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:previous: Excellent sleuthing tovanger2! I didn't realize there was a "Fox Hills Studio". I thought the photographer was making it up.
__ 'mystery' location, with 'Grizzly' billboard. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/901/AbsbGd.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/009-trolley-...item1ea01a8c70 What's the word preceding 'Club' in the lower 'billboard'? (....actually painted on the retaining wall) -also note the 'Amityville-style' house. The seller dates this as 1949. __ |
"Southern Pacific GS4 Steam #4449 at Los Angeles, circa. 1984."
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...rneMarket1.jpg GSV Here's a look at the intersection in 1953. Historic Aerials' earliest image of this area is only a year older, and it's very washed out. I've marked the building I believe to be the Osborne Market, with the building from the image above to its right. Some of the later images are a little blurry, but I think the Osborne Market disappeared between 1964 and 1967. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...rneMarket2.jpg Historic Aerials Here's a more recent (2004) view. The 7-Eleven is marked in blue. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...rneMarket3.jpg Historic Aerials |
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Carondelet Street NLA coverage, but at Eighth Street in 1932? http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...d/65535/rec/15 Looks like a preservation-worthy neighborhood. Deceptively provincial and big-city-busy at any given time of day? Perhaps it's the pacing, notice toward bottom the (double parked) horse driven produce delivery. What's underneath is green.:uhh: If only development could have been frozen with the then-current mix of density and unimproved areas. Character lost or found? Sigh. Has anyone uncovered an unadulterated color image of an illuminated stop (or slow / pre-yield) sign in a neighborhood setting such as this? A glowing sign every few blocks may have created a fascinating ambiance few can appreciate, let alone, remember. 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For more than you will ever want to know about this locomotive model see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALCO_PA Cheers, Jack |
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A little advertising slipped in?: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-n...00331%2BAM.jpg dick wittington /usc dl |
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Of the RRs that bought and used PAs Santa Fe and Southern Pacific were extensive and long time users. Its classic lines and long life earned it the title of "Honorary Steam Locomotive. The last few ended up in MExico, from whence one was returned and is being restored - IIRC in guise of a NIckel Plate RR engine Thanks for the pix |
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W 8th and S Burlington + Langer's Delicatessen
Speaking, as we have been, of W 8th St and Masonic lodges and Westlake, I don't think the Westlake Masonic Lodge on W 8th has ever been mentioned here. It didn't make la.curbed's "magnificent Masonic architecture" list, but it's very nice just the same. It was designed by Dennis and Hewitt (Oliver Perry Dennis and Henry Harwood Hewitt) and should get more respect.
Built on the SW corner of W 8th and S Burlington between 1914-1916, on a never-before-built lot, it has a grand piano nobile over a retail base. Great windows: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-g...92236%2BAM.jpg https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-6...92517%2BAM.jpg https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-m...92702%2BAM.jpg gsv The 1890 home at 807 S Burlington (pictured above) seems more than a little overwhelmed by the brick bulk of the lodge. An unbuilt proposal for the Westlake Masonic Lodge by Train and Williams: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/gK...g=w763-h510-no hathitrust This area was a lovely part of Westlake (S Bonnie Brae runs N/S on the left margin of the map, S Burlington is right of center): https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-L...74150%2BPM.jpg 1921 Baist South of W 8th was almost exclusively homes, while hotels and apartments were mixed in to the north. The 1906 "Beverly" apartments (called the "Rosewill" until ca 1920) at 746 S Bonnie Brae (upper left corner of the map) is still with us: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-N...91656%2BAM.jpg gsv (e_r posted about this one here) The 1898 Methodist Episcopal Church, designed by John C Austin, diagonally across the intersection from the Masonic lodge, fell in 1927 when 8th St was widened: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-V...10802%2BAM.jpg lapl Everyone knows Bradbeer & Ferris' 1894 Frederick Mitchell Mooers house at 818 S Bonnie Brae, just around the corner from the Masons (I think an upper corner of the lodge may be just glimpsed at left): https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-0...15011%2BAM.jpg iamnotastalker Because of the Sleeping-Beauty-style landscaping, it's impossible to get a shot of the Mooers' moorish-domed, next-door neighbor to the south anymore, so I'll make do with one of the back and its cupola-topped, commodious carriage house. Also said to be by JM Bradbeer, originally built by the Howard