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This map is kind of a hodge podge of disparate things but it's quite fun to look at. [1942]
Los Angeles Historical and Recreational Map (scroll your mouse to see it HUGE) _ Can anyone tell me why there's a chinchilla wandering around between Slauson and Manchester Avenues? http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...923/C9iaRX.jpg detail & this is pretty lame http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...922/s5ARAW.jpg detail anything to avoid drawing the actual building. _ |
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That probably refers to the Chapman Chinchilla Farm. Some pix here ETA: Reprint of a 1933 article covering the three American chinchilla farms, including Chapman's. 1952 Chapman ad, seeking to sell to new breeders: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Pf...I=w633-h476-no modern mechanix And... Also.... |
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Here is that house and garage in San Gabriel....still there. The boy who lived there was about 3 or 4 years older than me. I lived a block south of this location. 225 S. Circle Dr., San Gabriel, CA https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4437/...7d7b98_z_d.jpg gsv |
For Japan’s reasons for striking Pearl Harbor, I suggest a reading of the first chapter of Barbara Tuchman’s March of Folly. Japan’s main objective was seizing the natural resources of the British and French colonies in the South Pacific. But Japanese military leaders thought America would come into the fight, so they decided a first strike was the best alternative. Attacking the American fleet would delay its intervention in the war; Japan could seize the European colonies and then face America from a strong position, forcing it to sue for pace. In keeping with the book’s title, it was the worst possible decision for Japan. Isolationist sentiment in the U.S. was still strong and it’s unlikely an attack on some remote colonies would prod us into war. But a surprise and unprovoked attack was just the ticket for guaranteeing American retaliation and commitment. So, the West Coast was never really an invasion target, although certainly it and the Panama Canal were both potential (and briefly real) targets for Japanese air and sea attacks.
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hold 'em or fold 'em. Their attack on Pearl was a fatal mistake. You never know what your adversary will do. The art of war is always and sadly advancing. North Korea is making the same mistake today in 2017. |
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The lots were initially laid out in 1910, when the subdivision was created, and the Sanborn map from that year shows that the lots were rather different along our street from what they ended up being. Our own lot was at that point the same width all the way back--and the property line exactly bisects the outhouse. Apparently the lots were laid out on paper without a survey. The next Sanborn map shows the property lines mostly as they are today. So when you see a property line going through an existing structure on a Sanborn map, it could mean that a lot was subdivided after it was developed. |
:previous: Thank you Otis for the explanation. I appreciate it.
'mystery' location. "Original Photo LOS ANGELES Classic City View Power Line Towers" http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/ToMKvd.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/LA41-Origina...IAAOSwYlRZIhl1 Does this area look familiar to any one? photographer's stamp /reverse http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...922/ioLeTB.jpg from this contact sheet (the seller include just the one enlargement) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/BjtI2l.jpg I thought this might hold some clues as well. __ |
'mystery' location #2
"1954 LOS ANGELES Mashak Desoto Auto Dealership 4"x5" original negative" This one is a bit blurry but it's intriguing none-the-less. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...923/praueq.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/MD43-512-195....c100005.m1851 it looks like some ditch work is being done near the entrance to the appliance store with the very cool signage. -(what we can see of it anyway _ |
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"Palm and Oak" or 4957 W. 104th Street, Inglewood? http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/cViATd.jpg lapl "In 1918 Mathias Chapman brought the first ten chinchillas to Inglewood to start his farm, located on the corner of Palm and Oak* They had never been bred in captivity outside their native Chile, and Chapman had to adapt to the lessons he learned including refrigerating the cages to 68 degrees. Fifteen years later Chapman Chinchilla Farm was still the only chinchilla farm in the world outside the Andes and his operation was closely watched by the fur industry." *I don't know where lapl came up with "the corner of Palm and Oak". :shrug: I can't even find where Palm & Oak intersect. __ Chinchillanapping! "Someone recognized the tremendous value of the Chapman herd and in the dead of night stole into his mountain ranch at Tehachepi, Calif., (recently abandoned) and made away with thirty-five sturdy chinchillas. Sixteen were carrying young. The potential loss, therefore, amounted to fully seventy of the animals. Chapman, in swearing out warrants for the unknown culprits’ arrest, placed a value of $54,000 on the stolen animals. Late last fall eighteen were traced to a ship bound for Germany. So closely did United States operatives press the hunt that they learned five died en route. Later one American confessed his part in the theft and today is paying the penalty in San Quentin prison. Two of those smuggled to Germany are alive today, all the others having perished. The other seventeen have not been traced." http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...924/Rw88DR.jpg http://cuddlebug.dyndns.org/information/history.html :previous: I believe the Inglewood address should be 4957 West 104th Street. (might be a typo, cuddlebug has the 4957 address in another part of the article) And finally, here is Mr. Chapman and 'Pete' who often rode on his shoulder. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...923/A1VLqu.jpg Here's 'Pete' today. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...922/eNUo8B.jpg |
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https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/ser...-Jap-plan-to-# a jpg can be downloaded at large size. Animosities go back to ca 1900- There was some trepidation about the visit of The Great White Fleet to Tokyo Bay. In CA there had been complaints about Japanese immigration There are many good postwar books as well, for which documents from both sides were available. And on the web can be found news and pix of the shelling of Ellwood, just north of Santa Barbara, that precipitated the Battle of Los Angeles a night or two later- Noir interspersed with flashes of AAA and searchlights |
:previous: Thanks Earl, I'll try it out.
