The "Dime" must have had good food or probably cheap as the van parked outside is one of LAPD Central Division's two "Paddy Wagon"s.

I must have my compass out by 90
Now then, it is customary to place NORTH at the top of the page

Thanks for the Baist, but see line above
South of the equator, who knows?
I think the Sanborn maps are similarly rotated, but usually they carry a north arrow
I have to lie down now, with a wet washcloth on my forehead
thanks

That "driveway" in the middle of block 3rd-4th-Hill-Broadway catches my eye. There has to be a story behind that...

:previous:
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...921/9rf3o4.jpg

And I'm curious about the narrow pathway leading to the DRIVEWAY marked B. C. St. (what does B. C. stand for?)--and why call it a street?

As near as I can tell from Census information and family trees, Henry Hebard West, born in 1872 and died in 1958, married first Mary Adelbert Teel, born in 1883. They appear living together in 1910 and in 1920. Then, in 1930, Henry and Mertie appear in the census, living with her parents and listed as married. They are then found in the 1940 Census, living in Los Angeles. Mary Teel West died in 1960, and I don't find any divorce between them, nor do I find a marriage between Mertie and Henry. That does not mean there wasn't one, just not one I can find. Mertie, was born in 1876 and died in 1972. Both wives are buried in Forest Lawn Glendale, but Henry is buried in Evergreen.

One family tree shows that Mary and Henry had a son, Clifford West, born in Iowa in 1899. Mary and Henry then married in California in 1902. This is not really sorting it out, but it is the best I can do

I hadn't noticed the blade sign hanging diagonally over 'Follies Village' until I enlarged it.

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And I thought it was the Morgan Hotel, but at this point in time (1950), but it appears to be the The Paul Hotel. (sign at far right---->
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One more thing, the design over the P in PHOTOS looks like pool cues to me. I wonder if it was a billiard parlor before it became a photography studio.

Handsome Stranger posted this color slide of the church back in 2011.



The other slides of Hollywood & vicinity are worth seeing, too, if you have not.

Get 'em while they're cold!

Quote:

Within a year the proprietors of The Jail opened a second place. This location, or perhaps the first, became the set for two movies which have subsequently fallen into obscurity: Sweet Daddies (silent, 1926) and Ragtime (1927). The Jails featured chicken dinners. Diners were furnished with no knives or forks, thus carrying on the beefsteak dungeon’s “caveman” tradition of eating with the hands. In 1930 a newspaper columnist named The Jail as one of the “seven wonders of Hollywood,” along with the Hollywood Bowl and the residence of Harold Lloyd. That honor may have marked its swan song as it seemed to disappear around then. https://restaurant-ingthroughhistory...rants-prisons/

https://victualling.files.wordpress....hejail1926.jpg


The :previous: ad mentions a second "6th street Jail" at 1207 6th Street (across from The Good Samaritan Complex). The earliest CD listing for that address appears to be 1923 and does not mention the Jail. Nor do the '25 and '28 directories. All reference a produce store.


:previous:Real Coffee. Rather than commonly used coffee substitutes, e.g., Postum? Chichory? Nestle Caro? Ersatz? Muckefuck? Dandelion? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_substitute Many sources indicate coffee was in great demand due to the Depression. (Probably even greater demand if mixed with Bushmills.)




4212 Sunset - unusual topography. Presumably the actual jail was down the hill (much like the former Butterfield's - also mentioned on NLA). Currently occupied by the "El Cid." Wonder if El Cid's facade makes use of the former Jail wall.

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Silex commercial coffee service
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1920 - 8901 W Pico (Real Coffee?)
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics45/00042121.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/pics45/00042121.jpg

A little something seasonal on the church grounds...

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EewH4uaCQK.../PileOTree.jpg

Here's a second photograph from that group of 1950 ebay photos.

The first one had the noirish sounding 'Big Dime Cafe', this one has the equally noirish 'Torch Cafe'.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/k1E4mi.jpg
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If I remember correctly, the seller thought this was the 100 block of W. 3rd Street.

I just checked, and the seller was correct (see below)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...922/5NxW1x.jpglapl



Here's a closer look.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/Tejxs9.jpgdetail

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Henry Hebard West
 

Thank you oldstuff.

I looked again and there was a Clifford West born in 1899 in Iowa, just a year after the first photo of H.H. and Mertie, when H.H. and Mary Teel were 27 and 16. He may have been left behind when H.H. and Mary moved back to California (where she was originally from). Clifford died in 1958, predeceasing both of his parents (if I've got the right Clifford). He's buried in Des Moines.

A daughter, Elizabeth Wihelmina West was born in 1903, a year after H.H. and Mary married, and a son, H.H., Jr., fourteen years later. Junior, then about 24, is probably the uniformed man in the second photo. He made it through the war, married three times and lived on until 1998.

