I was close.

More Pierce Brothers Mortuary at 720 West Washington
 

September 16, 1923, Los Angeles Times:

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http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...pskpyrwtol.jpg

ProQuest via LAPL


The main entrance on Washington, with what looks to be the Pierce family crest above the arch:

http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...psctz0jcnt.jpg

uclamss_893_0167 -- Will Connell Collection. Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA
(unless noted otherwise, the UCLA pics here are dated c. 1925-39)


Here is the same entrance on the January 2017 GSV, with Bonsallo Avenue on the right:

http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...n.jpg~original


I think this is the same room Thelma's remains were in:

http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...o.jpg~original

uclamss_893_0163 -- Will Connell Collection. Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.


Another room:

http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...n.jpg~original

uclamss_893_0161 -- Will Connell Collection. Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA


This is a closer look at the Pierce family crest on the wall at right in the previous photo:

http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...psruxhbbfr.jpg



OK, so maybe it's a coat of arms, not a family crest:

http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...psygm0t8pn.jpg

Geni.com -- https://www.geni.com/people/Thomas-P...00006444637932


Here is a view of the chapel from the rear, followed by a close-up of the front of the chapel:

http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...ps2q7mn6vx.jpg


http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...5.jpg~original

uclamss_893_0165 -- Will Connell Collection. Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.


Thelma Todd was not the only celebrity whose service was at Pierce Brothers on Washington:

http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...psswuqbl16.jpg
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July 25, 1932, Los Angeles Times @ ProQuest via LAPL


Ziegfeld had died at 10:30 p.m. on July 22. The above article goes on to state, "The body will be placed in a
vault at Forest Lawn Memorial Park today. It will be sent to New York City for internment in about a month."

This is Will Rogers (hand on hat) leaving Pierce Brothers on July 24, 1932, following the Ziegfeld service:

http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...psupizsctz.jpg

uclamss_1429_0048 -- Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive. Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.


This January 2017 GSV shot looks north on Bonsallo toward Washington. The woman in red is on the same steps
(now covered with tiles) Will Rogers walked down in the previous photo:

http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...t.jpg~original


The old mortuary building doesn't appear to have much time left:

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While checking out the meaning of "Dixit et Fecit" (it's roughly "He said and he did"), I found that Pierce-Arrow also used that coat of arms on some of their cars.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...erceArrow1.jpg
www.radiatoremblems.com

So, my question is, are they two parts of the same Pierce family? The Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Company was started by George Pierce (originally as the George N Pierce Company) in Buffalo, New York in 1878, and, according to GW's LA Times article about the Pierce Brothers, "In 1880, William Pierce arrived in Los Angeles from upstate New York". Does anyone know if there's a connection? Maybe this is one for oldstuff.

Hermosa Beach 1948 :previous:


https://78.media.tumblr.com/86408d59...hjho1_1280.jpg
https://78.media.tumblr.com/

New book on LA noir....

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...rbelly-LA.html


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Barely seeing your reply. 720 W Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90015 is the location I was referring to. The funeral workers would tell me of hearing things go bump when no one was around. Another location that was haunted (although I always wanted to hear or see something) was Turner & Stevens, Alhambra at 550 E Main St, Alhambra, CA 91801. Supposedly a lil old lady would be seen in the chapel at various times or a man in a converted living/apt. area in the building.

But a lot of bodies, but none of the floating kinds, unfortunately (for me).

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/kd...=w1091-h647-no



A new history of ill-fated Westmoreland Place is here: westmorelandplace losangeles.blogspot.com


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Right! I'm guessing whoever edited the photo (prob on a budget) lives nearby. I only recognized the house because my other half loves the album and I live nearby so it was easily recognizable.

..http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9qiPxVeSN4...08-02-1927.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9qiPxVeSN4...08-02-1927.jpg

The Lovell beach house...truly a work of art.....1926.

Rudolph Micheal Schindler, Lovell Beach House, Newport Beach, California, 1926

The Essex Property Trust project and The Earl Carroll Theatre

http://mccormickbuilds.com/wp-conten...1-1500x700.jpgMcCormick Construction

Some of you may or may not know that a developer "Essex Property Trust" kicked off construction last October of a seven-story mixed use property (apartments and businesses) which is adjacent to the Earl Carroll Theatre; the west side. Several preservationist groups (Los Angeles Historic Theatre Foundation, Hollywood Heritage, Los Angeles Conservancy, and the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles) spent two years working with the developer and applauding their decision to save the Earl Carroll building. The developer filed the preservation status application, the city approved it, and the Earl Carroll Theatre is now an L.A. City Historic Cultural Monument. The developer will be doing restoration work on the exterior. They have also promised to restore Beryl Wallace’s neon portrait to the facade, as well as the slogan that was once emblazoned over its doors: "Through these portals pass the most beautiful girls in the world.”

YOWSA!

A 1947 night view:

https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-K_dBPdYBM...omonaLib-2.jpg
Frasher Foto Postcard Collection / Pomona Pubic Library

Oh...there's a higher resolution version of the above on Calisphere:
http://imgzoom.cdlib.org/Fullscreen....and=calisphere


Aside from the construction, what is also underway is looking for a tenant who will take over the interior, activate it, get some shows on the stage, and put an audience back in here.
"This is what it was built for,” says Escott O. Norton, executive director of the Los Angeles Historic Theatre Foundation.

