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color slide circa 1957/found on ebay |
Hard to believe the Calle de los Negros sat right about where those cars are parked.
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fs003_1940-0915_LAFD-Photo_E03_1500 Engine Company No. 3 217 South Hill Street Source: Los Angeles Fire Department Photo Walt Pittman Collection 1940 http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8422/7...43fc50df_o.jpg fs003_1940-0915_LAFD-Photo_T03_1500 Truck Company No. 3 217 South Hill Street Source: Los Angeles Fire Department Photo Walt Pittman Collection 1940 http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8430/7...68926535_o.jpg 1939-1106_GrayBuildingFire_600 The Gray Building Fire, 336 1/2 S. Broadway, Los Angeles, CA, November 6, 1939. Engine Company No. 3 and Truck Company No. 3 on scene. http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7125/7...95df6479_o.jpg JosephKacl_LAFD Fireman Joseph W. Kacl Truck Company No. 3 B Platoon Appointed July 27, 1937 Died November 6, 1939 Died from injuries-floor collapse. http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7107/7...f1a03ef3_o.jpg JohnHough_LAFD Auto Fireman John C. Hough Engine Company No. 3 B Platoon Appointed June 5, 1918 Acting Operator for Deputy Chief Died December 11, 1939 Died from injuries sustained attempting rescue of Fireman Kacl. LAFIRE.COM Los Angeles Fire Department Historical Archive |
"Looking west on a bustling 7th 6th Street in July 1948." (the street appears to be one-way in 1948...is this correct?)
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There are still plenty of old treasures in Los Angeles that I've never seen. I took a drive the other day east on Temple towards downtown and was astounded at how much pre turn of the century architecture survives. Lots of fixer-uppers for sure. BTW. I hope people realize how much of Norish Los Angeles as portrayed in film relies on architecture that was already pretty old. There is a connection that still lives, as we've demonstrated in this forum. Much of it is still here but it's slowly fading. Enjoy it while you still can. Take a drive. Teach your children. |
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I don't remember seeing either of these two images of Court Flight...
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8166/7...9cd7ba34_o.jpg courtflight I don't think Court Flight ever looked better than here. Court Flight, Broadway, c.1940 USCdigital archives http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8422/7...f587a8ed_o.jpg courtflightkaput Nor more forlorn than here. Court Flight stairs, circa 1950 LAPL |
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http://i50.tinypic.com/1fh40m.jpg Los Angeles Angel's Flight - Jim Dawson |
Yeah, I'm never sure where the absolute limits are or even if such limits exist. I'm hoping the proprietor(s) can see we have good hearts and would in an instant delete an offending post. I don't think yours is a problem. As for Jim Dawson I'm presently just finishing up his Bunker Hill book whose exact title eludes me at this moment it being something on the order of 'Dr. Strangelove: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'. A good book (Dawson's), the title ah not so much.
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Labeled "Psycho Hospital (Los Angeles General) June 24, 1951." in USC archives.
http://imageshack.us/a/img834/6979/l...hospital19.jpg http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/search...=1343770863317 below: Visitor's entrance. This is an impressive modernist design for 1951. http://imageshack.us/a/img838/9936/l...1951daytim.jpg http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/search...=1343770863317 Does anyone know if it's still there? __ |
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I enjoyed just driving around town, too, of course. Seemed like, on just about every block within a mile's radius of Downtown, there was something that we've talked about on this thread at one time or another - and I think we've covered every block on Wilshire. Honestly, I think this thread has already become the most comprehensive (and certainly the most eclectic!) document on L.A. history ever written. Kudos to everyone who's contributed over the years! -Scott |
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The Consolidated Realty Building built in 1908 by architect Harrison Albright.
http://imageshack.us/a/img266/6896/c...edrealty1a.jpg early postcard/found on ebay Notice that the elaborate lights that adorned the roof are gone by 1934 (see below). http://imageshack.us/a/img195/2869/c...edbldg1934.jpg http://photos.lapl.org/carlweb/jsp/F...olNumber=32826 (perhaps the rooftop lights were removed as a precaution following the Long Beach Earthquake of 1933) below: The Consolidated Realty Building as it appears today. It was resurfaced in 1935 by architect Claude Beelman and renovated again in 1967. What a crime. http://imageshack.us/a/img52/4452/co...ldgtodayis.jpg google street view ___ |
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Transitfan, you're absolutely correct about 5th & 6th Streets being 'one-way' streets. http://imageshack.us/a/img819/9375/m...waytraffic.jpg ebay __ |
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/losangelespast/ Several of these have already been posted on this thread, though. Summer re-runs, anyone? ;) -Scott |
A fine image of the old LA&SL depot located on the east bank of the LA River at First Street with S Mission Road at the top of the frame.
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Hope no one minds, but here is a '24 aerial of the former Salt Lake Station in East LA, awfully close to the LA River. http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics25/00032396.jpghttp://photos.lapl.org
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Again, thank you to all the regular contributors here who have spent countless hours building this forum to become a wealth of historical information and some of the greatest photos ever! I've been searching for any old photos of a couple of areas without much success. I'd like to see some old photos of the area now occupied by the FIDM campus (900 block of S. Grand) and any photos of N. Sweetzer Ave. in West Hollywood between Sunset and Santa Monica Blvd. I worked at FIDM and lived on the 1200 block of Sweetzer. If anyone has any photos of these areas, I'd love to see them. |
Actually, Mr. Dawson has written two books on flatulence, Who Cut the Cheese? and Blame it on the Dog. Producing either would have made him a hero in my book but to have actually produced two such counter-cultural tomes moves him smartly into the pantheon. In the meantime, Los Angeles's Bunker Hill: blah, blah, blah and Los Angeles's Angels Flight are great. I recommend them both.
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