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Park La Brea construction images from the building formerly known as Prudential. Source dates photos "1952." Unclear how accurate this is since photos are also labeled a General Motors club meeting and in addition to these photos and some LA Transportation/GM-related personalities, there is also included a factory assembly line for what appears to be Dodge (bottom).:shrug: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...d/58321/rec/38 http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...d.jpg~original http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...i.jpg~original Oh Oh Ohrbachs! http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...o.jpg~original http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...n.jpg~original http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...t.jpg~original Everyone's favorite Hollywood Gasometer near Formosa and Santa Monica. :cool: Unclear if there is an observation platform (possibly using the Angel's FL tower as inspiration:no:) or if the platform is part of the PL Tower project. (A dock for WigWag's dirigible Boy Scout project? What a merit badge! :P) Although the function is not immediately clear (to me) I suspect it is part of the construction project since several of these platforms appear amongst the towers. http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...k.jpg~original Park La Brea - Dodge Assembly Line:P http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...l.jpg~original |
Here's today's Julius Shulman post. It's "Job 2748: Louis Shoall Miller, Long Beach Public Library, Ruth Bach Branch (Long Beach, Calif.), 1959". The set contains shots of the exterior from several angles, but I think this one will suffice.
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original Through the windows you can see Rose's Department Store at 4142 Viking Way. As far as I can tell, it opened in 1957. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original I hardly showed any books in my recent post on the Millikan Library, so I'm putting that right this time around. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original There's a large sign across the street for "Paul's". http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original Just like the Azusa Public Library, there was an outdoor reading area. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original I'm guessing that this room was used for some kind of talks, but the blackboard doesn't give any clews (:)) to the subject. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...6.jpg~original All from Getty Research Institute The building, now the Ruth Bach Neighborhood Library, is still standing at 4055 N Bellflower Boulevard, Long Beach. The same can't be said for any of the buildings seen through the windows. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...7.jpg~original GSV |
Watts is an area rarely explored on NLA, yet the archives offer some fascinating images. Sadly, many of the images deal with earthquake and riot damage, so it is quickly becoming a world that few remember. 1920 - Front Yard Wedding Quote:
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1950 - "Panoramic view of Vermont Avenue near Manchester showing shops and stores, including Cytron's Shoes. Area was later destroyed in the Watts Riot (1965)"] http://jpg1.lapl.org/00000/00000588.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/00000/00000589.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/00000/00000590.jpgLAPL 1960 - Largo Theater at 103rd Street http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics26/00032621.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/pics26/00032621.jpg http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics26/00032622.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/pics26/00032622.jpg |
Exact address for this ~1931 image is unknown. Names are easily found in the directories - yet none appear to link with the "~1657-1659" street nos., presumably somewhere in or near Watts. (See e.g., Cole's Battery and Ignition Station; T.H. Kennedy Electrics, Watt's Cafe.) http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...ll170/id/45389 http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...w.jpg~original http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...l.jpg~original http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...k.jpg~original http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...l.jpg~original http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...k.jpg~original |
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:previous: Thank's HossC. Savenick's "Pay cash and save half." 1932 http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...r.jpg~originalhttp://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...ll170/id/32418 G-Men? http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...f.jpg~original http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...v.jpg~original http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...g.jpg~original http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...d.jpg~original |
The Gerald / Westonia / Graylow Arms / Engstrum, 1911-1985
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What a wonderful photo FW! The Gerald Apartments, eh? We've only ever seen the construction of the Engstrum from a distance before: Quote:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/oc...w=w570-h418-no https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Xv...A=w570-h482-no https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/xa...A=w680-h444-no https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Or...g=w680-h454-no https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Hs...Q=w683-h453-no permits via ladbs P.S. Frederick Edgar Engstrum (1874-1923) is buried with other family members at Inglewood Park Cemetery: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/yv...A=w568-h429-no findagrave Swede Franz Otto Engstrum (1848-1920), Frederick's father, was president of the firm (there was another son, Paul, who was a wastrel. Daughter Blanche was married to HW Bryson): https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/jc...Q=w456-h635-no la herald, 1909 The works are still (sort of) there: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/mY...w=w805-h401-no gsv ...and just as CBD said: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/W2...A=w285-h116-no https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/xv...A=w236-h634-no la herald, 1913 https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/aH...w=w333-h316-no la herald 20 dec 1915 |
Beaudry, I meant to thank you earlier for posting this fantastic photograph!
