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originally posted by BifRayRock
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...661/LmlK5Q.jpg S. Wilton Place These two homes are still there, although there's a house between now. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...537/NNG9IP.jpg gsv http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...538/nxI7nV.jpg gsv |
Three amateur snapshots of Los Angeles paint crew, 1924.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/540/104Iz4.jpg eBay "left out the L one time" :) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/537/LYSOke.jpg eBay :previous: I need help in deciphering some of the writing. This is my favorite. "Chester Warrick 100% Irishman" http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/673/YtuZBO.jpg eBay Why scull & crossbones? (just a joke I guess) Does anyone recognize the house? Here it is larger. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/633/YDvJU0.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/661/O5eNzu.jpg eBay |
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MR once gifted us with a great shot of one of the gates, in their original configuration, taken from the inside looking out: Quote:
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https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-L...95146%2BAM.jpg (detail) The west Wilshire gate is at upper right. (I'm fascinated by images of various parts of LA beginning to form on open land, like the one above. Although I'm very aware of the underlying terrain, day-to-day life in LA with our derelict, 'recovering', urban-renewed and more stable areas, plus our tens of thousands of now-vacant lots, it's easy to forget sometimes how new LA's built environment is.) P.S. Thx too for this: Quote:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-n...13045%2BAM.jpg gsv ...many more of the updated version, which have been given new heads (not an entirely attractive compromise): https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-g...12422%2BAM.jpg gsv ...and replacements: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-5...13705%2BAM.jpg gsv |
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http://blogs.library.ucla.edu/specia.../FoLAR_003.jpghttp://blogs.library.ucla.edu/specia.../FoLAR_003.jpg I heard from a long-time former LA resident who said that as kids, he and his brother collected railroad spikes from that intersection and other nearby locations when there was road construction or street repairs. He could not explain how these trolley related items got there but said considering some of those arteries led to nearby trolley car lines it might not be that surprising. The more I ponder this I wonder whether parallel cracks could also be from prior construction repairs, especially for utilities. It seems unlikely but did trolley car track and spikes bear readily identifiable makers marks? Unless severely worn, some of it could be recycled on other jobs, no? I noticed this blurb concerning Disney World and faux historical track. Quote:
http://land.allears.net/blogs/jacksp...ement%2049.jpghttp://land.allears.net/blogs/jacksp...ement%2049.jpg Warning. Viewer discretion advised. May contain some reposts. 1937 - Surveyor near Santa Monica Blvd. and Highland Ave (6820 Santa Monica Blvd in background) http://jpg1.lapl.org/00098/00098001.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/00098/00098001.jpg 1937 - Santa Monica - Highland Construction project http://jpg1.lapl.org/00097/00097996.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/00097/00097996.jpg 1958 - Highland Park http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics48/00058502.jpghttp://jpg2.lapl.org/pics48/00058502.jpg Quote:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics07/00013164.jpghttp://jpg2.lapl.org/pics07/00013164.jpg No info on date or location http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics35/00067226.jpghttp://jpg3.lapl.org/pics35/00067226.jpg No info on date or location http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics07/00013166.jpghttp://jpg2.lapl.org/pics07/00013166.jpg Automation be raised. No date http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics07/00013163.jpghttp://jpg2.lapl.org/pics07/00013163.jpg Electric car interior. Purpose of center object, change collection? http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics07/00013154.jpghttp://jpg2.lapl.org/pics07/00013154.jpg Uniformed PE Drivers contemplate women in slacks http://jpg1.lapl.org/00006/00006957.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/00006/00006957.jpg A PE Conductor Ponders, "Did I make the correct change?" http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics07/00013195.jpghttp://jpg2.lapl.org/pics07/00013195.jpg Safely boarding/packing a trolley car. http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics07/00013156.jpghttp://jpg2.lapl.org/pics07/00013156.jpg Looks potentially painful. http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics07/00013153.jpghttp://jpg2.lapl.org/pics07/00013153.jpg 1924 - Georgia Street and Pico Blvd. (Near current Staples Center location) http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics07/00013167.jpghttp://jpg2.lapl.org/pics07/00013167.jpg 1958 - http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics07/00013106.jpghttp://jpg2.lapl.org/pics07/00013106.jpg |
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Photograph taken on his trip to "sell" the Versailles Treaty to the country. Not too long after this photo was taken, he suffered the first of the strokes that disabled him for the remainder of his term. |
