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That was me....I found that negative just a few weeks ago and had it scanned and put on a CD. The photo that I posted on JJ was a scan from a very, very old 8X10" print. The scan was taken from the 8X10" negative so the quality today is brilliant. At least this one is now protected by being transferred to a modern media. On JJ we like our old Willys.... small world....I often wonder if that little girl is still alive. She's be in her mid 80's.... |
Here's Tom Thompson on the left at his shop when he was in Eagle Rock. He passed away about 25 years ago at the age of 103.
He took photos until he was in his 80's. He never went on a job without a suit and tie...EVER, no matter the weather. The was one of the masters of the "cirkut" cameras, the ones that took panoramic photos. They had a focal plane shutter and the film travels as the camera turned on it's radius via a spring loaded shutter device. Kind of hard to explain in print...He threw away thousands and thousands of 10X30" panorama negatives. Kodak made the film on special order. That summer of 1972 was when Mr. Thompson was moving his company to Glendale. He threw away hundreds of pounds of negatives dating from the late 1920's-late 60's. He was a wonderful mentor to me as a 21 year old photographer. The other mentor was J. Allen Hawkins of Pasadena. He was the Rose Bowl, Tournament of Roses photographer. Al died in 1986 and I believe all of his negs were given to UCLA. http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z...01-14-1101.jpg I got this out of Google images...no idea who the fella is http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z...kut_camera.jpg |
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Welcome to the thread SierraMadre, I am really looking forward to seeing your posts! As far as the Merle Norman buildings. I have never been able to find an address for the laboratory building in your first two photos but the streamilne moderene building is the first Merle Norman Studio location at 2525 Main St in Santa Monica. That building is still extant and looking good. http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/3918/2525maintoday.jpg Google Images ~Jon Paul |
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Judging by the streetlamp, the alley just to the north of Pico (running westward from S Holt Ave.), the phone pole in the background along that alley, and a 1939 city directory listing, I'd say it's 8613 W Pico Blvd. The brick building below with the white front is 8613 today; it's obviously smaller--it could be a fragment of the MN building, though the brickwork is different.
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-z...2520PM.bmp.jpgGoogle Street View http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z...bba20001-1.jpgTom Thompson |
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https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-h...2520PM.bmp.jpgGoogle Street View At some point--perhaps at the time of Eagle Rock's 1923 annexation--its Central Avenue became Eagle Rock Boulevard. I'm wondering if it was also then renumbered to conform to L.A.'s address system. Could #210 Central have become #5024 Eagle Rock Blvd.? Above is a shot of 5024, where Thompson was listed in the 1926 city directory. The camera is a tricky thing, but while one entrance appears shallower than the other, I think it's the same storefront. The capital, such as it is, at left appears to be the same...the area in front of the door is of the same pattern...why, it even looks as though the same screen door is in place.... |
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If you want to see what I'm talking about, go to this site - http://www.estostock.com/user/search.shtml - and type either Neiman-Marcus or Neiman Marcus in the search box. High-end retailing before the era of excessive amounts of merchandise on the floor along with endless sales. |
A lil' silliness
Just a couple of completely random photos I've found while hunting for other Los Angeles images and information.
Los Angeles Police Motorcycle Officerettes 1928. http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/8...ficerettes.jpg I love how the bikes were customized so that they could ride side-saddle! This photo was simply captioned "Mother's Day Montebello 1928" http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/5...ntebello19.jpg To me, mother looks like she absolutely hates the cake (and everything else) and daughter looks like she would love to plunge that knife somewhere other than in the cake :D ~Jon Paul Photos ebaumsworld.com |
good grief...I see that most of the fun is in all the detective work...you all are amazing. What a grand contribution to history this is. Thank you all.
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Such a great noirish photo taken at Griffith Observatory opening day 1935.
http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/1...rvatory193.jpg ebaumsworld.com ~Jon Paul |
This Packard dealership was, I believe on Santa Monica Blvd. in Santa Monia. Someone recently said that this still is there as a Mercedes dealership, although I'm not sure.