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...as a reminder. re: Blackburn Cult The religious group known as the Blackburn Cult, the Divine Order of the Royal Arms of the Great Eleven, or the Great Eleven Club was started in 1922 on Bunker Hill in Downtown Los Angeles, California; and later formed a retreat in the Southern California Simi Valley. The group's founder, May Otis Blackburn, is said to have received revelations directly from angels, and along with her daughter Ruth Wieland Rizzio believed she was charged by the archangel Gabriel to write books revealing the mysteries of heaven and earth and life and death. Newspaper articles from the time period reported strange rituals including the sacrifice of animals, sex scandals and attempts to resurrect a dead 16-year-old girl. Police found the corpse of Willa Rhoads under the floor at the Rhoads' residence, wrapped in spices and salt and surrounded by the bodies of seven dead puppies. Mr. and Mrs. Rhoads later confessed to the police that they had placed their daughter in the tomb fourteen months earlier at the suggestion of May Otis Blackburn. The cult was also accused of killing a member in an oven, poisoning another during a "whirling dervish" ceremony, and making several other members disappear. Digging up Willa Rhoads (and the 7 puppies) So where is this? http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/V4pMLi.jpg http://gizmodo.com/angels-made-them-...bur-1711445327 After a few googles I found out the above location is in Venice. Here's 1094 Marco Place today. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/PkvPLa.jpg gsv below: In this detail, you can see that a taller and wider door has been installed. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...922/cPNjis.jpg This article mentions a copper-lined redwood 'caskets'. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...923/T3b3Mi.jpg You can read the rest of the article here: https://esotericnz.wordpress.com/201...urection-cult/ I wonder if the current owners know the history of their house? __ http://imageshack.com/a/img924/3875/cwJeo1.gif "Hello.....is this the owner of 1094 Marco Place?" :DEVIL: |
re: AMBULANCE photo from 'Thru Traffic' [1935] -also known as 'Speed Devils'
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I'm starting to think we'll never figure out the street. :( __ |
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Here's another look....from a different angle. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/DmJBc1.jpg back to the vintage http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...922/aGzyvo.jpg detail I wonder what is across the street that's reflected in the cafe's window. It looks like a peaked building with a sign on top of the roof (not unlike the small real estate offices that used to dot the landscape) update: It just occurred to me that Barney's Beanery is on the opposite of Santa Monica Blvd., but I'm pretty sure it's too far east to be reflected in the window. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/89mOR6.jpg I guess it would be possible, but I believe the angle of the windows are wrong. It would only be possible if the 1947 Krisel photograph was taken on the side of the building that faces N. Alfred street. (to make the reflection feasible) __ |
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We've discussed a few cults on NLA but this one is particularly nasty. May Otis Blackburn and her daughter. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...pssgltyrwb.jpg historicalcrimedetective |
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Here's one of the cult members. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/8cB5QN.jpg http://gizmodo.com/angels-made-them-...bur-1711445327 A cult member known as “the King of Peace” holds a sacred object referred to by the group as “the Light of God”. Why does Los Angeles attract so many cults.. Is it the climate? -something in the air? |
'mystery' location
"Lawry's Garlic Spread Billboard, Los Angeles 1950s" http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/v19YoV.jpg http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-bil...s-circa-1950s/ note the incinerator and various other items under the billboard...:previous: |
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More Santa Monica Athletic Club, circa 1927. (Looks like the Summer Holiday is over. Back to school?) http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...z.jpg~originalhttp://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...ll170/id/25111 http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...d.jpg~originalhttp://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...ll170/id/25111 On an unrelated note, here is a link to some video of JFK in '62 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...coll88/id/1458 JFK and entourage are seen visiting Beverly Hills' Good Shepard Church, the Beverly Hilton and there are glimpses of Santa Monica Beach and PCH. The streaming is slow and it is difficult (for me) to capture a decent image. Can't recall seeing an image of the Presidential Colors flying over a Santa Monica Beach house before, but why not? |
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:previous: Had similar sentiments, although "G-Men" also crossed my mind. Source did not offer much info other than the image was insurance-related. :shrug: 8366 Beverly Blvd - started out as a market in '36. Here's a view from 1940. http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...r.jpg~originalhttp://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...coll65/id/2225 Please do not notice me. http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...z.jpg~original Contemporary (Vaguely remember a business called "Blueprint" here.) http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...b.jpg~originalGoogleSVU http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...z.jpg~originalGoogleSVU |
One more for the road? or Play Ball! 1931 - 845 No. Alameda http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...e.jpg~originalhttp://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...ll170/id/19288 http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...t.jpg~original http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...f.jpg~original http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...h.jpg~original Contemporary http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...g.jpg~originalGoogleSVU |
'mystery' location #2
"Hacienda Airlines Billboard, Los Angeles CA. June 15,1960" http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/EQWGtQ.jpg www.alamy.com Must have been a fun flight....there was a piano on board! __ |
Here's one more before I call it a night.
"Los Angeles Times Billboard, Los Angeles CA 1950s http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/Kshgsd.jpg www.alamy.com I like how the photographer squeezed in a glimpse of City Hall----> ....more billboard pics tomorrow. :) |
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