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Here are the old Kaye-Halbert TVs that were sold mostly in Los Angeles around 1949. KH stopped their LA production of TVs in 1956. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ps542e9192.jpg radioguy 1952 ad for the KH TV. That price would be $2,200 in 2014. A lot of money for a little B/W TV. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ps4b85eca7.jpg newspapersonline |
Gibbie's Seaside Inn, 1314 West Sixth Street, DRexel 0904. Thursday, August 22, 1935.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/540/6iiUVC.jpg ebay http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/661/BQCyxK.jpg ebay http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/905/gC2bD8.jpg ebay http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/901/AzUZkI.jpg ebay As far as I can tell, Gibbie's location is now a parking lot for the Pacific Dining Car. I'm not sure why it was named Gibbie's Seaside Inn....the nearest body of water is a good distance away. __ |
Los Angeles 1920
E. Burton Ceruti, NCAAP founder, L.A. Branch, Los Angeles Calif. 1920. 421 W. 7th St., Orpheum http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/909/sZUE1c.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/1920-LOS-ANG...item566ef579e9 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/910/05HPOV.png I found a Buster Apts. at 141 1/2 N. Broadway in the 1923 city directory. (I've never seen a apt. building with a 1/2 address before) In the same directory: Mr. Ceruti's (attorney) office was at 132 N. Broadway, RM 501. His home address was 1300 W. Florence Ave. The date (1920) of the RPPC predates the Orpheum at 636 S Broadway (it opened in 1926). Then there's the address 421 W. 7th St. Is this the location of an earlier Orpheum? -I'm a bit confused...can you tell? Help! __ Also...there are some interesting things going on back toward the Hotel Buster apartments. There appears to be a lighted billboard in front of a sloping hill ...and there's another billboard on top of the hill. And what's that to the right of the billboard? It looks like a white statue to me. |
Yeah, it would cost an arm and a leg to get custom-made curved glass. Why pay $3,000 for a window when you can pay $300 for it? But, yeah. It does look cheap.
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NB. I've cropped e_r's images as they originally came in threes.
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ttGrocery2.jpg GSV On the other side of the parking lot is this structure. I can't find a build date, but I'm wondering if it's the building with the cafe on the left of e_r's picture. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ttGrocery3.jpg GSV A 2012 article in the LA Times details a $100 million apartment and shopping complex proposed for this block. |
:previous: Good eye HossC. That building certainly has the same proportions as the café building in the 1920s photograph.
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I just found this group of six slides, dated 1966. A majority of them show a building being demolished by the Cleveland Wrecking Co. I was hoping someone could tell me what building is coming down.
Here's the building in question. (with the Chan Co. sign) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/901/PgnWtA.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1966...item20f3d4205d Here you can see the 'Cleveland Wrecking' sign. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/538/yAcHXR.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1966...item20f3d4205d http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/540/HLglFC.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1966...item20f3d4205d http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/661/lFBCoZ.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1966...item20f3d4205d __ ...and here are the last two slides. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/538/ysErjp.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1966...item20f3d4205d http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/537/bK8Jak.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1966...item20f3d4205d __ |
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But today in 2015 a ''penny'' post card actually costs you $.34. I wonder if he got his dog Scraps back. |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...usterApts1.jpg So far, this is the only other picture I've found of the Hotel Buster/Buster Apartments - it's just across the street from the top of the Times tower. The plot next to the Buster Apartments would soon be filled with the Law Building, so maybe that's what the billboard in e_r's picture is advertising. I can't see the Buster Apartments in any of the pictures of the Law Building that I've come across so far, so was it knocked down when the Law Building was constructed? http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...usterApts2.jpg LAPL In the early 1920s, 421 W 7th Street was one of the addresses of Earl V Lewis, the photographer/Kodak dealer. Could this be why the address appears on the postcard? |
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That captured my attention tout de suite. I have never heard of this place. Has this really escaped everybody's attention? I don't recall it. These gems just keep turning up... http://lit250v.library.ucla.edu/isla...tream/JPG/viewhttp://lit250v.library.ucla.edu/isla...llpapers%3A349http://lit250v.library.ucla.edu/isla...tream/JPG/viewhttp://lit250v.library.ucla.edu/isla...llpapers%3A350 Quote:
Squab again.... http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-7eONBDMRL...ffDwellers.pnghttp://laheyday.blogspot.com/2010/10...s-part_31.html http://cdm16693.contentdm.oclc.org/u...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://cdm16693.contentdm.oclc.org/c...18/id/10/rec/6 |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...zFlats1965.jpg UCLA Digital Repository |
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1936 - More of widened Wilshire west of Lucas Street http://jpg1.lapl.org/00092/00092831.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/00092/00092831.jpg 1936 - Same view, a little cleaner. http://jpg1.lapl.org/00092/00092830.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/00092/00092830.jpg Possibly worth noting that an original Wilshire street light may still be standing proud near the "Lucas" street sign. |
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[QUOTE=ethereal_reality;6863375]I just found this slide a few minutes ago on ebay. (love that red car!)
