The names of the fallen speak volumes about the changing demographic of L.A. over the span of a century. Not a single Hispanic name. Most are Anglo-Saxon-Celtic, but four are German.

This is Ice Capades at 6121 Santa Monica Boulevard. Julius Shulman visited this Stiles Oliver Clements building in 1953. Unsurprisingly, the title of the photoset is "Job 1619: Stiles Oliver Clements, Icecapades (Los Angeles, Calif.),1953".

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

Here's a different angle showing the entrance.

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

A wider view of the building.

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

Getty Research Institute

The section of the building on the corner of Lodi Place has gained an extra story, and the palm trees have grown a bit, but otherwise the scene has stayed much the same.

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

The small wall to the right of the entrance has been removed sometime in the last 62 years. This angle also shows how high the palm trees have grown.

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

I'll finish with this advert from the September 22, 1956 edition of Billboard.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...6.jpg~original
books.google.com

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

Walter A. Brown was founder and owner of the Boston Celtics.

Oh and Edward W. "Eddie" Shore was a hockey hall of famer, mostly with the Boston Bruins.

# # #

Unrelated P.S. -- This Saturday, Oct 24, is the farewell to the 6th Street Bridge over the Los Angeles River: https://www.facebook.com/events/923096777770808/

"Special dinners"...I wonder what they were?

Edit to add: Sorry...this was supposed to be in response to a long-ago post but the quote didn't show up. Never mind...

I enjoyed the GREAT photos of Bunker Hill recently. I'm not on here every day so I don't know if this has been discussed but I see that ONE BUNKER HILL was recently bought this past week by same group that recently remodeled PacMutual Bldg, promising upgrades for the old Edison Building now. http://www.ladowntownnews.com/news/u...2db9fb853.html

Most amazing photo ever

weeelllllll
I bet a dollar that it's a paste-up
Tthe 1930s version of photoshop.
The Zep appears to be a model and heavily retouched.
Cut it out, glue it on and re--photo the montage.
But I'll take good photo special effects over CGI most days

Looks like the swastikas were painted out, at the very least.

Cheers,

Earl

Those symbols were not on the GZ rudders in '29. It was not until a certain dictator assumed control (1933+) that the markings were added. ;)

1929 mines field and a big 'ol dirigible
http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...pspuihxoy6.png USCDigital



1929 issue Graf Zeppelin stamp
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...1930_issue.jpghttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...1930_issue.jpg

I may have run out of Bank of America branches photographed by Julius Shulman, but I found a branch of Citizens National Bank that I don't think we've seen before. It was located at 10925 Kinross Avenue in Westwood. Just like yesterday's Ice Capades building, this is another Stiles Oliver Clements design. It's "Job 1618: Stiles Oliver Clements, Citizens Bank (Los Angeles, Calif.),1953".

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

A closer view.

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

The photoset also includes this interior shot.

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

All from Getty Research Institute

The building survives as Bel Air Camera, although the clean lines of the original have been slightly compromised by the addition of two heavy horizontal bars. The stonework on the corner now accommodates three ATMs.

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

The building continues back along Gayley Avenue. It's not clear from the Shulman pictures whether the bank originally had a side entrance.

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

That would argue that it was a later photograph of the GZ that was pasted in.

Cheers,

Earl

[QUOTE=Flyingwedge;7205836]This is a pre-1930 aerial view looking NE at the 1917 Los Angeles High School. North across what is now Olympic Blvd.,
in the upper left corner, is Memorial Park, future site of the Memorial Branch Library:
http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...r.jpg~original
UCLA

Interesting that in the 1920s it appears a soccer field or at least a penalty area has been marked out on the field. Was anyone in California playing soccer then?

originally posted back in 2009
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...908/GMHOCJ.jpg

Believe it or not, the photograph is a "Dick Whittington" in the USC digital Archives. (I apologize for not including the link back in 2009)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...908/L4aTLq.jpg
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...d/20263/rec/15


Back in 2009, when I first came across the photograph, USC didn't have the zoom function/-so let's take a closer look noirishers.

Here's a close-up of the Graf Zeppelin. (fake or real?) -real but superimposed?

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...905/tOr2gB.jpg
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...d/20263/rec/15



And here's a close-up of the insignias on the tail-fins.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...910/sZibmo.jpg
detail

I don't recognize them. Do they ring a bell for anyone?



Now let's look at what's on the ground in the center of the photograph (initially I thought it was a movie theater / now I'm leaning toward a gas station)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...633/4vzpDx.jpg
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...d/20263/rec/15

Frustratingly, I can't make out any of the lettering on the signs, especially the white lettering on black.
Could it be 'lorem ipsum' (gibberish fill-in)? -that would prove some doctoring has been done.

I think Ed, Earl and BRR made some excellent points.
Does anyone know if Dick Whittington manipulated any other photographs?
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I think it definitely is a model made for some movie. Not only are the fins slightly the wrong, but in the real GZ the control surface hinges and actuating horns are quite prominent. Also, when the swastikas were added they were large, in a white circle on red background, and in the middle of the fins. I could locate no pictures that would indicate that there were ever any markings on the aft outboard tips of the fins.

Here's a picture of the aft end of the real thing:


https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5305/...22a2f218_b.jpgGraf Zeppelin, LZ127 by Wolfgang Wiggers, on Flickr

Note the differences.
Cheers,

Earl

That's the Mesa Vernon Market. It appears that the Dick Whittington image has been mirrored. I've posted details of this photo before (during my Citizens Bank round-up) - it dates from March 29, 1930.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...t.jpg~original
Detail of picture in Huntington Digital Library

For comparison, here's a mirrored version of the detail posted by e_r.

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

This is a great tid-bit of information t2. I love when NLA'ers uncover obscure facts like this. -so fun!



I really thought the 1964 slide (shown below) was taken in a lobby. (mostly because of the lighting)
So I appreciate the clarification sopas...Hoss...etc. -that the mural was actually outside.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...908/61CMus.jpg
eBay


Here are a couple close-ups.

A portion of the mural/mosaic is made of thousands of old telephone switching parts.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...911/t4HlUt.jpg
Dave Bullock at http://eecue.com/b/632/Bell-Comunica...insbergen.html





...more switching parts.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...905/SJPxuA.jpg
http://eecue.com/a/1425/1-Bell_Commu...ound_the_Globe

:previous: I wonder if there's a significance to 52781?




http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...908/rqff55.jpg
http://eecue.com/a/1425/1-Bell_Commu...ound_the_Globe

:previous: Oh there's more numbers. Now I think they're just random.
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:previous: Excellent sleuthing Hoss!

So what I thought might be lorem ipsum (dummy text) is ornamental grill-work with indirect lighting. (right?)

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:previous:

I thought it might me neon on the grill-work, but it could be indirect lighting. I tried to get a later picture, but so far I've only progressed to October 21, 1933. At least it shows the large Van de Kamps windmill which wasn't in the earlier shot.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original
Detail of picture in Huntington Digital Library

:previous: You found the smoking gun BifRayRock! It says "composit[e]" clear as day.


And here is the original "night shot" BRR's label is referring to. (minus the Graf Zeppelin in the sky)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...911/WwWEHH.jpg
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...d/13101/rec/13

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