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Los Angeles Times, August 30, 1929: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...m.jpg~original LAPL Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Joan Crawford (I think at Santa Monica Beach), 1929. They were married on June 23 of that year; he was 19 and she was apparently 25: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...0.jpg~original Photo by Clarence Sinclair Bull/John Kobal Foundation/Getty Images @ Vanity Fair -- http://media.vanityfair.com/photos/5...irbanks-jr.jpg In 1929 Franklin Pangborn lived at 316 N. Sycamore in this 1927-built four-plex: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...l.jpg~original Feb 2015 GSV |
This Julius Shulman subject certainly isn't new to NLA - it's the Prudential Building on Wilshire Boulevard's Miracle Mile. This is "Job 699: Wurdeman & Becket, Prudential Building (Los Angeles, Calif.), 1950". Several of the pictures also show Ohrbach's.
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original Some of the other tenants include Security First National Bank, Kaufman Furs, New York Hat Stores and Innes Shoes. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...6.jpg~original http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...7.jpg~original All from Getty Research Institute |
I may not be quick, but at least I can say I don't act rashly.
My blog post concerning this area has finally been published, or at least the first part of it which only covers the 19th century. Block 50, Part I Quote:
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I was especially happy to see Innes Shoes. The Times, describing the store (designed by architect Burton A. Shutt) said it “brings the California outdoor atmosphere” indoors with full length sliding glass doors on both the Wilshire and parking lot entrances. Innes Shoes (5771 Wilshire) opened September 8, 1949 http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...lle/5-8-49.jpg lat The Prudential Building itself had its grand opening November 15, 1948; a "Completion Day" ceremony was held March 8, 1950 to mark the end of all construction. Ohrbach’s (5711 Wilshire) opened December 2, 1948 http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k.../12-3-48ad.jpg lat 12-3-48 Security First Bank (5779 Wilshire) February 3, 1949. http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k.../sec%201st.jpg lat 2-2-49 Prudential Square Drug Co. (5761 Wilshire) Star studded gala opening August 25, 1949 an went through the weekend. What day is Burt Lancaster going to be there? http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...le/8-25-49.jpg lat 8-25-49 Kaufman Furs (5775 Wilshire) December 1, 1949. Modern design featuring cedar paneling, a mirrored wall and "floating" display racks on almost invisible rods. New York Hat Store (5773 Wilshire) December 8, 1949. Featuring rustic redwood and cypress trim, native shrubbery, flagstone & untramodern lighting. http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...hat12-8-40.jpg lat 12-8-49 |
Easter greetings, NLA!
http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...easterbowl.jpg postcard view, files If it was Easter 1949: why attend the Hollywood Bowl Sunrise Service in person (think of all that traffic...) when you could watch it on television via KTLA. Don't have a set? Your local branch of Pierce Brothers has got it covered. http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k.../4-16-1949.jpg lat 4-16-47 |
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Old Auto Club Building on North Hill St.
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Looking north from near Broadway over 101 Freeway construction, May 6, 1950: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...7.jpg~original Mildred Harris photo - 00109965 @ LAPL Looking northwest from City Hall, December 6, 1950, with the old Auto Club building on the corner of the hill; that's North Hill Street angling toward the upper right corner: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...g.jpg~original Mildred Harris photo - 00109974 @ LAPL |
Hollywood Freeway, 1954.
https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...e1&oe=57981F1D Metro Transportation Library and Archive |
CBD, the Hollywood Bowl, as I understand, never sold tickets to the Easter Sunrise Service, as it was always co-ordinated by several different churches of different denominations and was a strictly volunteer program. Donations for various churches were accepted at the event.
