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Mabel and Maxine
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...538/dWnRWX.jpg eBay http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...537/QfwcWh.jpg Mrs. Mabel Rondeau, Maxine Rondeau, Grand Theft Complaint, 4/10/38. __ Here's Mabel's sister, Mary Nolan. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...661/heUI2M.jpg Mary died in obscurity of a barbiturate overdose in 1948. :( __ |
Here's an enigmatic.....and spooky photograph.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...540/xOEt4h.jpg http://www.amazon.com/early-Angeles-...ge+photographs I wonder if this is Forest Lawn? |
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Forest Lawn, Glendale https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...b4c655dd38.jpghttps://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...b4c655dd38.jpg |
:previous: Wow, thanks Tourmaline. I had no idea.
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Though I'm from Pasadena, I went to school in Monterey Park when I was a kid. It struck me as a place that had been redeveloped with reckless abandon and no regard to its past. But, now that I look back, I wonder if maybe it just hadn't been developed as heavily as other nearby cities. I think I have a few notes at home on some notable places in MP that I've stumbled upon, but one that comes to mind off the top of my head is this set of stone arches in front of the house at 235 S. McPherrin Avenue: http://i1312.photobucket.com/albums/...pszquzliyj.png I always thought it was fascinating that somebody built such a grand edifice in front of such a nondescript house. Always kinda reminded me of the Lummis House in Highland Park. |
Tetsu, do you remember this building (1940s?) on S. Atlantic Blvd. in Monterey Park? (just south of the Pomona Freeway)
I am curious about the attractive tile that was used on it's façade. It's pretty unique. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...673/pSamO2.jpg gsv I also like that small hexagonal window. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...911/0wOYjt.jpg :previous:very cool. Home to a Psychic Reader and a Tropical Fish Store. -one stop shopping. ;) __ |
Perhaps not surprisingly there are CD listings for fortune tellers and psychics well over a hundred years ago.
Some prefer the do-it-yourself method. 1931 Wanda "Tipping" table. Made in Hollywood http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...hic&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...hic&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...hic&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...hic&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co.../id/2941/rec/1 Others may find it more convenient to travel to SouthGate in 1938 http://jpg1.lapl.org/00099/00099023.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/00099/00099023.jpg http://jpg1.lapl.org/00099/00099022.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/00099/00099022.jpg |
"In July 1940, Lupe Velez charged that fortune-teller Nancy Miller had swindled her out of $2,500.
Velez told the L.A. Times: "I'm really going to fix her up. Number one: I punch her in the nose. Number two: I kick her in the teeth. Number three: I pull her hair." http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/661/JwBlqb.jpg http://www.seraphicpress.com/hollywood-on-trial/ This is, by far, the worst photograph of Lupe that I have ever seen. She looks so tired. __ |
Scull and Crossbones warn drivers of blind curve on Cahuenga Pass, 1937.
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June 14, 1916 - Los Angeles Preparedness Parade. http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics49/00044167.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/pics49/00044167.jpg |
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"Downtown & Bunker Hill ca. 1880" (I don't recall seeing this photograph before)
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/673/lsl7bQ.jpg http://collections.nhm.org/seaver-ce...esultsList.php "This is a view of the front gardens of two small homes, and in distance Bunker Hill which has no construction on it. This is possibly taken from 9th and Main." __ |
Graybeard hinted at this link before, here, but I thought I'd do it again.
A Visit to Old Los Angeles and Environs ...and the first sentence tells you what it's about: The author would like to thank California State University, Long Beach, for generously supporting this awarded heritage project—evidently the most complete pictorial survey ever published of downtown Los Angeles of the era 1900-1920. It then has thirty lengthy pictorial links for a tour of the city and vicinity. http://web.csulb.edu/~odinthor/socal10a.html |
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NoirCityDame did a post trying to figure out some conflicting information she had: claiming Sardi’s was where Henry’s used to be; but that couldn’t be right. 6321 where Henry’s was, opened as the new location of Perry’s Brass Rail in March 1934. Your press photo above, E_R, is dated 1933 and we see Perry's Brass Rail as well as the blade sign of Henry's. Perry's "address" unfortuantely isn't on the press information, but, apparently, if these dates are correct, Perry's Brass Rail moved from the location in your photograph to where Henry's was located, at 6321 Hollywood Blvd. The L.A.T. ad in NoirCityDame's post would indicate this: It moved three doors east! http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...t3-13-34-1.jpg Here is a 1933 Bruce Torrence photo dated 1933 that shows Henry's. On the very left, it's hard to tell if Perry's Brass Rail is there, but the design of the storefront to the right of it matches the design to the right of the Perry's sign in your photo. (Sardi's is under construction.) http://hollywoodphotographs.com/photos/lrg/RN-068-3.jpg Perry's didn't last long at either address. NoirCityDame indicates that by 1936 it was the Weiss Cafe. By 1940, that 6321 address was completely rebuilt by Charles Lee into the Admiral Theater, currently the Vine Theater. Check out NoirCityDame's post about Perry's Brass Rail, Henry's Restaurant, Weiss Cafe, the Admiral, Sardi's and Chi Chi's HERE! For some perspective of this location, here is an undated LAPL photo of this corner, at Hollywood and Vine. I'd say c.1930. Henry's is there, the Chinese Garden is to the right. Where the first Perry's location will be looks to have a two-word sign, the words beginning with J and S. The Pantages is in the distance to the right. http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics39/00039172.jpgLAPL |
:previous: Excellent information Martin_Pal! Thanks so much.
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http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=18090 I just came across two additional photographs of the Froebel Institute that haven't been seen on NLA. (probably because it's misspelled as 'Frobel' at nhm.org) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/912/PUNQH4.jpg http://collections.nhm.org/seaver-ce...esultsList.php And this is my favorite....a look inside the Froebel courtyard. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/901/NPW198.jpg http://collections.nhm.org/seaver-ce...esultsList.php The fancy chimney appears to be missing today. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...540/nauhnM.jpg gsv __ *I just noticed the tall twin flues are missing from the chimney in GW's lapl photograph. |
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Alber was a candidate in 1926 for the 63rd Assembly District seat being vacated by Sidney T. Graves. Alber had the Times endorsement, but came in second to Clare Woolwine. The other candidates were Ernest E. Noon and Voltaire Perkins. Alber was elected to the Los Angeles City Council District 2 in the May 1927 primary election, ousting six-year incumbent Robert M. Allan by a vote of 4,980 to 2,399. It was said that Alber's victory was partly due to the voters' making a "clean sweep at the City Hall" of the council members allied with political boss Kent Kane Parrot. The district at that time covered Hollywood south of Franklin Avenue or Hollywood Boulevard and north of Santa Monica Boulevard, including the Los Feliz district. In his council activity, he was known for introducing a resolution in July 1929 that would have prohibited the rolling down of the shirts of men's bathing suits to the waist line. Only he voted in favor, all the other councilmen being opposed. [Men's bare chests were considered by some prudes as not to be seen in public.] For the Christmas season, 1927, Alber presided over a council meeting wearing a silk hat from Paris, presented to him by Councilman Isaac F. Hughes, The Times explained: The "high-hat" presentation was the result of the recent discussion over whether the members of the City Council should wear two-gallon hats, cutaway coats, striped trousers and spats as they take part in the Tournament of Roses parade at Pasadena on New Year's Day. During the debate Councilman Alber remarked that he did not have a tall hat, so yesterday he was presented with the silk hat by Councilman Hughes... Alber was hailed as the Mayor of Hollywood." |
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