Thanks Hoss. I appreciate it.


odinthor just sent me this image.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/IBQIzA.jpg

You can see both ferry buildings in this view.

Here's a view of the East Lake Sulphur Baths in the opposite direction:
https://i.postimg.cc/zf3MGkJ2/East-L...phur-baths.jpg
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Excellent find Mackerm!


I hope you don't mind that I enlarged it.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/923/1TxsTb.jpg


Judging by the odd angles towards the front I'd say that is the front door the two ladies were posing in front of.


This one below the red arrow.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...924/UtuAr3.jpg


for comparison.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...924/uHZ3Re.jpg
eBay find

um. . .maybe I'm wrong.

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You are correct . . . the door that you've arrowed is to the right of the only pool corner that's not a right-angle. The two ladies in the photo
must be standing outside the office near the left edge of this 1906 Sanborn Map:


https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...ths_-_1024.jpg


Library of Congress

Re: The 'Atomic Dawn' photographs taken in Los Angeles.


Hi Harrys

Yes, we covered the atomic blasts earlier in the thread.


You can see the flash from a Feb. 6, 151 atomic test Here.

You can see the flash from a May 5, 1955 atomic test Here

You can see an undated atomic flash Here (it includes the Richfield Building in the distance)

Very sad. It was seen here in post 6928 in 2012:

That second postcard that Mackerm found is dated "circa 1915" on Ebay.


The Eastlake Sulphur Baths were moved across Mission Rd. to a new location at 332 Keith St. in 1913.


https://i.imgur.com/wR1H5Ub.jpg
ladbsdoc.lacity.org


https://i.imgur.com/HN0uwZf.jpg
rescarta.lapl.org


If the 1915 date is accurate the postcard likely shows a differently configured version of the building to fit the new lot. :shrug:


I think this is the Eastlake Sulphur Baths on Keith St. in a detail from a 1924 aerial of Selig Zoo.

https://i.imgur.com/H4p032A.jpg
tessa.lapl.org

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Noir Noir, you answered a question that has been bugging me for the last several days.

I spotted the Keith St. natatorium on BillinGlendale's map and was totally flummoxed.


https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/EPFV4f.jpg
detail

Thanks to your research I now know it's the Eastlake Sulphur Baths at a new location.....Bravo! :worship:




Postscript:

Wouldn't the move to a new location require the owners to drill a new well.
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^^It looks like it was also used in/inspired vintage car ads

https://i.imgur.com/PxuEV7T.png

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Mystery bar. . .Mystery chapel.



Seller's description:..Original 35mm Slide - Downtown Los Angeles 1971

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/924/XDpXIu.jpg
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The first thing that caught my eye was the reddish neon on, what appears to be, a bar.





Here's a closer look.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/EL7RBu.jpg

Does anyone recognize this place?

And if you look even closer, there's a building behind it that has "Our Lady Chapel" painted on the wall.. Huh?...Shouldn't that be over by the old Plaza Church?:shrug:

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https://i.imgur.com/XTw2IXC.jpg
rescarta.lapl.org


SE corner of S. Figueroa and W. 8th St.


We're seeing the back of the Our Lady Chapel building at 809 S. Flower St.

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The Cordova Bar at S. Figueroa and W. 8th Street was probably named for the Hotel Cordova located there previously.

E_R first posted about it: https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/sho...ostcount=25078

HossC did a follow up post: https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/sho...ostcount=25084

Here's a brighter image of the postcard photo E_R first posted.

https://storage.googleapis.com/hippo...8c773ec364.jpghippostcard

Also the reverse writing on this one: (notations of "Bishops Elected" possibly linked to the Our Lady Chapel location?)

https://storage.googleapis.com/hippo...283e22bb8a.jpghippostcard

The "Bishops Elected" were bishops in the newly formed Evangelical Methodist Church founded in 1915. Our Lady Chapel is Roman Catholic.

OMG — this is LITERALLY the house I grew up in
 

http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/show...ostcount=57456

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1BsLDRbve...813-231257.png

537 S. Adams ave in Fullerton. We moved in in 1965 when I was born.

The image is backwards


https://www.google.com/maps/place/53...4d-117.9394767

So much free parking. What a time to be alive! :tup:

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LOL! :cheers:
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And thanks for this clarifying info JimCraig:

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The Cordova Bar & cocktail Lounge. Figueroa & 8th Street.

Hmm. .so when the Hotel Cordova was torn down they saved the corner section. .

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/LJkcg6.jpg


. .which then became the Cordova Bar?

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/V28WT3.jpg

Ya think? :shrug:






Oh, and one more thing.


Here's a look inside the lobby of the Hotel Cordova.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/y0jRzf.jpg
Courtesy of odinthor's A Visit to Old Los Angeles


I think the odd angles might be the result of a. . .um. . .fish tail. . . no. . .fish eye lens.

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I'm going to have to agree with you, e_r and say yes they did just save the corner, kind of like you could with Lego. It's on the street corner, the proportions look right and the details seem to match.
If true, it must have been one happening' spot to warrant saving while the vast majority of the hotel was demolished.

^^^
Do detailed maps like this exist for all parts (every city block) of L.A. and other cities, or just commercial areas? How far do they go back? From the 19th century to the present? How often are they updated? Are they digitized and available online, or do you need to go to places like the Hall of Records? Who made these maps?--Government? Street map companies like Thomas Bros.? Title Insurance companies...? Sorry to inundate you with questions, but these land use maps are interesting. Ultimately they must have something to do with taxes or commerce, as collecting taxes is key to governments and commerce is key to business. I keep thinking of that scene from "Chinatown", where Gittes (Nicholson) goes to the Hall of Records and pretends to cough so he can tear out a map platt page like this without being heard by the snooty clerk.

!907 Gardena

https://i.imgur.com/mOx2pTn.png?1eBay

https://www.ebay.com/itm/23416700807...8672%7Ciid%3A1

From what I have read about Moneta which eventually became part of Gardena, the early town center was at Western Ave. & 166th St. That would be my best guess as to the location of the postcard photo.