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This somewhat comic book entrance caught me by surprise. (a suburban 'Daily Planet')
Douglas Aircraft, 3855 Lakewood Blvd. Long Beach CA http://imageshack.us/a/img46/823/0fb7.jpg ebay -three airplanes circling the globe. (they're barely noticeable in the photograph above) http://imageshack.us/a/img202/6764/k765.jpg -The globe and the three airplanes (later modified to jets) were even featured on the company dinnerware. http://imageshack.us/a/img32/7239/5lgz.jpg ebay As the Douglas Aircraft Company entered the Space Age, a rocket ship was added to the logo. http://imageshack.us/a/img22/6787/pti1.jpg http://glostransporthistory.visit-gl...%20Douglas.htm -much to my surprise a replica exists.....with the original three biplanes. http://imageshack.us/a/img842/3284/cwg1.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img69/7654/yi0q.jpg Greg Bishop at http://flickriver.com/photos/konabish/5466848713/ __ -all this reminds me of... http://imageshack.us/a/img9/6663/2unl.jpg click here::) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeCSdzSouUI __ |
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Bell's name should well be marked at his zanja address and anybody else in the neighborhood since he paid out of his own pocket to have it brought down Figueroa to his property according to the Maj's bio "Fortune Favors the Brave". I have seen those house photos before in the same book but not as stand-alone photos. Good find! That was the 2nd house, the first having been burned in a fire. Biddy Mason (Aunt Biddy) was relied upon heavily in times of need in that house long after her own need to profit financially, I'm sure. He and Georgia had 13 children in total not all of which survived early childhood. Opium addicted? What''s this? He fell under his horse once while scouting for the Union in The War which caused him back problems for the rest of his life, worsening in old age. He tried everything from drinking sulfur water to letting a doctor singe the small of his back with a hot poker. I never did hear-tell of any sort of drug addiction on the part of the Major. He seems more the sort to just bear the pain with little fanfare. I have tried to find their grave at Rosedale Cemetery before but never found it. I think I'll have better luck next time now knowing what it looks like. https://mail-attachment.googleuserco...t9IYvniCEtPWZI http://i39.tinypic.com/oa4yt4.jpg "Fortune Favors the Brave" - Benjamin Samuel Harrison |
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Sometimes fortune favors the lucky, too. Horace Bell seems to have led more than his fair share of adventures, hence "the opium-addled fiction writer's" imagination comment. I did not mean to suggest Bell had any specific connection with alcohol or drugs, as I do not know that many details about him. However, he did have plenty of opportunity to learn about vice. While I was not referencing it directly, as you know, Bell had a well earned reputation for defending some of society's bottom feeders and along the way he must have learned a thing or two. (see news clip below). To balance the story, Bell had a reputation for attacking, via his newspaper, "The Porcupine," some of society's powerful, e.g., LA's then police chief who attempted to shoot Bell. http://articles.latimes.com/2000/jan/16/local/me-54583 Like so many characters mentioned in this thread, Bell could have been equal measure scoundrel, hero, sinner and saint. The formula mostly depends on who you ask. :daz: June 5, 1889 http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6...0b5d130970b-pi http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6...0b5d130970b-pi |
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Most of Bell's cases noted in the papers when he wasn't defending himself against the likes of Lucky Baldwin etc, he was defending some perceived down-trodden person for which he sometimes was well compensated such as the case of the disenfranchised widow of the Miguel Leonis contesting his will for which he won the entirety of the smallish Rancho El Escorpión. (Bell's Canyon) Keep in mind that he constantly complained in the Porcupine about the Chinese (historical context) and their enterprises on the Calle de los Negros (Nigger Alley) and lobbied the city to clear Los Angeles St. all the the way through to Marshault St, entirely wiping out the alley as a separate entity. He was definitely anti-drug and anti vice after he became a family man but he did enjoy his liquor and postprandial cigars. He also went to bat for the prostitutes as well (inconsistently re: Chinese) when it became a matter of graft "pay or jail". That he would not tolerate. He hated the corrupt city government. He was a Republican. :D You'd never know by looking at this guy, that for all of his obvious faults, he had a huge sense of humor, pathos and irony focused into a keen, personal and entertaining narrative as judged by his writings. (books) http://image2.findagrave.com/photos2...7234911352.jpghttp://img1.fold3.com/img/thumbnail/..._0_305_490.jpghttp://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ALJQCLx4xm...Bell_72dpi.JPG http://www.fold3.com/page/527300898_horace_c_bell/ http://www.thenativeangeleno.com/201...dfly-angeleno/ OK, then. Let's get back to buildings.... |