family: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-G...20516%2BAM.jpg gsv Five doors south of W 8th, on the east side of S Burlington, at No. 826, is another handsome John C Austin effort. Built in 1899 for Mr and Mrs EA Messerly and their daughter Mary, it appears to be almost entirely intact and has been beautifully maintained for 116 years: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-M...00029%2BPM.jpg https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-W...93007%2BPM.jpg https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-W...91006%2BPM.jpg https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4...93234%2BPM.jpg The interior seems to have all its fireplaces and still has some original electrical and gas lighting fixtures (plus an alarming paint color). Rather than touring the whole place, I'll just take you up the stairs: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-d...72146%2BAM.jpg https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-N...24102%2BPM.jpg https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-l...00927%2BPM.jpg https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-e...00623%2BPM.jpg https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/--...41914%2BPM.jpg An east-facing, third-floor dormer (also seen in the loft in the above photo) has a view of DTLA: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-j...00211%2BPM.jpg In the back, the carriage house has been turned into a rental unit and two further units built (w/o permits) in the back garden. (The three-story apartment building at right is very recent): https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-T...95159%2BPM.jpg Mary Messerly had many genteel parties in the home until she was married in 1903 and left to live in Kansas City. Here's a description of the first one: "Miss Mary Messerly charmingly entertained the members and alumni of Alpha Upsilon Chapter of the Sigma Chi Fraternity Tuesday evening at her home No. 826 South Burlington avenue. Long streamers of blue and gold ribbon were suspended from the chandeliers to the corners of the parlors, where they were caught up in large bows. The dining-room was decorated with Marechal Nell roses, sweet peas and carnations, and ivy and evergreens were twined about the balustrading and reception hall. Cards and dancing furnished amusement for the guests. The Coterie Mandolin and Guitar Club furnished excellent music." LAT 8 June 1899 The home changed hands three times at least before it was bought by a family in 1944. They kept it until 2013. More MLS pix, like those above, showing more of the interior of No. 826, may be found at Zillow and Redfin. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Messerly home has been covered before by minkykat and Godzilla . Their posts are here and here. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Quote:
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Details, details. But four years earlier in 1925, across La Brea to the east, before the crowds, when things were fresher and newer . . . http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...d/67696/rec/29 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 Burton & Co., Realty 5222 Wilshire and Comet Drugs 5224 Wilshire (Wonder about the effectiveness of the flashing "Danger" - "Slow" sign?) http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 Hard to miss the Commercial National Sign, but where is the actual bank located, behind Comet Drugs? (Listing is for 5220 Wilshire - to the left of Burton Realty above) http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 |
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Good to see the Messerly house again. Here's a good closeup from Godzilla's post of Dec 1, 2013: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=17980 http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8471/8...d59b1ea8_h.jpg Before that, minkykat found it in January 2012, but the picture in that post has gone missing: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=6259 |
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http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stor...e-route?in=140 Cheers, Jack |
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I apologize minkykat and Godzilla for missing your previous posts on John C Austin's 1899 Messerly home. Links to your posts have been added to mine
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"Lonesome" :whisper: https://paradiseleased.files.wordpre...some-19281.jpg https://paradiseleased.files.wordpre...some-19281.jpg The Lonesome Club has CD listings from 1923 through 1942 and a series of different addresses, including an art deco ballroom on Seventh Street, that is long gone. If the attributed date of 1949 is correct, the club would have probably been closed for a few years. More details here>>> https://paradiseleased.wordpress.com...nesome-club-2/ http://www.kcet.org/updaily/socal_fo...s-angeles.html Mundane image of the Lonesome Club's 1934 dance floor (937 W Ninth Street). http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ome&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ome&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ome&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ome&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...id/43040/rec/1 |
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