I found this delightful Ollie Hammond's menu last week on eBay. (be sure to pan right-----> to see downtown :))
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You can see it in this 1944 night photo below, taken from across the street, though in a less remarkable fashion. http://www.martinturnbull.com/wp-con...1944-night.pngLAPL *UPDATE: On Dec. 17th, Martin Turnbull posted the photo I mentioned above that I was looking for. Here it is: http://www.martinturnbull.com/wp-con...ywood-1937.jpg http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=25087 ________ I do have some Bamboo Room info from the book The Brown Derby Restaurant: A Hollywood Legend, written by two authors, one of them being Sally Wright Cobb, the wife of the owner, Robert H. Cobb, and published in 1996. THE BAMBOO ROOM The Bamboo Room was the Hollywood Brown Derby's first cocktail lounge. When the Brown Derby opened in 1929, Prohibition was the law and was not repealed for four more years. In 1933 a service bar was installed at the back of the dining room; waiters also wheeled a cocktail cart from booth to booth and prepared drinks for customers at their tables. February 6, 1936: Carole Lombard was the host of a glamorous evening that officially opened the room. Tropical palms, bamboo chairs covered with zebra prints, and a sandlike floor gave the Bamboo Room the exotic feeling of the South Seas. Hollywood's tropical fantasies began with the opening of the Coconut Grove (decorated with hundreds of prop palm trees from The Sheik) at the Ambassador Hotel in 1921, and was played out in numerous restaurants and nightclubs, including the Seven Seas, the Tropics, Don the Beachcomber, and the Hawaiian Paradise, through the 1930's. __________ Despite describing the room, there is no photograph of it in the book, nor can I specifically find one online. (The book is a cornucopia of themes and they are not properly indexed, nor in any real semblance of order. There is, obviously, a great emphasis on celebrities, and some of those photos may have been taken in the Bamboo Room, though it's difficult to tell. The history of the Brown Derby restaurants themselves is not fully explored, either, leaving out certain changes and developments. Still entertaining, though.) In the 1950's, owing to the recording industry and the new Capitol Records building up the street, the Bamboo Room was remodeled and became the Record Room. "Pastel framed portraits of million seller recording artists lined the walls, such as Frank Sinatra, Doris Day and Elvis Presley." http://www.martinturnbull.com/wp-con...ecord-room.jpgMartin Turnbull I believe this to be the interior of The Record Room circa 1961: http://hollywoodphotographs.com/phot.../RN-018-30.jpgHollywood Photographs The Brown Derby Book also has mention of a couple other things that might be nice to find photos of somewhere: BROWN DERBY Catering Trucks Apparently the Brown Derby catered parties and events and had their own "Brown Derby Catering Trucks." Sally Cobb said she'd find Brown Derby china at houses she'd visit over the years who had events catered by them and hadn't returned it. THE AMERICAN ROOM: To accommodate the demand for private parties, the Hollywood Brown Derby opened the American Room in 1938, the perfect place to give luncheon, cocktail or dinner parties. The room was warmly decorated with Early American antiques and the celebrities entertained in privacy, although some used it for publicity events and invited the press. The book describes the private entrances to the American Room at the back of the Brown Derby. I believe they mean from the parking lot area and not the actual interior of the restaurant. The American Room was actually two rooms, a living room and a dining room, with sliding doors between. When both rooms were reserved, they allowed for very gracious entertaining. After a cocktail party in the living room, the sliding doors would be opened and guests would be seated in the dining room. Many gatherings celebrated birthdays, anniversaries, engagements, various holidays and Academy Awards parties when they were held at the Pantages. THE DERBY HOUSE This was an extension of the Beverly Hills Brown Derby, decorated in Olde English style, and also opened in 1938, primarily used for private parties. _____________ Since I couldn't locate some pictures I wanted to, here are some photos of other interesting Brown Derby related items: Apparently in 1936, for reasons not explained, this lion celebrated it's 3rd birthday at the Brown Derby. Maybe it's the M-G-M lion? http://hollywoodphotographs.com/phot.../RN-018-62.jpgHollywood Photographs http://hollywoodphotographs.com/phot.../RN-018-63.jpgHollywood Photographs In 1937, the waiters were on strike and walked the picket line. http://hollywoodphotographs.com/phot.../RN-018-68.jpgHollywood Photographs Not sure what this is about, but it's parked outside the Brown Derby, 1964. http://hollywoodphotographs.com/phot.../RN-018-33.jpgHollywood Photographs The day after a fire in 1987 pretty much sealed it's fate. It's also said that the 1994 earthquake was a contributing factor for any remodeling and that's why a new version of one was tried up at Hollywood and Vine. http://hollywoodphotographs.com/phot.../RN-018-43.jpgHollywood Photographs |
Just caught this interesting article about saving the replica of the Bulldog Cafe from destruction. It was saved by the owner of another programmatic structure previously discussed on Noirish LA, the Idle Hour Cafe. Too bad the original Bulldog is long gone but at least we'll still have this smaller replica to remember her by.
