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[source: kcet.org] KCET says this photo was taken in Redondo Beach in 1939. I see so many oil derricks in the distance that I question whether that's accurate.[/QUOTE] Quote:
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Has location ever been determined/confirmed? http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt367nc7pj/FID4http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt367nc7pj/FID4 |
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Beverly Park info: http://rcdb.com/5621.htm 1946 (Rhubarb. The La Cienega derrick is out of sight http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=7496) http://hollywoodhistoricphotos.ipowe...01946%20WM.jpghttp://hollywoodhistoricphotos.ipowe...01946%20WM.jpg 1949 http://hollywoodhistoricphotos.ipowe...%20CL%20WM.jpghttp://hollywoodhistoricphotos.ipowe...%20CL%20WM.jpg 1940 http://jpg1.lapl.org/00085/00085762.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/00085/00085762.jpg |
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Standard Oil Refinery, El Segundo, 1924 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ardOil1920.jpg wikipedia Here also is a shot of Playa Del Rey, much closer to Redondo and it, too, was covered in Oil Rigs http://www.kcet.org/updaily/socal_focus/CHS-37189.jpg California Historical Society Collection, USC Libraries. |
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Here's myself and my older brother at Beverly Park around 1947. To me as a child the place was strange and rather tacky. I guess ''driving'' was very serious. This picture has been seen before. Walt Disney took his daughters to Beverly Park. He abhorred it. From his distaste for the Park, he conceived the now world famous DisneyLands. I agree Walt....the place was unsavory. The rides were OK but the people who worked at the Park...good grief. The strange thing is that my first job after college was at the Rexall Company Headquarters seen in the photos above posted by Bif . I worked in the advertising department in another building but all of my records were kept at the Headquarters building seen in the photo. I had Health Insurance...$8 a month. Can you believe it? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psaajws7y4.jpg Personal album |
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Maybe this is Huntington Beach in the distance. |
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http://jpg1.lapl.org/00085/00085762.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/00085/00085762.jpg Incredible that we are looking North (here's a later shot of the same Derrick) and you can't see the mountains because of the smog. http://www.kcet.org/updaily/socal_focus/AAA-NG-5191.jpg Automobile Club of Southern California Collection. |
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Didn't the Hotel Nadeau actually have the first passenger elevator? If I recall correctly, the Amestoy was the first office building in town with an elevator. |
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Another vote for Huntington Beach here. |
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_____________________________________________________________ I'm not precisely sure where this photo was taken, but it's definitely the Redondo via Del Rey line. Each bracket arm that carries the trolley wire is hung from one pole but spans both tracks, and this arrangement was unique to this line. The Newport-Balboa line did have some beachfront right-of-way on a "shelf" adjacent to Pacific Coast Highway in Huntington Beach (now a bike path), but the trolley wire was suspended conventionally. -- HEH |
Mystery photo
Here is a picture I took late this Valentine's Day afternoon with my cell phone - any guesses where it was taken from :)? The crappy quality of the image is *almost* a feature, not a bug.
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A bouquet of landmarks, a question & thx
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I think it's the building behind the station. What is that building for anyway? I can't remember anything anymore. Ack, now I'm thinking about Geoff Palmer. One of his monstrosities is north of there isn't it? The station's block is getting so junked up. Quote:
tetsu and Beaudry, both these houses have come up in posts re the Athletic Model Guild, which shared the intersection with them. 1047 S Bonnie Brae (1890) is pretty much a disaster inside, although a bit better now. I actually know someone who lives there. Students will put up with anything. (1026 is nice too, but that's one other than your photo shows) 1047 and its neighbor to the south, 1053, are listed by the LA Conservancy in their Walking Tour brochure as having been moved from downtown. Is the Conservancy correct about this? I am fond of 1851 W 11th Street. It's lovely, although hard to see with the present landscaping. I've often thought it was odd that 1851 is slotted in behind 1047 & 1053, depriving them of backyards. https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-c...93821%2BPM.jpg google maps Here's an earlier pic of 1851, before those queen palms got so big: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-3...50255%2BPM.jpg city project Thank you e_r & HossC for the Amestoy Block pix. Perfect. |
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After seeing what appear to be several areas of moisture leaking from the base, and one kid drinking from a cup, I'm pretty much convinced now that's just an overly ornate public drinking fountain. Being across from a Catholic church, though, I had another possibility in mind, but I seriously doubt a gang of young ne'er-do-wells like these characters would be lining up at a holy water font to dip their fingers in it to make the Sign of the Cross. ;) Thanks for the photo, e_r! Scary bunch of roughnecks, though. Yikes. :runaway: |
Here are various photos of the field of oil derricks at Huntington Beach from the 'Photos of Los Angeles' group on Facebook. People post pictures to this group basically willy-nilly without giving credits, so with one exception, the link to my search will unfortunately have to suffice for the source.
https://otters.net/img/lanoir/109170...12364636_n.jpg Facebook-'Photos of Los Angeles' https://otters.net/img/lanoir/105055...33691905_n.jpg Facebook-'Photos of Los Angeles' https://otters.net/img/lanoir/103901...38209519_n.jpg Facebook-'Photos of Los Angeles' https://otters.net/img/lanoir/106040...93441864_o.jpg Facebook-'Photos of Los Angeles' https://otters.net/img/lanoir/107102...255_o_crop.jpg Phillips C. Kauke Photo, Phillips C. Kauke Collection, Stan Kistler Collection. (Image cropped for width.) |
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Sorry, I know this is kinda cheating, but... https://otters.net/img/lanoir/4HT1wNR_hilight.jpg Lorendoc |
Perhaps this has already been covered, but what exactly were "Boulevard Stops?" Signs saying Boulevard Stop have appeared here in numerous street photos from the 1920's through 40's. In the movie "Hollywood Canteen," (1944) a soldier new to Los Angeles is driving a woman home, and she says "Watch for the Boulevard Stops."
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