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Could this be the same building today? I can't see any demo permit for that block since 1935.

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GSV

From 1914 until the early-20s, the Splitdorf Electrical Co is listed in the CDs at 1215 S Hope Street. Going by the number over the door, I'd say that we're looking at that address here.

Interesting article on LA in the early decades of the 20th Century from the SF Chronicle public site: http://www.sfgate.com/homeandgarden/...php#item-44548

:previous: thanks.

Addresses culled in haste. Somehow overlooked '14CD and focused on '13 and much later. Post amended.









Cinder blocks are not particularly good for transmitting light yet given the state of the rooftip sign, maybe concrete windows are understandable. :uhh:

For those of you who enjoyed last week's Julius Shulman post "Job 0127: Bubeshko Apartment, Exteriors", here's the sequel (or possibly prequel as the job number is one lower). This is "Job 0126: Bubeshko Apartment, Interiors (Los Angeles, Calif.), 1945". The exterior photoset was undated, but it's probably safe to say they were taken at the same time (MichaelRyerson dated a license plate in the previous images at 1945).

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I initially couldn't work out the layout at the right of this picture. Luckily, all becomes clear below.

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All from Getty Research Institute

An article at dwell.com has an early blueprint for the apartments, as well as the text and image below:

Rudolph Schindler’s Bubeshko Apartments are legendary in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles, their white stucco terraces spilling down the hillside like a chest of drawers pulled ajar. When the 5,000-square-foot apartment complex went on the market in 2004, filmmaker Joe DeMarie finally got to step inside, where he remembers being transported by its simple beauty. “I don’t throw around the word ‘genius,’” says DeMarie. “But Schindler was a genius.”

He wanted to buy it, but Luby Bubeshko, who’d owned and lived in the five-unit building for 66 years, was reluctant to sell to just anyone. In 1938, the 20-year-old Bubeshko had worked closely with Schindler on the building’s then-radical design and was adamant about protecting its legacy. If she didn’t find the right buyer, it was said, she would tear the complex down.

Luby Bubeshko eventually accepted Joe DeMarie's offer, and the rest is now history.

Here's a different angle on the shelves in the second picture above. The layout makes a lot more sense from this side.

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I was walking past 514 S. Spring the other morning so I popped in for a peek. It's changed a little since Mr. Shulman's photos. At least the classic bank clock is more visible on the back wall without the staircase in the way but now you can't see the other arch.

http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...20spring_1.jpg my photo

:previous: Sorry to hear about your accident HG.

Do you still have a photograph of you & your Harley tooling around Los Angeles? (perhaps you could share it with us)

Oh, and thanks for the info. on the obsolete tracks crossing Fletcher HenryHuntington.

hmmm...maybe the old tracks are what caused HG to crash. (yes, that's how my mind works ;))

Vintage Race Car ID
 

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Since we briefly entered the world of LA area vintage auto racing with BifRayRock's posting above, I thought I would see if I any of the NLA audience might recognize this car and or it's owner. I discovered the photo among several boxes of 8 x 10 negatives discarded behind NorthHollyood Photo (Later Paxton Camera shop) back in 1959. I will expand on that in some later postings.

I have this much information: The location is the former North Hollywood Ford, later to become Huffaker's Auto Supply when they moved up the street, The building shown is long gone. but was on the corner of Lankershim Boulevard and Cumpston street.

I am almost certain the car is a Miller There was no information or date on the negative sleeve but other salvaged negatives appear to have been taken in the late 1930' and early 40s.

My internet searches have been in vain.

Any Help would be greatly appreciated!

Cheers
Jack

Thank you for the interior picture of the Los Angeles Theatre Center, NCD. Personally, I prefer the old staircase, even if it did hide the clock!


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We've seen the General Petroleum Building many times, but have we ever looked at its garage? Here are two pictures by Julius Shulman. This is "Job 894: Welton Becket and Associates, General Petroleum Building, garage (Los Angeles, Calif.),1951".