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:previous: Excellent post on the Vine st. Derby Martin_Pal! I have never heard of the 'Record Room', the 'American Room' or the 'Derby House' before.
-also, thanks for pointing out the recessed lighting within the arches. That's really a nice touch. -it took me awhile to find them. __ |
'mystery spot'
I've come across this photograph numerous times in the past and have always dismissed the spot as a quirky reflection, or a lens flare, or something of that order. To my surprise the author below describes the 'dot' as a light that lit up along with the Hollywood sign. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/540/9hR9LX.png http://www.storyofhollywood.com/ Is he correct? Is this actually a light of some sort? __ |
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Here's an advert for Wilcox Hall from the 1906 Hollywood CD. Prospect Avenue didn't become Hollywood Boulevard until about four years later. NB. I've reduced the height of the original advert by removing white space between the lines. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ilcoxHall1.jpg LAPL I can't find John's Café in the City Directories, but by 1917, Wilcox Hall at 6380 Hollywood Boulevard had become Wilcox Auditorium. Others listed at that address in 1917 include the Woman's Club of Hollywood, and a dance teacher called Mrs E V Morand. I also failed to find the dentist named Dr Cowen and Acme Studios, both of which appear above the door on the left of e_r's picture. As I continued my search, I began to wonder whether Gregory Paul Williams' date of 1917 was correct for John's Café. Here's the picture I mentioned above. It's a screengrab from the 1921 Max Linder silent movie 'Seven Years Bad Luck'. This is the Wilcox Auditorium Building, but there's no sign of the cafe. Charles H Mansheffer's drug store is listed in the CDs between 1915 and 1921, after which it moves a block away and is replaced by a branch of the Sun Drug Company. You can see the rest of my screengrabs from 'Seven Years Bad Luck' here. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...evenYears6.jpg Max Linder Productions John's Café did exist when this picture was taken. The blade sign even says "Open All Night". The larger blade sign nearer the camera belongs to the Majestic Bowling and Billiard Academy at 6830 Hollywood Boulevard. USC date this picture as circa 1927, with 1922/1932 under "date created", but LAPL have the same picture more definitively dated at 1923. That fits with the bowling and billiards academy, which only appears in the 1923 CD. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ilcoxHall2.jpg Detail of picture in USC Digital Library I tried to decipher the large lettering with all the light bulbs above the corner store. You can see the "Th" clearly in e_r's picture. Then I realized I'd probably answered that question already. Here's the Main Street, Alhambra branch of The Sun Drug Co in 1924. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...CoAlhambra.jpg Detail of picture in USC Digital Library The extant Morgan, Walls and Clements designed building that replaced the Wilcox Hall/Auditorium was completed in 1934. It was orginally occupied by the Owl Drug Company. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ilcoxHall3.jpg USC Digital Library I nearly finished the post there, but then at the last minute I spotted this picture and caption in Marc Wanamaker's 'Hollywood: 1940-2008'. It gives a bit of background on Wilcox Hall, and confirms the redevelopment date. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ilcoxHall4.jpg books.google.com |
:previous: Whoa, so Wilcox Hall was also known as the 'Hollywood City Hall'. -that's quite a surprise! How did I miss that?