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These residential neighborhoods were not zoned for farms/ranches/businesses. This was illegal activity. I assume these laws still exist. |
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This appears to be a hand-painted glass slide. "Mathias F. Chapman holding a chinchilla at Chapman Chinchilla Farm, Inglewood" (1932-1934) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/1t4Onk.jpg this week in California history :previous: I wonder if that's 'Pete'? ;) daily guided tours too. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...922/D3Jhcs.jpg paradiseleased And finally, here's a larger photograph of the farm. "1937 Press Photo Chinchilla Farms In Inglewood Calif" http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/hY8qpC.jpg historic images ok, I'm done with the chinchillas. ;) _ |
found this amazing pic this afternoon on ebay.
"Original 1940'S WWII LOS ANGELES HARBOR GUARDS PORT Police Negative 4"x5" http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...924/sdwDA7.jpg ebay I like the unsuspecting passenger at far right about to come face to face with this group. a closer look at some of the men. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/tLvI5Z.jpg :previous: this port policeman is ...good lookin'. (maybe it's the uniform) -and his attitude. __ Los Angeles Port Police was founded in 1911. |
And while we're down in that neck of the woods.
"Original 1957 35mm Kodak Slide Long Beach CA Seaside Hospital" http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/7EgvWI.jpg ebay http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/2wwFce.jpg flickr this one shows a bit more of the parking lot. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/uDVpCC.jpg ebay All gone now. (replaced by a rather ugly park) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/IP2Aov.jpg google_earth __ |
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Mystery Location
Here is another c. 1936 Los Angeles Daily News photo captioned only "View of the dilapidated buildings and unpaved streets in a Los Angeles area slum during the Great Depression."
https://i.imgur.com/dOlpVj5.jpg LA Daily News via UCLA Special Collections (The zoomable version is here.) It looks like it's in a semi-rural area. There are a few clues: https://i.imgur.com/vVEw6vb.jpg UCLA Special Collections At the right, the sign on the right side of the store reads "N. Esperanza Ave." The store is called "Las Olas Altas" ("The Big Waves") and is at #329. To the left of #329 is a building numbered 327... https://i.imgur.com/GQzXZl0.jpg ...so we are looking west. In small letters below the store name is "___________nsa y nobles. Grocery. J. Bernal" I couldn't read the first part, maybe someone with better eyes can. There is an Esperanza street in Boyle Heights but it starts in the S. 600 block and extends southward. No N. Esperanza seems to exist today in the East Side. I remembered that Hope Street downtown used to be called Esperanza, but it only went as far north as Temple, and did not have a 300 N. block. Any thoughts? |
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http://imageshack.us/a/img833/3954/elmirador.jpg https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Ax...s=w238-h293-no I ran across this small item from the Times of Dec 31, 1930, and noticed the address... wasn't aware of any Arbuckle connection to the El Mirador. Which reminds me of the controversial building at Fountain & Sweetzer. Does anyone have an update? The last info seems to date from five years ago in post 9291 Pics from previous GW posts on NLA |
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