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Thanks for everyone's help in finding the vanished De Long Street.
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It appears our jack-of-all-trades R.H. Rood made friends with a couple of Fanchon & Marco showgirls. (the photographs are all dated 1928)
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...907/KtXJC0.png eBay http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...908/1JPHXi.jpg ebay http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...908/oFCt2o.jpg eBay :previous: I'm having trouble reading the left margin. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...905/QmS8Kw.jpg eBay :previous: He seems a bit distant with this one. below: Definitely more chummy with Ms. Gaily. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...633/g36LDL.jpg __ We've seen the Fanchon & Marco girls a few times on NLA. Here's my favorite: Fanchon & Marco girls posing at the Midwick View Estates, Monterey Park 1930. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...905/l5gD6v.jpg old file :previous: Does anyone recognize Berneice[sic] Ann Gaily or her brunette friend? The "cascades" the girls are posing on are still there in Monterey Park! go here: http://i1.wp.com/la-explorer.com/wp-...19-800x600.jpg Here's the link to my Midwick View Estates post if anyone's curious. (I am working on replacing the missing photos) http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=23847 __ |
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:previous: Good eye Hoss! -very cool.
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By chance, today's Julius Shulman post is a similar business to yesterday's. This is Lytton Savings and Loan on Topanga Canyon Boulevard in Canoga Park. It's "Job 4012: Kurt Meyer, Lytton Savings and Loan Association (Los Angeles, Calif.), 1966, 1967". This set is also a mixture of color and black & white pictures. I've omitted some of the exterior shots and some duplicates.
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original Here are the ends of the building. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original I'm not sure how accurate the interior colors are. I've left them as I found them. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original This is the area beyond the stairs in the photo above. That red looks very dark to me. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original The upper level only occupied the rear of the building, and was open at the front. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...6.jpg~original Here is that open area. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...7.jpg~original I'm assuming this is the back of the building. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...8.jpg~original They sure liked their big pieces of art. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...9.jpg~original The corner office had a slightly angled desk. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...0.jpg~original All from Getty Research Institute The clipping below is from the February 25, 1965 edition of Valley News. The last paragraph mentions the art pieces seen above. NB. I've rearranged the original layout to be more screen-friendly. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original www.newspapers.com The building is now a branch of Chase. Other than the blue panel housing ATMs on the left, the exterior looks intact. I wish the Googlemobile had made a recent pass on the far side of the street so I could get a better wide view. End views are also tricky due to trees - no doubt part of the "richly-landscaped, park-like plaza". http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original GSV |
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:previous: Thanks for the additional information M_R. Did he know anything about the other 'thingy' that looks like a vent-
This appears to be the same photo in my earlier post, but it has different writing in the borders. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...907/Etj5KF.jpg eBay although it pretty much says the same thing. |
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"...East Los Angeles already has an All Wars Memorial: it’s at Atlantic Park." (per Earl Boebert's linked article :previous:)
The other All Wars Memorial, Atlantic Park 566 S Atlantic Blvd. East LA https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-w...2%252520PM.jpg gsv |
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Fanchon and Marco
A great site with plenty of pix on the brother and sister team of Fanchon and Marco, put together by a son, is here
A good single page on F&M is here They gave a start to Cyd Charisse (age 12) Joan Crawford, Martha Raye, Johnny Downs, Janet Gaynor, Dorothy LaMour, Judy Garland (Gumm Sisters), Doris Day, Bing Crosby, etc Fanny (Franchon) and Mike (Marco) https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-J...3%252520PM.jpg www.fanchonandmarco.com Fanchon's husband, Wm Simon, Sr, founded Simon's Drive-ins. |
'mystery' rooftops.
I found the following four photographs in a very old file of mine. They show gymnasts performing stunts on a rooftop(s) in Los Angeles [c.1930s] There are two big hints: #1 I had them filed under "Poly" / so they could be gymnasts from L.A. Polytechnic High School (or they could just be training there) -perhaps for the 1932 L.A. Olympics? #2 I recognize the tall building in the distance in the first photograph (below) as the Mode O Day building on W. Washington Blvd. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...907/OqktGo.jpg eBay / detail below: This appears to be a different rooftop. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...907/z286bq.jpg ebay / detail I am especially intrigued by the building behind the gymnast; it has some excellent architectural detailing. In this similar photo, it's clear there is a sign on the building, F O R E something. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...907/eRWfb8.jpg eBay / detail :previous: Does anyone recognize the building in the distance? Here are the whole photographs as they appeared on eBay. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...911/Na4NKG.jpghttp://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...910/rV2uVc.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...911/80gyRR.jpg The fourth photograph shows a gymnast in an interior setting. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...905/eBQoNM.jpg ebay __ |
Here's a view of Dickens Street where the original school once stood.
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...6.jpg~original GSV[/QUOTE] Thanks...I only attended sixth grade there then onto Van Nuys High School, which I think contained the Jr. High on campus...was only there for seventh grade before moving back to south-central L.A. I can't remember if we had those so called "portables" at the Dickens Street school then or whether my classroom was in the old building...I just remember the old building with lots of trees around the playground... |
My Mother Was the Mistress of the Owner of Clifton's Cafeteria
After their recent re-opening, Clifton's Cafeteria has really been in the news lately. I've visited a few times and was really impressed by the amazing restoration job (though I fully agree with popular refrain that the cafeteria line and menu need more work).
Anyway, I came across this article the other day, which was quite a fun read: http://www.laweekly.com/arts/my-moth...eteria-4183131 Also, FWIW, the founder's grandson will be giving a talk at the Los Feliz library Nov. 19. I plan on going, it sounds interesting! http://thesilverlakenews.com/calendar/?mc_id=11 |
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By the looks of the your second pic, it looks like the Foreman Building. Found this link, http://la.curbed.com/archives/2014/0...g_mixeduse.php Casey |
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Thanks for your help Casey. Here's the building. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...633/CMRVN3.jpg http://la.curbed.com/archives/2014/0...g_mixeduse.php To be honest, I wasn't expecting the building to be downtown. What do you guys think....is this the building? Did it ever have writing along the roof-line? (as shown below) _ http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...907/eRWfb8.jpg ebay / detail |
Excellent post on Canoga Park's Lytton Savings and Loan Hoss. Thanks for posting all the photographs in that series.
originally posted by HossC http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...907/lmaaA6.jpg :previous: this was my favorite. (I so loved my tricycle when I was a kid) That said, I couldn't help but notice all the "modern" art in the interior (some worse than others) In all honesty, I rather like this severe looking sculpture. (it reminds me of a prop from the movie "Alien") http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...910/1x1RHy.jpg detail I wonder if it's still inside? __ |
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