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The legend of the Hollywood sign - "To add extra noticeability, a massive illuminated dot was added just beneath the sign as an exclamation point of sorts." Why the Hollywood Sign Isn’t Lit (and Never Will Be) - "A searchlight below it lit up for emphasis, like an exclamation point." ------------ I forgot to include this picture in my earlier post about John's Café. An artist named Jeff Matsuno has created this "three dimensional, photorealist wall sculpture" (his term) of the cafe based on the picture that e_r posted. He says: "I used a photo from Gregory Paul Williams book that was dated 1917. I had to invent the colors and the objects in the windows." The original article, complete with a couple of extra views, can be found here. His other work includes Schwab's, Musso and Frank's, and the Frolic Room. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...effMatsuno.jpg jeffmatsuno.blogspot.com |
HossC, do you think this is the mystery 'dot'? (I can't believe they're calling it a 'dot')
I just found this on eBay. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/901/DvbE6M.png http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hollywood-ak...item20ec32ad09 I'm still a bit confused....was this 'dot' a searchlight/spotlight aimed at the Hollywoodland sign? -or was the Hollywoodland sign self-illuminated? -while this was just an illuminated 'dot'. __ |
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Union Station
Hi All,
Been lurking and occasionally posting here fro a few years. What a great place. I write music for a living and did a short piece to some stylized shots of Union Station I took a few years ago. iPhone camera with the Hipstomatic app. http://youtu.be/yGUn0iB63_U?list=PLj...FjXXxm9vwBlUGg Thanks to everyone posting here. Great stuff! Mark |
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No location is given with this Library of Congress picture which shows some of the Wickes class destroyers before their transfer. I wonder whether this could also have been taken in Los Angeles Harbor. The two ships with visible numbers are the USS Buchanan (DD-131) and USS Crowninshield (DD-134). The USS Crowninshield became HMS Chelsea and later the Derzkiy when it was transfered to Russia. The USS Buchanan had a more interesting/important role in World War 2. It became HMS Campbeltown, and in 1942 it was disguised as a German Möwe class destroyer, packed with explosives, and rammed into the dry dock at the port of Saint-Nazaire, France. This eliminated the only Atlantic seaboard port in German hands that was large enough to handle their battleship Tirpitz. I know this is getting well off-topic, but for anyone interested, I recommend reading up on The Greatest Raid of All. There were 89 decorations awarded after the raid. Among the five Victoria Crosses was a posthumous award to Sergeant Thomas Durrant, who was recommeded for his decoration by the commander of the German torpedo boat he was attacking when he lost his life. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ickesClass.jpg Library of Congress Now back to Los Angeles ... :). |
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'The Blue Front'
Here's another early Hollywood establishment that I don't believe we've discussed on NLA. I found this on eBay a week or so ago. 1922 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/538/J7F6np.jpg below: After a little research I found this photograph of the Armstrong-Carleton Café aka Blue Front. (it pre-dates the canopy that was placed over the six-pointed star above the entrance) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/904/d3UFyi.png http://www.storyofhollywood.com/ http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/537/6UvTxN.png http://www.storyofhollywood.com/ As you can see, this blurb also mentions a Mrs. Mabel Cameron tearoom and a Frank's French Café. oops..I didn't mean to cut it off in mid sentence. So now I wonder what happened to Frank's in 1923! __ |
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Sometimes it takes a second look to appreciate something. Not looking at this photo
from a historical perspective...today this photo, which I posted yesterday, has taken on an hysterical perspective. http://hollywoodphotographs.com/phot.../RN-018-63.jpg I was just pondering what it might have been like to be driving by or walking down the street and see a LION enjoying a leisurely ride to have lunch at the Brown Derby. (A lion!) It is just such an absurd photo, really, it just makes me giddy with delight! |
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Thanks for the tip, Andys. I found the Huell Howser video you mentioned at blogs.chapman.edu. Huell is accompanied throughout by Chris Baumgart, chair of the Hollywood Sign Trust, and they are joined by various other people discussing different aspects of the sign's history. The part about the dot comes about 39 minutes in, and is told by Raiden Peterson who supervised the reconstruction of the sign in 1978. Again, the dot is described as a searchlight, but they don't really go into any detail. Chris Baumgart said he knew the story about the man who lived behind the "L" and fixed the lightbulbs, but wasn't aware of the dot. Later in the video they meet two "scoundrels" who were responsible for altering the sign in the '80s to read "RAFFEYSOD" and "CALTECH". As a bonus at the end, they show some film footage of the original sign under construction. |
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Another house, another 1930s kidnapping. This time the victim was 65-year-old Mary B Skeele, wife of Dr Walter F Skeele who was Dean of Music at USC (NB. the caption below gives Dr Skeele's middle initial as "K", but the 1929 CD and the article I link to both say "F").
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...arySkeele1.jpg http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...arySkeele2.jpg eBay There was no need to research this story and look for press clippings because someone beat me to it. The whole story can be found in three parts on derangedlacrimes.com. They calculated that the $10,000 ransom was currently equivalent to nearly $180,000. Mary Skeele kidnap part 1 Mary Skeele kidnap part 2 Mary Skeele kidnap part 3 SPOILER ALERT: Mrs Skeele was released safely within 24 hours and the kidnappers were all caught. Police also discovered that the original target was someone else. This time, thanks to the 1929 CD, I was able to find the address of the house. Other than the addition of a carport and some new roof tiles, 136 S Avenue 55 hasn't changed much since 1933. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...arySkeele3.jpg GSV |
:previous: I often wonder if the current owners of these houses (this one...and your recent Violet Buchanan house) have any idea of what has happened within the walls of their own homes?
