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http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/search...=1347819638823 The aging Hall of Records Building in 1959. I guess you're right, it is kinda spooky. __ |
A rare look inside the old Hall of Records circa 1951. My God, how tall do you think that ceiling is?
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http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8314/7...5e002155_b.jpg Waitresses at Rite Spot restaurant wear Easter bonnets, 1957 8th annual Easter pageant at the Rite Spot restaurant, 24- hour highway eatery at 412 West Pacific Coast Highway, in Santa Monica. All the waitresses wear fancy Easter bonnets. Pix shows gals (don't forget to pan right) behind counter serving coffee etc. to counter diners. Gals, left to right (that's background to foreground): Janie Hughes; Jo Andre; Frances Beebe; Ruby Reeves; Merle Denlinger; Pauline Shideler; Judy Nicholson; Mildred Tynon; Dorothy Peyton. Customer at left foreground is Ross Lawrence". USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961 |
Good lord I love this thread! After falling off the wagon in early July I have now finally caught back up to y'all and my only regret is I wish I had more to read! Unfortunately I don't have any new-old stuff to share but I do have this funky neo-retro-electro-whatever image that I made:
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__ Cabinet card found on ebay. http://imageshack.us/a/img7/126/aadracenapalms.jpg Dracena Palms, Adams Street. reverse http://imageshack.us/a/img36/5361/aa...lmsreverse.jpg The view is very similar to this photograph from USC Digital Archives (probably been posted before). http://imageshack.us/a/img145/8159/a...napalmsusc.jpg http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/search...hs-m14252.html __ View from the dining room balcony of the Automobile Club Building, showing congestion at Adams Street & Figueroa. http://imageshack.us/a/img69/9028/aa...omautoclub.jpg http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/search...=1347828708673 below: The location of the photographer. The Automobile Club of Southern California, located at 2601 S. Figueroa (it still stands today) http://imageshack.us/a/img221/2530/a...ub2601sfig.jpg http://waterandpower.org/museum/Earl...1925%20+).html |
Beautiful shot, handsome house, no date, no address
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Exterior view of a two-story house on North Flower Street in Los Angeles, C.C. Pierce, [s.d.] Photograph of an exterior view of a two-story house on North Flower Street in Los Angeles, [s.d.]. The house is a small structure with a wide front porch held up by Romanesque columns. The walls of the building are decorated extensively with intricate molding. A second-story balcony can be seen above the front door. Concrete steps lead from the street at right up to the front porch. USCdigital archive/Title Insurance and Trust / C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 |
World headquarters of the Tidewater Oil Company. 1956 by architect Claud Beelman.
http://imageshack.us/a/img545/6175/m...ldheadquar.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/79761301@N00/7298136398/ Some people have called it 'California Stalinist', but I have to admit that I like it. http://imageshack.us/a/img821/3013/m...aycrenshaw.jpg google street view http://imageshack.us/a/img854/7936/mtidewater.jpg ebay __ |
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The Monterey Apartments at 3212 South Main Street.
http://imageshack.us/a/img833/6373/m...212smainst.jpg ebay http://imageshack.us/a/img825/6373/m...212smainst.jpg reverse below: The Monterey Apartments today. http://imageshack.us/a/img267/6373/m...212smainst.jpg google street view http://imageshack.us/a/img825/9479/m...12smainstd.jpg google street view __ |
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In the shadows, in the doorways, the alleyways, in the flops, hot sheets and decrepit
bungalows, the plans would spring forth as though with a life of their own...