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The second shot is slightly wider. On the right is the Western Union building which I posted Julius Shulman pictures of in post #33691.

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Both from Getty Research Institute

The garage still stands on the corner of 8th and Flower Streets, a couple of blocks from the building it originally served.

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GSV

:previous: Shulman is a genius. I mean, just look how good he made that parking garage look.

WW: I am unable to confirm much about your pictured car. FWIW, below is pictured a 1931 Miller Special coincidentally pictured with Bill Froelich of Froelich Ford fame.:previous:

For those keeping score, location appears to be 1222-1228 S. Hill Street. https://revslib.stanford.edu/catalog/py488tw7487


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HTH




Here is another in a continuing series of Richfield advertising statues, of which very little is known, including location and model identity.
Source lists Ted Wilson as photog. https://purl.stanford.edu/gf567vp2475

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Here's a 1940s bar that could be straight out of a film noir.

Tony's Nightmare at 6300 S. Broadway, Los Angeles Calif.

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Here's how the building looks today.

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gsv






I believe the illustration on the matchbook shows this area. (as you can see the left side has mostly been filled in)

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I hope one of you NLA sleuths can help me figure out the location of this photograph.

"1935 Packard with four baseball players getting ready to lead a Flag Day parade which opened the baseball season in Los Angeles."

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http://digitalcollections.detroitpub...ndora%3A152664

Initially, I thought the small structure on the right was a parking attendant booth, but now I am pretty sure it's a replica of the Wrigley Field clock-tower.

Does anyone recognize the four players?
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We've touched on this before but her face is captivating in a negative manner.

Murderer.....Ruth Snyder, wearing a dead animal.....
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oldhollywood

Lots more about this woman and her torrid sex life here:
http://www.oldhollywoodfilms.com/201...ed-double.html

We've seen this picture a couple of times before. Here's the reply I wrote in February 2014.

:previous: oops. thx Hoss. I'm still curious about the mock-wrigley field clock-tower. -was it discussed?

I don't believe we've seen this one.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...921/lmgFQS.jpg
http://digitalcollections.detroitpub...ndora%3A153700


"Packard Co. file photograph of a caravan of early 1900s Packard trucks fully loaded, pulling extra trailers, sign on side of front truck reads "First Direct Shipment of Sunkist Oranges & Lemons Los Angeles to London," on road next to railroad tracks, two men in front cab, front truck as an American flag attached to radiator. Inscribed on photo back: "Packard trucks,
post World War I, transporting California "Sunkist" oranges & lemons."
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I'm not sure if this is San Pedro harbor or England, but I believe the lettering on this building (circled) says L.A. something.

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I can't tell if they're driving on the left or the right...........:previous: hmmmmmm....actually, I don't see any steering wheel.

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"Hupmobile in Pasadena, California [1917-1919]."

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http://digitalcollections.detroitpub...ndora%3A218352

Details:

View of a circa 1917-1919 Hupmobile automobile in Pasadena, California, owned by James S. Booth. Typed on back: "Subject: Automobiles owned by James S. Booth
(Hupmobile, ca. 1917-1919). Collection: MS10/James Scripps Booth Collection. Date: ca. 1917-1919. Location: Pasadena, Calif. Photographer:
Probably James S. Booth. Source: John M. Booth. I.D.: Body by James S. Booth; chassis by Boman & Schwartz of Los Angeles."

Notice how the rear view consisted of the two oblong ovals, and...I don't see any side mirrors.

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prior on Hupmobiles

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=24314

originally posted by Godzilla
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AMAZING photograph:previous:. (it was taken 10 years after my top photo)

My god, look at those solid tires. I don't even want to think about what a rough ride that must have been. You'd never have to change a flat, at least.

Another image from the same shipment. The location is only given as California, but the text at the bottom says Keystone Photo Los Angeles.

"Group portrait of the workers of Sunkist Growers, Inc., in front of a truck loaded with crates of oranges."

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