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Looks like we have another survivor! The building at 1438 2nd Street, Santa Monica is still there. This is from the Wikipedia page on The Prospect Studios. It says Vitagraph's location on Prospect replaced the one in Santa Monica. I don't know if this jibes with the description "up in the mountains." |
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To add to the William Rapp file:
Here’s what I have on William Rapp in my own private notes, namely: ca. 1840, born in Germany; 1870, present in L.A. as a saloon keeper with savings of $400; 1872, located on Sanchez St.; May 12, 1874, seemingly the William Rapp who married Lizzie Williams in Los Angeles; 1881, selling liquor at 130 Main St. (L.A.), but “res Santa Monica”; 1886, “liquors and cigars” in Santa Monica “Second bet Utah and Oregon avs”; 1887, perhaps the William Rapp who was fined $20 for disturbing the peace; in 1893, a William Rapp at Santa Monica—I suspect the son of “our” Rapp—was doing well in swimming competitions at Santa Monica, and again in 1896 (when Leo Carrillo was also a competitor; in 1898 in a similar competition, Carrillo was “the champion”; and this indeed seems to be later actor Leo Carrillo, born 1880, whose father was sometime police chief, and then mayor, of Santa Monica). In September, 1896, under heading Santa Monica Brevities: “The house occupied by Mr. and Mrs. William Rapp, on Second street, between Utah and Oregon avenues, was entered Sunday evening while they were absent, and a large sum of money was stolen. The amount taken is reported to exceed $500, and is said to be Mrs. Rapp’s savings for over a year. There is but a slight clew by which to trace the theft to the guilty person” (LAT 9/3/1896). Rapp prevailed in some boxing at Santa Monica on September 11, 1896. February, 1899, “Mrs. Elizabeth Rapp asks for letters of administration of the $650 estate of William Rapp, her deceased husband”; In July 1899, William Rapp (Jr.?) and brother (?) Carl Rapp were among the competitors in swimming at Santa Monica, but it seems came in fourth and fifth (Carrillo was second). There was a farmer William Rapp who was active at Cahuenga for a time, by 1887. I think he isn’t our William Rapp; but for what it's worth said Cahuenga Rapp was 1892 being sued for obstructing plaintiff Cox’s passage on a road at Cahuenga; and a few days later said Rapp brought suit to “quiet title to twenty acres of land in section 9, township 1 S., range 14 W.”; in 1895, farmer Rapp was in court testifying concerning “the Roscoe robbery,” allegedly committed by the defendants who were acquaintances of his. (Data from 1870 census, 1872 city directory, 1881 and 1886 CDs, LA Times, LA Herald, and Wikipedia on Leo Carrillo.) Edit Add: I see Harris Newmark also mentions Rapp in Sixty Years, p. 480: "[...] Billy Rapp, also came in 1875 and built a small brick house on the west side of Second Street somewhere between Utah and Arizona avenues. There, after marrying a German Frau, he opened a saloon; and pleasure-seekers, visiting Santa Monica on Sundays[,] long remembered Billy's welcome and how, on the arrival of the morning train from Los Angeles, he always tapped a fresh keg of lager. After a while, he closed his saloon and sold the little building for a town hall. Hard times in later years rapped at Billy's door, forcing him to work on the public streets until 1899, when he died." |
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Thanks for the follow ups on the former Rapp Saloon / Western Vitagraph building, Mackerm, HossC and odinthor. I appreciate it! There's another similar old building in Santa Monica that I thought might be the building. I'm going to take the google-mobile for a spin later this afternoon to see if I can locate it. In the meantime. . . mystery billboard! Have we seen 'Casa Malibu' on NLA? https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...924/1vDTxW.jpg eBay I searched for it (Casa Malibu) on the thread but there are way too many 'casas' and way too many 'Malibus'. Here's a closer look. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/UDzMEj.jpg . eBay cool truck. . |
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Here's another original slide posted on eBay. Description:.."Original Slide 1966 Los Angeles area Country Cousins Market " https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/h6iowd.jpg Is anyone familiar with the Country Cousins Market? :shrug: It might have been a chain. Look at all those phone booths! . |
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Lots of other cool stuff in the photos. Evaporative coolers on the drugstore. Evaporative coolers seldom worked well in the Valley unless we had an off-shore flow of desert air. Other than that, just too humid in the Valley for evaporative cooling. S & H Green Stamps signs on the poles at the Mobil Station. The circular signs on the phone booths are likely those of General Telephone. They purchased the phone assets of California Water and Telephone. General had much if not all of the Northeast SF Valley. |
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Hello Noirishers - I’ve been an avid follower of this site for years but this is my first post.
