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Something a little different from Julius Shulman today. This is "Job 5232: Robert Fairburn, Brashears Center (Fullerton, Calif.), 1975". The color images I've omitted just show other angles. There are also some black & white ones showing a gym and sports area.
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original Here's a better view of the two main buildings. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original There's no indication which building contains this stairwell. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original I think I'll take this office! http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original All from Getty Research Institute Here's a little background information from Fullerton: The Boom Years by Sylvia Palmer Mudrick, Debora Richey & Cathy Thomas. For search purposes, the Brashears Center is on the Y intersection of Harbor and Brea Boulevards. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original books.google.com I've gone for an aerial "now" view. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...6.jpg~original Google Maps |
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Yeah, thanks for the link. I'm just starting to look through the images, and they're huge! It's amazing to see clear aerial views which were taken only six years after the last Baist map, and 21 years before the earliest ones at Historic Aerials. Here's a detail of Flight ID: C_113, Frame: 268 showing City Hall under construction on August 1, 1927. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original UCSB Library |
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The death of Vera West
In 1947, that extraordinary year for lurid headlines - "Black Dahlia Sex Fiend Killer," "Flying Disc Crash at Roswell, New Mexico" etc. - another odd story that remains a mystery to this day was the puzzling death of Vera West, head fashion designer at Universal Pictures from about 1935 to 1947. If you've seen a Universal Picture from those days - Abbott and Costello, Maria Montez, Lon Chaney Jr. and Evelyn Ankers, Deanna Durbin or Sherlock Holmes, even Hitchcock classics - the credits invariably say "Gowns by Vera West."
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/rZgCVM.jpg Vera West, head of Universal Pictures fashion, 1940's. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6k_88keKMR...4516995206.jpg Vera walked away from Universal in 1947 and it is not clear why - perhaps it was related to some turmoil involving new management during the mid 40's when the studio became Universal-International Pictures. Vera left and designed a Spring collection for a tony fashion salon at the Beverly-Wilshire Hotel. In the middle of the night on June 29, 1947, she was found drowned in her swimming pool, clad in a nightgown, by a Life photographer who was renting a guest house on the property at 5119 Bluebell Avenue in North Hollywood (near Coldwater Canyon and Magnolia). Can't imagine a more difficult or unpleasant way to commit suicide than to drown yourself in a swimming pool, and West's estranged husband claimed she "hated the water," didn't know how to swim, and wouldn't go near the pool unless he was sitting nearby. It was all very strange. There were two hastily scribbled suicide notes in the house, both addressed to "Jack Chandler," although her husband's name was Jacques "Jack" C. West. The notes referred to a fortune teller who had told her that death was the only escape from a blackmailer who had dogged her for decades. Her husband, who used aliases during his life, assured police that there was no blackmailer; it was all a figment of Vera's troubled imagination. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...924/VtCQMS.jpg 1947 newspaper article about Vera's death https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/12...86947002113703 Jacques West said that he and Vera had a violent quarrel the day of her death, that she was having health problems (including heavy drinking) and was planning to visit a divorce lawyer. He said he drove towards Santa Barbara after their fight, decided instead to stop along the highway and sleep in his car, then turned around in the morning and returned to Los Angeles, checking into a hotel in Beverly Hills where he read about his wife's death in a newspaper. Some friends of Vera's, such as 20th Century Fox fashion designer Yvonne Wood suspected murder, but had no proof or evidence, and the case was quickly closed. It does seem like one of those TV police procedurals where the cops do little follow-up, then slap a suicide verdict on the death certificate so they can move on. Shortly after Vera's death, her husband had the beautiful William Mellenthin -designed ranch-style house with its pool and grounds bulldozed. He sold the land and "disappeared." Today, three large, generic 1970's/80's houses occupy the site. Postscript: Don't find reference to builder and contractor William Mellenthin here at NLA, but he was a key figure during the Noir Era L.A. housing boom, building over 3,000 homes, mostly in the San Fernando Valley, from the 1930's through the 1950's. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/03h4ze.jpg William Mellenthin Homes Sales Office, 1930's https://paradiseleased.files.wordpre...llenthin-1.jpg From about 1934 to 1939, he built hundreds of attractive homes in a kind of 1930's "California Traditional" Ranch-House style, often with Colonial and Regency touches, especially around North Hollywood and Studio City. Similar houses are commonplace in West Los Angeles and the Brentwood flats (although I don't know the builder or builders of those). Larger Mellenthin houses might have Monterey elements. A number of Hollywood personalities such as radio and movie singer Kenny Baker and actress Gertrude Michael owned Mellenthin houses in the Valley. Mellenthin frequently used an architect named Leo F. Bachman during this period. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/6GEHlp.jpg Typical Mellenthin House, North Hollywood, 1934 https://paradiseleased.files.wordpre...4/hunter-1.jpg Today, Mellenthin is primarily known as the originator - in the Valley during the 50's - of the "Birdhouse" classic suburban Southern California ranch house, which was replicated by the thousands from Glendora to Downey to Orange County. Often with birdhouses, dovecotes, or cupolas atop the roof, diamond-paned picture windows, red brick fireplaces and pine-paneled kitchens, they epitomize the family-oriented suburban Los Angeles look of the 1950's, and are still prized by many househunters. The great difference today is that their ubiquitous cedar-shake roof shingles have long been outlawed in favor of less-attractive but safer composition shingles. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...924/lQSzeF.jpg Mellenthin-designed 1950's "Birdhouse" Ranch House https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...urb-appeal.jpg Here is an interesting overview of The William Mellenthin story entitled "Before The Birdhouse - Some Early Mellenthin Houses" from a website called "Paradise Leased;' https://paradiseleased.wordpress.com...lenthin-homes/ |
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It's a mid-century industrial building from Julius Shulman today. This is "Job 608: Matcham and Heitschmidt, Vitaminerals, Plant, 1949". There are 18 images in the set, with the others showing more interior views and construction of a building at the rear. The link's at the bottom for anyone who wants to see the rest.
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original Here's a look at the offices. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original All the female workers seem to be dressed like nurses. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original This looks like an outdoor dining area. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original And I assume that this is the boss. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original All from Getty Research Institute I found the building still standing at 1815 Flower Street, Glendale, and it still belongs to Vitaminerals (although I can't see any tables with umbrellas). http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...6.jpg~original GSV |
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ebay I would never have guessed this was Venice California.. if it wasn't written on the photograph. Mohave Desert, maybe.....Venice, no. ..what are the white jugs with spouts.....all water?....oil? |
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Here's a look at the USC chapter of Sigma Chi Fraternity in 1921.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...924/Q42c73.jpg ebay here's what's written on the back. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/d9htL2.jpg below: Sigma Chi house today. :( 907 W. 28th St http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/as0a8o.jpg I'm still looking for the address of the ivy covered house in the 1921 photograph. __ disclosure: I was a member of Sigma Chi. |
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I wonder how many other celebrities/public figures drowned in Los Angeles-area swimming pools? These are all I can think of: Lou Costello, Jr., 1943 (Son of comedian) James Whale, 1957 (Director) Shirley Hardman, 1973 (Roller Derby) Joe Flynn, 1974 (Comedian) Rodney King, 2012 (Beaten by LAPD) |
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