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"Candid shot of Walt Disney by Hermann Schulteis 1940s."
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http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/661/IwQdzg.jpg eBay "Photographer Technician Hermann Schulties' Wife 1940s." __ Yes it's close: either 'Sea Nymph' or 'Green Spray'. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...908/XdDLzM.jpg http://www.cnbhomes.com/teal-paint-c...-paint-colors/ How many of you noticed Pluto in the color slide? :) __ |
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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 |
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Great photo and story. Is your stepfather the same one who had an office in the Chester Williams building? I have one of those street shots of my grandma and her friend walking down some downtown LA street. They graduated from Manual Arts High class of winter '45 and worked for the phone company. I'd guess this was summer of 1945 or 1946. http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...le/grandma.jpg |
:previous: That's a great photograph NoirCityDame.
W. C Watkins Wholesale Confectioner, 708 Merchant Street, Los Angeles CA http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...661/0XYJ5G.jpg eBay detail http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...909/ef8Ecv.jpg :previous: What's that round thing in the cab with the driver? It almost looks like a big spot-light. We've seen Watkins once before courtesy of ChuckaLuck. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...911/mv03te.jpg lapl To see the interior of Watkins Wholesale Confectioners go here: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=17974 |
b&w is a Nadel image of 135 so. Olive---
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Putting the Kodachrome to good use.
The Sontag Drug Store on the northeast corner of Hollywood Blvd. and Cherokee Avenue, 1940s. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/540/6uP5Ct.jpg eBay Look at that stylish lady in maroon with the black hat. Yowsa! __ The building still stands. |
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The building is still there but its turning into lofts. I don't think I could standing living in that building. Its way too 'downtown' for me. Its a lovely building...all the halls inside are white marble. That's a great street photo of your Grandma. They look so happy...what a great time that was. |
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Yes ER, those are glass blocks set in the sidewalk to illuminate the basements below. There used to be a lot of them but I believe most are now gone but I'm not sure. That building to left may be Security First Bank on 5th street. He used to go in that bank and schmooze with the lady bank clerks. He had several girl friends even after he was married to my mother...which caused 4 more children that he had to find homes for. We suspect there were others before that. I did mention the Desmond's credit card because the boy's clothes in that store were spectacular. I didn't use an actual card, I just said his name to the clerk. It was like a candy store to me, as I was used to the mundane local stores in suburban Alhambra. He let me use his 'name' twice at that store but never again. He indicated it was not fair to my siblings for me to get fancy Desmond's clothes [ that he had to pay for].:rolleyes: I enjoy those color slides ER.!! Its like being in 1940. |
Here's another spectacular Kodachrome slide of Hollywood Boulevard in the 1940s.
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http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...2010-10-48.jpg LAT 10-10-48 ad George was there until July 1964. http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...of%20biz64.jpg LAT 7-7-64 |
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My plebian guess of "caution...go...stop" was completely wrong. lol |
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The old Security Bank building has morphed into a book store. I suppose it caters to the new intellectual locals who live in the lofts. I hardly recognise the downtown LA area. 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. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psgttgs18d.jpg |
Chester Williams Building, 215 W 5th, LACA
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Curlett and Beelman's 1926 Chester Williams Building has been used as a location for several films. A couple of gritty examples: The memorable 6th-floor defenestration scene from "Inception" (2010) was filmed there: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-k...71447%2BAM.jpg warner bros / seeing-stars ...and "Se7en" (1995) showed Morgan Freeman exiting the entrance: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-n...72254%2BAM.jpg newlinecinema/itsfilmedthere https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H...72717%2BAM.jpg gsv https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-a...73033%2BAM.jpg flickr Walgreen's has the ground-floor corner space these days: Quote:
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Re: the glass blocks. I think that there are still some in the sidewalk on Olive Avenue in Burbank, just above San Fernando on the east side of the street. They are in front of the L. W. Gregg building at 214 E. Olive. (built in 1925). As a child, I remember asking my mother about them and she told me that they let light into the basement. They also had one of those freight elevators to the basement in front of that building but I think that is now gone. I remember seeing it open one time and was fascinated. My mother used to work in the building, probably some time in the 1930's, and I did too, much later and for a short time. |
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Wilshire and Grand
Here's a pretty shot. When Wilshire finally made it to downtown, drivers were greeted by the backs of the 530 W 6th building, 1930, (now a telecom center), Dodd and Richards' 1921 Heron Building, Walker and Eisen's 1928 Oviatt and at this particular time, a Mickey Mouse billboard for Standard Oil:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-w...90056%2BAM.jpg laconservancy The One Wilshire Building (John O Merrill), 624 S Grand Ave, replaced the parking lot in 1966. The unassuming One Wilshire, also a telecome hub, is the most expensive office building DTLA by sales price per square foot. It's one of the world's three top communications properties, along with 60 Hudson St in NYC and Telehouse in London. One Wilshire backing 530 W 6th (center) and the Heron Building (left): https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-3...94401%2BAM.jpg loopnet Some interior shots are here A typical interior view: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-L...7%252520AM.jpg csudh Power is supplied by DWP, but in the event of a blackout, the building’s five generators will kick in. It takes the generators three seconds to start up and stabilize. During this brief period, the entire building runs on batteries. There are 11,000 gallons of diesel stored on site, enough to run the generators for 24 hours before being refueled. - csudh |
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