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Originally Posted by BifRayRock (Post 5833117)

This picture seems particularly interesting considering that the plane's forward propellers appear to be in motion. The neighbors and anyone trying to read the newspaper behind the plane - must have loved it.

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below: I found this on ebay a few days ago BifRayRock. The propellers appear to be in motion in this photograph as well.
I didn't notice it until you pointed it out.

http://imageshack.us/a/img23/5346/aa...station193.jpg

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A before/after on Brand Boulevard in Glendale.

http://imageshack.us/a/img27/3109/aa...pacificele.jpg
http://www.pacificelectric.org/

http://imageshack.us/a/img543/5653/a...dblvdtoday.jpg
google street view

Any measure of vitality has been drained from this streetscape. :( Oh how I long for days gone by.
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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 5833156)

I have paused several times looking at these photos. It may have something to do with the camera's shutter speed, but in the smaller photo, those props look as though they are moving fast enough to taxi the aircraft. I do not see any exhaust or evidence of an electric motor that might move the props as a long term attention grabber. The pennants strung above the lot may indicate that this was a grand opening or some other special event. Also, the way the rear door seems ajar and fitted with stairs (in some of the other shots) almost suggests the public was invited to hop aboard. Curious about the need for the chain link fence when so many other areas seem exposed. In one shot it seems that the fence might be there to prevent unwanted contact between the public and the propellers, but other shots suggest the propellers were there for the touching. The fenced in areas do not seem like the place for an office or cashier either. Safekeeping of wiper blades and tires? Notice also the building that seems next your favorite apartment building. Judging from the advertising, that building may have included service bays.

In any event, Bob's must have been a work in progress over its short history. Notice the pumps seem to change color (some photos have dark pumps - below they are white/light colored). In the repost below, the rear propellers have twin blades and it is possible the fronts also have twin blades; however, in the other shots, there are triple blade props. Another optical illusion, or does the phone booth appear to have a triangular footprint rather than the traditional square shape? And that gumball machine in front of the phone booth looks empty . . . :apple:

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Originally Posted by BifRayRock (Post 5833117)

Another shot of Bob's Air Mail Service Mobile Station located at 5453 Wilshire Blvd. (Corner of Cochran and Wilshire).

This picture seems particularly interesting considering that the plane's forward propellers appear to be in motion. The neighbors and anyone trying to read the newspaper behind the plane - must have loved it.

It appears they turned them frequently as there seems to be an area below each prop (including the rearward propellers) restricted by a chain link fence so that paying customers may have the experience of the spinning propellers without losing their heads.

The Fokker F32 really did have dual blades in the front and triple in the back. I think this link is better than pictures to describe its brief history.

http://www.dutch-aviation.nl/index5/...5-2%20F32.html

:previous: Fascinating.

It may be a little off-topic, but the Fokker pictured was one of only 10 manufactured. It was the first four engine aircraft built in the US and the largest plane of its type at the time (1929) seating 32 passengers with sleeper berths. Western Air Express flew two such aircraft between LA and SF. Another local carrier, Trans Western Airlines "TWA" also flew the plane.

"Bob's" is the only photo I have seen with triple blades in the front. In the other examples, they all seemed to sport twin blade propellers - forward and aft. If the same engines were used, it would seem counterintuitive but not impossible for a flying aircraft to have different propeller shapes and forms on different engines.

Luggage label. (Should possibly read: "Fly with WAE - and buy your gas at Bob's!") :bowtie:
http://i.ebayimg.com/t/1930-luggage-...ROQ~~60_57.JPG Ebay

May 1931, TWA flight lifts off from Burbank's United Airport.
http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics40/00069796.jpg lapl

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1937
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What the future may foretell? (1925?)
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Originally Posted by Lwize (Post 5833123)

Am I the only one haunted by the Hall of Records? What a spooky building.

