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HossC Dec 19, 2014 1:05 PM

The other night I came across these three aerial pictures of Exposition Park and the Memorial Coliseum on eBay. The seller says they're from 1950s 4x5 negatives. I posted a couple of pictures of Union Station from the same seller in post #24481, and just like with those, I had to mirror them. The first shows Carl's Restaurant in the top left corner (see post #24761), and also the construction of the Harbor Freeway.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original
eBay

This one is looking east across S Vermont Avenue, and includes the Swimming Stadium on the right. It also shows the freeway construction in the background, although it's harder to see.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original
eBay

The building below and to the left of the Swimming Stadium seating is still there, but most of the other buildings just north of Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard have given way to parking lots.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original
eBay

ethereal_reality Dec 19, 2014 4:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Graybeard (Post 6850149)

:previous: Now that's what I call an impressive improvement! Great job Graybeard.
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Is anyone still looking for the 25er? I haven't had much luck.

ethereal_reality Dec 19, 2014 5:24 PM

Does anyone recognize this drive inn? (the seller gives the date as 1936)

So. California
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/908/2sodPI.jpg
eBay

The building resembles a squished derby.
-maybe it was intended to be a Brown Derby but someone screwed up during construction so they carted this one off to nowheresville ;). (and yes, that's the kind of imagination I have)

That said, I have no idea what the purpose would be for the tiny 'building' under the sign. It looks like a ticket book.....phone booth?
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ethereal_reality Dec 19, 2014 8:00 PM

This is a very interesting letter written by Busby Berkeley (I won't explain what's in it...I'll let you read it for yourself).

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/907/sNNQ6e.jpg
eBay

This letter is quite touching. It chokes me up a little.

I googled-searched Audrey Miller, hoping to find that she had at least moderate success as an actress,
but I couldn't find any information on her. :(

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HossC Dec 20, 2014 12:35 AM

When I found this picture on eBay earlier, I was only planning to see if the building was still standing. I didn't realize there was a story behind it.
The picture shows the Palestine Exhibition at 2215 Lakeview Avenue. The seller dates it at 1947.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original
eBay

Here's an earlier picture of the building showing its considerably smaller size in 1924.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...xhibition2.jpg
www.atlasobscura.com

The exhibition was started by Australian-born explorer, lecturer and evangelist Antonia Frederick Futterer in 1924, and originally offered Bible classes
to all faiths. In 1926, Futterer went on his first pilgrimage to the Holy Land in search of the Ark of the Covenant. Years later he became the
inspriration for the daring movie archeologist Indiana Jones.

The building is still standing, although it's now known as the Holyland Exhibition. Apparently, visitors could once enjoy an eight-course meal for 50
cents. Nowadays, a look around the artifacts will cost $2.50 for adults and $2.00 for children (which includes refreshments). The building has been
modified over the years, including an extension to the left side. Take a look around the side and you'll also see that the windows have been altered
and the arches are now curved instead of angular.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...xhibition3.jpg
GSV

This 1948 aerial is from roughly the same time as my first picture.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...xhibition4.jpg
Historic Aerials

This 2004 aerial shows how the exhibition narrowly survived the building of the Glendale Freeway, although it did lose most of it's front garden.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...xhibition5.jpg
Historic Aerials


Further reading;

www.atlasobscura.com - Holyland Exhibition

latimes.com - The Adventures of a Would-Be Raider of the Lost Ark

www.ten57mag.com - Take a Journey in the Holyland Exhibition

ethereal_reality Dec 20, 2014 2:27 AM

:previous: Excellent post HossC. It's absolutely amazing this place has survived.
Did you notice the 'Star of David' on the roof in your 1947 sepia postcard?

If I'm not mistaken, there was a 'religious sect' on a nearby hillside (which today would be on the opposite side of the Glendale Freeway).
I'll have to look into my files that date from the beginning of the thread.

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Godzilla Dec 20, 2014 10:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 6850446)
Does anyone recognize this drive inn? (the seller gives the date as 1936)

So. California
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/908/2sodPI.jpg
eBay

The building resembles a squished derby.
-maybe it was intended to be a Brown Derby but someone screwed up during construction so they carted this one off to nowheresville ;). (and yes, that's the kind of imagination I have)

That said, I have no idea what the purpose would be for the tiny 'building' under the sign. It looks like a ticket book.....phone booth?
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Similar to another NLA post?



