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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...TopSecret1.jpg Paramount I thought they might have filmed this scene somewhere near LA, but, according to the directors' commentary, this is a popular misconception. It was actually filmed in Cornwall, England, on what they described as "the one sunny day in Newquay!" http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...TopSecret2.jpg Paramount |
We're back on Vermont for this Bank of America. It was at 3021 S Vermont Avenue. The Julius Shulman photoset is "Job 1557: Bank of America (Los Angeles, Calif.),1953".
Now's the time for JELL-O! http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original I thought I remembered a previous mention of Alexander's Market, but the only reference I could find was about the one in Glendale. On the right of the store is a Van de Kamp's Bakery windmill. The market and bakery are both listed at 3029 S Vermont in the 1956 CD. I like the sign, but that frontage doesn't look very inviting at street level. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original La Tosca Theatre and La Tosca Cleaners were at 2930 and 2924 S Vermont respectively. Just past Alexander's Market is another Thrifty - there nearly always seems to be one about four stores to the left of Bank of America! http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...6.jpg~original All from Getty Research Institute The Safeway building, the Bank of America building and the little building in between are all still standing, but Alexander's has gone. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...7.jpg~original GSV Going back to the first Shulman picture, I wondered what was on the medallion over the door. A close-up in GSV shows a sailing ship. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...8.jpg~original GSV |
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http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/537/G0iU2v.jpg Gary Cooper http://duuplex.com/work/book-design/...in-kodachrome/ Hoss, I came across this colorful image of Gary Cooper last night. When I saw your 'medallion' this morning, I was like "Hmmmm...that looks familiar. __ |
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originally posted by Beaudry http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...909/baItzp.jpg :previous: Wow! Thanks so much for sharing this with us Beaudry. After careful study ;), I'd say the padded doors were Claret http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...661/MSc8HM.jpg https://www.flickr.com/photos/41929062@N04/3919874405 __ |
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Child star Tommy Rettig playing with Lassie. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...910/KtPhzr.jpg old file of mind / possibly eBay I've been trying to figure out where this was taken. The grassy area appears to be lower (sunken) than the surrounding area. Here's the rooftop sign enlarged....and I still can't read it. I tried flipping the image (since this was originally a slide)...but that didn't help either. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...673/o5WKo0.pnghttp://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...673/s8iwI6.png <--original / flipped--> :previous: It kinda' looks like a face. lol __ |
We've seen a lot of crashes on NLA, but I don't believe we've seen this one. (I double checked)
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...910/WyuET7.jpg Tow Truck Web Site http://tow411.yuku.com/forums/92/Vin...t#.VdytBPZVhBc "A-1 Garage pulling one out of a storefront, Normandie Ave. at Fountain in Hollywood on June 29th 1951. Located at 38th and Broadway. and operating about 20 trucks, A-1 Garage was the King of heavy duty towing in L.A. before Continental Towing opened shop in 1958. The mechanics at A-1 were union, but when the drivers wanted to unionize as well, the owner decided to quit the towing business." and today / the building still stands http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...903/GdFpDD.png gsv I'm outta' town for a few days. Have fun everyone! __ |
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http://www.people.com/people/archive...100400,00.html Once I saw Tommy on the street where I used to live. He was sitting in a shiny convertible car waiting for a street parade to begin. This was approx. 1955. As I rode by on my bike I noticed he was a good looking 13 year old. There was only an older woman with him...she may have been his mother. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psalrzuipc.jpg pdxretro Hey Hoss C....you found that sign..!!!! |
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Thanks for the link, Graybeard. Here are a couple of the other images from the set. The trainer is Rudd Weatherwax. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...LassieCBS1.jpg www.richardcmiller.com http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...LassieCBS2.jpg www.richardcmiller.com |
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https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-e...2/DSC04876.JPG It's on the front of the Bank of America on Figueroa at Roselawn Place (between avenues 55 and 56). The ship is the USS Portsmouth. According to Wikipedia, the founder of Bank of Italy (which became B of A) chose it as an emblem of the company in recognition of the ship's role in securing San Francisco (where Bank of Italy was founded) during the Mexican-American war in 1846. |
