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"Sadie Thompson", Thousand Oaks, March 1959. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...673/2XO4T0.jpg http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Stunning-1950...item1c590e2c5e :previous: "Sadie Thompson".....is this a 'tongue-in-cheek' reference to W. Somerset Maugham's fallen woman? http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...540/TY6uqw.jpg Joan Crawford as "Sadie Thompson" in RAIN [c.1932] __ |
Follies Village Club next door to the Follies Theater
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https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-S...8%252520PM.jpg uscdl (a detail of this image was previously posted by FW) The "Follies Village" was in the Hotel Morgan AKA the Morgan Oyster Company building, next door to the Follies Theater: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9...1%252520PM.jpg 1921 baist, plate 2 e_r and gsjansen have taken us by the Belasco/Follies Theater before, but I'm going back because it's a great spot. In just a few years, the theater went from a highbrow legit house (managed by David Belasco's brother Frederic) to the most raucous strip venue on Main St: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-u...5%252520PM.jpg cinematreasures (previously posted by e_r) "The Belaso Theatre opened in [1904] and was briefly renamed Republic Theatre, before being renamed Follies Theatre in 1919. It was remodeled by architect S. Charles Lee in the 1930s. The Follies Theatre was demolished in May 1974." -cinema treasures Abraham M. Edelman was the architect. 1920s. There's No. 333 on the right (I spy "oyster" signage), but no hint of the Follies Village club: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-H...0%252520PM.jpg lapl Also 1920s. The Morgan Building is on the right. It seems to have a book store and a dentist as tenants. No Follies Village club that I can see: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8...8%252520AM.jpg historic los angeles theaters 1930s. Just before S Charles Lee got his mitts on it (JK): https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-N...9%252520PM.jpg lapl This detail from a 1935 insurance map shows the Follies Village club space at No. 333 1/2. It's small and next to the Follies Theater: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1...4%252520AM.jpg downtown los angeles theaters ca 1940s. The Morgan Building is still in place (just north of the remodeled Follies Theater), but I don't know if the Follies Village club is still in it: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Z...1%252520PM.jpg detail from an image previously posted by e_r A Kodachrome from 1956 showing the back of the Follies Theater ("80 People, Mostly Girls") and the side of the Barclay/Van Nuys framing the Westminster Hotel across Main. What a block: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-U...3%252520PM.jpg huntington dl Once it housed "The World's Gay Spot...Where Show People Meet", but by 1973 the Morgan building, at No. 333, was gone: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6...6%252520PM.jpg lapl A great history of the Follies Theater may be found here (apparently scenes from Mae West's "Every Day's A Holiday",1937, were filmed there). ...now, of course, most of this historic block is smothered by the massive State of California building. I'm forever grateful we still have the Barclay/Van Nuys: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-H...2%252520AM.jpg gsv Sorry e_r, I never found the Follies Village (but I had a lot of fun looking for it). Follies Theater priors, well worth a look (with an emphasis on the Follies Theater's amazing 'bump & grind' history): e_r: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...&postcount=967 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...&postcount=968 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...&postcount=973 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=6661 gsjansen: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...&postcount=970 PLUS, if you are at all interested in the Follies Theater, do not miss the Historic Los Angeles Theaters page on it. It's constantly updated. One last look back at the 300 block of Main Street, back in the day. Two little kids pose in front of the Roundhouse: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3...1%252520PM.jpg islandora __ UPDATE (e-r found the Follies Village!): Quote:
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824 S. Bonnie Brae
824 S. Bonnie Brae, the Charles B. Boothe House, is Los Angeles Historical-Cultural Monument #491. In the
first photo below, it's the one with the semi-onion dome just to the right of center. Los Angeles County says the home was built in 1893 and its carriage house in 1914, although the latter may be a remodel date. Quote:
http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...e.jpg~original http://cityplanning.lacity.org/compl...0Residence.pdf From the September 10, 1898, The Capital: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...m.jpg~original Hathitrust -- http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?i...q=183;size=175 |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...AGaslights.jpg www.newspapers.com It may be unrelated, but, according to the City Directories, there was someone called F A Fortier living at 1606 S Genesee Avenue during the first half of the 1960s. ETA: I finally found a reference to the Daly Opera House and "Gas Lights" in a book called 'Los Angeles: A Guide to the City and its Environs' which I found here (it's a 576 page PDF file). First published in 1941, this is from the 1951 second edition. It lists the Daly Opera House at La Brea Avenue and Beverly Boulevard. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...Gaslights2.jpg krishikosh.egranth.ac.in (28.2Mb PDF file) |
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Thanks for the info on Taffy's, oldstuff. This advert for Taffy's Dress Shops also appeared in the Valley News in August 1961. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z.../LATaffys1.jpg www.newspapers.com Here's a view of the current angular building at 12199 Ventura Boulevard, and the CitiBank next door. I nearly posted a picture of 12199 with the Shulman pictures, but didn't realize that it was the old Taffy's building reworked. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z.../LATaffys2.jpg GSV |
:previous: Good sleuthing oldstuff and hossC.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...537/BjYbSE.jpg detail / -so I take it that's the Taffy's entrance on the left. -hmmmm...there might be another entrance on the right end of the bldg. OR.....is the store entrance solely on the right (see below).... and what we're seeing on the left is an entryway leading to & from a parking lot in the back? (vintage aerial please ;)) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...911/uVJjck.jpg Either way, it's a fine looking design. __ |
Mr. Boothe's Carriage House
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Missing Pix
I seem to have a problem.
