Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 7834063)

re: The garage next to the Huntington Park Sign Shop

:previous:
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...922/VrZKfM.jpg
detail

I see what you're saying GW. (does the 'service' you mentioned appear at the very bottom of the sign or directly beneath 'electric'?)

I certainly didn't know USL was a type of car battery.

& I was just going to mention that the last letter might be a D instead of L
Unless it's just my imagination; there's a spotlight, or something, on the top end of the Delco sign that could be blocking part of the letter.

The lower horizontal part of the L has always looked too curved (upward) to me.
__

Originally Posted by HossC (Post 7827766)

:previous:

How's this? The picture below is from an article about Roger Smith's death in The Hollywood Reporter.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ogerSmith1.jpg
www.hollywoodreporter.com/Photofest

Originally Posted by Flyingwedge (Post 7834086)

In the lower right corner is 5693 Spreading Oak Drive, built in 1924 according to the LA County Assessor. At the right center edge
is 5694 Spreading Oak, also built in 1924 according to the Assessor. At lower left, I think the dead-end canyon is now Tuxedo Terrace:

http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...n.jpg~original
"Hollywood Heights, Calif." c. 1920s at CA State Library

Originally Posted by BifRayRock (Post 6640813)

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 7834865)

I'm hoping someone can dig up some additional information on this intriguing place. (like the street address)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...924/a3FGpo.jpg

Rice's Rock Fountain, Downey Cal.



here's the whole postcard.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/XkMZJ8.png



Undivided Back (1901-1907)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...923/APiPs1.jpg


*Did ya'll see the calla lilies in the photo?
__

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 7304951)

Two slide-views of Taylor Yards in 1954.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...907/QFQ5yF.jpg
eBay

I wasn't sure this was really 1954 until I spotted that car parked by the second tower. (red arrow below)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...910/dh6xJp.jpg
detail

-also note the Purina owned grain elevator (my hometown in Illinois had a Purina elevator as well)-easy to spot with the checkerboard paint job.








Then I found this second slide with numerous parked cars. (I take it they're railroad worker's cars)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...903/O2PNap.jpg
eBay

I believe the large 'square' building on the hilltop/middle distance is part of Forest Lawn Glendale.

Originally Posted by jg6544 (Post 7318022)

No idea where this was taken, but the "aero-train" was the railroads' attempt to fix their problem without really doing anything more than making cosmetic changes. The problem was people were deserting the rails in droves for their cars and for trucks (for freight). Small wonder considering the money that was being thrown at highways (this was before the Interstate Highway System really got off the ground). So instead of pouring capital into modernized tracks and switching facilities; designated passenger lines, and express and local trackage, the railroads opted for a pretty new train. It went nowhere, so we're stuck with the wreckage that is the rail system in 99% of the country and the fact that we're decades behind Europe, Japan, and China when it comes to rail systems.

Originally Posted by Cyndihdz (Post 7834823)

Don' t know if anyone has answered your question, i'm a litle behind, ok alot behind on the posts, but could it be Southgate High School?

Originally Posted by riichkay (Post 7835061)

I'd never heard this story....how was this not challenged on a Constitutional basis?


http://i1381.photobucket.com/albums/...psngxc1ek8.jpg

Mexican and Mexican-American families wait to board Mexico-bound trains in Los Angeles on March 8, 1932. County officials arranged these mass departures as part of “repatriation campaigns,” fueled by fears that Mexicans and Mexican-Americans were taking scarce jobs and government assistance during the Great Depression.

During the 1930s and into the 1940s, up to 2 million Mexicans and Mexican-Americans were deported or expelled from cities and towns across the U.S. and shipped to Mexico. According to some estimates, more than half of these people were U.S. citizens, born in the United States.


Interior photos on the same date:

http://i1381.photobucket.com/albums/...psglxdaya4.jpg


http://i1381.photobucket.com/albums/...psxriman7r.jpg


And a lonely protester:

http://i1381.photobucket.com/albums/...psot27h776.jpg

Originally Posted by Flyingwedge (Post 7834086)

http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...n.jpg~original

"Hollywood Heights, Calif." c. 1920s at CA State Library

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 7834063)

Thanks for your help Hoss...

but I'm not sure that I'm 100% convinced yet. Even if the photograph was taken on the far right end of the building that you pointed out, the angle of the 'tower' is a bit off (in my opinion)

To me, it seems the building in question (rainier/tacoma) would almost have to be on the opposite side of the street (red line, below)
because we see the side of the Central Manufacturing Warehouse in the original photo (the side that's parallel to the red line)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/2F4P7i.jpg
detail/usc

but I certainly think you're in the right ballpark Hoss.
__


Oh, one more thing: (my Columbo impersonation ;))

Doesn't the tower appear too close to the end of the building...instead of in the middle where it should be.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...922/cH8nPY.jpgdetail

Or is it just a matter of perspective?

Originally Posted by jbange (Post 7835283)

Yep. Definitely South Gate High School:

http://www.southgatehigh.org/images/highschool1.jpg
southgatehigh.org

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 7834063)

re: The garage next to the Huntington Park Sign Shop

:previous:
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...922/VrZKfM.jpg
detail

I certainly didn't know USL was a type of car battery.

Unless it's just my imagination; there's a spotlight, or something, on the top end of the Delco sign that could be blocking part of the letter.

Originally Posted by GaylordWilshire (Post 7834215)

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/2z...w=w500-h157-no


There serifs are pretty pronounced on the USL logo letters, accounting for the upswing on the "L"... also, I think it says SERVICE in both places--the clue might be in the too-fuzzy part just above "USL".... Well, there's a drugstore down the street, but its name is also too blurry.