Quote:

Originally Posted by Tourmaline (Post 6656446)


westcork Dec 20, 2014 3:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 6850377)
:previous: Now that's what I call an impressive improvement! Great job Graybeard.
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Is anyone still looking for the 25er? I haven't had much luck.

I suspect the 25er was a cocktail lounge connected to a bowling alley or other establishment. You could enter from outside, or from within the bowling alley.

ethereal_reality Dec 20, 2014 5:21 PM

The Lightning Adding Machine Co. Los Angeles

Anyone know how to work this contraption?

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...905/V6IZXt.jpg
ebay
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ethereal_reality Dec 20, 2014 6:10 PM

We've followed the careers of ex-boxers Jim Jeffries and Max Rosenbloom, aka Slapsie Maxie, into the world of Los Angeles' bars and nightclubs here on NLA,
but there appears to be another ex-boxer who opened a nightclub in Los Angeles.

Bud Taylor, the 'Terror of Terre Haute'.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/537/qrByHR.jpg
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/901/ImlcZ7.jpg
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http://thecruelestsport.com/2011/03/...square-garden/



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terrahautein


He was infamous for having two of his opponents die of their injuries after fighting him.

Here's a brief synopsis of his life.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/537/iFR0L7.png
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Taylor

He eventually died in Los Angeles in 1962

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C. King Dec 20, 2014 6:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 6851534)
The Lightning Adding Machine Co. Los Angeles

Anyone know how to work this contraption?

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...905/V6IZXt.jpg
ebay
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You would use the point of a pen to turn each of the wheels. I don't remember how you reset it though.

CityBoyDoug Dec 20, 2014 6:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by C. King (Post 6851586)
You would use the point of a pen to turn each of the wheels. I don't remember how you reset it though.

It had a stylus (not included) that you would put in the holes and dial in the number. Each time you added another number it would total the amounts. A side bar, when pulled, would reset the numbers to zero. The model ER posted looks rather old. The newer models were easier to operate.

HossC Dec 20, 2014 7:20 PM

:previous:

Like C. King and CityBoyDoug said, these machines came with a stylus that fitted into the dials. The user then dialled in the numbers much like an old telephone, and the result would appear in the small circular holes near the top. The one below is a more advanced model with a lever at the side to zero/reset the display. From www.bantiques.com:

The highest number is entered first. The addition is done as each number is entered. Google "10's complement arithmetic" to get an idea as to performing subtraction.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original
http://www.bantiques.com

This adding machine can be removed from its stand to show the original coupon with the company's address.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original
http://www.bantiques.com

The following adverts are from the June 1951 and January 1952 editions of 'Popular Mechanics'.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ngMachine3.jpg
books.google.com/books.google.com

The current building at 1260 West 2nd Street was apparently built in 1943, and is very plain and uninteresting. It replaced the building below which housed Falck Radio and the Advance Electric Company back in 1931.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ngMachine4.jpg
USC Digital Library

CityBoyDoug Dec 20, 2014 8:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HossC (Post 6851628)
:previous:


The current building at 1260 West 2nd Street was apparently built in 1943, and is very plain and uninteresting. It replaced the building below which housed Falck Radio and the Advance Electric Company back in 1931.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ngMachine4.jpg
USC Digital Library

According to Historic Aerials the building I outlined in blue is the location of the Advance Electric Company, with its new front wall. The plain building to the left is a later addition. To the right of the former AEC is the location of the former frame house. The 1948 Historic Aerial photo shows the old house and the deep AEC building. Check H.A. photos for yourself if you see it differently.

http://www.historicaerials.com/aeria...6152&year=2005

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ps01efd11c.jpg
GSView

HossC Dec 21, 2014 12:28 AM

:previous:

It's difficult to tell. I got the 1943 date for 1260 W 2nd from honestbuildings.com. Their listing for 1262 W 2nd (the building highlighted by CBD) gives a build date of 1921, which means it must have existed when the USC picture was taken. That ties in with the Advance Electric Company's first listing in the 1923 CD, even though that's at 1260 W 2nd and nothing is listed at 1262 in the 1932 or 1936 CDs (the next two after the photo was taken). The 1932 CD shows a radio set supplier named F W Falk [sic] at 1260 W 2nd, and an animal hospital run by Walter L Curtis at 1264 W 2nd, which I'm assuming is the house on the right of the USC picture. By 1936, Fritz and Fred Falck's surname is spelled correctly again.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...eElectric1.jpg
LAPL

Here's what the Falcks were selling in the June 1929 issue of 'Radio News'.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...eElectric2.jpg
www.americanradiohistory.com (PDF file)

Moving on to the LA Adding Machine Company, here are the companies that appear at 1260 W 2nd Street in the 1960 CD (only the first three are in the 1956 CD). I can't see any listings for 1262 or 1264 W 2nd.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ngMachine5.jpg
LAPL

Back to CBD's question, here's USC's head-on view from 1931.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...eElectric3.jpg
USC Digital Library

I'm trying to work out if the house opposite, with the hideous front extension, could be the one seen in the reflection.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...eElectric4.jpg
GSV

I hope this extra information can help someone decide whether the original Advance Electric Co building survives behind the current 1262 W 2nd Street frontage. After taking the Googlemobile up Emerald Street to view the roofs, I'd say it's possible, but I'm not 100% sure.

BTW, I think the house on the hill in the background of the USC pictures is the same one that appears at the top of the hill in old shots of the Belmont Tunnel, like this one posted by FredH in his Belmont Tunnel...Through the Years post.

Quote:

Originally Posted by FredH (Post 5938769)


CityBoyDoug Dec 21, 2014 12:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HossC (Post 6851844)
:previous:

It's difficult to tell. I got the 1943 date for 1260 W 2nd from honestbuildings.com. Their listing for 1262 W 2nd (the building highlighted by CBD) gives a build date of 1921, which means it must have existed when the USC picture was taken. That ties in with the Advance Electric Company's first listing in the 1923 CD, even though that's at 1260 W 2nd and nothing is listed at 1262 in the 1932 or 1936 CDs (the next two after the photo was taken). The 1932 CD shows a radio set supplier named F W Falk [sic] at 1260 W 2nd, and an animal hospital run by Walter L Curtis at 1264 W 2nd, which I'm assuming is the house on the right of the USC picture. By 1936, Fritz and Fred Falck's surname is spelled correctly again.

Thanks Hoss for your additional photos and comments....most interesting. According to the 1948 Historic Aerial one can see the AEC building and the old house on the right. The new building addition to the left is not yet in place. Its a challenge to figure this out because of the hodgepodge of added and removed buildings. Plus the blurry old aerial photos. Blue line--AEC....yellow line--old house.

The house across the street from the old AEC building match as far ad I can tell but there appears to be a slight offset. The match is not mirror perfect.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psdd55dd92.jpg
Historic Aerial

Godzilla Dec 21, 2014 3:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Beaudry (Post 4819763)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3637/...2a934674_o.jpg

...that of course is the Westminster shrouded in the mist, the Van Nuys (later to be adorned with its big Barclay neon) across the street, and to the right, the Farmers & Merchants Bank.


Westminister - Barclay, (early-mid '50s?)
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http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/single.../8680/rec/1933

Godzilla Dec 21, 2014 3:40 PM

417 S. Main Street - The Muse Theater (Hellman Bldg.) Early '50s?)
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http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/single.../8656/rec/1919



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Godzilla Dec 21, 2014 4:05 PM




Adding to the sidewalk "tic tock" list?


Quote:

Originally Posted by Flyingwedge (Post 6178121)

In this c. 1890-99 photo looking north on Spring, Phillips Block No. 1 is the tall building on the corner (NW corner of Spring and Franklin); the three-story building to the right housed Orr and Bird undertakers, whose parlor was on the ground floor under the third (far right) bay window:
http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...ps1f641fed.jpg
USC Digital Library -- http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...id/2279/rec/16




1896 - Spring St., looking south from Temple toward First St. Prior to realignment for City Hall Construction.

http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/e...ierce3_970.jpghttp://i231.photobucket.com/albums/e...ierce3_970.jpg

Godzilla Dec 21, 2014 4:15 PM

1969 - an uncrowded "110" Harbor Fwy


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