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8458/7...caa06a5b_b.jpg Los Angeles City Hall, 1 January 1953. Noir City. It was his town. And it always would be. USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961 http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8305/7...4d34d67a_b.jpg Gardena murder suspect at Sheriff's Office, 1954 Gardena murder suspect at Sheriff's Office, 20 May 1954. Frederick F. 'Freddy' Bullard -- 35 years (confessed killer of James Francis Greenway). USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961 http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8305/7...6e2f9af4_b.jpg Vice (Morals Charges), 1956 Vice (Morals Charges), 24 September 1956. Melinda Short - 25 years; Kim Evans - 26 years. Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Lapp. Date: 1956-09-24. Reporter: Harmon. Assignment: Ladies. Left to Right: 4/53/54: Melinda Short, 25, curvaceous blonde secretary, and Kim Evans, 26, brunette entertainer, play gin rummy after arrest on suspicion of whoring at 1700 West Boulevard. Grab shots of Melinda, with purse, and Kim, kerchief covrd [sic]. 17/39: 17/39: Melinda Short, 25, alone". Love the dark glasses. A perfect touch. USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961 http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8036/7...7e21bafe_b.jpg Nighttime view looking northeast from City Hall tower, 1941 Noir view of Main Street, Los Angeles Street, Calle de los Negros, Union Station and Terminal Annex, 1941 USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961 http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8181/7...8b8d0eac_b.jpg Beitz murder story, 1952 Beitz murder story, 27 January 1952. Robert L. Pennington, Jr -- 31 years; Helen Janice Beitz -- 31 years (victim). As soon as I saw this guy’s shoes and socks, I knew he was trouble. USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961 http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8461/7...50d0d94b_b.jpg Sentenced (attempted murder), 1958 Sandra Dianne Erickson, 20, after she had been sentenced to a term of 1 to 14 years in state prison in the attempted murder of two Malibu deputy sheriffs. Her brother, Leo Nelson, 26, also was sentenced". USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961 http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8444/7...e171117f_b.jpg Murder in front of 663 Lamar Street, 1952 Murder in front of 663 Lamar Street, 30 May 1952. Murder scene; Body of Fernando Reyes -- 17 years (shot and killed in street brawl) 1726 1/2 Clover Street; "Choppie" Reyes (brother of dead boy); Louis Barrera -- 17 years (friend of Reyes); William Humm (Deputy); Don Joseph (Deputy); Detective T.F. McGovern. Boy walking around officer on far left is Louis Barrera, 17. Shows murder scene, where Fernando Reyes lies dead". ‘Choppie’? Your kid comes home with a nickname like ‘Choppie’ and you’ve got to know there’s trouble brewing. Lamar Street, east of the river in a tough part of town. But maybe they’re all tough parts of town. USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961 http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8041/7...2f4774bc_b.jpg Robbery suspects, May 1, 1951. Kenneth Christiansen; John Schultz; John Debellis. I can just see these three lunkheads 'hatching' their plan. I wonder which one of them first said, 'Hey, listen, I've got an idea...' USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961 http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8180/7...6ca485f8_b.jpg Robbery suspects, May 1, 1951. Kenneth Christiansen; John Schultz; John Debellis. (2) Three desperados again, slightly different pose. In the Big House, inmates gather to watch guys like this getting off the bus. The two Johns seem to be ‘in the moment’ but Kenneth is starting to daydream about the future and it ain’t pretty. USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961 http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8446/7...96f4a3ef_b.jpg Women robbery suspects, 13 August 1952. Ida Mae Benton; Edith G. Weatherby; Betty Coulter. And just so we don't start thinking the boys have a monopoly on lunkheadism, I give you Edith, Betty and Ida Mae, three girls with an idea of their own. USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961 http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8451/7...69fb46ef_b.jpg Robbery suspect, 1952 Robbery suspect, 2 June 1952. Robert George Livingston -- 29 years (suspect); Detective L.M. Colbern; Livingston stole tire from detective's car in Inglewood. Robert George Livingston, 29-year-old robbery suspect, and Detective L.M. Colbern with tire which Livingston stole from detective's car in Inglewood. Robert George Livingston, whose carelessness today cost him his freedom and an admission that he held up 13 liquor stores and gas stations, stole a tire and wheel from a police detective, and then attempted to rob a liquor store bandit (who happened to be armed himself)". No, I can't make this stuff up. USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961 http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8030/7...4a7886be_b.jpg Alimony hearing, 1958 Alimony hearing, 30 September 1958. Art Aragon. The Golden Boy contemplates a future without Georgina. USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961 http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8179/7...de0d51b2_b.jpg Annulment, 1960 Annulment, 8 January 1960. Sandy Hagen -- 19 years (annulment) (Mickey Cohen's girlfriend, aka Claretta Etie) ; Claudine Hagen (sister)-- 20 years. USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961 http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8040/7...d90932c8_b.jpg Vice raid, Laurel Canyon, 1954 Betty Berta (suspect) at bar talking to officers. USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961 http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8436/7...589d354b_b.jpg Vice raid, Laurel Canyon, 1954 (2) Betty Berta (suspect) and Robin Jewel Kidd (suspect) leaving house". Happy Lane. Natch. USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961 http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8314/7...20b5e9c2_b.jpg Narcotics raid at 571 South Coronado, 1958. Narcotics raid at 571 South Coronado, 13 February 1958. Barbara Graham (suspect) comforts a handcuffed Edward Timmons (suspect). USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961 http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8459/7...125a6fec_b.jpg Raid suspects (prostitutes), 1951 (2) The Lair. Unfortunately, no address. If you look closely, you can just see the vice officers leading 'the girls' out. USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961 http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8443/7...d17d06a8_b.jpg Raid suspects (prostitutes), 1951 Raid suspects (prostitutes), April 6, 1951. Sheila McDonald -- 25 years; Gloria Joffee -- 22 years. Sheila is, apparently, not the shy, retiring type. USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961 http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8453/7...8c86434c_b.jpg Vice raid Hollywood Eagles Club -- 1203 North Vermont Avenue, 1951 Vice raid Hollywood Eagles Club -- 1203 North Vermont Avenue, May 18, 1951. Unidentified girls picked up in vice raid. USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961 http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8033/7...5389de53_b.jpg Vice raid Hollywood Eagles Club -- 1203 North Vermont Avenue, 1951 (2) Vice raid Hollywood Eagles Club -- 1203 North Vermont Avenue, May 18, 1951. Unidentified girls picked up in vice raid. Charming. USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961 http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8309/7...753cf040_b.jpg Zsa Zsa Gabor Award, 1958 Zsa Zsa Gabor Award, 17 June 1958. Zsa Zsa Gabor (plaque as "most glamorous international personality of the year"); Gordon McRae (actor); Mrs. Rowan Klein. Gee, I've never heard of this award. Gordon's looking especially smarmy and Mrs. Klein can't quite believe she's standing there. USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961 And sometimes there are no shadows… http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8314/7...0d3084bc_b.jpg Miss Los Angeles Contest, 1954 "Miss Los Angeles" Contest, 10 May 1954. Muriel Feltman -- 22 years; Shelly Smith -- 19 years. Blonde is Muriel Feltman, 22, of 11523 Athens Way. Other girl is Shelly Smith, 19, of 165 South Holliston Avenue, Pasadena. USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961 |
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Man posting Sabbath Reform League bills on a brick wall in Venice (s.d.) Photograph of a man posting bills on a brick wall reading "Banish Sunday dancing in Venice and stopping Sunday baseball and theatres will be our next move! Sabbath Reform League". "Signs which were posted in Venice yesterday -- residents wonder whether these are by reformers opposed to dancing or whether it is 11th hour election ruse of pro-Sunday dancers" -- typed on verso. USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961 |
[QUOTE=ethereal_reality;5833809]World headquarters of the Tidewater Oil Company. 1956 by architect Claud Beelman.
http://imageshack.us/a/img545/6175/m...ldheadquar.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/79761301@N00/7298136398/ I just noticed the EF Hutton office in the corner of the Tidewater Oil Company building. Does anyone remember their ads from the 70's? Someone would say, "Well my broker is EF Hutton and EF Hutton says..." and everyone in the restaurant or bus station or wherever the ad took place would put their hand to their ear and the announcer would say: "When EF Hutton talks, people listen." |
Dance team divorce, 1958
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Dance team divorce, 1958 Dance team divorce, 16 May 1958. Elaine and Rudolpho Andrian. Elaine Andrian, 37 and her husband, Rudolpho, 55, of Los Angeles, motion picture and night club circuit dance team in Santa Monica Superior Court where she has filed for divorce, announced "we will part as husband and wife -- we found we can't make it together -- but we will continue as a dance team". USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961 http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8307/7...3350abd4_b.jpg Dance team divorce, 1958 (2) I don't know Elaine, but I'd say Rudolpho's still got it. USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961 |
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Robbery suspects, May 1, 1951. Kenneth Christiansen; John Schultz; John Debellis. From USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961, via Michael Ryerson. Looks like the two on the left had somebody step on their blue suede shoes.:) Wish I'd kept mine; probably worth a bunch on eBay these days. Cheers, Earl |
[QUOTE=Earl Boebert;5834618Looks like the two on the left had somebody step on their blue suede shoes.:)
Wish I'd kept mine; probably worth a bunch on eBay these days. Cheers, Earl[/QUOTE] Yeah, me too, Earl. I also had a pair of tan bucks that I admired. Wore 'em with a pair of Levis and a Pendleton shirt (and a 'Balboa' haircut! think Kirk Douglas in Spartacus, buzz cut on top and long on the sides and back. My mother went into a conniption fit when she saw it!) As for these goofballs, I'm beginning to suspect the guy on the right was the 'mastermind' although in this context that's not saying much. |
Thanks for the car show pics. I always dissect pics that have old cars in them. So many have been lost. Anyways, a couple of follow-up things:
1) Skoda's are currently in production and available all over Europe. 2) The Berkeley was a "micocar" that was built in England. About 2500 were made. 3) The XP-300 is a famous concept car and was recently shown at the Pebble Beach Concours. Thankfully it has survived. -Mike |
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http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8159/7...0fcfe901_o.jpg 1948 Buick Streamliner by Norman E. Timbs The one and only 1948 Buick Streamliner by Norman E. Timbs. It's a shame that this lady was abandoned in the desert for almost 40 years. image from motors: a car you'd like in your garage http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8141/7...331c916c_o.jpg 1948 Buick Streamliner by Norman E. Timbs III Until someone came along and lovingly rebuilt and restored it. Image © Peter Harholdt for Amelia Island Concours, Gary & Diane Cerveny Collection http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7107/7...d8ef5720_o.jpg 1948 Buick Streamliner by Norman E. Timbs II http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7131/7...ea5f7a8e_o.jpg 1948 Buick Streamliner by Norman E_ Timbs (7) Norman Timbs was a Los Angeles based auto designer who hand built the Buick Roadster and lived to see it resurrected. |
Wow...what a beautiful car. I would love to see that restored on the History Channel.
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