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Here are a couple of sopas's posts on the '32 Olympics: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...4&postcount=45 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=7875 I've had these in my files for a long time... https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-x...2520AM.bmp.jpghttps://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-X...2520AM.bmp.jpgunknown http://img0.etsystatic.com/010/0/803...03922_gapb.jpg |
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Can't help but wonder in the first image whether the room was equipped with a retractable roof or it had excellent "natural" lighting. Those closet curtains with the Olympic symbols were a nice touch too. Eventual souvenirs for the athletes? Noticed the pajama pants worn by the chap on the right. Must have been seen as "exotic" by some Angelino's. Assume that was purely lounge wear. But, maybe a trend setter? Bullocks Wilshire - PJ Dept? http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...BJUT8KQEUI.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...BJUT8KQEUI.jpg http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...7U97NGBUE3.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...7U97NGBUE3.jpg http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...LAKLXLTXRJ.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...LAKLXLTXRJ.jpg http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...I9QY354TU9.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...I9QY354TU9.jpg 1935 - Bullock's Fashion Show http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics47/00073177.jpghttp://jpg3.lapl.org/pics47/00073177.jpg 1940 Uplifter's Pajama Parade http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics36/00052982.jpghttp://jpg2.lapl.org/pics36/00052982.jpg ____________________________ Bullock's W light fixture. http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...5SF2XV24IK.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...5SF2XV24IK.jpg |
:previous: Excellent interior views of Bullock's Wilshire Tourmaline.
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Thanks for the pool ID HossC. And for er, the ampitheater is circled: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...f.jpg~original |
:previous: -thanks FW.
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6th and Alvarado
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...0/542/oqfj.jpg old file of mine/calisphere? from elegance to this piece of crappy architecture http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...0/849/hztq.jpg GSV a bit wider view http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...0/197/crn3.jpg somehow I cropped the two women at right out of the above photograph. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...0/841/r8zt.jpg detail |
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And, on the subject related to streets (Wilshire) I have noticed this one, without an original attribution. Would like to locate a higher resolution version. May have been posted on this thread but don't recall this specific image. GW? http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yZyCkKxxOm...shire+Blvd.jpg http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yZyCkKxxOm...shire+Blvd.jpg |
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Curious about Stanley B. Wilson, I checked back issues of the Times. Naturally, being a pro-labor candidate, Harrison Otis hated him and vituperated and bloviated against the candidate with his usual vigor. The reference to Wilson as a "theatrical poseur" is a bit rich coming from one of the biggest of the species ever to live in L.A.... Otis was never above getting bitchy about looks, either, obviously beside himself over Wilson's sex appeal. The article is much longer than this, but basically repeats and repeats Otis's hysteria. https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-W...ilson30pic.jpghttps://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-K...0/wilson30.jpg |
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Revisiting an earlier image. Notice the I Magnin's signage immediately above BW. Now you don't see it, now you do. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...id/22034/rec/7 http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/5...housepano2.jpghttp://img811.imageshack.us/img811/5...housepano2.jpg http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...use&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...use&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...use&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...use&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...use&DMROTATE=0 Anybody hungry? http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...use&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...use&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...use&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...use&DMROTATE=0 |
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rare color shot http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...90/35/3yjl.jpg http://porlacalledealcala.blogspot.c...ke-it-hot.html __ Thanks for the information on Stanley B. Wilson GW. Los Angeles was one of the most anti-union cities in the nation at the time. __ |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...lpetTexaco.jpg Detail of picture at USC Digital Library We've probably seen this picture before. I don't have a record of its source (I thought it was USC, but can only find this similar one), but it seemed like a good time to (re)post it. It was almost certainly taken from the Town House, and shows the opposite view to the one above. On the left of Wilshire is The Arcady, mentioned recently by GW (see here). http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z.../LASimons1.jpg A better view of Simon's Drive-In and the La Fayette Apartments. I'm not sure if the scene on the left is an accident or construction work. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z.../LASimons2.jpg The picture also shows the Hershey Arms, as seen in a recent post by FredH. Back in post #15408, e_r posed the question: "ALSO...what's going on with the second dome. Where was this flue in earlier photographs. -disguised within the dome?". In the detail below, the flues are clearly visible to the left of the second dome. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z.../LASimons3.jpg |
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Los Angeles, south from the Belmont Hotel (2nd & Belmont) in the 1890s.
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Funny. I was focusing on the building due west of the station, "Chesterfield's", recently featured here: http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/show...ostcount=19191 Can't help but notice how closely the Bank of America's architecture mimics the Chesterfield, or vice versa. Coincidence? :no: (While I was not personally acquainted with the Chesterfield building, its loss seems significant. Wouldn't mind seeing a color photo of the building. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 What is east of Simon's? Tennis Courts? Public playground, basketball etc? Also curious about the ziggurat-like structure toward the left side (middle) of the final photo in HossC's original post. What did it house? Commercial structure? Another whimsical Drive-in? Public? |
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At bottom right hand of image is a sign for an overnight stop. The appearance of "Lanes" directly above, is that the name of the establishment, the proprietor, or an ad for a nearby bowling alley? :rolleyes: |
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One of the billboards says "Proposition 10 will ruin our beaches!" - does anyone know what this is about? http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...reZiggurat.jpg Detail of picture at USC Digital Library |
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