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c. 1935: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...d.jpg~original USCDL -- http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/re...ll170/id/20538 Contemporary, by ax2groin: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...k.jpg~original Previously posted by er April 1, 1930 Air Commerce Bulletin: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...q.jpg~original Hathitrust -- http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?i...ew=1up;seq=515 |
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LOL, I don't know. Wouldn't it just shine on the mid-sections of downtown skyscrapers? Plus, Grand Central Airport was decommissioned in 1959, so pointing it out to lost pilots would not be a kindness. There's also this: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--...92701%2BAM.jpg flickr |
The Sisters' Orphans Home/Los Angeles Orphanage/LA Orphan Asylum got briefly written about a few times near the beginning of this thread (e.g. post #91), and even got a passing mention last week by MichaelRyerson. A small version of this image was posted by rcarlton back in post #6691, but I thought a larger view was justified. This is how it looks at 20% zoom. Go to 100% and you can count the bricks! The source dates the image at circa 1899 (with a question mark).
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original Denver Public Library Beaudry provided a great link about the building's history in post #6697. Here's how the area looked in 1921. It was just south of the Hollenbeck Home. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...phansHome2.jpg www.historicmapworks.com The building was damaged in the 1933 Long Beach earthquake, and later by excavation for the nearby freeways. It was eventually demolished in the late '50s (see pcad.lib.washington.edu for more infomation). Here's an aerial view from 1952, a year before the new facility, Maryvale School, was opened. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...phansHome3.jpg Historic Aerials Finally, even more of those pesky freeways now cut across the site. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...phansHome4.jpg Google Maps |
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Childhood Memories....
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One day, in about 1953, my step-father and I were driving by this building. He told me it was the Orphan's Home. At that moment he threatened to send me to live in this building. I was about 10 years old and shocked beyond belief. I will never forget that nightmare moment. He passed away when I was 17, that was a sad and happy day for me. I was finally free of his torment. |
Bendix rooftop follow-up
If the beacon has been turned off and unmaintained for 76 years, I would think getting it going again would be very difficult if not impossible:
http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...8.jpg~original March 15, 1939 Air Commerce Bulletin @ HathiTrust -- http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?i...ew=1up;seq=301 |
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I love that post, HossC, of the Los Angeles Orphan Asylum and the maps. Now I know exactly where this was.
LA Orphan Asylum, 1924. https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...18&oe=55A6245D LAPL Caption: "Probably the happiest family in the city this Christmas will be the Carl Johnsons, as Mrs. Johnson returns her daughters Yvonne and Monica to their home on December 9, 1950, after four years of life at the Los Angeles Orphanage. Both Mr. and Mrs. Johnson were hospitalized during that time with severe chest infections. Sister Serena waves goodbye". Photo dated 1950. https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.n...e220f5834e3fcb LAPL |
:previous: I always thought the Los Angeles Orphan's Asylum was much farther east.
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'mystery' view.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...673/FHWXf1.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...911/2FGC4L.jpg old file / possibly eBay "foothills, Los Angeles vicinity" __ |
Friars and The Willows
I found these two fab neon works of art on this page:
http://www.doobybrain.com/2013/06/13...igns-at-night/ In the LACDs I found a listing for the Friars at 742 Vermont Ave. but came up empty handed for The Willows. http://www.martinturnbull.com/wp-con...ermont-Ave.jpg http://www.martinturnbull.com/wp-con...he-Willows.jpg |
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Here's the same view today. I cropped it to include a little more of the brick apartment building mentioned by C. King. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...NBrandBlvd.jpg GSV |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original Huntington Digital Library The three interior shots appear to have been taken during the day. This is the most interesting. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original Huntington Digital Library I also found a second photoset at HDL that appears to show The Willows at a different location. The photos are also by Joseph Fadler, and are dated 3/17/1954. The other two images in this set again show interior views. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original Huntington Digital Library |
:previous: That sparkling clean kitchen is pretty impressive.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...661/gyOrGl.jpg Ralph Cantos at http://www.pacificelectric.org/ "If you look closely at the window to the left of the motorman, the special effects people have drawn cracks in the window to make it look damaged." Mr. Cantos doesn't say what movie this is from. Does anyone know? __ |
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These photos, many of which may be found on the thread, all appear to be from the Southern California Edison Archive at the Huntington DL. There's an article on why these photos were taken here: "Edison’s photographers recorded power generation and distribution, from monumental dams, tall transmission lines and squat power plants, distribution yards and substations. But for those curious enough to look beyond the prosaic telephone poles and switching stations, the Edison archive offers a host of fascinating detail about emerging post-war society in the Los Angeles Basin. While Edison’s photographers were charged with documenting the electrification of a modern metropolis, they also illustrated electricity’s myriad uses — bold neon advertisements and signage; illuminated storefronts and car showrooms...; whimsical coffee shops and gleaming fast food restaurants; vast supermarkets that served as temples to mass consumption; the domestic comfort and convenience of the modern electric home; and extended leisure activities offered by commercial recreation in bowling alleys, roller skating rinks, night-lit swimming pools and tennis courts." An online exhibition, introduced by the article above, using some of the Edison photographs for their social history value is here. |
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The whole short is on YouTube - watch it here. The car squashing scene is near the end. I also found another video called Hog Wild - Laurel and Hardy - Filming Locations which shows "then and now" comparisons. |
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$00.20 Burger in 1955 Has the same buying power as: $1.75 in 2015. Burger King Value Meal in 2015 ~ Bacon Cheeseburger Deluxe $1.69 Interesting take on inflation or the actual lack of it. |
I'm still working my way through the USC photoset "Properties about town owned by Hugh Evans Co." from which Tourmaline posted some images recently.
