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A stylish stucco depot was "built in the space formed by the wye and on the roof was a glassed in cabin housing an interlocking plant that controlled the crossing of the Monrovia line and the Southern Pacific's Pasadena branch. The interlocker was a 16 lever machine built by Union Switch and Signal Company." Pages 7 and 8 shown here are from Lines of Pacific Electric, Interurbans Special No. 16 first published in April, 1953 by rail historian Ira L. Swett. http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/...psdiaixus5.jpg http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/...psmjtn0hpa.jpg Cheers, Jack |
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Great article there. I can recall when they were repaving the portion of Huntington from Fremont to just past Fair Oaks around 25 yrs ago, the contractors dug down deep enough that they pulled up all the old tracks and all the ballast and such. I was able to pick up a few very corroded spikes from the mountain of dirt that they had dug up. But, through the years since then they, were accidentally lost during one of my moves. Wish I still had them. :( Casey |
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"One of the most popular of the old collectible patterns being reproduced is a multicolored design called Rodeo. Original Rodeo was made by Wallace China Company of Los Angeles, California for the M.C. Wentz Company of Pasadena, California. Wentz marketed the china in their full line of western-theme housewares called Westward Ho." Here is a Wallace China Westward Ho Rodeo salad plate. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...LAMCWentz1.jpg eBay M C Wentz's name doesn't appear on the plate above, but it can be seen on these Westward Ho Gauntlet oven mitts. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...LAMCWentz2.jpg www.worthpoint.com |
business card, 1895.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...673/WUrzSd.jpg eBay Christopher's Caterers and Confectioners 551 S. Broadway 241 S. Spring - 321 S. Spring Los Angeles __ |
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Go to GSV yourself and take a look at the back of the building in question. Here's the address again, 780 S. Arroyo Parkway, Pasadena. Take the google-mobile through the parking lot and turn left. You'll find the window I posted. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...538/jB7nYf.jpg detail / gsv You can see the route the google-mobile took through the parking lot in the aerial below. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...537/SGkECP.jpg google_earth __ |
Here's the Hotel Tahoe at 1043 W 6th Street.
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...otelTahoe1.jpg eBay I couldn't find any previous mentions on NLA, so I had a look at the City Directories. A couple of the earlier CDs list single residents at that address, but the first hotel I found was the Hotel Bray in 1929. The 1932 and 1936 CDs show the name had changed to the Palace Hotel/Hotel Palace, which is the incarnation that appears to the left of the Hotel St Paul in the detail below. The Hotel Tahoe name first appears in 1938, and continues through to 1969. Many of the other buildings in the detail have been covered before on NLA. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...otelTahoe2.jpg Detail of picture in USC Digital Library Today, the whole block is a parking lot! http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...otelTahoe3.jpg Google Maps |
:previous: I saved that Hotel Tahoe postcard as well HossC.
I didn't post it yet because I wasn't able to dig up any information. ...so good job my friend. :) |
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:previous: Yep, built in 1958 as the Unocal HQ.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...901/truu8P.jpg http://unocallegacy.squarespace.com/...images/8089720 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/661/sGiqep.jpg http://www.jazzwax.com/2010/week29/ __ |
When I first saw the thumbnail of this postcard and read "Sky Air Motel", I initially thought of the Carl's-at-the-Beach Sea Air Motor Apartments which e_r posted pictures of in post #8534. The Sky Air Motel was actually at 2590 Glendale Boulevard. The seller dates the card as 1940s.
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...yAirMotel1.jpg http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...yAirMotel2.jpg eBay Here's the motel in 1948. Next door is the gas station on the far right of the postcard. The road to the right is Fletcher Drive, which leads under the wooden rail bridge to Currie's Ice Cream, as seen in post #3183 by LAboomer52. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...yAirMotel3.jpg Historic Aerials Looking at the later images, the motel buildings disappear between 1964 and 1972. Today, there's a small strip mall where the motel used to be, and a car wash where the gas station was. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...yAirMotel4.jpg Google Maps |
Classical School for Boys in Pasadena
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http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...j.jpg~original History of Pasadena (1895) by Hiram A. Reid @ HathiTrust -- http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?i...ew=1up;seq=216 P.S. Today, the building at 124 S. Euclid looks newer than 1892, and 59 S. Euclid looks to be under a mall. But maybe the numbering changed since then? I know little about Pasadena. |
:previous: Thanks for finding this information Flyingwedge.
I thought "classical school for boys" was just a generic term describing the photograph. So are there any images of 59 and 124 S. Euclid Avenue? |
Last night I came across this amazing photograph of The Broadway Pasadena parking lot [no date]
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...633/TP1qbe.jpg http://pasadenadigitalhistory.com/ We're looking east toward Los Robles Avenue and the flamboyant Grace Nicholson Building. Today a new building blocks this old view (see below). http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...673/QmoCWb.jpg google_earth Today, the Grace Nicholson Building is the Asia Pacific Museum. (I believe we discussed this wonderful building in the early days of NLA) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...913/8UNNWU.jpg To read about the history of the Grace Nicholson Building go here: http://www.pacificasiamuseum.org/_about/building.aspx __ below: Here is the massive building that replaced The Broadway Pasadena. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...661/PqfXNu.jpg GSV I'm not sure when the old Broadway Pasadena building was torn down. hmmmm...or was the older building incorporated into this building somehow? I doubt it, but it's a slim possibility. I only say this because the aerial I posted almost looks like there's a building within the newer building. |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...s.jpg~original Pasadena Digital History Collaboration "Orton Classical School for Girls, 1892" http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...s.jpg~original Pasadena Digital History Collaboration From the Wikipedia page about the Classical School for Girls: "The first building at the school, which housed a single classroom, was constructed in 1892. A gymnasium was built at a later point, and a dormitory was constructed in 1900. A bungalow which served as Miss Orton's home was built in 1908. The buildings were designed by Frederick Roehrig in the Victorian Colonial Revival style; they were probably the only educational buildings designed by Roehrig, a significant Southern California architect. The classroom and gymnasium burned down between 1910 and 1925 and were replaced by a social hall. The dormitory is now the only building remaining at its original location; while the bungalow is also still at the site of the school, it was moved to a new foundation in 1947. The dormitory was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 4, 1995." Here's the dorm building at 154 S Euclid Avenue. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...m.jpg~original GSV |
:previous: Excellent Hoss! Thanks.
...and the old dormitory still stands. I wasn't expecting that. __ |
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The Broadway was torn down sometime in the 80's. The current building was being built while I was living at the old YMCA a few blks away near City Hall. I moved out of there in late '03, and they were just finishing the construction about that time. Hope that helps, Casey |
:previous: Yep, that helps a lot Casey. Thanks for the clarification. I appreciate it.
Is the old YMCA where you lived still standing? __ |
Pasadena YMCA
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