I actually really liked that building! It's a shame they tore it down. :eek:

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Originally Posted by MichaelRyerson (Post 5818461)

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Brenda Allen, ca.1940

'Brenda Allen Burns today told jurors in the white slave trial how she tried unsuccessfully for three hours to resist the advances of "Glamor Boy" Bristol Barrett and the "sales talks" of men luring her into a life of shame. Brenda Allen Burns had several known aliases: Brenda Allen Burns, Brenda Burns Allen, Brenda Burns, Brenda Burris. Photograph July 18, 1940.'

LAPL

brenda allen = lindsay lohan's great-grandmother?

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Originally Posted by Lwize (Post 5833123)

Am I the only one haunted by the Hall of Records? What a spooky building.

http://imageshack.us/a/img443/4959/a...ecords1959.jpg
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/search...=1347819638823

The aging Hall of Records Building in 1959. I guess you're right, it is kinda spooky.
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A rare look inside the old Hall of Records circa 1951. My God, how tall do you think that ceiling is?

http://imageshack.us/a/img268/29/aahallbird1951a.jpg
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/search...=1347819638823

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http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/search...=1347819638823

"Look Eunice, there's a bird on the molding." (as well as a spooky looking guy in the doorway)

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Originally Posted by BifRayRock (Post 5830077)

[Sam's Rite Spot on Chautauqua Blvd and PCH in Santa Monica (undated)
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Some of the gals down at the Chautauqua (actually the Pacific Coast Highway) Rite Spot celebrating The Resurrection...

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Waitresses at Rite Spot restaurant wear Easter bonnets, 1957

8th annual Easter pageant at the Rite Spot restaurant, 24- hour highway eatery at 412 West Pacific Coast Highway, in Santa Monica. All the waitresses wear fancy Easter bonnets. Pix shows gals (don't forget to pan right) behind counter serving coffee etc. to counter diners. Gals, left to right (that's background to foreground): Janie Hughes; Jo Andre; Frances Beebe; Ruby Reeves; Merle Denlinger; Pauline Shideler; Judy Nicholson; Mildred Tynon; Dorothy Peyton. Customer at left foreground is Ross Lawrence".

USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961

Good lord I love this thread! After falling off the wagon in early July I have now finally caught back up to y'all and my only regret is I wish I had more to read! Unfortunately I don't have any new-old stuff to share but I do have this funky neo-retro-electro-whatever image that I made:

http://imageshack.us/a/img834/592/lamashup.jpg

You can take it or leave it :)

:previous: Very interesting!
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Cabinet card found on ebay.

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Dracena Palms, Adams Street.

reverse
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The view is very similar to this photograph from USC Digital Archives (probably been posted before).

http://imageshack.us/a/img145/8159/a...napalmsusc.jpg
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/search...hs-m14252.html
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View from the dining room balcony of the Automobile Club Building, showing congestion at Adams Street & Figueroa.

http://imageshack.us/a/img69/9028/aa...omautoclub.jpg
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/search...=1347828708673

below: The location of the photographer.
The Automobile Club of Southern California, located at 2601 S. Figueroa (it still stands today)

http://imageshack.us/a/img221/2530/a...ub2601sfig.jpg
http://waterandpower.org/museum/Earl...1925%20+).html

Beautiful shot, handsome house, no date, no address

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Exterior view of a two-story house on North Flower Street in Los Angeles, C.C. Pierce, [s.d.]

Photograph of an exterior view of a two-story house on North Flower Street in Los Angeles, [s.d.]. The house is a small structure with a wide front porch held up by Romanesque columns. The walls of the building are decorated extensively with intricate molding. A second-story balcony can be seen above the front door. Concrete steps lead from the street at right up to the front porch.

USCdigital archive/Title Insurance and Trust / C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960

World headquarters of the Tidewater Oil Company. 1956 by architect Claud Beelman.

http://imageshack.us/a/img545/6175/m...ldheadquar.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/79761301@N00/7298136398/

Some people have called it 'California Stalinist', but I have to admit that I like it.

http://imageshack.us/a/img821/3013/m...aycrenshaw.jpg
google street view

http://imageshack.us/a/img854/7936/mtidewater.jpg
ebay
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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 5833809)

Some people have called it 'California Stalinist', but I have to admit that I like it.