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Is that a rabbit in the photograph? At the edge of the sidewalk. |
Pacific Freight Lines System, Motor Freight Terminal Co ~1927 (A silo or or control tower?) http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si.../71426/rec/639 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 Hammond Lumber, 2010 S Alameda http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 |
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A post by HossC of the Vernon & Arlington intersection with more pictures: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=19887 |
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LAPL has this photo up on two different pages with two different captions:
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Y...14339%2BPM.jpg https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-y...14226%2BPM.jpg lapl https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-k...13649%2BPM.jpg lapl The participants look like they're enjoying themselves, but there's no other indication of a party or event in progress in this very plain room (no one is holding a glass etc). The windows are flung wide, but the openings are barred. Was this taken in jail or at a 3rd & Main venue? (I can't imagine it was a jail-themed party) Thx. Also, I thought, even in the darkest years, that everyone was safe on Halloween(?) |
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8....bmp.jpg?gl=USebay
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-R....bmp.jpg?gl=US Here's a house on Bartlett Street, just northeast of the "Stack"-- William Petzold, a janitor in an office building, was at 824 Bartlett St in the '09CD; then, in subsequent CDs through 1921, at 825 Bartlett (perhaps the '09 CD is in error, or the renumberings of many streets around 1910 had something to do with the change). The Petzolds appear to have moved to Beaudry Street by 1922. Anyway, here's the house today: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-a....bmp.jpg?gl=USGSV |
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Harper's retro-sign / A flash from the past.
-they could have used this garage in 'Kiss Me Deadly'. ;) Zowie! Bam! http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...537/O5JsnA.jpg detail/gsv 2909 W. Vernon Avenue, Los Angeles CA http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...537/mTvC8p.jpg gsv Excellent 'deco' lettering along the front of the garage. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...673/dCXBUT.jpg detail http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...661/dMEfkr.jpg detail :previous: Impressive shadows as well....especially that curved one on the left. __ And much to my surprise, there is a fine example of an 'art deco' apartment building across the street. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...537/Pd8afa.jpg gsv A slightly different angle shows additional vertical lines above a side entrance. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...540/uZFTao.jpg gsv And here's another surprise. This small treasure of a building is right next door! http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...661/Fqo60E.jpg gsv Here they are in together, in one image. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...537/uDe0oB.jpg gsv ________________ *postscript: The deco apartment building has recently been repainted to emphasize it's vertical lines. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...661/WsbTau.jpg gsv __ |
I don't believe we've seen this photograph on NLA.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/537/hym3hO.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_..._(CHS-910).jpg "Exterior view of the bank building on the corner of Third and Broadway in Santa Monica, ca. 1900." __ |
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I just happened across this view of downtown from one of the Dodger Stadium parking lots, ca. 1968.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/540/QRUqH7.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/1968-LOS-ANG...item5b141dde7b So what's with the 'abyss' between the parking lot and that nearby hill...I've never noticed this before. why wasn't the parking lot extended another 200 feet to connect the two? *I just noticed the top of a flag pole, far right. .....and there appears to be the top of a building visible within the third E of EBAYEBAYEBAY. What's down there? |
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https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7...81351%2BPM.jpg google maps https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-b...81625%2BPM.jpg gsv https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-F...83140%2BPM.jpg gsv Thank you for the great photo. |
Tourmaline, thanks so much for bringing these photos! I'll try to answer some of your questions...
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Did you know that Walt Disney was into nude male sunbathing ? Yikes...more LA noir!
The new Disney Studio had an all male health club on the roof of the studio in the 1940s. See photo... The problem was a highrise Catholic hospital nearby, so this oasis of naked males had to close by 1941. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...pswhawqpf0.jpg Disney archives Naked Disney artists and animators on the roof. Knowing Walt's secrets, this does not surprise me at all. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psmsqyjud3.jpg Disney archives |
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