Mary Teel West's last name was Shepard at the time of her death, so maybe she remarried.

Mertie must have had a lot of patience.




Is 240 Griffin Ave still there and recognizable? There's no street view:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/2k...A=w586-h346-no
google maps

Thank you Beaudry! It's populated and with a name attached: William Widney. There is a William Widney (1850-1921), originally a Buckeye, buried out at Angelus Rosedale with his wife, Elizabeth. Hard to believe the day would come when elephants would be rounding this corner.

Big contrast with the image of the house Flyingwedge posted and I cropped. By circa 1905 the home had gained a side porch, but lost most of its fence:
Judge Widney, of USC fame, lived in a two-story home on S Hill between W 4th and W 5th, according to USCDL. That house, they say, eventually became part of the site for the Subway Terminal Building. On the other hand, LAPL has a C.C. Pierce image of another (?) house on Hill, between 4th & 5th. They say it belonged to Dr P Widney and fell for the Pacific Electric station. Lotta Widneys on that block.

Thank you MichaelRyerson for all your photos of the house and environs.

We've had a few auditoria from Julius Shulman lately. This one is "Job 3633: Flewelling and Moody, Robert L. Frost Memorial Auditorium (Culver City, Calif.), 1963, 1964, 1965".

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original

The stage, complete with piano.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original

I've had to switch to black & white for this wider shot.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original

As the title suggests, this set covers 1963, 1964 and 1965, which means that it also incudes the construction phase.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original

There are more constructions pictures in the set, but I thought this was the most arty.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original

All from Getty Research Institute

The Robert Lee Frost Memorial Auditorium is part of Culver City High School at 4601 Elenda Street, Culver City. You can read a little about its history at laconservancy.org. I like the tree on the right.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...6.jpg~original
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Of note: For a humble high school auditorium this building is very ambitious and timeless.

Originally designed by local architects Flewelling & Moody, the building has one of the most formidable structural concrete domes in the city.

Each roof rib was cast in place on a sculpted mound of earth and individually lifted into position, then joined to other ribs via another concrete pour. We see the joining elements in the photo below.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psa0csqmjg.jpg
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I got excited for a second, I thought the house still stood! Seems that Wm Widney's house at 430 W 4th was, according to permits anyway, moved to 242 E 79th in 1923. But either that idea was abandoned, or it was moved and then demolished three years later, because the stucco/Spanish there now is 1926.

On a related note, about 1906 A L Haley designed an apartment house for that very corner, which never came to be:

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2822/3...f8954003_b.jpg

(pictured in his book Modern Apartments) I think it bears a bit of a resemblance to his ill-fated Ponet Square of 1906.

The Zahns, of course, didn't build Haley's design at 4th & Olive, but instead waited a few years and tore down their own house at 427 S Hope, and hired architect F M Tyler to design the "Zahn Apartments" which they finally instead named the Rubaiyat.

I missed that entirely. All I saw was this:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/f0...g=w670-h433-no
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Rk...A=w672-h437-no
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/jT...g=w674-h181-no
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The Mumford & its neighbor to the east got demo permits at the same time. They had to go so LA's newest, now oldest, garage could be built.

The proposed Zahn rendering is delightful. What ever happened to AL Haley? He seems to have evaporated.


P.S.

Speaking of unbuilt Haleys and W 4th St:

Two hole-in-the-wall eateries in 1950 Los Angeles.


The 'Panchitas Cafe' and the 'Civic Cafe'.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...924/ZGpfwL.jpg
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As well as the "Call me Jack!"resale shop, and a view of St. Vibiana's.




Just for fun, here's a closer look at the Panchitas Cafe and Civic Cafe.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/2sVk9L.jpgdetail







below: I believe this is the same view today; the dark building is the building that housed the 'Civic Cafe' (minus the top floors)


100 Block of E. 3rd Street
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/C0UbXv.jpg
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If you look closely, you can see the tower of St. Vibiana's in the distance:previous: down Werdin Place.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...923/o8RkG2.jpg

"Woman Drunk Driver" 6-17-60

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/924/tjjRdG.jpg
ebay


http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/jPFqBj.jpg
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for search purposes:

Officer C.F. Kuehn, Elsie C. McDonald 465 N. Western Ave., Officer J.L. Haag.

Herald Express photograph, Photographer Rutherford.

Yeah, weird, they get the demo permit in January, and the relocation permit in February—

https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3680/3...335c36c2_b.jpg

And yes, what happened with Arthur Leonard Haley? From what I can garner through records, he lands in LA in '90, marries Blanche in '97, so one assumes she went on the lam with him! They're both in the census living in San Francisco in 1900. By 1910 and through at least 1913 they're here, but he's in Portland, and divorced, in 1920. Then he dies, 61yo, in LA in 1927.

There's 200+ mentions of him in the Times and one of these days I'll organize them into some sensible story...