I attended one of them a dozen years ago and in the years afterwards it seems the event has begun to deteriorate. There were thefts of musical equipment one year. The bowl remodeled and had to cancel it one year. I believe it was held elsewhere. Recently they had some services there, but they were not traditional sunsrise services, but held at 11 a.m. It's really distressing that such a long (it would be coming up on 100 years) tradition has somehow just dismantled with so much as a whimper. A 2010 article, link HERE, when that year's service was cancelled states: In a sign of the times and victim of the economy, a 90 year-old Hollywood tradition falls in the cultural forest and nobody is there to hear it hit the ground. The Hollywood Bowl Easter Sunrise Service is, or was, a tradition that predated the Hollywood Bowl itself. The Hollywood Bowl exists today [...], most of all, because of the many people who gathered in the Daisy Dell on an Easter Sunday morning at dawn and participated in a simple Sunrise Service that was open and non-denominational and free of charge, simply a celebration of Easter. There are some things that are alarming about the cancellation of the 2010 Hollywood Bowl Easter Sunrise Service: It happened without so much as a whimper. "There, but for the Grace of God, go I!" should be the warning to the people of Los Angeles County. What next? Will Galleries close with little more than a notice to announce the passing? Will Theaters close without so much as a Swan Song performance? Will Museums cease to engage the public and simply serve as monuments to their benefactors? Will Libraries close and serve out their days as cultural warehouses? Will access to our Parks and our Community Centers become a thing of the past? How does the 90 year-old, non-denominational, open and free to the public, Hollywood Bowl Easter Sunrise Service simply fade into nothingness without an alarm from the community? It happened because the public is getting priced out of its own property. The Bowl belongs to the County of Los Angeles. In other words, it belongs to the people. Just like the Zoo, the Museums, the Galleries, the Parks, the Music Center, Olive Hill, the Libraries, and all of the wonderful programs and assets that we take for granted, simply because they've always been there. It's not likely to continue. Now, more than ever, it is imperative that the people of Los Angeles look around and consider that the streets they travel on, the sidewalks they walk on, the public space they enjoy, are all in jeopardy of being restricted and that the public is in danger of engaging "the highest bidder" in a competition for the simple elements that make up a Great City. It's a unique event that anyone can enjoy regardless of any religious affiliation and I am so glad I attended one of them before it began to unnecessarily fade away into the ether, as stated above. Quote:
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Happy Easter Noirishers...
https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3014/2...534e65ea_b.jpgMeta_Luna/Flickr I bet things were hoppin' here! The photo source indicates she had a job in the 1980's where she was asked to clear out a desk that had some photos in it, including this one which she dates to c.1960's. Corner of Sunset and Hobart according to source page. We can certainly see the address on the street sign: 5300 Sunset Blvd. |
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As I was looking at this photo, and also a Google Street View, something wasn't adding up to me. If you type in 5300 Sunset Blvd. you get the corner of Sunset and Hobart where there is a current business called 5300 Sunset Hair Studio. BUT--in typing 5300 Sunset Blvd. into Google Images I came up with conflicting information. If you travel east one block in the Google Street View there is ALSO a street sign at Sunset and Serrano that says 5300 Sunset Blvd. (I did this three times to make sure I was being accurate, but I'm open to someone else's opinion.) Yelp indicates that 5300 Sunset Hair Studio has closed and LoopNet has a 2015 listing for it as a bankruptcy sale and an address of 5300 - 5302 Sunset Blvd. Loopnet has a photo of Bill's Liquor Market at Sunset and Serrano with an address of 5326 Sunset Blvd. But you can see the street sign on the street also says 5300 Sunset Blvd. http://x.lnimg.com/photo/poster_1920...f7e7cdc8c9.jpgLoopNet This is the building housing the Honey Bunny. In searching for the right location I happened upon some other info about this location and a man named Earl Bruce: Earl Bruce (sometimes you see his first name spelled Earle) was a pretty flamboyant character. Among other things, Earl was a one-time movie actor and singer under contract, race car driver, and drinking buddy of both Von Dutch and Dick Hirschberg (who also owned a bar across from L.A.'s Union Station rail terminal in the '40's.). Bruce owned a bar on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood, called the Big Top, a kind of combination beer hall/jazz club. Von Dutch would work at his mechanic shop until around 11:00pm, then wander down to the Big Top after that to drink and play his flute. The Big Top, which Earl owned from 1950-1964, was in the same location as the Honey Bunny, at Sunset and Serrano. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mzvTly2k7R...igtop_then.jpg You can see the two red painted window areas (one with a fan) in the Honey Bunny photo. That's Earl Bruce posing with his custom car which he dubbed "The Armoured Car." Source info: Earl Bruce bought his '40 Ford brand-new in Downtown Los Angeles, in Sept. of 1939. He walked into the Ford dealership, looked at the car, said "I'll take it", and handed the salesman a $1,000.00 bill. The salesman was stunned, as was everyone at the dealership who looked at the note, all having never ever seen one. But the salesman went to the finance office, got the paperwork sorted, and returned with the title and $45.00 change, then he filled up the '40 with gas for Bruce. It is stated that he repainted "the Armored Car in various colors dozens of times over through the years , along with about the same number of changes in the interior/trunk upholstery, and wheel/tire combinations." Here it is in the 1970's painted in "Bruce Red." http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Mp-FRFt37y...bruce_40_4.jpg SIDEBAR: Near Sunset and Serrano in 1931: A 1931 view of Sunset Blvd. east of Serrano. http://waterandpower.org/3%20Histori...rrano_1931.jpgUSC Digital Library |
