Originally Posted by tovangar2 (Post 7082570)

That's a great shot of your stepfather CBD

Curlett and Beelman's 1926 Chester Williams Building has been used as a location for several films. A couple of gritty examples:


Walgreen's has the ground-floor corner space these days:

Originally Posted by CityBoyDoug (Post 7082736)

.....I marked out the suite of shared offices my stepfather rented with two other attorneys.
One was criminal attorney Horace Apel. He was a rather crude noir type, who nipped from a whiskey bottle in his desk drawer.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...pspaancikg.jpg
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Originally Posted by CityBoyDoug (Post 7082539)

I was looking at the address and noticed that the jewelers were... "Railroad Watch Inspectors". I would imagine we don't see many of those these days.
When I was a kid those railroad watches were a big deal.

Originally Posted by tovangar2 (Post 7082788)

Wow CBD. The Penthouse. They must have been successful attorneys.

P.S.

Was Horace Ap(p)el the same one involved in Darrow's bribery trial?

Originally Posted by oldstuff (Post 7083086)

The late Horace Appel was definitely an "old school" attorney. He was admitted to the California State Bar in 1921.

The father of Horrace Appel, also Horace H. Appel, was also an attorney who had offices in 1900 in the Bullard Block which was located where City Hall now stands. There are a couple of pictures online if someone could post them. (I can't post) It was located at the corner of Spring and Court.

Under John Anson Bullard Block, there is actually a picture of the elder Mr. Appel when he was practicing law and working in the Bullard Block

Originally Posted by tovangar2 (Post 7082788)

Wow CBD. The Penthouse. They must have been successful attorneys.

P.S.

Was Horace Ap(p)el the same one involved in Darrow's bribery trial?

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 7082323)

Here's another spectacular Kodachrome slide of Hollywood Boulevard in the 1940s.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/908/J77gbE.jpg
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:previous: note U.S.O. Club banner, "One Door South."

Originally Posted by Noircitydame (Post 7082395)

It was pretty short duration- the dimout regulations that affected theater marquees, illuminated signs (and night baseball/football etc) for the Pacific Coast officially went into effect in Aug 20, 1942 (though most Hollywood theaters had already gone dark by late May '42 on, I guess, a voluntary basis) and were lifted as of Nov 1, 1943.

Originally Posted by Martin Pal (Post 7082871)

I don't recall the episode specifics, but last year on a History Detectives (PBS) show, I remember them going into detail about the fact that at one time the railroads were looked to for the most accurate "time" information and that the conductors on trains, etc. were required to have their watches inspected periodically by official places (like this one, I imagine) so that they were running properly and set to the accurate time. Wonder who paid the fees?

Originally Posted by CityBoyDoug (Post 7083276)

Martin: Notice the street light pole in the color photo. There's a sign on it that says...USO First Door >>>>>>.

Originally Posted by Martin Pal (Post 7083265)

I have seen a broad map of Southern California with general positioning of USO locations (they used the word "sitings") as to where they were located in relation to the Hollywood Canteen in this time period. (The map is attributed to Andrew Gottsfield.)

Originally Posted by Martin Pal (Post 7083265)

Fantastic photo!

I knew that there was a Hollywood USO on Cahuenga and I've looked for photos of it, but cannot seem to find one. I also have never located an exact address. Complicating matters is that before the Hollywood Canteen opened in October of 1942, the Hollywood USO was often referred to as the Hollywood Canteen. Complicating matters further is that people often assume that the Hollywood Canteen was a USO, but, in actuality, it was not affiliated with the USO. And, further complications arise because the Cahuenga USO moved locations after a years time. (One could further confuse the issue with the mention of the Hollywood Guild and Canteen located on Crescent Heights and Fountain.)

I have seen a broad map of Southern California with general positioning of USO locations (they used the word "sitings") as to where they were located in relation to the Hollywood Canteen in this time period. (The map is attributed to Andrew Gottsfield). He lists the two locations of the Hollywood USO with dots right next to each other, so I'm assuming they moved down the street, but I don't know that for a fact.

The Hollywood USO opened in February of 1942 until June of 1943 when it moved locations. The dot for the second Hollywood USO location is south of the original one, so I am inclined to think this photograph, above, is referring to the first USO location and was taken in between February of 1942 and June of 1943, since it is only one "door" south of Hollywood Blvd.


