rehab the area after the two infamous Riots, South Central Los Angeles is still a ''dead zone''. Few if any big-name stores want to locate in the area. Anyway, life goes on. Hopefully things will improve during the next thirty years. |
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Recently the building at the southeast corner of La Brea and Edgewood underwent a major overhaul, and for a time the renovation work exposed a fascinating peek at the building's distant past. I don't know if anyone else took photos and shared them here, so I'll risk it and post mine. I don't know what years it existed as Calers Food Center, but I'll risk a guess at the 1930s/1940s. I love the sunburst design at the top, and I'm really curious about what might have been mounted in those two large horizontal areas...Coca-Cola signs, perhaps? https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-9...0/calers-1.jpg https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-e...0/calers-2.jpg https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-l...0/calers-3.jpg Sadly, the renovations are done now and the Calers imprint is no longer visible. |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...lerGrocery.jpg LAPL Those signs have done well to survive. I've found at least four companies at that address since Calers closed their doors. These dates are based upon their appearances in the City Directories. 1956-63 Nash La Brea Autos 1965 Hi Performance Motors 1967-73 General Bottle Supply Co 1987 Erecter Set Inc It's the 1965 company that interests me most. From 'Shelby Cobra Fifty Years' by Colin Comer, "Hi-Performance Motors (HPM) was essentially the Shelby American factory outlet store and owned by Caroll Shelby, Lew Spencer, Peyton Cramer, Al Dowd and Tom Reese. Most factory demonstrators and PR cars were sold at HPM. The dealership operated from 1964 through 1967 and is really the Shelby dealership." A post on saacforum.com says the company was at the 1150 South La Brea address until October 1965, when they moved to 901 North Sepulveda Boulevard, El Segundo. According to 'Shelby Mustang' by Tom Corcoran, the company was still at the La Brea location when Peyton Cramer closed the deal with Hertz for the (in)famous 1966 GT-350H models. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...rformance1.jpg books.google.com I also found this advert for Hi-Performance Motors. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...rformance2.jpg www.classictiger.com |
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:previous: Thanks for trying M_P. I haven't found anything on the Rancho Grande either.
FredH. I enjoyed your series of before & after photos of S. Main and 51st Street. originally posted by FredH http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/537/rchaBV.jpg I was going to joke about the 'bird' on the Main St. sign (thinking it was actually a wire connector behind the sign. But after looking a little closer, I see that it's throwing a shadow onto the sign, as if it's perched on it. Hmmm...so is it a bird after all? Here's a wooden survivor on 51st just off Main St. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/905/JHLGut.jpg GSV Further west on 51st Street, nearer to Broadway, is this impressive survivor. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/904/x7QAVI.jpg GSv Between the two are numerous bungalows with some fine craftman's details. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/537/CgvUR3.jpg GSV CBD had mentioned the many empty lots, and the inability to get investments in the area. So I was surprised/pleased to see this large construction project rising on Main St. across the street (and a little bit south) of the corner store shown in FredH's black & white photograph from 1932. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/673/qSuObN.jpg GSV And as if by magic, here it is finished. (time traveling from one google-car to another) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/673/s64ayT.jpg GSv I must say it's a nice looking project. (especially compared to some of the other projects being built in L.A.) __ |
This link by HossC, which includes a quoted post by e_r, are the only photos (actual and postcard) of the Bublichki Russian Restaurant on 8846 Sunset Boulevard that I see on NLA.
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=19590 I discovered this street photo on a post Martin Turnbull did relatively recently on his website. Bublichki's is on the left side of the photo. Dated 1945. http://www.martinturnbull.com/wp-con...unset-Blvd.png There is also this postcard: http://www.martinturnbull.com/wp-con...bublichki2.png ...and six photos of the menu: We suggest to start your dinner with 'Zakuska' To see that, click HERE. |
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