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Notions at Coulter's, Wilshire District [1948] http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/2X6sK7.jpg https://miraclemilela.com/the-miracl...nt-circa-1948/ Coulter’s fabric and sewing notions department. Talon brand zippers are arranged in a display case with skeins of yarn displayed in the background. (eBay) hmmm....skeins of yarn? __ Skein: "Yarn or thread that is lightly twisted into a coil, or a flock of wild birds flying." http://www.yourdictionary.com/skein#7eIvXFXZWOdZRSTu.99 |
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I just found another early photograph that I believe shows the property line (on the opposite side of the cemetery this time) "1918 photo depicting the newly built Best Family private outdoor mausoleum, one of the first of its kind constructed in what is now commonly referred to by us grave hunters as The Old Section." "A Soldier of the Civil War" is engraved over the doorway. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...921/a1uGsa.jpg http://lisaburks.typepad.com/.a/6a00...f2f006f970b-pi note the straight line of trees and utility poles.....that's what I believe is the property line I've been looking for a map that show the early boundaries of the old Tropico Cemetery, known by 'grave hunters' as the Old Section. It would be fun to overlay it onto the current size of the Park. (that's beyond my computer abilities), but I know someone here would help me. ;) _ |
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A more recent picture of the Best mausoleum. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...Mausoleum1.jpg panoramio.com |
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As in, where the "C" is in Clay, basically: https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/761/32...1e25574c_o.png And then go to that first landing (the "T" in Hotel). So then I thought to consult Indestructible Man, check it out here (this is the version on YT with the highest resolution) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt7eedQCDQY and for our interests visit 40:24-44:15 (and don't forget 44:56-48:56 for a bunch of goings-on in the Bradbury Bldg). Anyhow, here's Marian Carr checking out the guy Lon Chaney Jr just tossed down the steps from the top landing, near Olive (the final "a" in Astoria). There's that two-tone paint job and smooth finish, as distinct from the exposed block on the other side. (Though I'm guessing that's actually also cement, with the block "carved in.") https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/591/32...37bd9d39_o.png Here's Chaney going at it— https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/523/32...0cdd844f_o.png And a reverse shot that looks down to Clay, in the distance, the back of the Belmont, which fronts Hill. So Chaney grabs and raises the guy over his head at the first landing, but then throws him from down near the second landing. Nice piece of continuity error that no-one noticed (and fewer would care about, perhaps) but I love it anyway. https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/485/32...cfecaa1c_o.png As long as we're on the subject (insert dead-horse-beating gif here), a shot from Chicago Calling— http://www.electricearl.com/bh/ChicagoCalling-01.jpg This and lots of related shots from CC about halfway down the page here |
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I was looking at the 'Chicago Calling' screen-grabs last night. Here's one I especially liked. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...924/W4lryb.jpg http://www.electricearl.com/bh/ChicagoCalling-12.html I should know, but I don't. Where are we looking here......north toward Temple street? I would have guessed this was later than 1951. (the year of 'Chicago Calling') __ |
Real life criminal.
"Andray Thompson, Los Angeles Robber, 1939" http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...921/m2Dtue.jpg ebay Wanted for questioning in the San Francisco area in connection with the shooting of two Folsom convicts. Thompson was with the two slain convicts when they escaped. 11/2/39 |
Spy Ring, Los Angeles 1939
Natasha Gorin http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...921/Mwhkub.jpg ebay "Mrs. Natasha Gorin, beautiful wife of Mikhail Gorin, Soviet Russia Travel Bureau Official already under indictment, was herself indicted late today by the Federal Grand Jury in connection with a reputed plot to steal confidential records of the U.S. Naval Intelligence." Los Angeles 1/11/39 reverse http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...924/iGJoA0.jpg |
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"My Gun is Quick" (1957) - youtube https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_e...ZaA=w1366-h768 https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/gV...dLo=w1366-h768 https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/fp...ktQ=w1366-h768 https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/sq...QMg=w1366-h768 Huh. No mortar between those "blocks": https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-m...s0o=w1366-h768 Involuntary defenestration victim. Do you suppose anyone actually ever got murdered on those stairs? https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/nE...qTs=w1366-h768 OK, I'm done. . |
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Remember our discussion several weeks ago about quickie weddings at Yuma Ariz? Meet Harry Toy http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/uFWXXn.jpg "Love or no love, participants must be of age must be of age before they marry. So was the case of Harold Toy, 21, pictured here, jailed in Los Angeles today on charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, for marrying Virginia Shirley, 12." "They eloped to Yuma, Arizona." 4/14/37 ________ :previous: I'm still letting it sink in....Virginia was only 12!!!! Can you imagine if you were her parents? reverse http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...924/2V2nKO.jpg |
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One can get married at 13 in New Hampshire, 14 in New York, North Carolina and Alaska. Some states require parental/court consent. Bunch more states (including Indiana) it's 15. |
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In the meantime.... It doesn't say exactly where this incident occurred, but the victim lived in the Patterson Hotel https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/X6...dDA=w1366-h768 https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/fM...T9k=w1366-h768 https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/dA...UDY=w1366-h768 Los Angeles Herald, Number 305, 22 September 1913 LOL. "Desperate Desmond" was a very topical reference. And here's something I didn't recall, although it has come up before in a Flyingwedge post: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/vt...4RM=w1366-h768 Los Angeles Herald, Volume 19, Number 112, 30 June 1883 The name change was requested by vintner JW Packer. In 1905 Mr Packer's wife died, he lost all his money to swindlers and was taken to the insane ward at County Hospital. There's a lesson in there somewhere. . |
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No, not the :previous: location, but evocative of Kenton Court. Interesting assemblage of wires and antennae. As this was 1925 (a few years before mid-century), antenna height was probably important for crystal set reception. Probably not many superheterodyne receivers on Kenmore Ave for a few years. Quote:
1925 - 1222 Kenmore Ave. http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...k.jpg~original http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...oll170/id/5359 http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...h.jpg~original Kenton Court http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...r.jpg~original Garage for Rent http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...q.jpg~original Not all details are worth preserving. In this instance, roof tiles were added. 1993 http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...n.jpg~original http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/73...5807a75460.jpg Contemporary (Looks like next-door garage is unavailable) http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...9.jpg~originalGoogleSV |
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AS Hoss and Rick have already noted we're looking north on Hope Street with Temple passing in the middle distance and the southern terminus of the newly opened section of the Hollywood Freeway dumping traffic out onto Temple at Hope. Here's an image of the same scene looking more westerly... https://c1.staticflickr.com/2/1477/2...1334c5c9_o.jpgEnd of the line, SB Hollywood Freeway at Hope Street, 1951 These are Sunday drivers, out for a drive and to see the newest link of the freeway system. This particular stretch ran from Melrose (at Normandie) down here to Hope Street at Temple. This is Sunday, November 11, 1951. At this time we lived on Monroe Street near Melrose and Western Avenue. We did this many times. In fact we could very well have been in this shot although I don't see a light blue bathtub Nash. USC Digital/Los Angeles Examiner Collection, 1920-1961 |
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