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I'm reminded of Bel-Air... little Alphonzo Sr's creation.... somewhere on this thread there are a number of good posts about the district's creation, but I can't find them. Anyway, here's a link to Alphonzo Bell Jr's reminiscences, with some info about how "Bell" was combined with "Aires" to create the name. (Don't forget the hyphen!) http://www.marclweber.com/www.marclweber.com//albell/ Online there are conflicting stories of Capo di Monte, Bell's Bel-Air house--the old Danziger house given the name by Mrs. Bell when they moved in. Some Atwater Kent info claims that he built it in 1936. Anyway... |
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Someone at the Railsback firm probably listened to radio on an Atwater Kent crystal set. But, the Kent name may have been familiar to the firm for another reason. :blush: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...no_12_1918.png |
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Flood that zanja! You mentioned the first home was destroyed by fire. Was Bell under the impression that pampas, especially dry pampas, are fire resistant? :rolleyes: The roof may have been metal clad as its simplicity suggests the archetypal tin roof often seen in the Southern US. This was probably safer than wood shake, yet safety is a relative term. Reading your list of Bell's bad back "treatments," was this before or after he fathered 13 offspring? Maybe hot poker treatments do have value that is beyond therapeutic. Had Bell lasted long enough, medical science might have offered a cure via gland transplants. Didn't I read on this thread that another newspaper publisher, Chandler, was a proponent of this form of medicine, so much so that he caused his employees to try it? (Wonder if he tried acupuncture or any Chinese herbal medicines? Hee Hee.) http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...MPNGV2GDRQ.jpg |
VERMONT SQUARE tract
Los Angeles Herald 1909 http://imageshack.us/a/img809/8383/6t7p.jpg Chronicling America http://imageshack.us/a/img41/4909/rhz0.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img203/9814/v8w4.jpg google aerial Hmmm...Vermont Avenue isn't included in the Vermont Square tract. What gives?* The Vermont Square Park and Library are just east of the tract. http://imageshack.us/a/img706/3194/bus8.jpg Google Earth GW has a vintage photograph of the library here: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=7006 and I have a couple contemporary photographs of the library here. http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=7007 The Vermont Square bungalows are now over a hundred years old. Here are some interesting examples. quaint and low-slung. http://imageshack.us/a/img821/678/9w2z.jpg gsv patriotic neighbors http://imageshack.us/a/img7/7152/hmuw.jpg gsv nice stone work, but it's missing a porch support column. http://imageshack.us/a/img18/5752/m52q.jpg gsv -where's the foundation? http://imageshack.us/a/img20/1235/l28r.jpg gsv stone work II, with graceful 'bay' window. (what's up with painting the stones white?) http://imageshack.us/a/img834/2352/syb7.jpg gsv no comment http://imageshack.us/a/img11/7763/2g82.jpg gsv asymmetrical http://imageshack.us/a/img818/6177/48n4.jpg pink http://imageshack.us/a/img703/6451/7wrd.jpg gsv simple and pleasing http://imageshack.us/a/img818/6408/exs7.jpg gsv I love the 'stacked' jingo-like arts n' craft porch pillars. http://imageshack.us/a/img708/8175/3knc.jpg gsv transportation options/Los Angeles Herald June 1909 http://imageshack.us/a/img856/6892/onff.jpg http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ I noticed that many of the bungalows on corner lots have dual entrances. (more than a simple side door). http://imageshack.us/a/img268/3191/qzmh.jpg gsv side view. (designed as a duplex?) http://imageshack.us/a/img809/1320/a817.jpg gsv http://imageshack.us/a/img189/5535/uzo4.jpg gsv janus-like http://imageshack.us/a/img30/2912/whcd.jpg gsv finally unpainted stones http://imageshack.us/a/img24/2210/5mnz.jpg FOUR entrances!? http://imageshack.us/a/img21/9697/cexm.jpg very esoteric http://imageshack.us/a/img11/4351/jsev.jpg gsv http://imageshack.us/a/img822/4348/lf8z.jpg gsv -reminds me a bit of New Orleans http://imageshack.us/a/img29/6332/ji6l.jpg gsv a new school/Los Angeles Herald 1910 http://imageshack.us/a/img819/3024/y3ex.