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...907/51sOFk.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-195...item339b85859d ER, your red car is a 1941 Pontiac Streamliner "Torpedo" coupe. Pretty rare these days as there are very few even in the Pontiac-Oakland Club International, of which I am a member. That lovely red is "Parma Wine" As to Mt Lowe in the snow, those are rare also. Nice find! Cheers, Jack |
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That appears to be Tilfords Coffee Shop at the left with the neon sign. Click the link below. http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/show...ostcount=10751 |
HossC, thanks for figuring out the location of my 1920 Ceruti postcard.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/909/sZUE1c.jpg ebay If you look closely, you can clearly see that it's the same building. What a sleuth you are. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/633/LCeSxA.png I also like how the peaked roof of the Hotel Buster/Apartments is situated in the middle of the building. (quite unusual). |
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The Lite Spot Cafe', 451 W. Manchester, Los Angeles. (I can't read the first word on the side of the diner.....'something' Original)
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/538/NU50l9.jpg ebay __ |
Was told I should post about my new thread , hope that is ok to do
I loved this NoirLA thread so much and follow along enjoying all the posts by all of you members Being born and raised in Sacramento I started a version of the same thread type of Noir thread for my hometown Sacramento http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=214749 The first story is about our only historical theater left called the Crest theater. It shares photos from an opening night 1949 which is a huge event for Sacramento http://i1364.photobucket.com/albums/...psd099dd8f.jpg http://i1364.photobucket.com/albums/...psd6c0d33a.jpg It is a just started thread with only two pages and participation is slow so far, but hoping as it grows more people will jump in and share in formation and photos as well Hope posting this is ok, if not I apologize and feel free to delete Happy New Years everyone |
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They lived at 364 W. 41st St, Los Angeles, according to Harry's WWI Draft card. That house, built in 1906, is still there. On Harry's WWII draft card, the address is 361 S. Detroit ST. That property is a brick apartment building which was built in 1928 and is also still there. |
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http://i.imgur.com/zeaCUeM.jpg LAT which would have been at the end of Prohibition. Judge McKay was a reliable friend to gamblers, bootleggers and racketeers. Mr. Asch (Ash) had an interesting past: http://i.imgur.com/4GZgLwK.jpg LAT and was to have a very noir future, summarized by the California Supreme Court [26 Cal.2d 799] in 1944: The Robbery and Murder of Jack AschThe Times described the difficulty the police had with the case: http://i.imgur.com/6LUbrgD.jpg LAT Mr. Simeone was executed 11/30/45. The events were dramatized in a Dragnet radio episode in the 50s. |
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I found a build date of 1926 for 8201 Avalon Boulevard on realtytrac.com, so it must be the same building as the cafe where Jack Asch was shot. I wonder what it looked like in 1944. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...8201Avalon.jpg GSV |
:previous: Interesting information Lorendoc & HossC.
I was picturing Cliff Dwellers as more of a themed tourist attraction, than a shady bar. The detectives and their lady friends sure drank a lot of whisky sours. (forty!!) I've looked at that Cinderella Roof ad a couple of times, and can't figure what kind of 'no-embarrassment' instructions it was offering. __ Thanks for the information on H. Bloom oldstuff. -much appreciated |
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LA Noir Whiskey Sour....INGREDIENTS 1 1/2 ounces whiskey 1 1/2 ounces lemon juice 3/4 ounce simple syrup [or use granulated or caster sugar to suit taste] Maraschino cherry for garnish Shake and serve.... These days I have the Roy Rogers version...:D:D:D http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ps42becae9.jpg http://libroderecetas.com/ |
The seller who placed the amateur snapshots of the Cliff Dwellers Cafe' on ebay, also had these additional snapshots for sale. (I'll post them large in order to see all the details)
We've seen the adorable Barkies several times before, but not this exact photograph (of course). http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/673/PSHArC.jpg ebay above: I've never noticed Barkies feet before. I don't know how many Richfield sculptures were in the Los Angeles area. Most of them were placed at gas stations; this one appears to be in someone's front yard. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/537/qQOd0i.jpg ebay I remember the Roundhouse Cafe' on NLA, but I had forgotten about the front end of the steam engine. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/540/NnwOWs.jpg ebay Here's an early version of the Van de Kamp's Windmill (note the mutant wooden shoe :)). I wonder where this one was located? http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/661/Or163Y.jpg ebay Last but not least, here's a bull advertising Ye Bull Pen Inn on South Grand Ave. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/540/O40cnQ.jpg |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ilsonDance.jpg Detail of picture in USC Digital Library Did the façade get remodeled into the Union Pacific building below? It seems to have roughly the same dimensions and a similar pointed roof. This picture dates from 1951 during the construction of City Garage in Pershing Square. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...acificBldg.jpg Detail of picture in USC Digital Library |
:previous: Thanks HossC. So Mr. Asch was a dancer and a bartender (my noirish imagination pictures him as a gigolo ;))
Elizabeth Arden, Sunset Plaza, Sunset Boulevard. 1950s? http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/908/1Rd6Pl.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Orig...item4ae2a5cf69 and today. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...673/tjB6R9.png GSV The mansion on the hill is still there, but it's difficult to see with the overgrown trees. __ |
8655 Sunset Plaza, Sunset Boulevard.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...537/ReCPZ3.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Orig...item4ae2a5f181 and today. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...661/lx0pKr.png GSV __ |
This is fun!