Ha! Gotta say I'm a fan of it too.

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Originally Posted by MichaelRyerson (Post 5833717)

This was the J. Ruber home @ 145 N.Flower s/w corner of intersection with Court St. - the 5 story sheer drop down to Figueroa was in its backyard---Don't miss my old-timey BunkerHill slideshow @ Larry Edmunds Books on Tues @ 7 p.m.(and Jim Dawson's book signing) 6644 Hollywood Blvd - @ Cherokee--

The Monterey Apartments at 3212 South Main Street.

http://imageshack.us/a/img833/6373/m...212smainst.jpg
ebay

http://imageshack.us/a/img825/6373/m...212smainst.jpg
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below: The Monterey Apartments today.

http://imageshack.us/a/img267/6373/m...212smainst.jpg
google street view

http://imageshack.us/a/img825/9479/m...12smainstd.jpg
google street view

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Originally Posted by rick m (Post 5833919)

Thank you, Rick, I'd made a bet with myself that it would be you or Gaylord Wilshire that'd come up with the info on ths lovely home. As to your slideshow, I wouldn't miss it were it not for my unfortunate circumstances. I live in Houston, far from my Los Angeles, a situation driven solely by economics. My wife and son, also native Angelinos, seem to get home once or twice a year but, alas, Dad doesn't do quite so well. My last visit was in 2008 and it doesn't look like I'll be back before a family wedding in January. Drat! Good luck with the show. I'm sure it'll be a smash.

In the shadows, in the doorways, the alleyways, in the flops, hot sheets and decrepit

bungalows, the plans would spring forth as though with a life of their own...

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Los Angeles City Hall, 1 January 1953.

Noir City. It was his town. And it always would be.

USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961

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Gardena murder suspect at Sheriff's Office, 1954

Gardena murder suspect at Sheriff's Office, 20 May 1954. Frederick F. 'Freddy' Bullard -- 35 years (confessed killer of James Francis Greenway).

USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8305/7...6e2f9af4_b.jpg
Vice (Morals Charges), 1956

Vice (Morals Charges), 24 September 1956. Melinda Short - 25 years; Kim Evans - 26 years.

Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Lapp. Date: 1956-09-24. Reporter: Harmon. Assignment: Ladies. Left to Right: 4/53/54: Melinda Short, 25, curvaceous blonde secretary, and Kim Evans, 26, brunette entertainer, play gin rummy after arrest on suspicion of whoring at 1700 West Boulevard. Grab shots of Melinda, with purse, and Kim, kerchief covrd [sic]. 17/39: 17/39: Melinda Short, 25, alone". Love the dark glasses. A perfect touch.

USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8036/7...7e21bafe_b.jpg
Nighttime view looking northeast from City Hall tower, 1941

Noir view of Main Street, Los Angeles Street, Calle de los Negros, Union Station and Terminal Annex, 1941

USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961

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Beitz murder story, 1952

Beitz murder story, 27 January 1952. Robert L. Pennington, Jr -- 31 years; Helen Janice Beitz -- 31 years (victim). As soon as I saw this guy’s shoes and socks, I knew he was trouble.

USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961

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Sentenced (attempted murder), 1958

Sandra Dianne Erickson, 20, after she had been sentenced to a term of 1 to 14 years in state prison in the attempted murder of two Malibu deputy sheriffs. Her brother, Leo Nelson, 26, also was sentenced".

USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961

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Murder in front of 663 Lamar Street, 1952

Murder in front of 663 Lamar Street, 30 May 1952. Murder scene; Body of Fernando Reyes -- 17 years (shot and killed in street brawl) 1726 1/2 Clover Street; "Choppie" Reyes (brother of dead boy); Louis Barrera -- 17 years (friend of Reyes); William Humm (Deputy); Don Joseph (Deputy); Detective T.F. McGovern. Boy walking around officer on far left is Louis Barrera, 17. Shows murder scene, where Fernando Reyes lies dead". ‘Choppie’? Your kid comes home with a nickname like ‘Choppie’ and you’ve got to know there’s trouble brewing. Lamar Street, east of the river in a tough part of town. But maybe they’re all tough parts of town.

USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961

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Robbery suspects, May 1, 1951. Kenneth Christiansen; John Schultz; John Debellis.

I can just see these three lunkheads 'hatching' their plan. I wonder which one of them first said, 'Hey, listen, I've got an idea...'

USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961

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Robbery suspects, May 1, 1951. Kenneth Christiansen; John Schultz; John Debellis. (2)

Three desperados again, slightly different pose. In the Big House, inmates gather to watch guys like this getting off the bus. The two Johns seem to be ‘in the moment’ but Kenneth is starting to daydream about the future and it ain’t pretty.

USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961

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Women robbery suspects, 13 August 1952. Ida Mae Benton; Edith G. Weatherby; Betty Coulter.

And just so we don't start thinking the boys have a monopoly on lunkheadism, I give you Edith, Betty and Ida Mae, three girls with an idea of their own.

USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961

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Robbery suspect, 1952

Robbery suspect, 2 June 1952. Robert George Livingston -- 29 years (suspect); Detective L.M. Colbern; Livingston stole tire from detective's car in Inglewood. Robert George Livingston, 29-year-old robbery suspect, and Detective L.M. Colbern with tire which Livingston stole from detective's car in Inglewood. Robert George Livingston, whose carelessness today cost him his freedom and an admission that he held up 13 liquor stores and gas stations, stole a tire and wheel from a police detective, and then attempted to rob a liquor store bandit (who happened to be armed himself)". No, I can't make this stuff up.

USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961

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Alimony hearing, 1958

Alimony hearing, 30 September 1958. Art Aragon. The Golden Boy contemplates a future without Georgina.

USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8179/7...de0d51b2_b.jpg
Annulment, 1960

Annulment, 8 January 1960. Sandy Hagen -- 19 years (annulment) (Mickey Cohen's girlfriend, aka Claretta Etie) ; Claudine Hagen (sister)-- 20 years.

USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8040/7...d90932c8_b.jpg
Vice raid, Laurel Canyon, 1954

Betty Berta (suspect) at bar talking to officers.

USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8436/7...589d354b_b.jpg
Vice raid, Laurel Canyon, 1954 (2)

Betty Berta (suspect) and Robin Jewel Kidd (suspect) leaving house". Happy Lane. Natch.

USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8314/7...20b5e9c2_b.jpg
Narcotics raid at 571 South Coronado, 1958.

Narcotics raid at 571 South Coronado, 13 February 1958. Barbara Graham (suspect) comforts a handcuffed Edward Timmons (suspect).

USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8459/7...125a6fec_b.jpg
Raid suspects (prostitutes), 1951 (2)

The Lair. Unfortunately, no address. If you look closely, you can just see the vice officers leading 'the girls' out.

USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8443/7...d17d06a8_b.jpg
Raid suspects (prostitutes), 1951

Raid suspects (prostitutes), April 6, 1951. Sheila McDonald -- 25 years; Gloria Joffee -- 22 years. Sheila is, apparently, not the shy, retiring type.

USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8453/7...8c86434c_b.jpg
Vice raid Hollywood Eagles Club -- 1203 North Vermont Avenue, 1951

Vice raid Hollywood Eagles Club -- 1203 North Vermont Avenue, May 18, 1951. Unidentified girls picked up in vice raid.

USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8033/7...5389de53_b.jpg
Vice raid Hollywood Eagles Club -- 1203 North Vermont Avenue, 1951 (2)

Vice raid Hollywood Eagles Club -- 1203 North Vermont Avenue, May 18, 1951. Unidentified girls picked up in vice raid. Charming.

USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8309/7...753cf040_b.jpg
Zsa Zsa Gabor Award, 1958

Zsa Zsa Gabor Award, 17 June 1958. Zsa Zsa Gabor (plaque as "most glamorous international personality of the year"); Gordon McRae (actor); Mrs. Rowan Klein. Gee, I've never heard of this award. Gordon's looking especially smarmy and Mrs. Klein can't quite believe she's standing there.

USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961

And sometimes there are no shadows…

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Miss Los Angeles Contest, 1954

"Miss Los Angeles" Contest, 10 May 1954. Muriel Feltman -- 22 years; Shelly Smith -- 19 years. Blonde is Muriel Feltman, 22, of 11523 Athens Way. Other girl is Shelly Smith, 19, of 165 South Holliston Avenue, Pasadena.

USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8180/7...1618d28f_b.jpg
Man posting Sabbath Reform League bills on a brick wall in Venice (s.d.)

Photograph of a man posting bills on a brick wall reading "Banish Sunday dancing in Venice and stopping Sunday baseball and theatres will be our next move! Sabbath Reform League". "Signs which were posted in Venice yesterday -- residents wonder whether these are by reformers opposed to dancing or whether it is 11th hour election ruse of pro-Sunday dancers" -- typed on verso.

USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961

[QUOTE=ethereal_reality;5833809]World headquarters of the Tidewater Oil Company. 1956 by architect Claud Beelman.

http://imageshack.us/a/img545/6175/m...ldheadquar.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/79761301@N00/7298136398/

I just noticed the EF Hutton office in the corner of the Tidewater Oil Company building. Does anyone remember their ads from the 70's?

Someone would say, "Well my broker is EF Hutton and EF Hutton says..."

and everyone in the restaurant or bus station or wherever the ad took place would put their hand to their ear and the announcer would say:

"When EF Hutton talks, people listen."

Dance team divorce, 1958

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Dance team divorce, 1958

Dance team divorce, 16 May 1958. Elaine and Rudolpho Andrian. Elaine Andrian, 37 and her husband, Rudolpho, 55, of Los Angeles, motion picture and night club circuit dance team in Santa Monica Superior Court where she has filed for divorce, announced "we will part as husband and wife -- we found we can't make it together -- but we will continue as a dance team".

USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8307/7...3350abd4_b.jpg
Dance team divorce, 1958 (2)

I don't know Elaine, but I'd say Rudolpho's still got it.

USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8041/7...2f4774bc_b.jpg
Robbery suspects, May 1, 1951. Kenneth Christiansen; John Schultz; John Debellis.

From USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961, via Michael Ryerson.

Looks like the two on the left had somebody step on their blue suede shoes.:)

Wish I'd kept mine; probably worth a bunch on eBay these days.

Cheers,

Earl

[QUOTE=Earl Boebert;5834618Looks like the two on the left had somebody step on their blue suede shoes.:)

Wish I'd kept mine; probably worth a bunch on eBay these days.

Cheers,

Earl[/QUOTE]

Yeah, me too, Earl. I also had a pair of tan bucks that I admired. Wore 'em with a pair of Levis and a Pendleton shirt (and a 'Balboa' haircut! think Kirk Douglas in Spartacus, buzz cut on top and long on the sides and back. My mother went into a conniption fit when she saw it!) As for these goofballs, I'm beginning to suspect the guy on the right was the 'mastermind' although in this context that's not saying much.

Thanks for the car show pics. I always dissect pics that have old cars in them. So many have been lost. Anyways, a couple of follow-up things:
1) Skoda's are currently in production and available all over Europe.
2) The Berkeley was a "micocar" that was built in England. About 2500 were made.
3) The XP-300 is a famous concept car and was recently shown at the Pebble Beach Concours. Thankfully it has survived.
-Mike

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Originally Posted by MOliscous (Post 5834675)

Thanks Mike, that's all very cool especially about the XP-300. Here's one for you...