James Dean, Richard C Miller "Giant" photo set
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Tour of the UA Theater
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If anyone is interested and in LA, on September 10 , the California Preservation Foundation is sponsoring a tour of the 1927 United Artists Theater Building, now the Ace Hotel, 5:30-7:00pm, led by one of the people who worked on the recent restoration. It's free if you're a CPF member, or $10 otherwise. There's full info here, or direct link to the on-line registration here. You can also call them up @ 415-495-0349 (based in San Francisco). |
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I am curious about the address 5454 Wilshire Blvd., before it was part of what we now call Miracle Mile. Numerous sources hold that this was Marilyn Monroe's first known address - as an infant in 1926. See e.g., http://www.everlasting-star.net/boards/?showtopic=11779 and http://www.cursumperficio.net/FicheAB3.html We are told that "in the early 1920s, Wilshire Boulevard west of Western Avenue was an unpaved farm road, extending through dairy farms and bean fields." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_Mile,_Los_Angeles The below images seem to bear this out. The earliest recorded building permit for 5454 W seems to have been obtained in 1936. (In 1939, the address was used by Nisley Shoe Co.) The 1923 CD lists a J.J. Vallicella at 5454 Wilshire, confirming that a structure existed there, but what kind of structure was it? In 1926 or earlier, was 5454 Wilshire a glorified farm house or home for oil roughnecks? Quote:
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Since Marilyn moved within a year, it is doubtful that any of the below images were actually of the Wilshire address. Maybe someone will see something that alters this conclusion. A purported image taken at 5454 Wilshire around 1926. Another source is probably far more accurate dating the image to 1933. :shrug: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...72f37f35dc.jpghttps://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...72f37f35dc.jpg 1926 - "A rare visit of[sic] Gladys" http://www.thisismarilyn.com/artwork...2-original.jpghttp://www.thisismarilyn.com/artwork...2-original.jpg More here: http://sugarkane.canalblog.com/album...ant/index.html http://p4.storage.canalblog.com/45/1...5/17220505.jpghttp://p4.storage.canalblog.com/45/1...5/17220505.jpg Per source: "Norma Jeane with her mother Gladys, her aunt Ida Monroe and Ida's daughter, 1928" https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...656563c429.jpghttps://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...656563c429.jpg 15 year old Norma Jean, circa 1941 http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/73...5c378bde03.jpghttp://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/73...5c378bde03.jpg I suppose Marilyn fans may find this list of her residences interesting. I offer no opinion as to authenticity, accuracy or completeness. 5454 Wilshire Blvd Los Angeles, CA 1926 459 E Rhode Island St Hawthorne, CA 1926-32 Los Angeles Orphans Home 815 N El Centro Ave Hollywood, CA 1935-37 6707 Odessa Ave Van Nuys, CA 1937 14743 Archwoods St Van Nuys, CA 1937 6707 Odessa Ave Van Nuys, CA 1938 11348 Nebraska Ave. Sawtelle, CA 1938-41 6707 Odessa Ave. Van Nuys, CA 1941-42 11348 Nebraska Ave. Sawtelle, CA 1942 4524 Vista Del Monte St. Sherman Oaks, CA 1942 14747 Archwood St. Van Nuys, CA 1943 11348 Nebraska Ave. Sawtelle, CA 1945-46 Studio Club 1215 N Lodi St Hollywood, CA 1946-47 131 South Avon St. Burbank, CA 1947 El Palaccio Apts. 8491-8499 Fountain Ave West Hollywood, CA 1947-48 Bel Air Hotel 701 Stone Canyon Rd Beverly Hills, CA 1948 Beverly Carlton Hotel 9400 W Olympic Blvd Beverly Hills, CA 1948 Studio Club 1215 N Lodi St Hollywood, CA 1948-49 141 South Carolwood Dr. Holmby Hills, CA 1949 718 North Palm Dr. Beverly Hills, CA 1950 1309 Harper Ave. West Hollywood, CA 1950-51 Beverly Carlton Hotel 9400 W Olympic Blvd Beverly Hills, CA 1951 3539 Kelton Way West Los Angeles, CA 1951 611 North Crescent Dr. Beverly Hills, CA 1951-52 1121 Hilldale Ave. West Hollywood, CA 1952 Beverly Carlton Hotel 9400 W Olympic Blvd Beverly Hills, CA 1952 Bel Air Hotel 701 Stone Canyon Rd Beverly Hills, CA 1952 Outpost Estates 2393 Castilian Dr Hollywood Hills, CA 1952 Beverly Hills Hotel 9641 W Sunset Blvd Beverly Hills, CA 1952-53 882 North Doheny Dr Beverly Hills, CA 1953-54 2150 Beach St San Francisco, CA 1954 508 North Palm Dr Beverly Hills, CA 1954 8336 Delongpre Ave Hollywood, CA 1954 Voltaire Apartments 1424 N Crescent Heights West Hollywood, CA 1954 The Milton Greene Home Fanton Hill Rd Weston, CT 1954-55 Waldorf Astoria Hotel 301 Park Ave New York, NY 1955 Sutton Place Apartment 2 Sutton Pl New York, NY 1955-56 Roxbury Farm Home Roxbury, CT 1956-1960 Parkside House Estate Egham, England 1956 Amagansett Retreat Amagansett, Long Island, NY 1957-58 Fifty Seventh St. Apt. 444 E 57 St New York, NY 1957-62 Beverly Hills Hotel 9641 W Sunset Blvd Beverly Hills, CA 1958-60 The Mapes Hotel 30 N Virginia St Reno, NV 1960 The Holiday Hotel 111 Mill St Reno, NV 1960 Beverly Hills Hotel 9641 W Sunset Blvd Beverly Hills, CA 1961 882 North Doheny Dr Beverly Hills, CA 1961-62 12305 Fifth Helena Dr Brentwood, CA 1962 http://marilynmonroepages.com/facts.html |
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