I've been tempted in the past to send them information along with vintage photos. If I lived in one of the houses I'd love to learn about it's history. __ |
At the southwest corner of Highland Avenue and Willoughby Avenue stand this rueful little building that was once a gas station. Based on the style of the architecture I'm guessing it was built in the 1920s. Remarkably it was still functioning as a gas station as recently as 2001-2002, and I know this because I bought gas there! But it's been sitting empty for a few years now.
I was surprised last week to see it being dismantled. I assumed it would be completely demolished. Apparently I was wrong; in the second photo, the back of the workman's vest reads "HISTORICAL RESTORATION." So while the awnings that were over the gas pumps are gone, some part of the building will remain. Can any of the more knowledgeable contributors here shed some light on exactly when this structure was first built? http://41.media.tumblr.com/34d4ed2f6...rtso1_1280.jpg http://40.media.tumblr.com/1cb27ddd9...rtso2_1280.jpg http://40.media.tumblr.com/17eb20890...rtso3_1280.jpg http://40.media.tumblr.com/e227afd4e...rtso4_1280.jpg http://41.media.tumblr.com/d047e7948...rtso5_1280.jpg |
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Seriously? A dmnd Starbucks here? I remember this gasoline station being a "Classic Texaco" from late 1990's to early 2000's when I worked in the area. No, I never stopped at it as their prices were very high to cover their olde tymey theme maybe catering to tourists with their rental cars. But again, this gasoline station will become a freaking Starbucks? :( This used to originally be a Gilmore Oil station when built.
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WAMPAS Baby Stars were chosen between the years 1922 and 1934 by the 'Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers'.
They honored thirteen (fifteen in 1932) young actresses each year whom they believed to be on the threshold of stardom. below: Here is a great photograph of the WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1929. (I stitched it together....grade C+) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/540/5STVTJ.png http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/674/QH2paM.png http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/903/K4BCt8.png http://www.storyofhollywood.com/ In no particular order, the actresses in the photograph are- Jean Arthur, Sally Blane, Betty Boyd, Ethlyn Clair, Doris Dawson, Josephine Dunn, Helen Foster, Doris Hill, Caryl Lincoln, Anita Page, Mona Rico, Helen Twelvetrees, and Loretta Young. (If I'm not mistaken, Sally Blane and Loretta Young were sisters) ___ This video introducing the Wampas Baby Stars of 1931 is really interesting. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/674/U03HTb.png CLICK HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U-b8XKgDhk I always wonder what happened to the baby stars that didn't find success in Hollywood. -did they return to their home town?....did they spiral down into a life of vice?....suicide....? below: Here's another video, the WAMPAS baby stars of 1933 (Gloria Stuart is a nice surprise) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...540/FeiIci.png CLICK HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJxW...ature=youtu.be __ |
While looking for further information on the recently discussed Bamboo Room in the Vine Street Brown Derby,
I came across this postcard showing the interior of the Bamboo Inn in 'China City'. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/540/bnJA2J.jpg eBay sorry-it's a bit small. __ |
Starbucks? I wouldn't feel too bad. The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf at Overland and Washington used to be a Starbucks, and before that it was probably the very last Ships Restaurant. In spite of all the changes, some of oldschool coffee shop design features have survived.
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1935 Deco gas station will now serve latte.....
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Obviously at this point in time (five years in) we've seen the 6th street Greyhound Station on NLA, but I couldn't find this particular postcard.
found last week on eBay http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/537/rSPkL6.jpg To see a close-up of 'The Corral' cocktail lounge go back to page 81. (complete with glass block window and neon 'rope' that looks like barbed wire) http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=1609 __ |
aerial posted by HossC
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/661/Bb5H6d.jpg Here's another view of those single-story apartments we discussed a few weeks ago. Looking west (?) from the Villa Riviera, Long Beach. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/537/AUjI7r.jpg eBay Here is our initial conversation: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=24615 I also found this view looking in the opposite direction from the Villa Riviera. (that's the gabled roof of the Pacific Coast Club) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/540/lktRt2.jpg eBay __ |
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Two other locations mentioned on NLA have been repurposed as Starbucks, the Holiday Bowl on Crenshaw and the building on the corner of Wilshire and Santa Monica Blvd. in Beverly Hills which was previously known as Wlson's House of Suede and Leather. This is the former Holiday Bowl: http://lomo.architectureburger.com/w...1006-038-A.jpg http://lomo.architectureburger.com/ |
The description of this picture says it shows 2039 E 7th Street in 1924. I found the Anita Hotel in a slightly later CD with the address given as 2043½ E 7th Street.