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8159/7...0fcfe901_o.jpg
1948 Buick Streamliner by Norman E. Timbs

The one and only 1948 Buick Streamliner by Norman E. Timbs. It's a shame that this lady was abandoned in the desert for almost 40 years.

image from motors: a car you'd like in your garage

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8141/7...331c916c_o.jpg
1948 Buick Streamliner by Norman E. Timbs III

Until someone came along and lovingly rebuilt and restored it.

Image © Peter Harholdt for Amelia Island Concours, Gary & Diane Cerveny Collection

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1948 Buick Streamliner by Norman E. Timbs II

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1948 Buick Streamliner by Norman E_ Timbs (7)

Norman Timbs was a Los Angeles based auto designer who hand built the Buick Roadster and lived to see it resurrected.

Wow...what a beautiful car. I would love to see that restored on the History Channel.

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Originally Posted by MichaelRyerson (Post 5834150)

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Vice (Morals Charges), 1956

Vice (Morals Charges), 24 September 1956. Melinda Short - 25 years; Kim Evans - 26 years. Arrest on suspicion of whoring at 1700 West Boulevard.

USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961

below: Melinda & Kim's 'den of iniquity' at 1700 West Boulevard.

http://imageshack.us/a/img442/4260/a...ewhoring17.jpg
google street view

The arts & craft design is also apparent in the interior (the wooden molding & room divide visible behind our card playing divas....)

If I lived in that house I would want that 1956 black and white photograph framed and hanging in my dining room.
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http://imageshack.us/a/img196/7944/kewteeze1a.jpg
ebay

"Develop these miracle pictures yourself." What the heck does that mean? Is this a prototype for polaroid?

http://imageshack.us/a/img685/4934/kewteeze1.jpg

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http://imageshack.us/a/img443/4959/a...ecords1959.jpg

Was the Hall of Records meant to have an adjoining extension at a later date? a connecting high level bridge perhaps?

Notice in this shot that the facade on the side has a rather plain utilitarian area on it, seems to be lacking any detail, especially in the area with the blocked in windows above the cornice that rings the middle of the building.

The 4 large windows here are at odds to the others on that level, I notice that this is repeated at the other end of the building

Or am I reading too much into it:sly:

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Originally Posted by Joe Gillis (Post 5835350)

I was going to say that maybe that is where it was connected to the old county courthouse. But then I found this picture of both buildings together, and the section in question is still clearly visible. The spot where they were connected was apparently on the western half of the records building (just out of frame in your pic). So... I dunno!

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Originally Posted by MichaelRyerson (Post 5830174)

Yes! There it is and the story or at least the story up to '74. Makes me nervous to see Frank Shaw in a photograph with anything subsequently missing. Guess he couldn't get this in the trunk of his car. Wonder where the clock is now. Would like to see it remounted in some public place and put back in service as a clock. Thanks Biff.

I think this is the clock you may be looking for. I found one of the remaining faces in the Museum of Natural History in L.A. http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8311/7...e69152413d.jpg
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8177/7...a8db4c0fa3.jpg
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8171/7...bf1968eee7.jpg

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Originally Posted by MichaelRyerson (Post 5830174)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lwize (Post 5833123)

Am I the only one haunted by the Hall of Records? What a spooky building.

Great shot of the Old Hall of Records with the New Hall of Record right across the street!

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 5835187)

http://imageshack.us/a/img138/9374/a...dormaewest.jpg
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1816...ket-or-are-you

http://imageshack.us/a/img195/8669/l...omoerotic1.jpg
1960s ad/ebay

backdrop: The El Mirador Apartments at Fountain Avenue & Sweetzer.
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"Ten-hut!" Heady, all that gorgeous youthful vigor and the tail of a '65 Impala and the El Mirador.

Since the car (if not the boy) is most likely gone, more on the apartment building:

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=6850

FFF had some info on it back in March:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=6950

Does FFF or anyone have an update?

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1960s ad/ebay

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1960's ad for what? Besides the obvious (and I can't believe they were sufficently enlightened to allow it) what could this be advertising? Apartment house living? Short haircuts? The two guys pretty much dominate the image but they're not advertising anything in the traditional, 1960's sense. You'd think one of them would be holding up a bottle of Brew 102 or a pack of Chesterfields.