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https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7284/...4b989ac8_b.jpgJail Choir, 1952
Jail choir Easter, 8 April 1952. Mrs. Nina Snodgrass (Women's Jail Chaplain); Al Willey (Chief jailer); Eugene W. Biscailuz; Lieutenant Frances O. Blumfeld; Audrey Lehre (Deputy Sheriff) leading easter choir of jail inmates. (lotta things going on here) USC digital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Collection, 1920-1961 |
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7073/...5cb75d2e_z.jpgEaster Sunrise Service, Hollywood Bowl, 1921
Before a bandstand was deemed necessary... image from hollywoodbowl.com |
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7360/...33290a7a_b.jpgApril 25, 1943
Army chaplain Father Marius Chataignon conducts Easter Sunday Mass for troops near the front lines in Tunisia. Los Angeles Times FWIW, My uncle Bob (Zimmerman) was in Tunisia with the Big Red One (1st Infantry Division) in April, 1943. Several men in this image are most likely Tankers (note goggles left foreground). |
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Yes, good call FW, both cases. Interestingly in your first image you get a good look at the San Fernando and the Sunset Hotels at Ord and N Spring Streets (and isn't that an interesting silver van/truck parked down on the graded flats?). We've talked about them both. And in your second shot a reasonable look at the partial front of the apartment building at 560 N Hill Street. Here's that apartment building... https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8538/...2c8e5a43_b.jpg560 N Hill Street, Fort Moore Hill, Los Angeles, CA, 1925 This eight-story apartment building numbers up here on N Hill Street, overlooking Sunset Boulevard, with the rest of the structure reaching down the slope/cliff, Alta Vista Apartment-like, to Sunset. USC digital archive/Dick Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987 |
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Shulman photos have included addresses for the subjects? It makes for some amusement to find some locations we aren't sure about, but I've always thought it curious that a record of the street address wouldn't have been included. :shrug: |
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Most of the Julius Shulman photosets only include a building name, architect and date. Just occasionally there's an address or extra piece of information (e.g. the set below says "For Living for Young Homemakers"). USC often include scans of the containing envelopes with their images, and even then, information is scarce. Admittedly, having the location would make things easier, but it would also take away some of the fun :). I'm confused by today's Julius Shulman photoset - I think it's been mislabeled. Its title is "Job 1250: Henry Hester, Gill Apartments (Los Angeles, Calif.),1952", but it includes an indentifiable exterior shot of 315 South Virgil Avenue (see post #33851) as well as several interior and exterior images which may or may not be from the same location. In the middle are these four photos of a couple in an MG visiting various drive-in businesses. Does anyone recognize this cleaning establishment? http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original This is Zinke's Drive-in Shoe Repair (it appears in most of the CDs as the Zinke Re-Bottoming Shoe Co Inc). See below for more details. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original Receiving an order at Tiny Naylors (Sunset and La Brea). http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original I can't see many clues to identify this location. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original All from Getty Research Institute Zinke's had many locations, but I think the one in the picture above was at 3852 Wilshire Boulevard, nearly opposite the Wilshire Professional Building. Here's an earlier shot with the sign for the drive-in on the right. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original USC Digital Library |
http://www.doctormacro.com/Images/Ga...rade%29_05.jpgICTV / Info from M-G-M Hollywood's Greatest Backlot
On the set of Easter Parade. M-G-M, 1948. Filming "A Fella with an Umbrella" number. MGM Lot 3 / #60: Easter Parade Street South of Jefferson Blvd. in Culver City was MGM's huge Lot #3 where jungles, seaports, lakes and trees, some bridges, groves, an army base, circus grounds and several western streets were located. At the end of the lot's Drumhead Road laid an empty paved area where, in 1948, two blocks of the 5th Avenue outdoor set for Easter Parade were built. Unlike many constructed sets that remained where they were built, after the scenes were in the can, this street was completely removed and shipped to Lot #2's New York Street. Now mostly apartment buildings stand in the echoes of this place where memories were made. |
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