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ndoahArms1.jpg USC Digital Library There's very little information about the locations of most of the subjects, but this one comes with a big clue next to the door. I found the Shenandoah Arms at 1482 Shenandoah Avenue. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ndoahArms2.jpg Detail of picture above. I've gone back to February 2014 to get a GSV shot without leaves on the trees, I think that the building has survived relatively unmolested (I know it's lost its urns from the roof), and even still seems to have the same nameplate by the door. The house next door has been replaced by more modern apartments. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ndoahArms3.jpg GSV |
extant neon
Three extant neon signs not on the Lumens list:
The Frolic Room, in the Pantages Building, 6245 Hollywood Blvd: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-c...12442%2BAM.jpg I've posted this one before, but only a daytime shot. Half Moon Motel, 3958 Sepulveda Blvd, Culver City: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Q...12214%2BAM.jpg (it used to drive my kids crazy that the sign says "Half Moon" but shows a crescent moon) I wish this one was 50 feet tall. Brent Air Swimming Pool Services, 4721 W Slauson Avenue, Windsor Hills: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-z...10838%2BPM.jpg But, alas, she's only Tinkerbell-size: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-x...12954%2BAM.jpg gsv (all other pix LA Weekly) |
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Also in the original photo, the streetcar is going along Brand. At the very top of the street, where Brand runs into Kenneth Road, is a planter, now filled with Agapanthas and Crepe Myrtle trees which used to be the anchors for the catenaries for the street cars. Also, just below that, at the juncture of Brand and Mountain is an underground chamber, which, I understood from my mother, was the power supply for that end of the streetcar line, or a restroom for the motormen. It is on a little island with a white wrought iron fence around it. There used to be a stairway down but now it is boarded up. |
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http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...661/3bE722.jpg http://pasadenadigitalhistory.com/ "Police and fire personnel responding to automobile collision. We believe this is Colorado Boulevard." written on back of photo. -No Date __ |
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http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...540/QOw2VA.jpg GSV It still has an antiquated light. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...540/UC48sp.jpg GSV |
This was in an old file of mine with the other Brand Blvd. photo I just posted (thanks Otis, C. King and HossC for figuring out the location)
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...538/bDphnZ.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...901/wIwG6r.jpg old file/eBay, possibly pacificelectric.org. I believe the 'underground chamber' oldstuff mentioned is directly behind the streetcar. I'm really curious about it. Do you really think it might have contained a bathroom for motormen? __ |
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1079 N Hazard Ave, ELA: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-z...14015%2BPM.jpg gsv https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-B...14551%2BPM.jpg lots more pix at Richard Schave's flickr here. |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...BrandBlvd2.jpg http://thesource.metro.net One of the comments, posted by "mike dunn", says "Concerning Brand and Mountain. Look closely and in the middle of street you see a iron fence. Even into the RTD when Buses layed over there the operators used an underground restroom gained access via this gated entrance." |
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They should be displayed with dignity like the architectural fragments at the Chicago Art Institute. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...633/nTn0bO.jpg http://theartinstituteofchicago.blog...gments_21.html __ |
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I wonder what happened to Blind Justice: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-e...80319%2BAM.jpg denver pl (detail) https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-R...21702%2BPM.jpg previously posted by JScott (detail) "Even before the Long Beach earthquake, the Red Sandstone Courthouse — once called “the jewel of Los Angeles” — was dramatically and rapidly deteriorating. In February 1932 a section of stone from the courthouse clock tower broke off and crashed through the roof of Judge Joseph Sproul’s office. The accident fortuitously occurred at 6:25 a.m., so no one was hurt. The structure was so compromised that within a few weeks the clock tower and other ornamentation were removed and a new roof installed. A year later, the Long Beach earthquake dealt the courthouse its final blow." - California Supreme Court Historical Society https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-w...04854%2BAM.jpg water and power |
