Originally Posted by JeffDiego (Post 6385281)

RE: The 1920's photos of crowds at an amusement park...
This comment and "personal observation" is from someone who is certainly not as "svelte" as when I was younger, and who has family members battling overweight. I always notice in these old photos of groups of people that generally NOT ONE PERSON could be called obese. Virtually everyone is slim, especially anyone who appears to be younger than 40. The occasional person who is mildly "husky" or "portly" is usually middle-aged or older. What an amazing contrast to all of the hefty and even enormous people in any typical group or crowd scene today.

Originally Posted by OutlawImages (Post 6383904)

Hello all I am in need of help enlarging and sharpening a photo. I was not sure if it was acceptable to post for this assistance but ethereal_reality says you members here would be supportive and most likely could help me

It is not a LA related image but is a older image from the 1940s that I am trying to read the street signs to verify a location for a research project.

I as a photographer have used Photoshop but not in this area and just dont seem to know which adjustments to use to enlarge and not pix-elate it

And I see you guys here enlarge some amazing images to huge proportions and make things legible

If you might be willing to help please PM me and I can get an address to email image?

Thanks in advance to any help and thanks to the members for patience and understanding with my post

Brian

Originally Posted by Those Who Squirm (Post 6384811)

I couldn't figure this out until I saw this L.A. Times article, nor did I know she was a designer. It doesn't look like a retail store. But now having seen the article, it's easy to make out the tops and bottoms of women's swimsuits behind the frosted glass.


This building is 10341 Venice Boulevard, on the NE corner of Motor Avenue and Venice.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3806/1...d0cbe4c6_z.jpg
(Snip from GSV)

Both it and the building with the three little shops directly east of it are still there, although the latter has apparently been annexed to the surplus store and the individual store entrances walled off. It's been a surplus store as far back as I can remember; I think we once came here for some camping supplies sometime around 1970.


According to this article on the Expo Construction Authority's website,



I don't want to quote too much directly, but it goes on to describer a number of interesting architectural details which you can read in the link. It also seems curious that the ECA is writing about something relatively far from the route, but I unfortunately doubt that it's because they're thinking of putting the Venice Short Line back in.

You can still see the polished granite paving with the bank's name just outside the entrance. There was some good reason I wasn't able to compose the shot better or get a decent vantage point, but I don't remember what that was.

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2890/1...12182e69_z.jpg
(Own work)

The other former post office on Motor was apparently built in 1950, according to county property records, so it seems safe to assume this was probably the post office until just before then.

ETA: 20:57 I see now where you have already mentioned the bank, but now we have a picture of the paving as well.

Originally Posted by GaylordWilshire (Post 5875543)

:previous:

According to the LAPL, it was once a branch of the Security-First National Bank and later became the Palms Station of the US Post Office.

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According to this, it was built by a predecessor of Security-First:

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-e...2520PM.bmp.jpg


PS There is more info on the origins of Citizens State if you google Clarence E. Coe and the history of Sawtelle.

Originally Posted by CityBoyDoug (Post 6385323)

The reason may be that food was not as processed then as it is now. Plus, the ubiquitous use of High Fructose Corn syrup in 2013 is very dangerous one's health because is it already partially digested. Beet or cane sugar is costly to use in a product....HFCS is very low cost, a couple cents per item. The photo below is 7th street and Olive, LA, 1937...not many people in the photo but they look thin.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ps7d98538a.jpg
LAPLcollection

Originally Posted by Retired_in_Texas (Post 6385579)

One cannot discount the simple fact that in the 1930s, '40s, and '50s the nature of everyday living dictated a much more physically active lifestyle. Most mowed lawns with a simple reel type push mower, no dish washers, no TV sets to sit in front of hours on end, and folks were not compelled to mindlessly circle the block dozens of times looking for a parking spot right in front of a given businesses door, they actually parked and walked a few blocks if necessary. Eating in some sort of restaurant was not something most people did more than once a week if even that often, and at that time even restaurant food was nutritious and healthy.

Originally Posted by BifRayRock (Post 6121843)

Originally Posted by OutlawImages (Post 6385655)

Great Photo, looks to be in Houston,Tx in 1938

Actor Tom Mix in front of his 1937 Cord Phaeton
610 Capitol Avenue Houston Texas

Shop long gone at this point

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 6105121)

:previous: Interesting buildings lemster2024. I like that 'ghost' sign.
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(below) The sign on the wheel reads...

B & M Wheel Sirens
931 S. Main St.
L.A.

I like her gloves.
http://imageshack.us/a/img16/1977/aa...lsirens931.jpg
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/
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Originally Posted by OutlawImages (Post 6385655)

Great Photo, looks to be in Houston,Tx in 1938

Actor Tom Mix in front of his 1937 Cord Phaeton
610 Capitol Avenue Houston Texas

Shop long gone at this point

Originally Posted by Retired_in_Texas (Post 6385579)

One cannot discount the simple fact that in the 1930s, '40s, and '50s the nature of everyday living dictated a much more physically active lifestyle. Most mowed lawns with a simple reel type push mower, no dish washers, no TV sets to sit in front of hours on end, and folks were not compelled to mindlessly circle the block dozens of times looking for a parking spot right in front of a given businesses door, they actually parked and walked a few blocks if necessary. Eating in some sort of restaurant was not something most people did more than once a week if even that often, and at that time even restaurant food was nutritious and healthy.