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Originally Posted by GaylordWilshire (Post 5835492)

Great timing Gaylord_Wilshire! I do have an update! I was in West Hollywood over the weekend and had lunch with my friend John (the WeHo councilman) yesterday.

The city of WeHo was able to get the state to "dismiss" the Ellis Act on the building. That enabled the city to work with Jerome Nash (building owner) on future pans for the building. On 9/5, they entered into an agreement and issued a conditional use permit to him. He is absolutely required to replace all windows with the ones approved by the city (what started this whole brouhaha), but then he does have the option of using the building as an apartment house, condominium building (they would waive the minimum parking spaces requirement), or convert the building into a boutique hotel.

Mr. Nash has 120 days from 9/5 to submit his final proposal.

Bottom Line, The El Mirador has been saved from ruin or demolition!

~Jon Paul

:previous:

http://imageshack.us/a/img833/3954/elmirador.jpg

Great news, Jon Paul.

Pic above from this odd little video: http://vimeo.com/35059040

:previous:The El Mirador would make a great boutique hotel!
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MichaelRyerson, if I remember correctly the ad was for clothing.

Interesting, in 1934 Union Station was going to come all the way to Los Angeles St.

We've seen photographs like this before, maybe we've even seen this very image and I didn't notice (stranger things have happened) but here the plan includes laying the new train station out to Los Angeles Street not Alameda. Have we talked about this before?

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8306/8...d2996916_o.jpg
Site of new Union Terminal, bounded by Macy, Lyon, Aliso & Los Angeles St., 1934

Retouched photograph. "Site of new Union Terminal (enclosed by lines), where dirt to be removed from Fort Moore Hill will be used for filling in. This great depot will serve all steam railroads entering Los Angeles. Chinatown is seen in foreground of station site." -- Examiner clipping attached to verso, dated 19 Apri. 1934. Labeled streets include: Macy Street, Lyon Street, Aliso Street, Los Angeles Street.
Streetscape. Horizontal photography.

USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 5836122)

:previous:The El Mirador would make a great boutique hotel!
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MichaelRyerson, if I remember correctly the ad was for clothing.

Was International Male around in the '60s? Here's a shot from 1982:

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-4...2520PM.bmp.jpg The New Mr Berlesk

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Originally Posted by GaylordWilshire (Post 5836217)

Was International Male around in the '60s?

Nope, according to Wikipedia, it's only been around since the late 70's.

...speaking of menswear.

Sy Devore, a sartorial mecca in the 1960s.

http://imageshack.us/a/img832/6572/s1533vinestreet.jpg
postcard/ebay

http://imageshack.us/a/img560/3043/s...960svinest.jpg

wait a minute.....doesn't that building look familiar?

Sure enough, it's the old Tom Breneman's 'Breakfast in Hollywood' building. I had no idea this is where Sy Devore was located.

http://imageshack.us/a/img853/7176/sbobplunkettsc.jpg
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=4136

Check out this amazing post on the Tom Breneman's building (you can even catch it in the background of an old Doris Day movie)
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=4136
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Christmas season on Hollywood & Vine, circa 1962.

http://imageshack.us/a/img818/5940/pchvine1962xmas.jpg
ebay
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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 5836552)

Christmas season on Hollywood & Vine, circa 1962.

http://imageshack.us/a/img818/5940/pchvine1962xmas.jpg
ebay
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It doesn't really matter--it's a great shot whatever the year--but I think this is most likely a Christmas before 1959.... American would probably not have been advertising piston-powered DC7 service so prominently in 1962. AA inaugurated jet service on January 25, 1959, flying its new 707 from LAX to Idlewild/JFK.

Here's the crew posing for a shot before takeoff on the inaugural:

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-o...2520AM.bmp.jpg American Airlines 707 Jet Stewardess (nice blog)

And here's a great shot of a 707 at LAX dated December 26, 1962

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-c...2520AM.bmp.jpg jetphotos.net

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