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That would be a fun connection if true, but it doesn't appear to be the same one. Different streets, even. According to the silent locations website, the factory in the Chaplin film was at Jackson and Center. The factory in the Dick Whittington photo was at the intersection of Ducommun, Alameda and Labory. |
William Castle...one of the greats of Hollywood
Do you have the guts to sit in this seat?
Can you take it? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...pssfsmzcxs.jpg interarchive Watch the one minute preview, narrated by William Castle...in person!!! Caution is advised if you watch this at home ...alone.: https://youtu.be/7FQm30eQn7I |
Apropos of nothing, here's this, featuring some of the Usual Suspects. In living color!
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/437/2...17017832_h.jpgmine The parking lot in mid-shot is the former site of the Seminole Apts. General Petroleum is plunked down there postwar. I believe this woulda been shot from the Pacific Indemnity/Pacific Finance... |
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I hated regular parking lots but restaurants, movie premiers and parties were profitable. Glad I got out of that business, took an easy job as a jailer instead. |
Childrens Hospital
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Worked an auto dealer lot in Oakland that was like a small scale version of the one in the picture. That was where I learned to bounce a car out of wedged-in space. Get a guy or two by each front wheel and shove down in time with the oscillations, like pushing a kid in a swing. When you get it going good, every time it goes up (lowering the weight on the front wheels) the guys on one side yank and the ones on the other shove. If the crew is good at it about five bounces is enough to get the front of the car clear of the one blocking it in.
Decades later four of us on a trip came out of a restaurant on Telegraph Ave in Berkeley to find our rental car wedged into a parallel space. I explained the drill to the other three guys and the four of us bounced it out of the space. By the time we were done there was a crowd of about twenty people watching. Never tried it on modern front-wheel drives, probably too much weight up there to make it work. Cheers, Earl |
Ducommun, Jackson, Alameda, Center (clockwise)
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Your technique was probably useful in 1932. ;) Before attempting, consult your doctor. Mind those fingers and toes! :rolleyes: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...zen&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...zen&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...zen&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...zen&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...d/49377/rec/13 |
Forgive me, for I have sinned: Although I was always an infrequent poster here, I have been remiss in following the board for a while. As part of my penance, I shall post something hopefully interesting (as well as catch-up on the recent posts). I apologize in advance for any formatting errors.
First things first: It was gratifying to see myself recognized by Alfaro Legido as a "Smart Contributor" in post # 29037. I would have settled for "Enthusiastic Follower". :) Second, I saw my name invoked last year by one of the regulars, in response to this post in which I mentioned that Lafayette Park Place used to be named "Sunset Place". My source for that was a historic street map identifying the street as Sunset Place, but of course I am now unable to find both the map and the post that referred to mine. With that out of the way...I would like to introduce Miss Anita King. Anita King, known as "The Paramount Girl" for a time, was a unique and remarkable woman who was an actress, automobile racer, and stunt driver. These days she is best remembered not for her fame as an early Hollywood cinema actress, but as the first woman to drive across the United States, and the first person to do it solo (as far as I've been able to find). http://i.imgur.com/slok4t6.jpg Anita King (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped.../AnitaKing.jpg) Ms King was under contract with Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, later known as Paramount, after their merger with Adolph Zukor's production company. She appears on the Lasky promotional flyer that E_R has posted here before (in relation to the Lasky Ranch): http://i.imgur.com/gnjc3oe.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famous...yers_Lasky.jpg Anita King was born Anita Keppen to German-American parents in Michigan City, Indiana. Both parents had died by the time she was 14 (her father by suicide), and she later lost a beloved sister to illness. Having found work as a model and stage actress in Chicago, she moved to Los Angeles around 1908, where she developed a fascination with autos and driving, eventually becoming a competitive race driver. Following an accident in 1910, she decided to slow down, and returned to her previous profession of acting -- eventually landing at FP-L/Paramount. Legend has it that in 1915, she overheard Jesse Lasky assert that the Lincoln Highway would not in sufficient shape for a woman to drive it for another 10 years. Ms King challenged the notion, and Mr. Lasky recognized an outstanding promotional opportunity... Thus, on August 25, 1915, Ms King set out from Los Angeles to San Francisco, the first leg of an epic journey to New York that was sponsored in part by Firestone and KisselKar. KisselKar marketed itself as the rugged and reliable choice -- sort of the Subaru of its day. http://i.imgur.com/fAVXaL6.png TheOldMotor.comhttp://theoldmotor.com/?attachment_id=135445 She accomplished the feat in 49 days, with her most valuable tools being a shovel and a rifle. She was greeted in New York City by a delegation that included the Treasurer of the Lasky Coropration, one Samuel Goldfish. He would later achieve fame (and a higher station) after changing his name to Samuel Goldwyn. Back in Los Angeles, King would star in a fictionalized feature film account of her own endeavor, titled "The Race", co-starring fellow Lasky player Victor Moore. For this film, King would famously perform a stunt that involved driving off a burning bridge at 65 mph, making a 70 ft jump, and wrecking the car (I did say it was a "fictionalized" account). http://i.imgur.com/YK4eE3g.png TheOldMotor.com http://theoldmotor.com/?p=135438 I've been an admirer of Anita King's since I first learned about her a few years ago. Therefore, I thought it was only fitting to honor her on this, the 100th Anniversary of her history-making journey. I suspect that she did it not for glory, but because she was grieving for her sister, and this challenge was sort of a reconciliation of her own life. You can learn more about Anita King at various historic websites, including TheOldMotor.com and the Lincoln Highway Museum. Most intriguingly, her great-great-grandnieces have set up an excellent Facebook page with many more photos, clippings, Paramount posters, and other effluvia. The nieces are planning a cross-country trip this summer to retrace the steps of their amazing aunt. To them I say: Excelsior! |
Early L.A. Hospitals
Just interesting for myself to note that this is one block from the French Hospital, on College, and a very short jaunt away from the Sisters of Charity Hospital at the top of Alpine.
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Thanks for the information on Arrigo Balboni HossC! I was so glad with that 3rd photograph (above) was placed online. below: Roaming ghosts and ghoulish tourist industry sightseeing buses also visit the junkyard. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/910/vSj7WP.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/905/7oo6ul.jpg http://forum.keypublishing.com/showt...123271-Whatsit .....and more. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...911/SL6mRf.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...661/S0pvwQ.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...901/2bMg4N.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...633/fFbAPt.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...911/0T145f.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...661/nnqD0t.jpg https://books.google.com/books?id=Qy...iation&f=false http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...537/KIzoJe.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...673/zgt00a.jpg https://books.google.com/books?id=Qy...iation&f=false .....and lastly. Balboni once planned to opened an air museum in Ontario CA. Dec. 3, 1940 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...540/RXs5is.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...907/Kk1gn9.jpg https://news.google.com/newspapers?n...,1742841&hl=en ...we've probably learned enough about Balboni. ;) __ |
I just found this rare snapshot of old Chinatown on eBay. Fergusion Alley and Alameda Street.
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"Aftermath of torrential rains, 1938."
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/540/wN9zzS.jpg eBay A very interesting photograph, but I am not sure of the exact location. __ |
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Liberty, George Stevens, 1929 Yup, looking south over the triangle formed by Broadway, Broadway Place/Main, and 11th Street: http://i.imgur.com/n3FSJJj.jpg Historic Map Works The George W. Dewey furniture store is visible mid-block at 1055 S. Main. It had a number of nearby locations, but was at that address when the scene was shot. |
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