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http://www.ebay.com/itm/281910532447...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT They make for a very cool mailbox on a pole in your front yard. |
More opal glass (have also seen it called slump glass, or slumped glass, since apparently that's how they form the letters out of the sheets of semi-opaque opal glass):
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1480/...96abc50a_o.png flickr Note the opal glass "Billiards" and "Bowling" https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7205/...2aeb1e4c_b.jpgflickr The Bendix signage is gone; half of it collapsed on its removal a couple years ago but the other half has made its way into the collection of the Museum of Neon Art. Grand opening February 6th! https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5478/...5376beea_b.jpgflickr What I wouldn't do to see the Ambassador Dog & Cat restored! Unfortunately the owners don't care for the sign. (In fact, they had large, breathtaking 20s/early 30s proto-deco neon script sign that graced their entrance which they dumpstered about 2002 and replaced with some plastic thing from El Cheapo Co.) |
Not that it matters, but I used to take my dog to this vet clinic back in the late 1970s. The old red sign was still in use and well maintained at that point in time. The clinic was kind of old and creepy. I felt guilty for boarding my dog there one or two times.
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Now that wouldn't be very aerodynamic would it. lol thanks for the information jg6544. |
"View of Tom, the Hot Tamales Man, with his horse drawn refreshment wagon, USC [ca.1910]"
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...633/NRjVMc.jpg old file note the large wooden bleachers behind him:previous:. __ |
Here's another noirish downtown cocktail lounge.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...910/Os75xg.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...633/nKIW4k.jpg eBay The Chit-Chat, 2619 W. 6th Street Los Angeles, Calif. DUnkirk 2-9432 "Enjoy cocktails in Los Angeles' prettiest lounge." __ |
A very young Marilyn Monroe at the Ambassador Hotel.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/Bu2MLz.png http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...921/dCCqja.png http://historicaltimes.tumblr.com/po...cond-from-left "20-year-old Marilyn Monroe (actually, Norma Jeane Dougherty) second from left, just starting her career in show business with four other models from the Blue Book modeling agency at the old Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles." |
I'll be in DTLA near Maple and 8th tomorrow morning. While my wife does bead shopping I'll do some urban exploring. Anyone need photos of something?
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1932's snowfall covered Hollywood Blvd. too, as evidenced by this image from an issue of ModernScreen Mag from that year. http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...w.jpg~original For perspective http://imageshack.us/a/img193/6459/p...osttheater.jpghttp://imageshack.us/a/img193/6459/p...osttheater.jpg 1931-2 A much warmer looking Hollywood Blvd. from the same ModernScreen Mag of the same year. http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...f.jpg~original More perspective http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--6m6mDieod...+Book+(14).jpghttp://2.bp.blogspot.com/--6m6mDieod...+Book+(14).jpg |
Thanks for digging out the picture of the Cooper Building cake, Noircitydame.
--------------- Sorry this Julius Shulman post is late - I had planned to post it yesterday, but Photobucket was down. Here's the Arden Farms Co plant which Julius Shulman visited in 1948. It's "Job 238: Stiles Oliver Clements, Arden Plant (Los Angeles, Calif.), 1948" http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original Getty Research Institute There's a sign for 21st Street on the right of the picture above, and the 1956 CD lists Arden Farms' ice cream division at 2101 S Los Angeles Street. This building is actually on the other end of the block at the corner of Main and 21st Streets. The entrance has been moved to Main Street, and some of the glass blocks have been replaced with opening windows. I'm also pretty sure that it wasn't green in 1948. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original GSV |
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Re the glimpse of the Southland Apt Hotel seen at far right... its original 1913 building permit is stamped "TENEMENT HOUSE" and, curiously, 69 years later a permit was issued for a new "swimming pool and/or solar heater".... https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-n....bmp.jpg?gl=USGSV https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-k....bmp.jpg?gl=USGSV Into every building must creep a little noir, even obliquely: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_....bmp.jpg?gl=USHerald July 16, 1916 |
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Thanks for the follow-up about the Southland Apt Hotel, GW. I hadn't spotted it. --------------- By chance, this is the third Julius Shulman post in a row where the subject is attributed to Stiles Oliver Clements. It's "Job 237: Stiles Oliver Clements, Ross Building (Los Angeles, Calif.), 1948". http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original Getty Research Institute My searches for "Ross Building", "Phil's Bar B Q" and "O L Kramer" all came to nothing, and I thought I might have to post it as a mystery location. My only clue was what appears to be a three digit street number on the door. After a quick search of the downtown area at 45 degrees, I found the building on the corner of E 8th and San Julian Streets. The first floor has been altered a little, but the upper floors look remarkably unchanged. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original GSV I couldn't find a new building permit, but there is a 1948 permit for the neon sign on Phil's Bar B Q. Returning to Google with an address of 536 E 8th Street, I found that this was the downtown location of Gorky's Cafe and Russian Brewery in the '80s and early-90s. A couple of LA Times articles from 1992 give a bit of history, and tell of the financial problems at the restaurant - see here and here. A third article from 1993 reports on the closure of Gorky's - see here. Here's an undated photo of Gorky's I found at LA Magazine. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original www.lamag.com Gorky's may have closed over 20 years ago, but the neon sign is still there. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original GSV |
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I've always liked autobus companies. There's a pretty one at the end of "Dark Passage" (Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall 1947). I'd be glad to see the desk of the American Lion Autobuses... if you're allowed to shoot it. North/West corner of Maple and Eight. |
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Looks like Phil's didn't last long... https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4....bmp.jpg?gl=USLAT Nov 21, 1948 |
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and on the same page of the LAT, Nov 21, 1948: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-E....bmp.jpg?gl=US A building permit for it was issued to George and Matilda Englestad in April 28, 1948. The C/O was issued on Feb 2, 1949--the only other permit apparently ever issued was to Ida Ginsburg in Dec 2011 for a "complete repipe"... it does appear that the house remains little touched since it was built: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5....bmp.jpg?gl=USGSV |
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Interesting....Broadway from Second south for several blocks was blocked off to traffic for a "Night on Broadway" event tonight. Kind of fun walking down the middle of the street with no cars in sight... |
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Additional images of Fairfax Avenue, circa 1924-25 from German Filmland magazine of that date. http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...g.jpg~original http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...m.jpg~original |
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The first two images are dated 1/16/55. The small building on the south-west corner of the bank has already gone and demolition of the top floor has started. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original Huntington Digital Library This reverse view is from Los Angeles Street. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original Huntington Digital Library Skipping on to 2/10/55, the top two floors are gone. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original Huntington Digital Library Now we have two shots of the Main Street side from 3/10/55. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original Huntington Digital Library http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original Huntington Digital Library And finally, gone by August 1955. This one gives a clear view through to the Amestoy. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...6.jpg~original Huntington Digital Library |
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