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I would expect that cottage cheese has a brief shelf life, even in moderate and occasionally cool LA. Wonder if the plant was equipped with refrigeration equipment or relied upon ice to keep things well within their sell-by date. It was many years after the photos were taken that our dairy delivery man drove a heavily insulated truck that may have even had a dry-ice backup. Noticed Hollywood Graham's side-resting delivery truck probably could have used a bit more tread on that right front, not that the best tires of the day could have avoided slip-slid'n over street crumbs, trolley tracks and gold dust. This led to an electronic trip to the Bureau of Street Maintenance which offers an illustrated history of the subject. View it here: http://bss.lacity.org/PDFs/2012-04-2...istory_mod.pdf And yest, they have pictures of horse drawn "Street Flushers." http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/t...sc000a64c1.jpg To avoid any unnecessary mishaps while transporting baked goods, perhaps a trip to Frank W. Dillon's Tire Service is in order? Conveniently located at 1017 S. Olive Street. Rumor has it their patented vulcanizing process allows them to retread tires and add new life to day-old rye bread - while you wait! 1930 http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics43/00056313.jpg http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics43/00056312.jpghttp://jpg2.lapl.org/pics43/00056316.jpghttp://jpg2.lapl.org/pics43/00056315.jpghttp://jpg2.lapl.org/pics43/00056314.jpgLAPL |
1937 - Santa Monica Blvd. near Highland Ave.
Nearby: I O Hodges Auto Repair (6861 Santa Monica Boulevard) and Bireley's Inc., makers of fine Orangeade (1127 North Mansfield). http://jpg1.lapl.org/00097/00097997.jpgLapl These workers are professionals, but there is only so much they can do to avoid creating dust. In that neighborhood, Muller Bros can probably assist in cleaning your car, but if you wait long enough you can go to the west side's Twin Towers auto wash. $.50, slightly higher on weekends. Void where prohibited by law. Circa 1940 - 8672 / 8680 Wilshire Boulevard. If you are in the market for a scooter, check out Roy Frankson's Motor Glide Mart, an authorized dealer. http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics43/00056338.jpghttp://jpg2.lapl.org/pics46/00057742.jpglapl |
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http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics19/00009279.jpgLAPL The General Electric showroom was on the northeast corner of Wilshire & Western for several years before being replaced by Owl Drug (3785 Wilshire). Martha Washington Candies was a national chain; this store was at 3783 Wilshire. The billboard structure appears to have been changed sometimes after the pic above. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-I...2520PM.bmp.jpgLAPL https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-D...2520PM.bmp.jpgLAPL http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/4...lesthepell.jpgUSCDL https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-q...2520PM.bmp.jpgLAPL I can't imagine that we haven't seen this shot over the opening of Warner's Western/Wiltern theater with a structure over Wilshire and a view of the billboard atop the GE/Owl building. http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/2417/gecompl.jpgLos Angeles Times http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/996/mwcompl.jpgLos Angeles Times May 28, 1931 |
5th Street Bar
One of the toughest bars on 5th St. (5th and Wall) was the Hard Rock Cafe. Certainly not the clientele that the present day Hard Rock Cafes draw.
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The General Electric showroom was on the northeast corner of Wilshire & Western for several years before being replaced by Owl Drug (3785 Wilshire). Martha Washington Candies was a national chain; this store was at 3783 Wilshire. The billboard structure appears to have been changed sometimes after the pic above.
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We've covered the world's longest soda fountains in L.A. Now we have the world's largest barber shop.
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Thanks for the update. I am informed that the building was also special because it housed one or more courtyard restaurants somewhat akin to the nearby Chapman Market. According to the directory, the building must have been a good location for sweets since See's Candies moved in at 3771. Thrifty Drugs appears to have been the last occupant at 3785. Thrifty seems to have had a long relationship with the Wilshire-Western neighborhood. In '38 it celebrated a grand opening in the Pellissier Building, where it eyed its neighbor, Owl across the street. As noted, at least in the '70s and '80s, Thrifty moved to Owl's former location. 1938 http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater3/00015660.jpglapl 1938 Photographer Herman Schultheis' wife and his in-laws go for Malts at what is believed to be a Thrifty Drug Store at 355 East Colorado - Pasadena http://jpg1.lapl.org/00098/00098916.jpg Lapl |
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Douglas Block, Spring St side, on the left: http://www.douglasbuilding-lofts.com...ric550x400.jpg LAPL https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...gS4yuIfmZkxsXv russell hill https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...F7n3sEZZ30Gbrg ed fuentes And thx from me too Lwize. It seems the Yuppie search for an authentic experience keeps pushing it just out of reach. |
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Packard showroom in Los Angeles, circa 1929. (no address given)
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http://packardinfo.com/xoops/html/up...hotos/1893.jpg packardinfo.com I think they're Maybeck interiors. P.S. http://farm1.staticflickr.com/40/911...8198fa5227.jpg lapl Packard Building, 1000 Hope St at Olympic (1913, addition 1928), Los Angeles Earle C. Anthony's Packard dealership in downtown Los Angeles. It was the site of America's first neon sign which simply read "Packard." (now Packard Lofts LA) P.P.S. Apparently, according to Bernard Maybeck, Architect of Elegance by Wilson, Mark, the Los Angeles showroom, housed in a wing attached to the Hope & Olympic building (?) was torn down in the 70's, as was Bernard Maybeck's Oakland showroom for Earle C. Anthony Packard. Sorry, it's gone. Also: "1928, Los Angeles, Packard Automobile sales room and office interiors, Earle C. Anthony nm, Los Angeles Bernard Maybeck; John Parkinson and Donald B. Parkinson, Architects. Richly decorative, the Los Angeles showroom still effectively housed automobiles of the 1970s. In the Los Angeles Packard building, designed by John and Donald B. Parkinson, Maybeck's work was limited to the interior finishes and the styling of the executive office suite." -http://www.verlang.com/sfbay0004ref_bm_11.html 2006 LAT article w/ pix: http://www.veniceinvestments.com/pdf/reopens.pdf Automobile dealer Earle C. Anthony's family home 1927 by architect Bernard Maybeck | 3431 Waverly Drive | Ivanhoe Hills Los Angeles http://www.you-are-here.com/building/family_home.jpg http://www.you-are-here.com/building/family_home.html America's first neon sign, made for Earle C Anthony's LA dealership, 1923, by Georges Claude (the neon sign inventor), Paris: http://thelongestlistofthelongeststu...ages2/neon.JPG thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com |
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Belmont Tunnel...Through the Years
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