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In 1931 Lee was granted a license to begin experimental television broadcasts with station W6XAO in Los Angeles. The station later became KTSL, KNXT and is currently KCBS-TV. On December 23, 1931, W6XAO went on the air from the eighth-floor transmitter at Seventh and Bixel streets, Los Angeles, at 44 1/2 megacycles, to broadcast one hour daily except Sundays. Later Lee bought the 20 acre ''Mount Lee'' site. The secret key was to get your TV transmitter as high as possible. From what I've read, television was broadcasting in Los Angeles before WW II. It only operated a few hours per day and most of the TV's were in stores, wealthy homes, bars and hotels. The beginning of WWII put LA TV on hiatus until the end of the War. Secondly, I don't agree that Noirish LA thread is ''inane". LA, day and night, any year, any time is the definition of noirish. I don't like every post on this thread but so what....that's life. I don't expect people to always post what I like. |
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Do some people want something for participating?? If you don't like a post ...skip it read the ones you like by the people you like...Whats wrong with people ...how old where the people?? Someone stomping away ...and ..has to say .."I'm leaving" ..needs to grow up or get outside ...and step away from the computer..go live some life. ...Also the thing with.. out of state clocks ..or something....start another thread if you think its important ..if it is it will grow like this one did....This one already has its pace/groove.....and is not about clocks ...as you can see. Sorry for my venting ...but I'm just sick of these childish people when I read forms |
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HOT[EL] [W]HITTIER and a KISSEL
http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 April 1, 1913 http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/single...d/13452/rec/64 http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 |
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I imagine the objection must have to do with a gradual broadening of the scope here. I guess we exhausted the ready sources of noir photographs and information some time ago, so new information has gotten hard to find. It seems only natural, then, that the scope should broaden to include the history of the entire LA area, with emphasis on the built environment, of course. I would certainly hate to see the thread end; we're having way too much fun! I'm truly sorry you've had to deal with this, and I hope these incidents prove to be isolated. |
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Location, unknown. Does the answer possibly lie with the bottom of this electric sign? Area looks elevated. Some "hill" downtown?:shhh:
http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 February 1929 http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/single.../28511/rec/865 At these prices, everyone needs a waffle iron, even if it is made by Westinghouse (rather than GE). The orange juice set seals the deal. If you can wait a few months . . . prices will precipitously drop. http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/single.../28510/rec/858 |
Construction of Glendale Airport in 1929. Grand Opening in February. Future looks bright.
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Maybe the data mining has become varied after 1,200 pages, but there is still so much more yet to be discovered. The thread is free, and people can come and go as they please. But do check in every now and then - there's always something new to learn about Los Angeles history. |
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Proposition 10, 1938
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http://librarysource.uchastings.edu/..._pdf/1938g.pdf Arguments against stated that this "vicious act...will result in the ruination of several miles of the finest public beach in the State" Huntington Beach was already pretty packed with derricks by this time - here's a photo from the 20's of Clay and Alabama Streets, about a mile and a half from the beach. http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...ps88e893a2.jpg The ballot was defeated but it didn't stop the Great Pacific Coast Highway Fire of 1949. Even today Goldenwest Street and the PCH is the south end of a huge, mile-long strip of oil infrastructure owned by Aera Energy and Occidental Petroleum. http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...ps88742a53.jpg In 1949, though, it was a "nightmarish three-and-a-half days of horror when the gas in a well at Goldenwest Street and Pacific Coast Highway caught fire. That fire lit up the sky and could be seen as far away as Catalina Island as the flames of the devil's torch reached skyward for 150 feet. The fire started as gas came up to the surface and was accidentally ignited. Saturday came and went, the steel 100-foot derrick above the well had now melted and fell across Pacific Coast Highway. There were hundreds of onlookers by now to contend with, and traffic up Beach Boulevard caused a heavy jam that was 1 1/2 miles long. Flames reached 150 feet into the air, and the intense heat was as if hell had surfaced. It began melting the asphalt pavement of Pacific Coast Highway and warping the Pacific Electric tracks." The Huntington Independent Anyone got a photo? All those onlookers and no cameras? |
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Anyone witness this?:rolleyes: 1924 http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/single...d/4019/rec/725 http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 |
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How long does ice cream keep? 1925 - 1001 North Mansfield, Hollywood http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/single...d/3873/rec/693 http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 |
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If people want to move on it's never wise to try and change their mind as they'll end up doing what they want to in any case, so I'd just thank them for their many contributions and tell them the door is always open for a welcome return. |
Current location of Pasadena Fwy.
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1930 - 1746 East Colorado Blvd., Pasadena. Perfect place for a Market Basket Grocery store. Pistachio sounds pretty good right now.
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The only picture I've found of the 1949 fire is in a book called Huntington Beach, California by Chris Epting. Someone sold a couple of negatives of the fire on eBay in 2012, but while the listing survives, the pictures have gone. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...CHFire1949.jpg books.google.com |
May 1919. Per source: Mack trucks on Hill Street. (Exact address unknown?)
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