Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 6819770)

I just came across this slide on ebay. The seller says it's from her deceased father's collection, and that he might have taken the photograph himself in 1962.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/LAMTA-Los-An...item418af7043a

So.....does anyone recognize the location? I want to check out what this T intersection looks like today. (at least I think it's a T intersection)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/746/19hx6m.jpg
http://www.ebay.com/itm/LAMTA-Los-An...item418af7043a

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 6819770)

I just came across this slide on ebay. The seller says it's from her deceased father's collection, and that he might have taken the photograph himself in 1962.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/LAMTA-Los-An...item418af7043a

So.....does anyone recognize the location? I want to check out what this T intersection looks like today. (at least I think it's a T intersection)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/746/19hx6m.jpg
http://www.ebay.com/itm/LAMTA-Los-An...item418af7043a
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Originally Posted by Beaudry (Post 6816570)

Soooo, because we're batting a thousand already, here's another mystery photo (heck, maybe this'll become a regular feature, like on Larry Harnisch's Dairly Mirror!)...

I picked this up with another image, probably taken at the same time (clipped from the same album, same paper and photography, etc.) and that image was of the oft-photographed 221 S Olive on Bunker Hill, so one assumes the image below is near downtown.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7564/...da2b0b98_o.jpg

A million thanks (in advance) to whomever can help with this one. And two nights' stay in the Ambassador!

Originally Posted by Tetsu (Post 6819886)

I think the mystery of this house may still be afoot. I saw that rickm suggested it may be 235 S. Olive, but there's a few things I can't reconcile in my mind for that.

First off, the 200 S. block of Olive had a noticeable downward slope as it moved north toward 2nd Street. This is quite noticeable when you see the many pictures of the Baer House at 221 S. Olive:

https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/73...90/62/dlk3.jpghttp://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/c...id/6283/rec/43

The house that is supposed to be at 235 S. Olive seems to be situated on perfectly flat ground. Additionally, this circa 1900 panoramic view of Bunker Hill doesn't seem to show any house that looks like the one from Beaudry's photo:

http://i1312.photobucket.com/albums/...ps23641847.jpgUSC

I circled the the Baer house in red, so 235 S. Olive should be a few doors to the left. Of course, there's the possibility the house in question hadn't been built yet when this photo was taken, but that still doesn't explain the lack of any perceptible slope in Beaudry's photo. Then again, there's this:

http://i1312.photobucket.com/albums/...ps54501731.jpgmy file

This is a drawing that was done when the WPA was surveying the area to do that huge model of Los Angeles. The bottom line of buildings is the west side of the 200 block of S. Olive, where you can see the Baer house, fourth building from the right. Two houses to the left, there's a house whose address could conceivably be 235 S., and it does sort of match Beaudry's photo, at least in that you see a two-story house with a turret at the right corner of its facade. Other details seem to be different though - wider facade, hipped roof instead of gabled. Could be a remodeling though.

All this is to say - what do you guys think? I'm thoroughly perplexed.

Originally Posted by HossC (Post 6818222)

The house belonged to George Zobelein (of Maier & Zobelein's Brewery fame). The picture below dates from 1925 (11 years before the aerial above), and its description says "Exterior view of the Zobelein residence on Figueroa, opposite Exposition Park." As far as I can tell from the 1921 Baist map, the grounds used to extend to Figueroa, hence the difference in addresses. It's right on the corner of four different maps, so I'll see if I can stitch something together. The inset is from the 1936 CD (the same date as the aerial). The house had already been replaced by the current building by 1948 (looking at Historic Aerials).

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...leinHouse2.jpg
LAPL

Originally Posted by latimes.com

Crane removes iconic KTLA radio tower for renovation and relocation
KTLA tower

By Samantha Masunaga

The iconic KTLA-5 tower, which stood watch at the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Van Ness Street for more than 60 years, was dismantled Monday morning, piece by piece, so that it could be restored and relocated.

The radio tower will be moved to its original location at Sunset Bronson Studios in Hollywood sometime in early 2015, after structural retrofitting and renovation, according to KTLA-TV.

