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While looking into the Sterrys of 2607 Wilshire Boulevard, I came across this noirish story...
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-M...2520AM.bmp.jpghttps://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-6...2520AM.bmp.jpg The body being carried out... https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-E...2520AM.bmp.jpghttps://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-1...2520AM.bmp.jpg At right, Norman Sterry, father of the victim, leaving the house (per USCDL caption). Judge Clinton N. Sterry, builder of 2607 Wilshire, was the victim's grandfather. What I had not expected to find was this über-noir shot: http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...0/809/rk6h.jpghttps://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-s...2520AM.bmp.jpg The bra on the doorknob is a nice touch...and it almost looks like she still has a Chesterfield between her fingers. Poor Louise... divorced... kids shipped off to boarding school... all alone on New Year's Eve... she couldn't have been a happy gal. https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-D...ryfireobit.jpg I was surprised to find the house still standing and looking sweet: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-p...2520AM.bmp.jpgGSV All b&w pics: USCDL LAT |
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And thanks for the extra info GW! Thanks also to OS for the info on poor Daisy the Maid. |
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ER - The L.A. Times ran this photo today. They have it dated August 23, 1964. It looks as though the "Gruen Time" part of the sign had been eliminated by then. https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/60...0/577/qfr0.jpg http://framework.latimes.com/2014/02...os-angeles/#/4 |
"The Human Orchid"
After Judge Clinton N. Sterry died in 1903, 2607 Wilshire was sold to Dan Murphy, a big LA name in his day, and in 1905 to Isaac Milbank (one "L" is correct), recently an executive of the Borden Milk company of which his uncle was a cofounder. Isaac's second cousin Eleanor Milbank Anderson Tanner of 671 Wilshire Place was one freaky mother, at least as she was portrayed by newspapers nationwide: http://i.imgur.com/YCZqXTE.png http://i.imgur.com/rshpAlW.png It seems that the baby was eventually sprung from her bubble and managed to survive to adulthood. Illustrations from St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Oct 23, 1910 |
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http://i1312.photobucket.com/albums/...ps5b1f931b.jpgMy photo Anyway, it's an older book from the 70's so the photo must date from then, at the latest. And if anyone knows what book I'm talking about, please refresh my memory! It also has a pic of the Rochester House I've never seen before, from the rear looking out towards Temple Street: http://i1312.photobucket.com/albums/...ps4e194149.jpgMy photo And, sorry for taking pictures of pictures - I don't have a scanner. |
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I wasn't aware until recently that what started out as the Arcady--built in 1927 on the site of the Higgins-Verbeck house that was moved to Windsor Square four years before--had an interim name, with a rooftop sign for ER:
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Mystery studio
[QUOTE=ethereal_reality;6436027]mystery studio 1912
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/811/sd5u.jpgebay It's funny how visual memory works. I looked at e_r's picture of the mystery movie studio, and thought there was something familiar about it. I looked up from my computer screen out my office window and realized the old skyline is the same as what I see every day at work: http://imageshack.com/a/img691/8748/2s2x.jpg Apologies for the quality of the picture (cellphone camera, dark gloomy day, window could stand some cleaning), but I think you'll agree that the skyline is the same. In my picture, you can just barely see Griffith Park Observatory directly above the most easterly tower at Park La Brea. The high point is Mt. Hollywood, 6 miles as the crow flies from here. So the studio was south of Griffith Park in/near Hollywood - not exactly a brilliant deduction. We are looking north, from a point NE of where I am (Olympic & Fairfax). That doesn't narrow it down much, but when I get some time, I'll take a closer look and see if I can do anything more with it. (If somebody doesn't beat me to it!) |
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Grauman's Metropolitan Theater, corner 6th & Hill, downtown LA
I hadn't come across either this photo before, nor had I heard of the theater. This is Sid Grauman's Metropolitan Theater, opened 1923 at the corner of 6th and Hill and with 3387 seats, was the largest movie theatre ever built in Los Angeles. In the 50s it got a makeover and was renamed The Paramount, which lasted until 1962.
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Seems she may have had a Quicky Wedding in Vegas.http://interactive.ancestry.com/1100...l=ReturnRecord
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https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-L...2520PM.bmp.jpg Sometimes it's just easier to do a screenshot and post that-- As seen in prior post #12022: http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8490/8...e3afd3d5_o.jpg See also #12039 and #12043. I don't know whatever happened to Ashley Judd, but maybe she could play Flo.... PS rlrdrken: Not sure what you meant by posting just the marriage record, but you might want to link a new post to the prior one you're referring to... I just happened to pick up on "Florence Coberly" and remembered the shoplifting policewoman... |
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