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img580/7610/ocjy.jpg http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ The following three examples need some tender loving care. I especially like this one. http://imageshack.us/a/img31/1095/hfo0.jpg gsv needs a fresh coat of paint...and new owners! http://imageshack.us/a/img571/2268/e615.jpg gsv sad in so many different ways. http://imageshack.us/a/img819/2586/ea57.jpg gsv later ad, June 1910 http://imageshack.us/a/img809/7007/inwg.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img842/1456/fkd9.jpg http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ As with any tract there are architectural anomalies. -this one towers over the neighbors. http://imageshack.us/a/img824/4991/n9mv.jpg gsv a touch of victorian- http://imageshack.us/a/img153/8017/lxc5.jpg gsv this is beautiful (and about twice as large as the majority of the bungalows) http://imageshack.us/a/img819/1117/buwn.jpg gsv another larger example. (with a side entrance) http://imageshack.us/a/img18/3628/3h1r.jpg gsv -last but not least. http://imageshack.us/a/img580/4192/peis.jpg gsv __ *I just realized there was an earlier Vermont Avenue Square tract. (as opposed to the later Vermont Square tract) http://imageshack.us/a/img706/3084/2s4c.jpg 1906 http://imageshack.us/a/img23/6271/mzqc.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img27/2680/4p79.jpg Now I am confused. |
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The zanja waters flowed in gutters, when directed, down certain avenues. One had only to "lift the gate" to allow the irrigation to enter one's property. If one forgot to shut the gate after a time.... This did happen, according to the biography, at the Bell's residence. Mrs. Bell stepped out of the house one morning to go to town and found herself marooned with her home surrounded by water. I doubt that by the time the water got to the Bell's residence on Figueroa, from the river just north of the Cornfield, it was any too pure. |
Union Pacific's 'City of Los Angeles' leaving Chicago.
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http://imageshack.us/a/img600/4951/jknb.jpg http://digital.library.ucla.edu/scle...502&FULLSIZE=y Believe it or not, El Monte's Tumbleweed Theater was designed by art deco master S. Charles Lee in 1939. The theater was meant to resemble a barn. http://imageshack.us/a/img27/6852/60g7.jpg http://digital.library.ucla.edu/scle...501&FULLSIZE=y It appears S.C. Lee had no idea what a barn looked like. A fireplace in a barn of all things! (barns are generally full of hay) It's fun though, and a place of fantasy, so no harm done Mr. Lee. :) __ |
Eighty Four Los Angeles Railway negatives for sale on ebay. (circa 1954, 1955)
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Where's that "like" button? What a cool photo for us Angelinos to behold this summer! Thanks, E_R. |
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_____________________________ Comforting to know that paving used the petrolithic method. Crushed rock and asphalt, said to be of So Cal origins, circa 1900. http://books.google.com/books?id=Q6T...paving&f=false _____________________________ Looking, without success, for a catalog or catalogs of the various floor plans available for the this area. Curious whether developers limited various styles to certain areas or portions of each block to avoid row house repetition. How many choices/models were available and whether exceptions (build to suit) were made. The area had to be overflowing with large river rocks. Rock farming? 1912 - Bungalow style, LA Investment Co. http://www.antiquehomestyle.com/img/...-craftsman.jpghttp://www.antiquehomestyle.com/img/...-craftsman.jpg _____________________________ The library is 100 years old, having been built in 1913. It has the distinction of being the oldest of LA's library buildings. Its history touched the lives of many, in unexpected ways. Quote:
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(A lot of pugilists swore by eating raw meat? Some still do.) :eat: The similarities between the cafe and the lobby suggest they occupied different areas of the same floor. It looks like they shared some of the same furniture too. Never gave it much thought, but those utilitarian lobby chairs are probably not conducive to lengthy relaxation. (Picture over-stuffed chesterfield) Better than hanging out at a train station? ;) Hard to tell the composition of the floor/s ( tile, wood, linoleum*?) and what is on those columns. Real marble? Unless those patrons using all of those stand-alone chairs and rocking chairs could synchronize their movements, the piano player probably had to pound extra hard on those ivories to be heard. :drummer: *Linoleum was commercially available in the late 1880s. |
Here's a 22 part long and interesting read on Laurel Canyon called
"Inside The LC - The Strange but Mostly True Story of Laurel Canyon and the Birth of the Hippie Generation". Links to the sections are the second group down on the page. http://www.davesweb.cnchost.com/ |
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