Last month I was visiting my hometown, Salmon Idaho, and picked up the local paper, The Recorder Herald. In it they have a section indicating what happened 10-20-30-etc years ago and under 90 years ago was the following article (bear with me - this does touch on Noirish LA activity): “Captain Guleke and Elmer Keith are making preparations to build a boat this week in which to make the journey down the river of no return. King Gray of Hollywood has signed up to go down with them for the purpose of getting moving pictures of this famous stream” Upon looking up King Gray on IMDb, I found that he was a noted cinematographer in Hollywood during the silent years (he was the cameraman for the first remake of the Squaw Man for CB DeMille in 1918 - remakes started early on!). Here’s the nourish part - according to the front page of the LA Times dated July 1, 1938 “Hollywood Film Cameraman Found Slain in Automobile.” Gray had been shot in his car in front of the Hollywood post office on Wilcox Avenue. It was a total mystery. As far as I can find, it was never solved. |
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I was aware of his history - Elmer Keith lived across the street from us when I was a kid.
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My father was a railroad special agent. He carried a S & W .38 on a .44 frame with special sights sold by Elmer Keith.
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:previous: Hi sadykadie2. :) And here's another Country Cousins in Tujunga. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/oFRUuK.jpg csun-collection Date unknown. No address given. . |
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Water Pipeline of America Maybe this isn't the proper forum, but about half of the city's water is out of the Colorado River, via Lake Havasu and the Colorado River Aqueduct.....as you know the Colorado is essentially drying out, clearly something must be done....I find this idea intriquing. This appears to be feasible: an 868 mile concrete pipeline (2 tubes) from the Mississippi at Davenport IA. to the headwaters of the Colorado River at Rocky Mountain National Park.....the water is then dumped into the Colorado, eventually gets to Lake Mead/Lake Powell/Lake Havasu and re-fills these resevoirs....yes, the water needs to be pumped uphill when the pipeline gets to the Rockies, this is accomplished via Centrifugal Pumps, an ancient and proven technology (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centrifugal_pump)....the pumps will be powered by vertical wind turbines installed every 2 miles. The comparison is the Alaska oil pipeline, which runs 800 miles, and was constructed in 3 years....with 1970's technology!....if the thing ever leaks it's just water, so no environmental impact. The Mississippi periodically floods at Davenport....so reducing the flow is actually a benefit for IA. This pipeline only traverses 2 states, IA. and NE., I can't see much political opposition in those states.... If I was the Biden administration I would be all over this, hell, I would get Elon Musk to assemble the team, he's a can-do kind of guy....estimated cost $120 Billion, that is relatively cheap given the benefit....massive job creation as well, during construction and even after construction for maintenance, management etc. The whole plan is here.... https://zamboanga.com/water-pipeline-of-america/ |
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:previous: The address was 22752 Pacific Coast Highway. The Casa Malibu was somewhat recognizable up until 2012. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/ZrzrZh.jpg GSV And here it is renovated. Seen in 2021. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/evpQ0P.jpg GSV https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/h0XbAt.jpg I'm pretty sure I read an article in the New York Times about this new hotel. I'll see if I can find it again. . |
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