The Hollywood USO opened on February 2, 1942, which was eight months prior to the opening of the Hollywood Canteen, 1451 N. Cahuenga Blvd., just South of Sunset Blvd., and the Hollywood USO relocated eight months later, after the Canteen opened, to it's second location.

Re: Blackout rules



Thanks for the information on the blackout/dimout regulations. From a book about the Hollywood Canteen, called "Dance Floor Democracy" they have the following:

When the Hollywood USO opened up the street from the future site of the Canteen, on February 2, 1942, it also did so under pre-dimout conditions. Edward G. Robinson presided as starlet hostesses welcomed one thousand military guests in a "kleig-light ceremony and fanfare." (Footnotes indicate quoted info is from next days Los Angeles Times.)
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This is a Bruce Torrence photo of the corner of Hollyood Blvd. and Cahuenga, dated 1943.

http://hollywoodphotographs.com/photos/lrg/HB-243.jpg

Notice the woman in the wheelchair. Even if we assume the date (year) is correct, the U.S.O. Club could have moved by the time the photo was taken (June) as indicated above, but I wonder where the entrance "one door south" would have put it; upstairs maybe? I didn't notice the owl in the color photograph like it is in this one, so I looked again. It's hidden behind the lamp post.

I was trying to read the words above the five "sections" of the newsstand. I believe the first says "Home Town Papers" and then "Photoplay". The third looks like "True Glory" (?) with a clock in the middle of it. I can't make out the next one. The fifth is "Liberty" magazine. Besides the dentists, the blade signs to the right are not legible to me, except "restaurant" of course, nor the store signs.

Originally Posted by rick m (Post 7082186)

It was a sore spot he would highlight- and it was adjacent to that parking lot..

Originally Posted by tovangar2 (Post 7083369)

The Horace Appels, father and son, were all over the papers at one time (especially dad). This little article mentions them both:

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-v...34318%2BPM.jpg
LA Herald, 1/22/1908

The Bullard Block (seen before on the thread):
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-H...31023%2BPM.jpg
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(I couldn't find the photo of HH Appel, Sr oldstuff. If you send me the link, I'll put it up.)

Originally Posted by CityBoyDoug (Post 7083536)

He's the one who used to give me quarter coins, to which my father strenuously objected.. He told Horace, " Please don't be giving Doug any money."

Originally Posted by Noircitydame (Post 7083906)

Why?? Was he worried you'd run down to Desmond's Boys Shop and blow it on something like this kiddie pool table? (note "Charge it!" in upper left).

http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...lle/112752.png 11-27-52

Originally Posted by Tetsu (Post 7082132)

Everything in that photo is amazing. I was thinking the same thing as Michael Ryerson, as far as wondering what year the photo was taken. It definitely couldn't have been much earlier than the 30's since it's in color, as MR said.

Regarding 129 S. Olive, I've got a question for all the BH fanatics. First, take a look at what I think is a later shot of the same home, in much worse shape:

http://i1312.photobucket.com/albums/...psf2wpjnx5.jpglapl

I was just wondering if 129 had an identical or near-identical twin next door to the south. Mainly I'm asking because of the railing at the top of the veranda in the B&W shot, looks like it could be original (though I wonder if it would look that way if I had a higher res shot), yet in the color shot, the wrought iron railing looks very much like it could be original too - more so, actually. So, just wanted to make sure we're looking at the same house in both shots.

It also looks like the entire front yard has been scooped away in the B&W shot, and the front stairs rebuilt to reach from the porch straight to the sidewalk. I wonder if that's what caused the porch to start drooping like that. :(

One more time for comparison:

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...6.jpg~originalebay

Originally Posted by Beaudry (Post 7084169)

Interestingly, there was another set of "twins" just down on the next block at 215-217 S Olive:

https://c4.staticflickr.com/4/3814/1...ef7ffe64_b.jpggetty-nadel/cra/olive

Which also have a large Grand Ave apartment backside towering over them, in this case, the Frontenac.

Originally Posted by Martin Pal (Post 7084119)

The well-dressed boy (who towers over a Christmas tree) wears
Moose Moccasin Slippers with Shirling Collar and padded soles.

...and plays pool!

Originally Posted by CityBoyDoug (Post 7083276)

Notice the street light pole in the color photo. There's a sign on it that says...USO First Door >>>>>>.