Cardboard replica of the Coca-Cola Building at 1334 S. Central Avenue, Los Angeles. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/540/SYhjWt.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/CARDBOARD-RE...item27f56c0ff3 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/661/lr0W8w.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/CARDBOARD-RE...item27f56c0ff3 street view- http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...912/kwWV1G.png GSV __ |
A cute little place.
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The Mystery Of Manchania's Secret Tunnels
Here's a mystery that may hopefully be solved by those of you with old city directories and maps. It's the intriguing story of Ferna Manchania and the apparently rather sophisticated system of tunnels he dug under his property to conceal his moonshine stills.
The property in question was located at 295 N. Muscatel Avenue in Alhambra, according to the article. The closest Muscatel I can find is located in the Rosemead/San Gabriel area. Perhaps the street name was later changed? I wonder if any of the tunnels still exist. From the August 5, 1925 edition of the LA Times: http://i1312.photobucket.com/albums/...ps66806818.jpgLA Times I love the poetic and humorous way that many newspaper articles were written back then, especially the extra long, run-on lead sentences. |
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There's a lot of old Van de Camp imagery available. It seems to have a cult following.
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There seems to be a lot more great photos at DWP lately.
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In 1940 he is listed as residing with his family at 326 E. 59th Place in Los Angeles. That house is also still there. His WWII draft card shows the Manchester address as the place his family could be reached and lists his sister-in-law as the contact. |
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Wilshire District parking, 1949.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/538/M999hR.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...905/9PLikJ.pngebay The lots look like they're completely full. __ |
I came across this rare postcard a few days ago.
College Theater, Hill Street near Fifth, los Angeles. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/913/BdP0AM.jpg ebay below: Here's a better view. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/673/0inFEv.png http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/910/scUZer.png http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/se.../nosort/page/3 __ |
Filming on Hollywood & Vine, 1936.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...540/YYV67n.jpg ebay Note the long line of billboards advertising 'Dracula's Daughter'. __ |
Here we are back at the corner of Wilshire and La Brea and the E. Clem Wilson Building.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...673/nN2QGO.jpg http://metroprimaryresources.info/fu...etro-rail/987/ 1983 proposal for a subway station at Wilshire & La Brea. The Tilford's building is gone in this plan. __ |
In the filming on Hollywood & Vine photo two posts above, you
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...OwenFallon.jpg California Digital Newspaper Collection I also found a few references linking the name Cinderella Roof with the Biltmore Hotel. As the dance academy and Biltmore Hotel were on neighboring sides of Pershing Square, I assume they were connected. The extract below is from a book with the great title 'The Wicked Waltz and Other Scandalous Dances: Outrage at Couple Dancing in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries' by Mark Knowles. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...erellaRoof.jpg books.google.com Then there was Herb Wiedoeft's Cinderella Roof Orchestra. Herb Wiedoeft's wikipedia page includes the following: Herb's band played for most of its time at the Cinderella Roof Ballroom in the Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel. The band's theme song "Cinderella Blues" came from this venue. "Cinderella Blues" seems to have been first recorded in 1923 - an original Brunswick recording played on a 1920s Victrola can be found on YouTube. Trumpeter Herb died in a car accident in 1928, and trombonist Jesse Stafford took the lead. The picture below is titled "Herb and the Boys". http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...rbWiedoeft.jpg University of Washington Libraries |
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