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Since the horse trough in my prior post was identified so quickly, does anyone care to take a stab at the object below? Even a wild guess? Maybe it's some kind of portable fortune teller's booth? Quote:
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The kneeling figure seems to be facing one or two others. Position of the arms suggest holding/playing a musical instrument. Maybe a publicity display for some show in town? My best guess.
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Then I realized I missed the photographs the seller posted at the bottom of the ad. : Here are two additional views of this same boulevard with the unique street lights. (minus the dog) IMAGE 3 IMAGE 4 and the IMAGE I posted yesterday. |
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Thanks for figuring out the location Hoss (and FW) It makes sense that the GIs stayed at the YMCA. originally posted by HossC https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/ikycP6.jpg I see the extraordinarily tall flue I mentioned earlier (circled in red). It's directly behind (or attached to) the First Congregational Church at 845 S Hope. I can't think of any reason a church would need such a tall flue :shrug: __ |
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a rolling advertisement for another business, similar to what John's Pipe Shop had. Or perhaps the cart is an old parade float? Also, regarding the water fountain/trough at Main, Spring, and Ninth, the somewhat utilitarian incarnation shown in your close-up might be the one described here (so the Horse/Man/Dog fountain installed in September 1907 apparently didn't last very long, although the exact reason for its removal is not given): http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...psfhjmobzr.jpg http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...s.jpg~original July 26, 1910, Los Angeles Times @ ProQuest via LAPL |
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Here's an amazing cabinet card.
SELLER'S DESCRIPTION: "Santa Monica California G.A.R. Encampment 1895 Boudoir Cabinet Card Photo" https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...921/FYX42f.jpg picclick (no longer listed) The G.A.R. encampment might have taken place in Temescal Canyon (the eventual home of the Chataugua camp), but this location appears to be quite flat. Can anyone think of a suitable place other than Temescal Canyon? __ p.s. I believe the date on the card is August 11th, 1895. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/3...922/DMJUXh.jpg hmmm, the 5 also looks like a 0...or an 8 (what do you guys think?) |
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Very interesting regarding the vehicle from John's Pipe Shop, Flyingwedge! It seems reasonably enough to assume that my "mystery vehicle" is probably something similar. I guess I probably won't be able to find any definitive answer to what my vehicle is. Thanks, you two, for giving it a shot, anyway! :) Very interesting article on the fountain, Flyingwedge - it's amazing the amount of information the forum members have been able to find about the horse trough... thanks again to all who responded! :tup: |
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This poor guy is having car trouble. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...921/bWTgRz.jpg DETAIL Are my eyes playing tricks on me, or is this a slight pull-over area with an opening to let you walk to get help/or gas. __ |
BDiH, I've never heard of the Artisan's Patio until now. I'll have to go investigate it this weekend.
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Next, I thought it might be an oyster cart since it's parked directly in front of an oyster house. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/5U4mAQ.jpg DETAIL But oyster carts tend to be utilitarian. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/dbSvsJ.jpg DAILY MIRROR, LOS ANGELES __ and too... It came as a big surprise that slides were projected onto the sides of buildings back then. (like a steam-punk Blade Runner) Next you'll tell me there were dirigibles flying around too. ;) https://imageshack.com/a/img923/3111/TaxR7h.gif CECIL B. DeMILLE'S 'MADAM SATAN' [1929] __ |
So in a current GSV of the intersection, you can see the old location of the trough on the corner, and while there is a divider just to the south, it now has art and vegetation. Did they remove the facilities, or just pave them over?
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If I recall correctly, most people here assumed the restrooms were just paved over, with the restrooms themselves still lying underground to this day. It would be really interesting to visit that area today with a steam shovel! |
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https://s26.postimg.cc/jxx79kpt5/Mn3n_Det.jpg odinthor collection "a fine place at Third and Main atop which he put the cart." _________________________________________________________ Quote:
Madam Satan, a film I very much like! Die Fledermaus with a dirigible! https://s26.postimg.cc/x3cpfaefd/Madam_Satan.jpg |
How is the "noirish era" in L.A. defined?
By age, anything before the 1960s, say? By events, really dark events? The era when "film noir" was made? Every era is colorful to those living in it. Will our era seem "noirish" and quaint in 50 or 60 years? Most "noirish" era ever? Maybe the "Dark" Ages, after the collapse of the western Roman Empire? But I'm sure the ordinary people living then lived in a technicolor world and lived as best they could. And the eastern empire, Byzantium continued. And China was booming. Every era has some "noire" aspects. Best "noirish" T.V. series.......77 Sunset Strip, or Perry Mason, or maybe Hitchcock Presents? All in glorious black & white.
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So I take it this slide is Ektachrome :yuck: as well. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/LlDkLp.jpg EBAY The grand old Richfield Oil tower is unfortunately just out of the photo on the left. Richfield was my favorite "noirish" L.A. building. It was especially magnificent at night, with the "oil derrick" spire lit up. Almost 380 feet to the top of the spire. Second in height to City Hall in the '50s. A pity the ARCO towers project couldn't have built around it & preserved it, but it was viewed as an aged relict (as were all the Victorian neighborhoods on Bunker Hill), so it was torn down in 1968/69. "Progress"? Thankfully many of the 'noirish" buildings around Broadway survive. Eastern Columbia is great. Like someone said, freeway medians were quite primitive and inadequate before the 1960s and 70s. |
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If so, (1) that's amazing, and (2), could you describe what the lights on the “derrick” actually did? I've heard the lights were animated, and simulated an erupting geyser - is that correct? The Richfield Tower is one of my favorite LA buildings, too. I wish I could have seen it - it was torn down while I was still an infant. :( Of course, I'd LOVE to see a movie of the tower's lighting, but I don't know that such a thing exists. Quote:
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Help! Anybody know where...
the Arlington Hotel was located? And where was 'the Tenderloin'? I know, I feel like I should know this but the only 'Tenderloin' I'm familiar with was in San Francisco. Can't find the Arlington on any of my maps and, of course, the Tenderloin' wouldn't be noted by any cartographer. Thanks.
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I don't know what time period or area you're looking for, but I found some Arlington Hotels in the CDs. Pre-1900 there seems to have been one in Riverside and one in Santa Barbara. After 1902 there are a few references to an Arlington Hotel at 214 Commercial Street, although this one was called New Arlington House in earlier CDs. After 1934, another Arlington Hotel appears at 611 E 5th Street. This one was previously known as the Hoover Hotel, and seems to have been built as a rooming house in 1913. It's currently St Mark's Hotel. There's no mention of the Tenderloin in the CDs. |
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