Two members have told me that my recently posted pix are not showing up on the thread. Another noirisher says he can see everything. Google automatically updated on 9/9. Since then my Picasa3 pix are presented differently on Google Photos and now have very long links. As I can see everything my end, I don't know how to fix the problem. Does anyone else use Picasa3 or know what to do to solve this? Thx |
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I normally use Firefox on Windows 7, and I can only see t2's recent images when I'm logged into my Google (gmail) account in another tab. I've just checked, and I get the same results in Chrome, IE 11 and Opera, so I don't think it's the browser. My guess would be that some sort of privacy/visibility setting got screwed up by the update. |
The stores with "Sunset" in their name would've helped to find this location if I hadn't recognized it already. Julius Shulman's "Job 1050: Bank of America (Los Angeles, Calif.),1951" shows the bank at the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Echo Park Avenue. On the hill behind the bank are the 1926 Laguna Apartments.
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original The large "FOOD" blade sign on the left belonged to the Pioneer Super Market, which we covered recently - see e_r's post #30181. The Citizen's Bank was missing from the best of e_r's pictures, and also eluded me when I did my round-up of branches last year. I've now added a close-up to the relevant post. On the right is Henry's Men's Wear with an impressive roof sign. On the far right, I had to rely on the 1956 CD to find the name Gladys' Pet Shop at 1606 Sunset Boulevard. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original Of course, Henry's roof sign wasn't as impressive as the extant roof sign on Jensen's Recreation Center which can be seen in the distance in this shot. You can read more about that in post #25091. I love the electricity bolts on the sign for Ozzie's Television store. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original All from Getty Research Institute We have another survivor that's still a Bank of America. The detailing either side of the old English text in the Shulman pictures is not hidden by the new signage - it's missing in the 2007 GSV image. Apart from that, it looks fairly original. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original GSV The Laguna Apartments building is also still standing, although nowadays it just seems to be known as 1109 Laguna Avenue. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original GSV Anyone who clicked the link to e_r's post about the Pioneer Super Market will have read "It's really too bad the Pioneer Market was torn down. The other 3 corners (of Echo Park Ave. and Sunset Blvd.) are still anchored by vintage buildings.", so it comes as no surprise that the old Henry's Men's Wear building is still there. I had a look around the other side hoping to see a ghost sign, but without luck. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...6.jpg~original GSV What did surprise me is that the house behind the bank on Echo Park Avenue is relatively unchanged from the 1951 image. That's the former Laguna Apartments up the alley behind it. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...7.jpg~original GSV |
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Switching Sides
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https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/z6...g=w683-h424-no https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/mr...H=w679-h421-no https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/UK...C=w679-h195-no ladbs Sure enough, the apartment building at 1141 Echo Park Ave was built in 1928. ----------------------------------------------------------- Thx CBD & HossC for the replies re the missing pix. I'll ask one of my kids what to do about it. They know everything. __ |
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A distinction with a difference? The name seems to vascillate between JAR's Sons to JAR and Sons. I guess it is a common mistake. The 1906 CD lists the business at 326 East Market Street, which would have been somewhere between Spring and Temple. It is unclear from cursory research when JAR's Sons moved to the 216 S Alameda location. The 1914 CD advertises JAR's Sons at the southeast corner of Alameda Street and Stephenson Avenue and 216 S. Alameda. Permits for alterations/repairs/additions were obtained in '22. But there are also new construction permits for a warehouse at the same location in 1924. Whether there are any remnants from the first structure incorporated withing the new '24 structure is unknown. One wonders whether the "Roebling" Avenue name in Westwood has any direct connection with either the business or JAR? In 1906, some of the "wire rope" competition included: RH Herron & Co 212 N Los Angeles St., Pacific Steel and Wire, (210 S Los Angeles St.) 22 Laughlin Bldg., and American; American Steel and Wire, 160 Central Ave. It is unclear how much, if any, iron and steel product originated in or around LA at that time. The 1875 CD lists but one "Los Angeles Foundry" at the corner of Aliso and Garcia. Some of its advertising depicts engines and boilers suggesting it was a bigger operation than mere blacksmithing. Equally unclear whether there were similar businesses that escaped listing or were listed as Blacksmiths or some other name associated with metal working. By 1883, there were three iron foundries listed. The Los Angeles Foundry seems to have been renamed the Los Angeles Pioneer Iron Foundry. Same Aliso and Garcia address - i.e., 368/370/372 Aliso Street. There is also a Baker Foundry at the corner of Main and Second Street and Bath and Fosmir on Main near Second Street. This begets the question of who or what business can claim the honor of first commercial mass steel production in LA or the LA viscinity? Well before the introduction of automobiles, railroads, shipbuilders, commercial construction and assorted manufacturing plants all used iron and later steel.:shrug: FWIW, the Bradbury building's iron and steel were reportedly imported from France and/or other parts of Europe.http://www.publicartinla.com/Downtow...brad_hist.html Source dates this DTLA image as pre-1900. Note toward the center-left is a roof marked "Brass Foundry." http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics23/00031430.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/pics23/00031430.jpg The former Mann & Johnson Brass Foundry, 1009-13 South Main Street?) Quote:
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I tried Google Chrome, and that didn't work either. (instead of Xs in a black box I get symbols) __ * I just noticed: I CAN see the permit t2 just posted.:) I'm not sure why I can see that and not the photographs. |
Everything displays fine in Safari, both iMac and iPad.
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