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I'm still trying to find one, too. Also info corroborating Charlie Chaplin's involvement with that building. The building is so hidden by those trees, I don't think many people have heard of it to even forget it. Even though it can be seen from SMB, it's pretty hidden and looks almost like an adjunct to the building on the corner. I'm going to visit it when I have a chance. |
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https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/A8CZck.jpg kelly/pinimg The Firefly sign is briefly shown flashing in an old black and white movie, but the name of the film escapes me at the moment. (I thought it was 'The Strip' [1948] but it isn't..unless I missed it. (I just checked on youtube) _ update: https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...924/UMIDYC.jpg make the music go bang I had no idea what was meant by a flaming bar :shrug:. (until now) see below "That was a great dive bar. First place I went when I moved to Hollywood from Florida in 83. The bartenders would put lighter fluid on the bar and have this flame run the length of the bar." SCOTT DELONG _ |
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:previous: Ah, Ramon Navarro.
That reminds me: Last week I was watching an episode of Bonanza and to my surprise, Ramon Navarro was the guest star. (I didn't realize it until the very end) https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...924/HJRPN2.jpg The Brass Box [1965] |
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https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...924/ewmCDI.jpg I happened upon this interesting photograph a few days ago on ebay. "Very Rare 1920 Southern California Fire Explosive Crew Multi Agency Hat Badges" [$149.99] https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/YKBCfe.jpg EBAY note the two flag men (far left / far right) __ The badges appear to be fire department. (there are two types of badges) https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...922/nKaxCa.jpghttps://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...924/8pUTMf.jpg & if you look closely there is a special license plate behind the 'Explosives Dangerous' sign. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...922/qjtBbd.jpg The way the explosives sign is worded bugs me. (why not 'Danger Explosives!) It reminds me of a movie title that has always bothered me... 'Experiment Perilous', the old Hedy LaMarr movie. (why place the adjective after the noun?) now if there was a coma after explosives, oh God....N E V E R M I N D. _ |
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Although I was born in the OC, people tell me I'm my father's son--stubborn as a Missouri mule and never say more than necessary. ;) If I ever get the knack for posting photos, I'll post my old man and my mom's wedding picture. |
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https://78.media.tumblr.com/64a5eb32...rtso1_1280.jpg Not perfect, but ain't not bad neither (as my Dad used to say). I'm pretty sure the writing at the top reads "Arroyo Seco freeway into downtown Los Angeles." |
:previous:My guess is that it was taken from the 3rd Street overpass.
ETA: Here's a photo from the same overpass from a bit to the east: https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4425/...79b02dc2_b.jpg_8200043.jpg by BillinGlendaleCA, on Flickr |
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I was wondering what this was. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...924/SXG4Ci.jpg DETAIL And then I saw it was still there! https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/N02rF8.jpg GSV I'm so sleuthy. :) __ |
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If so, you might have met Charlie. ;) (or his ghost) https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/0ZeWrY.jpg SMPL Chautauqua Camp Manager, Mr. Charles Hoss on the telephone standing in front of Camp keys, Temescal Canyon, Calif. [Date 1922] _ |
You are the sleuthiest, ER!
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^^^ That same year, 1965, he was in an episode of COMBAT titled "Finest Hour," with Luise Rainer (I saw her in person once). He played her husband. http://www.altfg.com/film/wp-content...rro-combat.jpgAlt Film Guide Ramon Novarro is always thought of as a silent movie star, including by me, but I also recently saw him pop-up in a 1949 film noir called The Big Steal. (It was called a film noir, but it really isn't.) It seems he did keep working in films and television, though I haven't looked up his credits. |
Grant Block @ NW corner of 4th and Broadway . . . and one of its tenants
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What appears to be the two-story remnant of the formerly seven-story Grant Block was looking better by February 2017: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...psmo7muvgb.jpg GSV Originally, it was a three-story structure: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...s.jpg~original http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...8.jpg~original October 27, 1897, Los Angeles Herald @ CDNC In 1902 it was enlarged not just two more stories, but four more: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...m.jpg~original September 28, 1902, Los Angeles Herald @ CDNC After it was enlarged, it looked like this, similar to what it looks like in e_r's photo above: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...c.jpg~original 00013829 @ LAPL (undated) One of the Grant Building's tenants, according to the 1903-05 city directories, was this company: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...n.jpg~original 1903 LACD @ fold3.com Here is the Compressed Air House Cleaning Company making a house call. I suspect that the wagon was pulled around by horses and not by that little curved-dash Oldsmobile. Three of the boys are barefoot: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...5.jpg~original 2008-2787 at CA State Library Here's a closer look at what's printed on the side of the wagon. I wonder how -- or how well -- the system worked? http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...w.jpg~original Is this kid missing toes on his right foot? http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...t.jpg~original |
Ramon Novarro did indeed keep working up until the year he died. In his early years of stardom he was quite a striking young man.
https://78.media.tumblr.com/72f62833...rtso1_1280.jpg 1923 Scaramouche https://78.media.tumblr.com/58b6fd70...rtso1_1280.jpg 1925 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ https://78.media.tumblr.com/91b4472d...rtso1_1280.jpg 1929 The Pagan https://78.media.tumblr.com/d4a8ee70...rtso1_1280.jpg 1931 Mata Hari https://78.media.tumblr.com/f3385993...rtso1_1280.jpg 1933 The Barbarian https://78.media.tumblr.com/d53b6145...rtso1_1280.jpg 1949 The Big Steal https://78.media.tumblr.com/0d021c33...rtso1_1280.jpg 1960 Heller in Pink Tights https://78.media.tumblr.com/e7bcd656...rtso1_1280.jpg 1967 The Wild Wild West (episode "The Night of the Assassin") https://78.media.tumblr.com/b5253a0f...rtso1_1280.jpg 1968 The High Chaparral (episode "A Joyful Noise") (Novarro's final screen appearance) [image sources: mostly Warner Home Video] |
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https://i.imgur.com/BDLPasD.png?1 http://www.statetrooperplates.com/california.html It certainly looks to be California. The site says these plates had a maximum of four digits but everything else seems to match and every other example shown has bigger differences. I would guess the Fire Department plates were a slight variation, perhaps with an extra digit. |
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I can get the edges straight using Free Transform/Warp in Photoshop, but your method looks much less messy than mine - look at how distorted the outer black, numbered areas are in my version, whereas yours are much less distorted - in addition, the white borders on your image remain perfectly intact, while mine are distorted beyond any recognition: https://i.imgur.com/JlmvNep.jpg |
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