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One city in Oregon pays $100,000 a year to the potty finder man. Martha and Bob. A day in their life. "What did you do today at work, Dear?" "I had a great day. I visited 75 toilets, most smelled OK and I added them to my list." "I'm so proud of you, Bob. What a wonderful husband." |
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http://i1312.photobucket.com/albums/...ps4krt6twt.jpgmy file Next to it is a postcard of the Robert Burdette house, which we've also previously discussed on NLA: http://i1312.photobucket.com/albums/...pskxt7bke0.jpgmy file |
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This photo looks west on 7th Street from Centre Street toward Mesa Street and the Bank of San Pedro building on the SW corner of Mesa and 7th. Compared with your nice current photos, it looks like the original second story was removed and two new, recessed upper stories were added when the building was made a part of the lofts that were built on either side of it: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...e.jpg~original LAPL -- http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics48/00043986.jpg The photo was taken April 4, 1942, and it shows a Japanese evacuees' auto caravan. Have the streetlights in the photo been modified for wartime? |
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In case y'all haven't been hipped to what promises to be the Noirish book of the season, check out James Ellroy's latest: Ellroy, redoubtable demon-dog of American literature, has teamed up with LA's repository of law enforcement history to produce LAPD '53, and all the info is here. I personally guarantee a great shot of the Hildreth's carriage house, surrounded by cops! To order an autographed copy, please click here. |
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As it turns out, the Market Basket we came across a couple of weeks ago was not, as the Denver Public Library labeled it, in Compton at all. It was 20 miles to the northeast in Baldwin Park. I sent the query to the experts at PERyHS, and, courtesy of the great Ralph Cantos and Craig Rasmussen, we now know that car 1221 is getting ready to depart the Baldwin Park PE station for Los Angeles. The Market Basket was listed in the 1947 BP CD at "105 E Ramona" (Groceteria lists it at 101)--there has been a renumbering since then, but this puts the Market Basket at the NE corner of Ramona Blvd and Maine Ave. where there is now a Bank of America. The post office at the extreme left of the expanded Denver Library view is apparently the one that was at 312 N Maine in 1947, which puts it right behind the Market Basket. As for the BoA...in 1947 it was diagonally across the intersection at 100 W Ramona Blvd in a building that appears to be one of the few vintage structures still standing. (Btw, an old brick PE substation also still stands near the junction of Ramona and Badillo.) (According to Groceteria, the BP Market Basket was store #13; the Morris Garage seen at right in the larger Denver library view was at 137 East Ramona in the 1947 CD.) Quote:
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Market Basket Baldwin Park
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James Ellroy/old County Courthouse/Fragments
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------------------------------------------- I've read there was some discussion at the time of planning the then new courthouse regarding what should be valued and take pride of place. In "Adobe Days" Bixby Smith put it dryly, "When the site was wanted by the men folk of the town, the school building was moved...and the hill itself decapitated." Does anyone know why the Courthouse was so fragile? Was it the internal structure, the way the stone was fastened to the frame, the mortar or something else? And who were the architects? Denver PL says Curlett, Eisen & Cuthbertson. Richard Schave lists Vawter & Eisen. ------------------------------------------------------ MichaelRyerson's new fragment made me think of Chicago's Tribune Tower. Nice collection you've got :-) |
Prudent Street Cobblestone
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Stone Cutter Blum
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Blum's Peach Ranch, Acton, CA
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https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-g...00035%2BAM.jpg blumranch.com Blum Ranch History LAT article on the Blum Ranch https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-l...12203%2BAM.jpg George Blum, stonecutter and peach grower, and family. The oldest child, George Jr, is the fellow in the article Beaudry posted about the cornerstone for the new courthouse. George, Jr's daughter Elizabeth and her husband run the ranch now. photo: growing magazine |
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