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GaylordWilshire Mar 14, 2014 12:33 AM

http://i.imgur.com/4HjLlhk.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/OroTAix.jpg


We've seen the Zamboanga here before, but have we seen these shots? It was at 3838 West Slauson.


http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=10431

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=10431

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=10437


Pics jalopyjournal.com

Krell58 Mar 14, 2014 12:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flyingwedge (Post 6493203)

I really like these two, I spent a lot of time there playing LA Noire.:)

GaylordWilshire Mar 14, 2014 12:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 6493113)
lol:laugh: I got all sweaty because I thought I had messed up again.

Were you able to find that teeny tiny parachutist?

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ER: Have I found the plane and the 'chutist?

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-5...esfieldred.jpg

Tetsu Mar 14, 2014 12:56 AM

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 6493259)
Here is another home by Locke & Munsell. I believe this is my favorite of theirs.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...0/607/gjz3.jpgebay

above: I really like how the chimney on the right disappears into the building before emerging from the roof.



detail
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/27/higr.jpg
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Tetsu, I meant to compliment earlier on your find in Lincoln Heights.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...0/585/4p5h.jpg
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/22/yrnx.jpg
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=20083

Thanks, e_r! Really was nothing but pure luck. All the same, glad I was able to locate it.

----

I wish we had addresses on all of these great old Pasadena homes you've been finding, e_r. I figure they're all long gone, but even if there was one or two still standing in an altered condition, it would be cool to know they're not all completely vanished.

Chuckaluck Mar 14, 2014 1:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Martin Pal (Post 6493307)

All 4 corners of Beverly and Fairfax have been posted in the last page or two and, unless it's those buildings right near Herbert's, it doesn't look like it's right on the corner.

In the postcard you posted: X
…and in the following photo that HossC posted, I think it's likely the gas station is on the left side of the picture (below) almost halfway up the photo on Fairfax Avenue, closer to Third Street, running along the bottom, and the Farmer's Market.

:tup:


Another Beverly-Fairfax puzzlement? Do any of the aerial photos depict this expansive enterprise? No reason for the recently discussed solitary Gilmore Station to coexist with this.

Several prior posts also included photos of Gilmore's self-serve station. See e.g.,http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=11613 and http://www.skyscraperpage.com/forum/...ostcount=19396



Per DWP:
Quote:

Gilmore Self-Service Station located on the south side of Beverly Boulevard east of Fairfax Avenue. View is looking west toward Fairfax. The Fairfax Theater sign (northwest corner of Fairfax and Beverly) is seen above and behind the Gilmore sign. The tower sign for Herberts Drive-In Restaurant (southeast corner of Fairfax and Beverly) can barely be made out in the upper left of photo. CBS Television City would be built at this corner in 1952.
http://waterandpower.org/Historical%...ce_Station.jpghttp://waterandpower.org/Historical%...ce_Station.jpg




http://i0.wp.com/pc-triage.com/blog/...size=600%2C600


http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...GNQRLS7VTM.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...GNQRLS7VTM.jpg



http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics35/00067272.jpghttp://jpg3.lapl.org/pics35/00067272.jpg

This site also describes the location as Beverly and Fairfax with a '48 date: http://pc-triage.com/blog/?p=1332 Some images from the site:

http://i1.wp.com/pc-triage.com/blog/...size=600%2C600
http://i2.wp.com/pc-triage.com/blog/...size=600%2C600
http://i1.wp.com/pc-triage.com/blog/...it=1200%2C1200
http://i0.wp.com/pc-triage.com/blog/...it=1200%2C1200


May 21, 1953 - Picket line at Television City. After a long day on the line, relax at the Singapore Spa?
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics34/00036782.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/pics34/00036781.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/pics34/00036781.jpg

Chuckaluck Mar 14, 2014 1:49 AM

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 6493041)

-so what was located at 7315 Melrose Avenue?
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/320...0/834/7667.jpg

Not certain I have an answer but if you are looking for a different cuisine:

1939 - 7351 Beverly Blvd. - Katinka Russian Restaurant
http://jpg1.lapl.org/00101/00101650.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/00101/00101650.jpg

BifRayRock Mar 14, 2014 2:25 AM




Another shot of Beverly meets Fairfax? Was everyone aware that there was a Grove Market in '31 at this location?

West of the BF intersection, looking east. A continuation of the Miniature Golf Craze. http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=13536 and http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=13569

1931 - http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...d/17409/rec/16

http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...%20&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...%20&DMROTATE=0
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Vestigial Oil Derrick?


http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...%20&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...%20&DMROTATE=0
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Richfield at North Edinburgh Ave. and Beverly Blvd. - look carefully and you will see another advertising statue. http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=7727
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...%20&DMROTATE=0
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...%20&DMROTATE=0





ProphetM Mar 14, 2014 2:52 AM

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Originally Posted by HossC (Post 6492023)
Martin, I'm sure I remember a great ground-level picture earlier in this thread that showed the stadium and field, but I can't find it. Below I've labeled a 1948 aerial picture of the area. Gilmore Stadium mainly hosted football and midget car racing, while Gilmore Field was for baseball.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original
Historic Aerials

All that's left today is the Farmers Market, although South Gilmore Lane acts as a reminder to the past.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original
Google Maps

I am intrigued by the C-shaped building at the bottom right of Gilmore Stadium. In addition to the farmer's market, this building and the foliage that surrounds it also remain from the old photo to the new. Zooming in on Google Maps, it is still marked as A.F. Gilmore Co.; is that an administration building for the Farmer's Market? There may be one or two small buildings around it that are also as old.