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...nitaHotel1.jpg eBay I tried to find a build date using 2043 E 7th Street, and found several property sites, including honestbuildings.com, that said it was built in 1908 (although I never found out why the word "Truro" appears on the front). Given the number of missing buildings in this area I was surprised to see the old Anita Hotel building still standing. This is the current view, although older Street View images show the building with an "Available for Filming" banner and without the artistic graffiti. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...nitaHotel2.jpg GSV Here's another 1924 image from E 7th Street. The seller just called it "African American Shack". The Los Angeles Ice & Cold Storage Co was at either 689, 697 or 699 Mesquit Street (depending on which CD you use). http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ldStorage1.jpg eBay I've marked both properties on the 1921 Baist map, although I don't think the building on the left became the Anita Hotel until a couple of years after the map was made. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ldStorage2.jpg www.historicmapworks.com The old Los Angeles Ice & Cold Storage Co site is now occupied by the Rancho Cold Storage Co, although I'm not sure if any of the buildings are original. The Los Angeles Ice & Cold Storage Co also had a branch at 4th and Central which is now the slightly shorter Los Angeles Cold Storage Co. We covered that building in post #14936 and post #15315. I think the undated aerial below is new to NLA. At the time it was just north of the Arcade Depot. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ldStorage3.jpg LAPL |
a bit of noir-"Slain Madman"
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Fox Film sign circa 1934.
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Nice looking metal sign.
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:previous: -They're also putting their fingerprints on all the weapons.
I'm also curious about those brown jugs in the corner of the closet. __ S. C. Foy, Leather Depot http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/537/vhI45Q.jpg eBay I found their AD in the 1875 directory. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...905/4vhzr1.png http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...674/jJggZi.png LAPL No. 17, Los Angeles Street __ |
I'm with MichaelRyerson on this one. Back in post #23715 he said, "Okay, I admit it, I love the word 'Bunco' and I'm pretty much going to grab any photo to which it's been attached ..." How could I resist another mention of 'grand theft bunco'?
'Bunco' is a familiar term to me, but I'll admit that I had to look up 'mulcted'. A quick check told me that it means either to "extract money from (someone) by fine or taxation" or to "take money or possessions from (someone) by fraudulent means". http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...nalTalent1.jpg http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...nalTalent2.jpg eBay As we've seen before, these typed captions aren't always 100% accurate. Here's how LIFE covered the story in their September 5, 1938 edition. It turns out that the couple involved weren't called the Oberdorfs, they were the Overdorffs. I couldn't find any mention of the National Talent Pictures Corporation in the CDs, but armed with the correct name I did find a listing for I C Overdorff at 118 N Larchmont under 'Dancing Academies and Teachers' in the 1938 CD. According to honestbuildings.com, 118 N Larchmont was built in 1928, but it doesn't look like the colonnaded buildings in these pictures. Mrs Overdorff obviously wasn't too happy about being arrested as it says "she bit an officer so hard that he had to have medical care." http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original books.google.com I found these follow-ups in the October 5, 1938 and October 19, 1938 editions of Variety. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...nalTalent4.jpg archive.org/archive.org It looks like the Overdorffs were both originally from Pennsylvania. The 1940 Census lists Ira C Overdorff (58) and Myrtle F Overdorff (56) living as roomers at 401 N Serrano Avenue. |
"Art auction crowd, Los Angeles 1950s."
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Here are four photos I just came across on eBay. Two show an enormous TWA ad on the side of the Douglas Oil Building, another shows an entrance to the Sunkist Building,
and one shows a smallish building that looks familiar but I can't place it. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/912/NKsC4Q.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/Orig-1960s-3...item3399d88686 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/538/n0oMkU.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/Orig-1960s-3...item3399d88686 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/661/0mIzrn.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/Orig-1960s-3...item3399d88686 below: This is the most intriguing photograph of the bunch. I wonder why the photographer chose this particular angle, instead of taking a photo from the front. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/540/C5Q0dG.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/Orig-1960s-3...item3399d88686 __ |
I just came across the sellers other group of photographs. (they also include the Sunkist Building, as well as the Church of the Open Door and the Engstrum)
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/633/jk2I9G.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/Orig-1960s-3...item3399f4b024 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/537/Lyskuj.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/Orig-1960s-3...item3399f4b024 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/904/5O0l5X.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/Orig-1960s-3...item3399f4b024 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/540/m9j1uu.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/Orig-1960s-3...item3399f4b024 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/537/SuN01D.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/Orig-1960s-3...item3399f4b024 __ |
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