The move clears the way for construction of a 14-story office building that will include additional production facilities for current and future tenants on the lot, according to a press release from Hudson Pacific Properties, which owns the property where the tower stood for more than half a century.

KTLA employees watched as workers climbed the 160-foot steel skeleton, and a crane lifted the top part of the tower with the four yellow call letters – KTLA -- leaving behind the bottom portion with the station's channel number, 5.

For KTLA reporter Ginger Chan, the tower is more than just the station’s marquee. Chan's mother worked at a junior high school located off the 101 Freeway, and Chan said she saw the tower frequently while growing up and associated it with her mother’s work.

Now, her 3-year-old son sees the tower and knows it's where his mother works, Chan said.

“It brings back memories of my mom working and something that we identified as our childhood,” Chan said. “And it's something that will be part of his childhood and his growing up.”

“When you are driving up or down the 101, you see that tower, you know where you are,” said longtime KTLA reporter Eric Spillman. “To see it taken apart and moved, people are going to feel like something's missing.”

The KTLA tower was erected in 1925, and was one of two radio towers that served Warner Bros.' affiliate radio station, KFWB.

The second tower was permanently removed in 1950, and the other was transferred to its current site. KTLA moved to the property in 1955, and added its call letters to the structure, said Bob Maslen, studio engineer for KTLA.

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 6818265)

:previous: I have to say....that's a pretty interesting guess CityBoyDoug.

My guess is much less imaginative. I was thinking more along the lines of a water-wheel/grinding stone for a mill.




Here's a larger view.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/746/NpukeO.jpg

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 6819531)

A few days ago I posted a rather bizarre postcard of a man in a bowler hat floating down to Los Angeles.

Now I've found another postcard that has me a bit bewildered.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/673/4yL2dj.jpg
ebay

What does this even mean!?

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 6819629)

Here's an excellent photograph showing a group of day-trippers enjoying the sun and sand at Venice Beach in the 1920s.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/674/3BoGqX.jpgebay

I've never seen the umbrella's with 'Venice Bath House' written on them before. -pretty cool.


Here's the whole photograph.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...661/yVmutI.jpgebay

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Originally Posted by Albany NY (Post 6819867)

Good catch, Casey! I was barking up the wrong tree trying to track the Friars. But I did get some juicy gossip about Bilkiss Drugs. According to the May 16, 1949 issue of the Long Beach Independent, brothers Ben Louis Bilkiss and Daniel Bilkiss were named in a complaint regarding 9,000 missing "hypnotic and stimulating" pills.

http://imageshack.com/a/img905/6946/UI5uuN.jpgwww.newspaperarchive.com

I came up empty when searching for any resolution to the charges. It seems that at least one of the brothers did fairly well in life. Older brother Ben Louis (1906-1987) apparently lived out his final days living in Beverly Hills. Younger brother Daniel (1908-1974) is a bit more of a mystery. I can't find any other info on the Bilkiss Drug Co. Anyone else want to try?

Originally Posted by so-cal-bear (Post 6820406)

Why in the world would you wear a suit and even a tie to go to the , well today, the tackiest of all Los Angeles attractions. Venice Beach? I suppose the style of the time. No suntan lotion needed here, that's for sure.

Originally Posted by so-cal-bear (Post 6820401)

Hoss, do your job and put a bowler hat and a green apple on this beast! ;)

Seriously, what the hell?

Originally Posted by so-cal-bear (Post 6820406)

Why in the world would you wear a suit and even a tie to go to the, well today, the tackiest of all Los Angeles attractions. Venice Beach? I suppose the style of the time. No suntan lotion needed here, that's for sure.

Originally Posted by C. King (Post 6819815)

Check out 708 S. Vermont Ave. I believe the Apt building behind it is the Leemont Apts. Deduced this from a street sign just to the left of the Drug Company. The photo is looking south east from the northwest corner of 7th & Vermont. The spires in the background are from the First Unitarian Church, located on 8th St.. Church dates back to the mid '20s per Wiki. Friars down the street, is on the corner of Leeward Ave.

Hope that helps,

Casey