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__ That said, I remember discussing this garage with the circular room on top quite some time ago on NLA. from the lower right corner of the usc photograph http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...903/jUlEFn.jpg Does anyone remember this? I believe a photo of the interior of the circular room was posted. (by me, maybe ) __ |
Wig-Wag, here's another 'mystery'.
What's up with this gold engine? Unless I'm mistaken, Santa Fe locomotives were usually red and yellow. Los Angeles [no date] http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...908/BQx5dR.jpg eBay |
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Your post inspired me to do some googling, and I found this color image. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...911/EeiQcj.jpg http://www.buildingconservation.com/...d-masonry.html __ |
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Thanks for the color picture of St Vincent's dome, e_r. --------------- The Gerry Building at 910 S Los Angeles Street has been seen before on NLA, but not for a while. Check out post #6102, post #6112 by e_r and post #11544 by tovangar2. This is how Julius Shulman saw it in 1947. It's "Job 52: Maurice Fleishman, Gerry Building (Los Angeles, Calif.), 1947". http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original Both from Getty Research Institute Here's another more recent image. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original GSV |
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In 1964 Santa Fe painted preserved 2-6-2 steam locomotive No. 1010, one of several used on Death Valley Scotty's famous LA to Chicago speed run in bright red paint to promote GE's "Red Hot Train of Values" appliance promotion. The photo was taken at Santa Fe's Redondo Junction roundhouse in LA. Note the top of a gasometer in the right background. Cheers, Jack |
Such a wonderful place! Tommy Tomson did the landscape, and Paul Laszlo created the interiors...
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Have we seen a folder/photo from the Gay Way on NLA before?
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...633/kKlf6D.png http://www.ebay.com/itm/1940S-GAY-WA...cAAOSwNyFWgo0s Gay Way 514 S. Main Street, Los Angeles Bartender/waitress with an exposed midriff. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...903/Vi17et.jpg I believe 514 S. Main places it in the old Leonide Hotel. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...903/H9TfpZ.jpg gsv __ |
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with other photos and "a few stories of crime and trouble at the Gayway" can be found HERE. There's a link on that page to a Beaudry post on NLA detailing some screenshots of a film shot there as well: http://www.skyscraperpage.com/forum/...ostcount=29000 |
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This is the picture of the Gayway that's missing from Fab Fifties Fan's post. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...b.jpg~original LAPL |
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:previous:I can't believe I forgot this is the garage where they found Thelma Todd dead. It rang a bell, but not that bell. I'm a bit red-faced.
__ These snapshots were taken three months before her death. Thelma Todd and friend, Inez Courtney, in front of unidentified building.* http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...907/64zn8M.png https://www.pinterest.com/pin/512214157599589542/ below: Inez Courtney (actress), Lee Heidorn and Thelma Todd. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...905/8AHL1F.png https://www.pinterest.com/pin/512214157599589545/ *After a little more googling, I found out the building is the Russian Eagle Gardens on Sunset(?) The story of the lunch is here: http://benny-drinnon.blogspot.com/20...e-heidorn.html http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...910/Ron4DY.jpg detail I might have posted these photos before / if so, they're worth a second look. |
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While double-checking the color scheme of Santa Fe locomotives, I happened across this fun photograph taken in Barstow. [around 1953-1955] http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...905/erGq5J.jpg Raymond Doss at http://www.railpictures.net/photo/207883/ :previous: It's gonna take awhile for that lil' cowboy to grow out of those jeans. :) __ |
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Locomotive set looks to be newly delivered from GM's Electromotive Division! BTW, this is the passenger color scheme. Mainline freight locomotives of the period were pained in a blue and yellow scheme, while switching locos were black with silver stripes. Cheers, Jack |
Does anyone remember this post from a year ago?
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:previous: As far as I can tell, we still haven't found a photograph of the exterior, but earlier today I found a treasure trove (pun intended :)) of various movie stars playing within it's piratey confines. As mentioned on the back of the 1944 postcard, "where the swabs throw bottles at iron pirates" (see below) I spy Dorothy Lamour and Rudy Vallee http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...911/mOedj6.jpg eBay from seller http://www.abcdvdefg.com/ Fred MacMurray & Ray Milland take their turn http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...903/is1UYy.jpg eBay from seller http://www.abcdvdefg.com/ "the wench get thrown in the brig." http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...910/rblewW.jpg eBay from seller http://www.abcdvdefg.com/ Dotty in the brig with Rudy. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...903/vGujp2.jpg eBay from seller http://www.abcdvdefg.com/ Dotty dancing, Gary Cooper pensive. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...910/w43BM0.jpg eBay from seller http://www.abcdvdefg.com/ Coop listening http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...905/oyLDm4.jpg eBay "Cigars, Cigarettes, Tiparillos" http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...910/LqdBXO.jpg eBay "And this is my AAA Motor Club card." Fred MacMurray, unknown woman and Ray Milland http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...905/DH7U9Y.png Coop dancing with wife (?) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...911/0IApH9.jpg eBay "What should we order?" Rudy Vallee, two pirates & unknown exotic looking lady http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...903/z4gkDV.jpg eBay W.C. Fields about to be strung up. -that's Rudy with the knife in his mouth. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...903/TCu8HN.jpg eBay What a fun night! Martin_Pal posted some interesting Pirate's Den ephemera here: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=25480 __ |
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I have a guidebook from 1943 called "Sinning in Hollywood" geared to servicemen, with descriptions of select LA and Hollywood nightspots, including the Pirate's Den, which it describes as: "One of the most unique nightclubs in America. Run by a group of Hollywood personalities including Rudy Vallee, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Fred MacMurray, Ken Murray (showman of The Blackouts], Tony Martin, Johnny Weissmuller, and Jimmie Fidler [gosspip columinst], it features a brig from which all ladies have to scream their way out, cutlassed one-eyed waiters, a bottle throwing gallery, and one helluva good time. Better come prepared for anything. No crepe-hangers allowed. Shows 9 and 12, The original owner crossed out the entry and wrote in the margin: NIX. Keep out. $6.00 4 drinks" (its the only such notation in the booklet). |
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Here's another story about those high prices. This entry on a blogspot (link HERE) says: In July of 1941, the [Los Angeles] Times ran a story about a woman who complained that her son had been ripped off at the Pirates Den--forced to pay $6.50 for three sandwiches and Cokes. Her complaint went to the Police Commission along with another complaint from a judge who had been charged $6 for three beers. That bad publicity made everyone think the place was a clip joint, and business took a dive. |
I just found this item explaining the 'bottle throwing' game at the Pirate's Den.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...911/F0f3zs.jpg https://www.etsy.com/listing/9041044...he-pirates-den http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...633/2gCAIg.jpg https://www.etsy.com/listing/9041044...he-pirates-den "The Six most Mystifying Drinks in History" http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...911/7vwWfx.jpg https://www.etsy.com/listing/9041044...he-pirates-den But still no photograph of the exterior. :( __ |
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