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Gilbert Thayer's Elcar
Here's what Gilbert Thayer's Elcar would have looked like:
https://content.invisioncic.com/r277...380a35a84c.jpg More on these fine machines from the Elkhart [Indiana] Carriage Company: https://forums.aaca.org/topic/286100-elcar/ Cheers, Earl |
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You are correct! https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...lay%29.svg.png Thanks for that info... In enlarging the photo and looking more closely, in the middle of the lighted Christmas tree it does say "Phillipines." And, despite what I first said, it looks like the other trees on the street have flags of other countries accompanying them as well. Wonder what prompted the idea of internationalism this particular year? I found a source that says this photo came from the USC Digital Library. They have a similar postcard photo of the street with flag banners and it's dated 1936. HERE. |
Happy Christmas, all you Noirishers!
https://i.postimg.cc/MHjhsgmQ/Santa-Beach.jpg [source: USC Digital Library] |
Bright or noir holiday?
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Anyway, here's 7 noir holiday motion pictures to enjoy while pondering the conundrum. http://www.criminalelement.com/dark-...-jake-hinkson/ |
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Anyway, merry Christmas and Happy New Year to the entire NLA gang here, with special Thanks to Ethereal Reality. I never really got to extend my appreciation for all the awesome work posted by everyone here in all my years of lurking and never taking time to figure out how to post comments. I guess now's a great time. So thank you all. It has truly been mind blowing. |
Merry Christmas NLAers. :)
These three images are from a collection titled "Gaily decorated homes win Christmas lighting prizes", and are dated December 24, 1956. I've also included "now" pictures for each. Whately Chandler home, 13060 Otsego St, North Hollywood http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...956Lights1.jpg LAPL http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...956Lights2.jpg GSV Sweepstakes winner - Home of Mr and Mrs Paul Seaman, 6312 Cartwright Ave, North Hollywood http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...956Lights3.jpg LAPL http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...956Lights4.jpg GSV Home of Mr and Mrs John P Schuh at 704 View Dr, Burbank http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...956Lights5.jpg LAPL http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...956Lights6.jpg GSV |
Merry Christmas
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http://www.streetswing.com/histburl/gif/desiree1.gif streetswing :previous: |
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[QUOTE=CityBoyDoug;8418756]You don't mean this feminine type, do you?
Well, this type suits better in some room at the Gladden or in the backstage of the Bamba Club... |
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"King of Norway, Sycamore Grove, Los Angeles 1939."
#1 https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/QLdf8H.jpgebay Hmmm....which one is he? I see him! He.s standing behind a short table covered in a white cloth with a dark strip... and he appears to have a flower in his lapel. No, wait...I've changed my mind. The 'flower' is too low, so maybe it's a white kerchief in his breast pocket. #2 https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/ZabQWD.jpgebay Norwegian dancing! #3 https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/8HEqHQ.jpgebay I couldn't locate any evidence of King Haakon VII visiting Los Angeles....but Prince Olav, his son, (the future King of Norway) visited Los Angeles in 1939. "In the spring of 1939, Prince Olav and Princess Martha went on a grand tour of the United States, to strengthen ties between Norway and the U.S. on the eve of World War II. The royal couple visited Los Angeles, where they met fellow countrywoman Sonja Henie (1912-1969), a figure skater who won gold medals in the 1928, 1932, and 1936 Olympics. Henie had become a famous movie star, earning $2 million a year during in her heyday." from HISTORYLINK Would someone look up some [spring 1939] issues of the Los Angeles Times (I don't have a library card), and see if Haakon VII visited Los Angeles as well. If he didn't [visit], the ebay description is probably incorrect. Haakon was king in 1939 (the date of the snapshots)...Prince Olav didn't become king until 1957. Thanks. __ p.s. I found the pics quite some time ago. (more than a year, at least) |
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*This is how the LA Times spelled his name in 1939. |
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https://i.postimg.cc/hG0k1THX/Olav5-15-39.jpg Los Angeles Times 5/15/1939 (I omit one paragraph of guests) via ProQuest via CSULB Library. |
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1941 would have been too early for the Santas; the illuminated trees would have already been in place when Pearl Harbor was attacked. |
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It was a very different world then. Only the French [mostly] would eventually wear the famous bikini. The thought of going half naked in public was abhorrent in the 1920s. |
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Thanks, Acorn! That makes a lot of sense and something I hadn't thought of before. (I guess because I had the image of lit Santa Claus's from the Spielberg film.) It also explains why I haven't seen any night shots, but there is a distinct lack of daytime photos as well. I'm also now wondering, since both photos I've seen were facing west, were these made with Santa facing both ways? Probably, otherwise you'd just see Santa from behind. (P.S.: I have corrected this in my original post, but "a bit west of Ivar" should "be a bit east of Ivar.") |
Vintage Hollywood Christmas Pics
Vintage Hollywood Christmas Pics
The 1920s..... [IMG][IMG][IMG]https://i0.wp.com/www.ifitshipitsher...25-1.jpg?w=562[/IMG][/IMG][/IMG]https://i0.wp.com/www.ifitshipitsher...-30s.jpg?w=800https://i2.wp.com/www.ifitshipitsher...eath.jpg?w=800https://i1.wp.com/www.ifitshipitsher...-Loy.jpg?w=793 Thanks for the pictures ifitshipitshere.com |
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HossC, your historical images of decorated homes reminded me of a house in Manhattan Beach that used to put up an incredible display at Christmastime when I was a kid. Someone went to the trouble to create an entire village in miniature on their front lawn, including an ice pond in one corner with animated skaters that zipped around, and Santa and his reindeer flying overhead. Someone in the house sat by their front window every night to set Santa and crew in motion any time a car would slowly pass by. Quote:
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