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Wow this is a great thread! I meant to register and contribute as soon as I caught up to the current page, and I'm embarrassed it took me until page 416 to do it. :redface: Thanks to everyone who has contributed to our collective knowledge.
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Fantastic screenshots, Handsome, thanks--it really was a great house, but, inevitably, while a few features remain, it has been renovated and expanded into something more millennial and generic than MCM. A shame. It was/is at 930 Chantilly Rd. More pics here. https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-L...rshousenow.jpg |
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https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-U...2520AM.bmp.jpg https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-S...2520AM.bmp.jpg Top: Two cannons buried (apparently to serve as bollards) on a Main Street corner; bottom: Labeled by the USCDL as "An old Mexican cannon from the Mexican War at the Los Angeles Courthouse, 1845." Of course, after they give us the date the image was "created"--actually before the war--they tell us the photographer wasn't born until 16 years later... "Created: 1845; Creator: [photographer] Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946"... I guess I should go easy on the archivists... |
I'm having trouble with Kim Novak in a Falcon. A Falcon?
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Funny you should mention that. I was thinking that an architect should have something a little snazzier than a 3-year-old Ford convertible, pretty as this one is. (And what's the story with Kim's husband having become uninterested in her? Spending too much time in the bunkhouse with the boys? The actor was a former Marlboro Man, I just read.) Dear Old Hollywood has a great series of "then and nows" from Strangers When We Meet. |
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Here's something I thought you'd enjoy, Steven and, by the way, welcome to the thread...
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8004/7...61004a1d_z.jpg H. Roy Kelley designed home for sale in Pasadena can be yours for 4.8 million dollars. image from Pasadena Board of Realtors |
[QUOTE=rcarlton;5740133]Let's throw a little color in 1899 LA:
Fabulous...brings it alive! Also love the "colorized" photos at Shorpy.com... |
Speaking of old Mexican cannons maybe some of you have heard about "The Battle of the Old Woman's Gun", otherwise known as The Battle of Rancho Dominguez, an area of the county where I just happen to be writing from now.
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Personally I think Los Angeles ought to get it back. What say you? I finally tracked down some photos of it: ETA. WOW I just found a better sight for info. It's packed! http://www.mysanpedro.org/2011/10/sa...ld-womans.html http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Gz7I-Ar9F8..._USNAM_01c.jpg http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b6...3/IMG_6258.jpg http://www.go2gbo.com/forums/index.php?topic=129952.0 http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pgqamg_CXI...gaPass_01c.jpg BTW. There was no real winner at the 2nd battle of Cahuenga. Both sides withdrew in a stalemate. If these two cannons were the ones used at the battle, they were later captured from Pio Pico and spiked (made useless) by U.S. Captain Gillespie and wound up half-buried on this corner. I would suppose they were later melted down for scrap. BTW, as to that particular photo posted by GaylordWilshire of cannons used as bollards, check out this sight: http://people.pwf.cam.ac.uk/mhe1000/...onbollards.htm http://people.pwf.cam.ac.uk/mhe1000/bollards/4980x.jpg |
Noir Scene Still Standing
http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/4...attempt195.jpgUCLA Digital Archive
ethereal reality posted several pics of an apparent robbery in 1958. I was surprised to see several buildings from that day still standing, including the scene of the crime at West Olive and West Manchester. http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/8894/48754374.jpgGoogle Maps |
:previous: Despite it's inglorious past, 'The Beacon' still stands as a testament to L.A. noir! Thx Albany_NY.
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originally posted by so-cal-bear
http://imageshack.us/a/img708/8899/a...arison1896.jpg http://www.shorpy.com/ so-cal-bear has single-handedly discovered John Lautner's inspiration for his Chemosphere House at 7776 Torreyson Drive. ;) http://imageshack.us/a/img856/9689/s...hereflickr.jpg http://www.flickr.com/groups/johnlautner/pool/page2/ ____ In all seriousness, I believe the unique (rounded) building in the 1890s photograph originally housed a 'cyclorama'. In later years it became the Panorama Skating Rink....located within the Panorama Building (see below). http://imageshack.us/a/img507/5584/a...atingrinka.jpg originally posted by gsjansen ___ |
After a few more 'googles', I discovered the cyclorama was originally called the Panorama Rotunda.
Debuting in 1887, it featured a painting nearly 400 feet long and 50 feet high of 'The Battle of Paris 1871'. below: The Panorama Rotunda as it appeared in the late 1880s. http://imageshack.us/a/img14/7417/aa...tleofparis.jpg http://www.panoramaonview.org/panora...geofparis.html St. Vibiana's can be seen in the distance. ___ |
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I have the location of your mystery photo Oviatt Building Fan. (I want to gather a few more photographs & history before I post) So stay tuned....:)...no later than tomorrow. ___ |
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This is the photo referred to I believe. (edited) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ennaBuffet.jpg http://www.ulwaf.com/images/Whitewas...chor-The-35882 Quote:
"From the Los Angeles Daily Times, June 11, 1902 AT THE CITY HALL. VILE CONFESSIONS OF HERALD’S STAFF. Boozed in the Vienna Buffet and Consorted With Low Women in Their Dressing-rooms." http://www.ulwaf.com/LA-1900s/02.06.html |
originally posted by ethereal-reality (post no. 8317)
"In all seriousness, I believe the unique (rounded) building in the 1890s photograph originally housed a 'cyclorama'. In later years it became the Panorama Skating Rink....located within the Panorama Building (see below)." http://imageshack.us/a/img507/5584/a...atingrinka.jpg originally posted by gsjansen ___[/QUOTE] E-R, Where is this map from? How big is it? How much of downtown does it cover? Did gsjansen provide a link? Do you have a post number? This one's a beauty. |
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