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I admit I'm having some trouble visualizing this photo and it's probably due to the lens/depth of focus or something, but...we see the bus bench and the Rosewood Ave. sign. Then is that Rosewood Ave. and then the mailbox on the other side of Rosewood? Today there is a bus bench and the Rosewood Ave. sign in the exact same spot. If that's the case, what I'm having trouble visualizing is the other side of the street. Rosewood Ave. crosses La Cienega and is north of Norm's. If the car in the center of the b&w photo (Corvair to left) is turning, it isn't onto Rosewood because it passed Rosewood. Your current GSV photo lines up with the b&w photo, except the GSV is taken south of Rosewood. :shrug: Anyway, I happened to recently see this photo of Jeno Paulucci pulling Stan Freberg down La Cienega Blvd., also in 1960. Norm's can be seen in the background, upper left. https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kq6XkfshQ.../unnamed-5.jpgPinterest Stan Freberg's been mentioned on NLA before. I looked up (Wiki) Jeno Paulucci: Among other things, he was an entrepreneur and in the 1940's, Paulucci developed the Chun King line of canned Chinese food products. (Which might explain the rickshaw above?) Other brands included Jeno's (pizza & pizza rolls) and Michelina's (his mother's name). This AdAge article explains the photo above: Mr. Paulucci has always been a demanding client. In his 1988 autobiography, Mr. Freberg recalled a bet: Mr. Paulucci promised to pull the adman down Los Angeles' LaCienega Boulevard in a rickshaw if a commercial actually worked. Mr. Freberg won the bet and the rickshaw ride. |
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Here's a nice looking home that appears to have been destroyed by the construction of the Santa Monica Freeway....:( 2923 W. 23rd St. Los Angeles ...rppc / postmarked 1913. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/CILQTY.jpg worthpoint Here's the reverse. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/922/SsCmTl.jpg And the former location. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/FPbpCZ.jpg google_earth Note that it was almost on the same block as the South Seas House'. . |
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There's a good possibility we have seen this rppc (real photo postcard) of the French Village in Hollywood but it's so magnificent I thought it wouldn't hurt to see it again. :) https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/bAoQ9z.jpg worthpoint ...................:previous: There's someone waiting in that car. (you can see his elbow) . |
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Since I'm on a roll. :) Here's a good look at the seldom seen (so seldom seen that I didn't know it was there) fountain that graced the front entrance of the Garden Court Apartments in Hollywood. (now gone) https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/u8TseB.jpg Back in the early 1980s, shortly after moving to Los Angeles, I remember parking one evening in front of the Garden Court Apts. on Hollywood Blvd....The glass in all the windows was missing and it was obvious there were squatters inside because you could see candles burning. I couldn't believe what I was seeing because the building, itself, was still quite beautiful. for search purposes:....scenes on brown's pierce arrow tours...auditorium hotel..phones metropolitans 0502 / 4383. |
Warner Oland & 1930 Laurel Canyon Blvd.
Does anyone have any vintage photos of 1930 Laurel Canyon Blvd?
The house was built for silent film star Warner Oland (who played Charlie Chan) in 1923. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Oland It just came up for sale. https://www.1930laurelcanyon.com/ I'm so curious why it has 2 front doors and if that is the original design? https://assets.sothebyshomes.com/pho..._1800x1200.jpg |
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This house--between 7th & 8th avenues--actually became 3717 West 23rd after annexation-related renumberings around the city circa 1911-13. Unfortunately, it was demolished in 2007. "B" is Blanche Fitzgerald, one of two unmarried daughters of Nathan and Julia FitzGerald--the other daughter was Malia. Nathan FitzGerald was a lawyer who had recently retired and moved down from Tacoma. (Blanche was 29 or 30, Malia 27 or 28.) Blanche was a secretary in a law office for decades and was still listed at 3717 in the CD as late as 1956. What's there now: https://i.postimg.cc/DZqbkC7z/3717w23-bmp.jpg |
At least one of those Caryatids from the Garden Court Apartments survives and is on display in the Hollywood Heritage Museum
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Martin, you are quite right, I had to take the Googlemobile south of Rosewood to get the buildings on the east side of La Cienega to match up....as you say it's likely a depth of focus issue, I'm not a camera guy so this is all beyond me. |
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Was the nearby "Rocky & Bullwinkle" statue preserved on the Sunset Strip? The Rocky & Bullwinkle show appealed to both kids & adults back in the early '60s, a proto Simpsons with a "Mad Magazine" subversive satire vibe. All the smart kids read Mad Magazine and watched Rocky & Bullwinkle back then. The normal kids watched Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear and the Flintstones. The Flintstones was a rip-off of the Honeymooners. Never did get Soupy Sales, but some kids watched him. |
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***I was lucky enough to tune into the Windsor Square–Hancock Park Historical Society's great presentation this past week of Nathan Marsak's work on Bunker Hill. I don't know if a video of it is available on Youtube or somewhere, but Noirishers should seek it out. Bunker Hill and our own Beaudry really come alive. Windsor Square–Hancock Park Historical Society info: https://windsorsquarehancockpark.com/event/540/ https://i.postimg.cc/Ls7SzmtG/lary3rdst-bmp.jpg |
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re:...The French Village - Hollywood California https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/RZDd9L.jpg vintage_everyday....via.... Paradise Leased There is some roadwork going on along Highland Avenue. (note the huge contraption) At first I thought it was a steamroller but there are blades extending from the back of the thing. Quote:
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mystery location / officers club Photo album page found on eBay (1951) . https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/50luVV.jpg Link As you can see from the top two photographs the officers club had an amazingly streamlined entrance. Here's a closer look: https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/RHyBeL.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/IwKyqL.jpg Any idea where this officers club was located? :shrug: . |
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Just for fun, here are the other three photographs from the page. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/Gum8Xs.jpg eBay The boy is hip. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/w2RV8q.jpg eBay This is no doubt where the family was staying. I should recognize it. I'm sure that we've seen it on NLA before. And the Vine Street Brown Derby. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/M6ceQW.jpg eBay All the photographs are dated 1951. . |
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