BifRayRock Mar 14, 2014 2:55 AM






The Regent on West Sixth and Park View Streets (Too gloomy to survive?) - http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...d/17409/rec/16



1931
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BifRayRock Mar 14, 2014 3:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ProphetM (Post 6493532)
I am intrigued by the C-shaped building at the bottom right of Gilmore Stadium. In addition to the farmer's market, this building and the foliage that surrounds it also remain from the old photo to the new. Zooming in on Google Maps, it is still marked as A.F. Gilmore Co.; is that an administration building for the Farmer's Market? There may be one or two small buildings around it that are also as old.




You may be referring to the Gilmore Adobe. http://hiddenlosangeles.com/game-what-lies-beneath-2/


http://jpg1.lapl.org/00081/00081442.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/00081/00081442.jpg
http://jpg1.lapl.org/00081/00081441.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/00081/00081441.jpg




BifRayRock Mar 14, 2014 3:25 AM





Wilshire and 9th Street (SM?)

1931
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...fax&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...fax&DMROTATE=0
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ethereal_reality Mar 14, 2014 3:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GaylordWilshire (Post 6493344)
ER: Have I found the plane and the 'chutist?

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-5...esfieldred.jpg

Yep, you passed your eye exam GW.
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rlrdrken Mar 14, 2014 3:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flyingwedge (Post 6261022)
Here's er's photo again; it looks like there's something in the street inside the red square:
http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...psa0adc837.jpg

Here's a closer look at the same area from another photo:
http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...ps25fd7988.jpg
USC Digital Library -- http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...d/3936/rec/224

Was this a fountain? It reminds me a little of Lotta's Fountain in San Francisco.

It's a Horse Fountain

BifRayRock Mar 14, 2014 3:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Martin Pal (Post 6493307)
…and in the following photo that HossC posted, I think it's likely the gas station is on the left side of the picture (below) almost halfway up the photo on Fairfax Avenue, closer to Third Street, running along the bottom, and the Farmer's Market.







I think you're on to something!



http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...d/21797/rec/11

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ProphetM Mar 14, 2014 3:49 AM

Yup, that must be it. Thanks!

Joe Gillis Mar 14, 2014 7:48 AM

I notice all the GILMORE signs have the same 'S' shaped pattern within the 'O' is there any significance to this?

Flyingwedge Mar 14, 2014 8:46 AM

NE corner Los Angeles and Winston
 
For many years it was home to the Excelsior Laundry. The LA County Assessor says the building dates to 1895. Here it is on January 1, 1907, behind the two small houses:
http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...5.jpg~original
USC Digital Library -- http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co.../id/1482/rec/7

1933:
http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...3.jpg~original
USC Digital Library -- http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...d/36118/rec/11

Detail:
http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...7.jpg~original

http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...d.jpg~original
GSV

Detail:
http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...d.jpg~original
GSV

Hard-to-read 1894 Sanborn; 3rd floor is unfinished:
http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...d.png~original
LAPL

Easier-to-read 1906 Sanborn; note barn at bottom:
http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...b.jpg~original
LAPL

Why they needed the barn:
http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...c.jpg~original
LAPL -- http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics48/00073856.jpg

GaylordWilshire Mar 14, 2014 1:28 PM

Stillmore on the Gilmore...


It looks to me like after it was at the southeast corner of Beverly & Fairfax that it may have been moved south on Fairfax, with Herbert's Drive-In replacing it at the Beverly corner. Notice also what appear to be Beverly/Fairfax street signs...


https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-f...2520AM.bmp.jpg

The building at right is the one indicated by the red arrow below...


https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-g...FAIRARROWS.jpg


https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5...2520AM.bmp.jpg

You can see the stadium behind the station when it was at 7870 Beverly...


https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-5...2520AM.bmp.jpg

If the station was picked up and moved down Fairfax (and not a new one), it was turned 90 degrees.

In city directories, V. L. Anderson, whose name appears on the station at 7870 Beverly, becomes merely a "gas sta atdt" by 1939...no indication if he may have moved with the building.


Perhaps there were other branches in areas not covered by the L.A. CD (and perhaps we've seen them here), but in the 1942 edition there is only one Herbert's listed, at 7870 Beverly Blvd... .

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-U...0/herbets2.jpghttps://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-8.../herberts1.jpg
jalopyjournal.com

HossC Mar 14, 2014 2:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GaylordWilshire (Post 6493999)

It looks to me like after it was at the southeast corner of Beverly & Fairfax that it may have been moved south on Fairfax, with Herbert's Drive-In replacing it at the Beverly corner.

I think you're right, GW. Here's a close-up from one of the USC pictures I posted yesterday which shows the location near the Farmers Market from a different angle.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...LAGilmore6.jpg

CityBoyDoug Mar 14, 2014 2:45 PM

A simpler and slower era....
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by HossC (Post 6493263)
It looks like the pylon and circle are from the 1928 National Air Races:



The caption for the picture below says: "The 1928 National Air Races at Mines Field. Note the large crowd in the stands and the rows of parked cars behind and to the right. Photo is dated Sept. 15, 1928."

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...Fields1928.jpg
blogs.dailybreeze.com/Los Angeles World Airports

I wonder how many people would show up for an air race today? When I was four years old it was the greatest joy to see a steam engine train pull in to the station. All of that seems so quaint today.

In the photo above we see thousands of people mesmerized to see these slow moving planes fly by.

My grandmother used to tell of the thrill of riding in an automobile in 1910.


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