Souvenir photo folder cover ($1.25):
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-O0hsNjM5k...l-Hysell-1.jpgMarlaine Hysell Collection

Inside page:
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TXkdrRBFz...l-Hysell-2.jpgMarlaine Hysell Collection

Photo taken November 10, 1945.
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SQt3CITBb...l-Hysell-3.jpgMarlaine Hysell Collection

On the left: Marlaine Hysell's dad, John A. Quinn Wilson and her grandmother, Lillie Riemann Quinn Wilson. On the right: her step sister and a date.


Some other 1940's photos I don't recall, but may have been, previously posted:

A 1940 view of the tire shop along the east side of the theatre.
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JAFQmR5N-...Hayashi-40.jpgMichael Hayashi/Photos of Los Angeles

A 1940's snapshot.
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gcO6AYNL6...rroll-Ault.jpgSean Ault Collection

A 1945 shot of servicemen visiting the theatre.
http://www.martinturnbull.com/wp-con...arroll-day.jpg
Richard Wojcik/Vintage Los Angeles


Vacant building - October, 2017

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fWw2Faj-q...16-ECT-083.JPGPhoto by Mike Hume


Construction begins: November 28, 2017

https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tGoifXx1r...-Weiss-171.jpgChuck Weiss

Chuck Weiss writes on his Facebook page: "Sad to see the destruction of the parking lot and portico of the Earl Carroll Theater this week. I know that a developer recently purchased the property [...], so I'm sure that the historic theater will soon be dwarfed by some high-rise structure right beside it. Luckily the theater itself is protected, but I was hoping that the adjacent architecture of the wrap-around marquis would have been protected as well."

(The above rendering looks like some of that will/might be restored afterwards.)

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FEBRUARY 24th: Earl Carroll Theatre Tour!

For the first time the LAHTF (Los Angeles Historic Theatre Foundation) will present their "ALL ABOUT" - behind-the-scenes tour of the Earl Carroll Theatre in Hollywood.
"Join us as we explore this legendary theatre with the doors open to the public for the first time in over three decades. We don't want to give too much away quite yet,
but this is one you do not want to miss!"

http://www.lahtf.org/event/all-about...rroll-theatre/
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I AM DEFINITELY GOING!

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P.S.: February 24th is also the date for The Great Los Angeles Air Raid re-enactment event held at Fort MacArthur.

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=40297

http://www.theairraid.com/
http://www.ftmac.org/

:previous: This is great news MP.




I don't know how this slipped under my radar (no pun intended)

'Showman Earl Carroll and longtime companion, actress Beryl Wallace, board United Airlines flight 624
on a cross-country journey to New York. The following day, the DC-6 crashed near Mount Carmel, Pennylvannia, killing all on board."

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/922/Tg6Vq4.jpg
find a grave





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find a grave

"No" was the answer when you asked; but now the answer is "Yes."

Just received here at Schloss Odinthor:

https://s26.postimg.org/6xskd77l5/Sig_Chi001.jpg
odinthor collection

"When the world goes wrong, as it's bound to do...", we can still dream of "...the Sweetheart of Sigma Chi!"

:previous: VERY cool odinthor.

If I may say so...an excellent addition to your collection.

Caption: "Two prospective yardbirds are kept in check by a police officer, around 1955."

By now, I thought we had seen all the lapd crime pics...but this one doesn't ring a bell.
I certainly wish we knew more about this scene; what crime do you think was perpetrated? [stolen car?]

As you all can see, this is across from Cliftons South Seas at 618 S. Olive Street.

The office appears to be a traffic cop (for one thing, he's wearing white gloves) who said I ain't no Sherlock




Does anyone know what 1890 FRENCH DRESSING means?

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...922/rPukv6.jpg

-note the Lookie-Lou in the back window............:previous:




for what it's worth, I'll throw this in too.
did you see the advertisement on the side of the building for the Los Angles Athletic Club?

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/3...923/ypKYyF.jpg

winged track shoe over the moon alice.

But, of course, e-r! You can "Read all about it!" here:

http://www.precisionfoods.com/consum.../brands/Milani

Milani 1890 French Dressing used to be my favorite salad dressing for quite a long time, until it seemed no longer available. I can still taste it in my, um, mind's mouth. The bottle had a distinctive shape then, rather like an 8, as I thought to facilitate shaking it to blend the oil and whatever before use. I see it's available online (different shaped bottle, though)--I'll have to order some, for old time's sake!

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https://d2lnr5mha7bycj.cloudfront.ne...cdceb9ddb8.JPG

I remember this from the 1950s?

Jerry Lewis
 

[QUOTE=CaliNative;8076159]Most of the interviews I saw with Jerry Lewis seemed to me to indicate more of the Buddy Love persona than the "Keeper of the Idiot" posture that Jerry like to described of himself. I think he was trying to affect a sort of "Rat Pack" façade since he wasn't an actual member of that group. The older he got, the more self-centered and critical he became.
That being said, as a kid growing up, I thought there was no one funnier anywhere in the world.