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There has been some discussion here about funiculars but I don't think I've seen the 1938 Saul Harris Brown residence at 2339 Silver Ridge Drive in Silver Lake. Michael Locke mentions a funicular to the streamline moderne house on his Flickr page below
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...31c1d731_c.jpg (LAT 16 Jan 1949) https://www.flickr.com/photos/michael_locke/6729680229 |
The photo of the wishing well was taken at Agua Caliente in Tijuana. I'm wondering if the donkey photo op was also at Caliente. I can't remember seeing it before.
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https://i.postimg.cc/2Sh7qCrV/Cross.jpg ebay, detail from postcard is, I'm pretty sure, the cross on Olvera Street; but though Olvera St. has had donkeys, so did Agua Caliente (different donkeys; but I'm especially looking at the cart in the two pix): https://i.postimg.cc/sX6YFX90/Donkey.jpg |
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Location? Location? Location?
A discussion popped up this week on Instagram and overflowed to Twitter, trying to establish the location of the photo. The only info provided said:
"Dizzying photo of a six-room house being moved up a very steep hill (22.5%!) somewhere in Los Angeles on July 12, 1951. The caption adds that the two trucks had to be anchored to manholes & telephone poles, with winches used to pull the house." It looks to me like the area around Silverlake and the 5 Freeway. Any guesses, educated or otherwise? https://martinturnbull.com/wp-conten...ly-12-1951.jpg |
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I think this: https://i.postimg.cc/65xB0rFj/2022-Bax-Detail.jpg detail from pic in earlier posting is 2022 Baxter: https://i.postimg.cc/Gmcd0cLv/2022-Baxter-Apr2009.jpg gsv, April '09 They enlarged the windows! The house above it, obscured by vegetation, is I suspect the same structure as the one above it in the earlier pic. |
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I hope the term "cultural appropriation" is a fad. When I first head that term and people talking and writing about it, my thought was, "so what if someone from a different culture likes something from another culture and delves into it? I mean, though it doesn't come from real cultures, isn't that what fans of Star Wars, Star Trek (Trekkies) and super-hero movies essentially are doing, too? No harm no foul there, though, because those things were made up? The whole idea of the term to me seems to be that if there is cultural appropriation, someone is getting something taken away from them, or someone else is getting something they don't deserve. Or both. The whole idea of that term just makes me think that everyone nowadays is looking for some reason to be offended by or from something or someone else. I mean, if current Americans suddenly got interested and started replicating the fashions/dress and art and customs of colonial times would that be a cultural appropriation of their own history? Because you rarely see any of that anywhere. People want everyone to come together and yet they keep doing things to separate people coming together. If I was really into something from another culture and was told I shouldn't be, I'd be offended. There's lots of various good articles about the subject from all sides, linked on wikipedia if people want to read them. |
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Much like flying cars and wristwatch TV's. They'll never make a TV that small! |
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That big water (?) lifting wheel looks interesting. I wonder if it was powered by steam, animals or maybe people? Would the current in the river be enough--doubt it. Convicts? Zorro was still alive (but retired) when that pic was taken. Amazing. |
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Trekkies will do, but "Trekkers" is now the more acceptible designation for people of that persuasion. V |
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Photograph of the water wheel near Elysian Park which raised water from the Zanja Madre that flowed to a reservoir in the Pueblo, ca.1870. This wheel was shipped from San Francisco and erected at a point just north of the Southern Pacific Railway yards at Elysian Park. The wheel raised water 36 feet from the Zanja Madre and the water flowed through wooden flumes to a reservoir located at the Los Angeles Plaza. The wheel itself had paddles 6-feet wide to each of which was fastened a 15-gallon bucket. Agricultural tracts visible in the background.Despite the vague "ca. 1870" in the description, the photo itself has "Raising Water From The Zanja, Los Angeles, 1868" printed underneath it. |
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Thanks! Here's a well-sourced article with loads of information about the Dryden water wheel. The 1863 date for the photo seems close to accurate. Side note: the article mentions proposals for a "ram" pump on the zanja, which seems a simpler solution than the water wheel. Hydraulic rams take advantage of the "water hammer" effect. Stream water flows through a long, gently sloped iron pipe with a valve at the bottom end. When the water get to a certain speed, the valve slams shut, and the momentarily pressurized water is forced into an uphill tube. I spent some time studying the 1869 Rendall panorama taken from Poundcake hill, which shows more on the left side (north) than one might expect, though I didn't actually map out the location of anything. (Trying to figure out if the foot of Solano Canyon is within the view, and thus, whether poundcake hill was visible from the foot of Solano canyon, where the wheel was sited.) Another thing: Poundcake hill really looks like a separate hill, with slopes in all directions. I'm not sure that Fort Moore hill was much more than a promontory. Old USGS topo maps are useless. |
Cool article on one of our favorite subjects: streetlights!
https://www.latimes.com/entertainmen...designs-photos |
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At first I thought this was the Temperance Temple, but then my gilmet-sharp eyes spotted the word "beer." That, and the fact that it doesn't match at all. |
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Has anyone figured out the location? (or did I missed it?).........If not. . . , My guess: The cafe was on Temple St. in close proximity to Olvera St. ....:shrug: . |
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