This image is pretty washed out. Its a lousy print that I made 38 years ago in a make-shift darkroom at my parents house in the bathroom. Now that I have located the 8X10" negative, it will be fun to see all the detail that doesn't show up in this crummy scan. http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z.../willys4-1.jpg they decorated the windows during the Christmas season http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z.../willys3-1.jpg Unfortunately this showroom photo comes to me from Mr. Thompson's trash with no markings on the back. All I do know is that they are either 1930 or 1931 Ford Model A's and the dealership was in the Los Angeles/Santa Monica area http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z.../willys5-1.jpg |
this is up towards the Glassell Park area of Los Angeles on Figueroa...probably in the early 1950's
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Say Handsome Stranger! Re your search for the Studio City Simon's Drive-In-- There is a massive photomural of 40's scene all along Venturana Blvd with Laurel Cyn at its center- This I tripped over last yeat At Industrial Metal in Sun Valley in their nicely done waiting room for their customers-Didn't discover who shot this aerial though-- Might also tell SPOAS EJ old the original J.W.Robinson mansion on the hilltop overlooking Sunset Blvd twixt Hill St. and Teed St. facing Fort Moore- LAPL images 00061553 and Mrs. Anna Ford's big mremodel in 00061643 - AND to Etherial Reality re the QUEEN APTS- I managed to sleuth the location on the Ansel Adams images you posted after getting hold of a faint aerial-one of the first I'd collected that proved its site to then curator Carolyn Kozo Cole- Infamous OIL QUEEN Emma Summers constructed the folly in her name-her own Victorian was 2 doors east - Bison Archives has another great sidelong image with lots of rugrats scampering out its front--- Hilarious that it was renamed the Princess to spiff it up--
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Quoting myself!!!
Update 09/20/11
I was just studying the four photos of the Merle Norman building"s" again and suddenly realized that they are all of the same building just with different facades. Look at the window placement on the front and sides of the building. All the windows are sized and placed exactly the same. The streetlight is the same. The doorways are the same and in one of the older photos you can see the beginning of the address "25", for 2525 Main. So it looks like Mrs. Norman opened the laboratory in that location in 1933 and then had the building extensively updated prior to opening the first Merle Norman Studio in 1936. Prior to the studio opening, the cosmetics were sold door-to-door only. Quote:
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You are right, FFF-- and the phone pole would be running along 2nd street parallel to Main--the street to the right is called Norman Place. If it weren't for the "25", which I hadn't noticed before, I might ask, what if the company had an identical building at 8613 W Pico in 1939, for which there is a listing in the '39 LACD... I only say this because of the typical Pico Blvd streetlamp still in front of that location...but then again, it doesn't seem to be in quite the right spot--and, as it turns out, the vintage SM street lamps (below) are very similar to those still standing on Pico. So a radical renovation in SM it was... excellent sleuthing, FFF. https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Y...2520PM.bmp.jpgSMPL |
For what it's worth.
I find it hard to believe that ALL the sources you cite require such a vigorous "no retransmission" policy. City archives, UCLA, Calif. Historical Society? Are they all really that adamant? Aren't virtually all the photos posted in the previous 230+ pages from such sources? Maybe I'm being naive, but I wouldn't think that historical photos, especially from public or quasi-public sources (e.g city archives) are the stuff lawsuits are made of. It's not like we are posting Scarlett Johansson's nude cell phone pix, after all. LOL Quote:
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You are right, FFF-- and the phone pole would be running along 2nd street parallel to Main--the street to the right is called Norman Place. If it weren't for the "25", which I hadn't noticed before, I might ask, what if the company had an identical building at 8613 W Pico in 1939, for which there is a listing in the '39 LACD... I only say this because of the typical Pico Blvd streetlamp still in front of that location...but then again, it doesn't seem to be in quite the right spot--and, as it turns out, the vintage SM street lamps (below) are very similar to those still standing on Pico. So a radical renovation in SM it was... excellent sleuthing, FFF. Thanks GaylordWilshire! I became even more curious about the building when I saw that the Santa Monica house, the Debe's Bakery truck was parked in front of, seemed to have much the same brickwork as the MN building. I am now curious as to whether there was a commonality with Santa Monica and that mosaic patterned brickwork. Ah good, another puzzle for me:koko: ~Jon Paul |
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