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so-cal-bear Mar 2, 2014 9:32 PM

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 6475918)
In honor of tonight's Academy Awards.


interior of the Kodak Theater
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...90/32/da44.jpgebay

It's the Dolby theater Mr! Thank you very much! :cool: A hell of a pain in the @! to drive near there today due to closures and the rain.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1468775.html

Flyingwedge Mar 2, 2014 11:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trucker (Post 6475179)
Smith Bros Truck Co. 1930 @ 1704 East 16th street

Dick Whittington col.
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c2...0Smithbros.jpg

I think I see more solid-rubber tires in this photo of the construction of the east end of the Hollywood Subway. That's Olive Street running left to right above the tunnel; at the left edge of the photo is a bit of the Hotel Trenton, mid-block between 4th and 5th. To the right of that is the former site of the Olive Street School, and to the right of that is the turreted Fremont Hotel at 4th and Olive. The Rose Mansion on the SW corner of 4th and Grand is behind and to the left of the Fremont. I believe construction on the subway project began in 1924, not 1925:
http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...7.jpg~original
From La Reina -- Los Angeles in Three Centuries (Security Trust and Savings Bank, 1929) @ HathiTrust -- http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?i...ew=1up;seq=186

One of the buildings taken out by the construction was the Hotel Munn:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=19086

ethereal_reality Mar 2, 2014 11:14 PM

so-cal-bear, just keeping you guys on your toes. ;)





http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/829/sm7j.jpgebay




much more lush today.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...0/819/ur2r.jpg
GSV

GaylordWilshire Mar 2, 2014 11:25 PM

More hard rubber


https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-8...2520PM.bmp.jpgThe Old Motor
Early Moreland trucks were equipped with the Moreland gasifier, allowing them to burn cheap distillate fuel (apparently similar to kerosene).


https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-d...2520PM.bmp.jpgvintage postcards.org

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-j...2520PM.bmp.jpgcredit

http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics27/00048125.jpgLAPL

Moreland trucks were Los Angeles's own, built early on in Burbank, later in the city istself. Sources cite the Burbank factory as being at San Fernando and Alameda—the intersection is now generic American CVS/Rite Aid Walgreens—no sign of Moreland today.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-v...2520PM.bmp.jpg

http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics28/00048519.jpgLAPL
Inside the Moreland factory.


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A collage of overhead photos showing automobile assembly plants located in the Long Beach and South Bay areas. In the 1930's all of the major U.S. automakers built assembly plants in the L.A. area in order to save on shipping costs. Shown are plants of: Ford Motor Co., Chrysler Corp., General Motors Corp., Willys-Overland Motors, Inc., Studebaker Corp., and Moreland Motor Truck Co.
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics28/00048513.jpg
The Moreland factory pictured is in Burbank.


https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-p...2520PM.bmp.jpgGSV
The Moreland L.A. salesrooms were down at Main and 24th streets.


http://waterandpower.org/DWP-LA%20Pu...truck_1926.jpgW&P

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-r...2520PM.bmp.jpgLAPL

HossC Mar 2, 2014 11:33 PM

GW, I nearly forgot to thank you for all your LA Times articles about the Produce Terminal and Federal Cold Storage building - they add a huge amount of background info.


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The picture below is part of a trio titled "Sign boards, Southern California, 1927". No location is given.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...estVernon1.jpg
USC Digital Library

In the foreground there's a sign for Arlington Avenue. No name is visible on the paperhanging business, so the inset business name (from the 1927 CD) is a guess. However, the next picture places the location on West Vernon, so the address is about right.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...estVernon2.jpg
Detail of picture above/LAPL

I can be more certain of the name of this business as it appears on the side of the building. It's also the reason I'm confident that we're looking at West Vernon.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...estVernon3.jpg
Detail of picture above/LAPL

Here's the current Google Streetview image of West Vernon from Arlington.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...estVernon4.jpg
GSV

Moving to just west of 2nd Avenue, the old H G McElheney building is still there at 2406 West Vernon.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...estVernon5.jpg
GSV

There's no way of telling the original color from the B/W picture above, but I'd wager that it wasn't pink! Strip away the bars and it still looks pretty intact.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...estVernon6.jpg
GSV

ethereal_reality Mar 2, 2014 11:43 PM

originally posted by flyingwedge
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/853/932z.jpg

The symbol/logo on this truck caught my eye. It resembles Neptune's trident upside-down.
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GaylordWilshire Mar 2, 2014 11:48 PM

:previous:

I believe that's an early Mack Truck logo...

HossC Mar 3, 2014 12:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GaylordWilshire (Post 6476070)

Moreland trucks were Los Angeles's own, built early on in Burbank, later in the city istself. Sources cite the Burbank factory as being at San Fernando and Alameda—the intersection is now generic American CVS/Rite Aid Walgreens—no sign of Moreland today.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-v...2520PM.bmp.jpg

Here's a larger picture of the Moreland Truck Company circa 1929.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...landTruck1.jpg
USC Digital Library

They certainly were at San Fernando and Alameda. Most of the factory buildings hadn't changed much by the time this 1954 aerial was taken, although the surrounding lots are all now occupied. The main factory building on E Alameda appears to survive at least until 1980, but I don't know what business it housed.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...landTruck2.jpg
Historic Aerials

ethereal_reality Mar 3, 2014 12:56 AM

originally posted by HossC
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/36/8skb.jpg


Cradle Snatchers 1927, seven reels 6,281 feet. (missing reel 4, and part of 3)
Directed by Howard Hawks.



