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I just found the following two slides on ebay.
"Kodachrome Original Slide Photo 400 W 7th St Los Angeles California 1950s" #1 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/7Fj9Rv.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/Kodachrome-O...IAAOSwmgJY6Iox Why was downtown Los Angeles so much busier then? Take for example the Brack Shops (shown above on the left) The Brack Shops consisted of. 11.....beauty shops. (only 5 do permanent waves) 2......tea rooms 2......architect offices 4......artists and art shops 3......chiropractors 2......chiropodists 1......corsetier (sp?) 3......dressmakers 2......embroidery shops 3......fur shops 1......golf shop 2......jewelers 1......millinery 1......notary 3......optometrists 1......patterns shop 1......photographer 4......physicians 3......ready to wear shops 1......shoes and hose shop :previous: All that in just ONE building shown in the slide. When I lived in L.A. probably 80% of the upper stories in the older buildings downtown were vacant. It was quite depressing :(. I seldom went down there. -- update: *The Brack Shops might have been in two bldgs. "Kodachrome Original Slide Photo 500 W 7th St Los Angeles California 1950s" OK, I have to admit. This slide doesn't look all that busy. #2 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...924/ebVJex.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/Kodachrome-O...3D272623120984 I can't place the hotel on the left.....anyone remember it's name? (did you notice the car with the luggage rack appears in both slides) _________ I realize we talked about this before, but.... Joan Crawford walks down this stretch of 7th Street and past the Brack Shops in the opening credits of 'Possessed' [1947] http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/8NCzxg.jpg http://dearoldhollywood.blogspot.com...locations.html Brack Shop listings http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=6122 |
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Thanks, tovangar2, I see it in the photo below clearly, now that I know what it is and, also, the gas station mentioned in the comment is in this photo. I still wasn't sure it said PLAYBOY in the color photo, but it does have that little "The" area right before "playboy" that you can see in the b&w photo, too, so I guess it is! The earliest I can find it in the CD's is 1962 (it's not in the 1960 or 1961 listings) and it's in the latest CD available, too, 1987! The address listed is 5347 Melrose Ave. Phone HO-92887. Quote:
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https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/f_...w=w605-h499-no bigmapblog The five-story hotel was a John Parkinson effort from 1905. In 1909 the Orena was advertised as "the best $1 a day hotel in Los Angeles" https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/nE...g=w767-h415-no HossC annotations on a LOC photo. Most early photos of the 1927 Roosevelt Building try to ignore the little hotel, here in ca 1938: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/0X...g=w798-h596-no lapl/herman schultheis ETA search term: Victoria Hotel |
:previous: That was fast t2 ;)
So it was originally the Hotel Orena. -Good to know. |
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The 1956 CD lists the Victoria Hotel at 703 W 7th Street. Here's a view of the Hope Street side in 1960. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original USC Digital Library |
:previous: That's an excellent find Hoss.
Is that magic-marker on the print (beneath 'Victorian Hotel')....I wonder why it's there? It looks like it's outlining where an advertisement is going to go. (or where one has been) |
Orena / Victoria Hotel
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I've just found this 1912 picture of the Hotel Victoria. Initially I thought it was a different building (no location is given), but the windows on the side line up perfectly. The 1912 CD lists the address as "7th nw cor Hope", with J L Duvall as proprietor. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original Huntington Digital Library |
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Orena / Victoria Hotel
That one's amazing Hoss! Talk about a change of scale. Sorry to keep then-and-nowing everyone, but I cannot resist when the "then" is this good (I guess it didn't register w/ me when BRR took us here before):
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gvs The hotel was still the "Orena" in 1910. I bet the 1912 photo was to celebrate the name change and new sign. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/1N...Q=w419-h524-no baist, 1910, plate 8 (detail) The replacement building went up in 1964. One more, 1933: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/n1...g=w519-h499-no usc/dickwittington (detail) Hoss, you showed us the Victoria before too |
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I thought that was your work Hoss!
Did 'Water & Power' give you credit? _ |
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Outside was one of his many wives that he hadn't bothered to divorce. We've seen him before on NLA. I think he was married to at least 3 or 4 women...simultaneously. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...pserzisdaz.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psrumwiu3p.jpg LATIMES |
I don't remember the earlier posts about this guy CBD.
Why did they call him DING DONG DADDY? (or should I be afraid to ask? ;)) |
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Because here's the "back door" just before the wreckers got it in '98: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/8-...w=w410-h627-no playboybar There's an image of the lit neon too. |
Earlier this afternoon I came across this intriguing cabinet card on ebay.
"LARGE GROUP of MEN w HATS CANES RIBBONS, LOS ANGELES CA c1880" http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/CO8che.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/c1880-BIG-GR...0AAOSwAoRXFYaB The two homes appear to be buffeted by commercial buildings. The building on the left is quite tall...it even reaches the top left corner of the photograph. The photography studio was located in the Temple Block, but the name of the photographer was partially covered when they attached the photo to the card. Here's a larger look. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/jXPbIj.jpg detail Don't look now, but there appears to be a poster on the side of the brick bldg on the right---> Frustratingly, there isn't much on the back. :( http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/yrdUXJ.jpg reverse As you can see, there are bits of newspaper taped or glued to three of the four edges. Okay, I can't resist. Here's an even LARGER close-up. (because I can ;)) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...924/ITSsSp.jpg Bruce's zoom machine Are those street numbers above the front door? Surprisingly, the small boy in the center appears to be wearing a plaid skirt/kilt. __ Good luck sleuths! |
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Wasn't 1880 the year of the visit of President & Mrs Hays? Maybe this is part of the welcoming party? ETA, Oh, forget that last. This description says "1890s": https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/YN...=w1019-h177-no bizarrla |
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His name was Francis "Ding Dong Daddy" Van Wie. |
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