shorty p.j.s
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/593/zsof.jpg
icollector.com



everyone's favorite 'fancy pants' Franklin Pangborn
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/853/3wj2.jpg
icollector.com




http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/607/uvjz.jpg
icollector.com




not sure who these player are. (at first I thought the woman was Joan Crawford)
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/542/xpfx.jpg
icollector.com



In this instance, I believe the stage players are a bit more interesting than the players in the film (except maybe Franklin Pangborn:))

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/855/78ck.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cradle_Snatchers

GaylordWilshire Mar 3, 2014 1:18 AM

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 6476187)
not sure who these player are. (at first I thought the woman was Joan Crawford)
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/542/xpfx.jpg
icollector.com

Looks like Arthur Lake--aka Dagwood Bumstead--to me; not sure who she is if it isn't Joan Crawford.

ethereal_reality Mar 3, 2014 1:24 AM

:previous: Wasn't Arthur Lake mixed up in some noirish shenanigans?
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GaylordWilshire Mar 3, 2014 1:31 AM

:previous:

Now that you mention it...

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=6438

HossC Mar 3, 2014 1:52 AM

I was actually looking for pictures of Mack Trucks when I stumbled onto this one titled "Aerial view of the Mack Motor Truck Company in Los Angeles, ca.1925".

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original
USC Digital Library

A quick look through the City Directories, and I only found an address on E 7th Street that didn't look right. Then I tried searching for "Hammond Lumber" which appears on the roof sign of the building across the road. That stood at 2010 S Alameda. Imagine my surprise when I found the whole Mack Trucks factory still standing at 2001 S Alameda (albeit without the watertank).

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ackTrucks2.jpg
Google Maps

The front and rear buildings now belong to Forever 21.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ackTrucks3.jpg
GSV

Here's the Hammond Lumber Company advert from the 1926 CD.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...mondLumber.jpg
rescarta.lapl.org

Retired_in_Texas Mar 3, 2014 2:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 6476087)
originally posted by flyingwedge
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/853/932z.jpg

The symbol/logo on this truck caught my eye. It resembles Neptune's trident upside-down.
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It is the "Badge"/"Emblem" used by the Mack Truck Company before they adopted the "Bulldog." Don't think it had any meaning beyond being an unusual "M" for Mack.

Tourmaline Mar 3, 2014 2:57 AM

Nuway Laundry, 797 Towne Ave.

"Best Family Style" - a stone's throw from Stanton's Saratoga Chips.


1925
http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...VLB3I4CJ62.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...VLB3I4CJ62.jpg

Tourmaline Mar 3, 2014 3:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 5643919)
The Fuller Paint Warehouse on San Fernando Road in Lincoln Heights.

http://imageshack.us/a/img11/3868/al...ullerpaint.jpg
http://photos.lapl.org/carlweb/jsp/F...olNumber=50565




below: The Fuller Paint Co. Warehouse by Morgan, Walls & Clements 1925

http://imageshack.us/a/img29/417/alt...ernandoroa.jpg
http://www.you-are-here.com/building/fuller_paint.html






The Fuller Paint Co. Warehouse reinvented as Alta Lofts. My mouth dropped open when I saw this make-over. At first I thought it was photoshopped.. but it isn't.

http://imageshack.us/a/img829/3831/altatryagain.jpg
http://www.livealta.com/blog/tag/alt...s-now-selling/

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http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...7NJUXSRGGE.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...7NJUXSRGGE.jpg

Tourmaline Mar 3, 2014 3:35 AM

Source indicates Long Beach. Anyone recognize the background building?

'Ol No. 36. Probably not the quickest rig in Long Beach or Santa Anita.

http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...PRYXM1XI15.jpg http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...PRYXM1XI15.jpg


This Delivery truck's lack of a windshield "may" have been designed to cheat the wind. It also prevented the operator from claiming his vision was impaired due to dirty glass.
http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...G225XC361A.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...G225XC361A.jpg


Union Ice Co. - California's oldest ice maker per LAT http://articles.latimes.com/1987-07-...07_1_union-ice (Several So Cal locations including this Vernon site: 2970 E 50th St.)

Location and date unk.
http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...NIGYVRTYA1.jpg

Trucker Mar 3, 2014 4:08 AM

Sigh,
The once manly Mack truck factory has been reduced to making clothing for 14 year old girls. Great shots of the Burbank Moreland Truck factory. I have an elderly friend in Los Angeles that bought many of Watt Morelands personal effects from Morelands granddaughter.

Watt Morelands house 1763 Buckingham road

(Whittington)
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c2...1925_image.jpg

Speaking of Hammond Lumber..

(Whittington)
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c2...32_image_2.jpg
The Hammond truck is a Fageol...that became Peterbilt in 1939

Cheers,Pat

CityBoyDoug Mar 3, 2014 4:10 AM

Slow motion....
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Tourmaline (Post 6476375)
Source indicates Long Beach. Anyone recognize the background building?




This Delivery truck's lack of a windshield "may" have been designed to cheat the wind. It also prevented the operator from claiming his vision was impaired due to dirty glass.
http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...G225XC361A.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...G225XC361A.jpg


Union Ice Co. - California's oldest ice maker per LAT http://articles.latimes.com/1987-07-...07_1_union-ice (Several So Cal locations including this Vernon site: 2970 E 50th St.)

The speeds for these trucks were so slow that a windshield was hardly a consideration.

Trucker Mar 3, 2014 4:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CityBoyDoug (Post 6476422)
The speeds for these trucks were so slow that a windshield was hardly a consideration.

The trucks were so slow the bugs splatted on the back window.

I wonder if the Mullin Lumber Company sign would fly today...

(Whittington)
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c2...35_image_2.jpg

Cheers,Pat


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