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1916 - Ideal Homes in Garden Communities, by Garden City Company of California. The founding member, Francis Pierpont Davis, was an architect and 1932 Gold Medal Olympian in sailing. Davis specialized in residential architecture as well as schools and churches in the LA area. He may be remembered on this thread as the designer of the Normandie Village and the French Village. http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=2838 Garden City Co's 1916 publication sums up the state of So Cal residential architecture as follows: Quote:
Some of the plans - - (Templates for many of the residences posted as part of this thread? :hi:) Spanish Revival - Open Plan http://www.antiquehomestyle.com/img/16gccc-23.jpghttp://www.antiquehomestyle.com/img/16gccc-23.jpg Bungalow Cottage http://www.antiquehomestyle.com/img/16gccc-1.jpghttp://www.antiquehomestyle.com/img/16gccc-1.jpg Another Bungalow http://www.antiquehomestyle.com/img/16gccc-95.jpghttp://www.antiquehomestyle.com/img/16gccc-95.jpg Low Profile California Modern http://www.antiquehomestyle.com/img/16gccc-74.jpghttp://www.antiquehomestyle.com/img/16gccc-74.jpg Clipped Gable California Bungalow. (A personal favorite of Clarke G?) http://www.antiquehomestyle.com/img/16gccc-30.jpg http://www.antiquehomestyle.com/img/16gccc-30.jpg English Revival http://www.antiquehomestyle.com/img/16gccc-3.jpghttp://www.antiquehomestyle.com/img/16gccc-3.jpg Prairie Style http://www.antiquehomestyle.com/img/16gccc-22.jpghttp://www.antiquehomestyle.com/img/16gccc-22.jpg Italian Renaissance http://www.antiquehomestyle.com/img/16gccc-25.jpghttp://www.antiquehomestyle.com/img/16gccc-25.jpg Strange Bungalow http://www.antiquehomestyle.com/img/16gccc-93.jpghttp://www.antiquehomestyle.com/img/16gccc-93.jpg Spanish revival http://www.antiquehomestyle.com/img/16gccc-80.jpghttp://www.antiquehomestyle.com/plan...o/design80.htm Two Story English Style http://www.antiquehomestyle.com/img/16gccc-84.jpghttp://www.antiquehomestyle.com/img/16gccc-84.jpg |
No surprise Francis Pierpont Davis (and brother Walter) were responsible for designing place where folk could contemplate pax romana in their togas and walk to the bowl: the Roman Gardens Apartment Courts 2035 Highland Blvd. Circa 1930 http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...JQJPPRPJ6Q.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...JQJPPRPJ6Q.jpg http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...T1T3QHS3IC.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...T1T3QHS3IC.jpg http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...5FC555K96J.jpg http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...5FC555K96J.jpg http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...MIQK1B1SX2.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...MIQK1B1SX2.jpg http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...DU3YQD4N6B.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...DU3YQD4N6B.jpg http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...8C78EKRA9F.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...8C78EKRA9F.jpg |
4643 Los Feliz Blvd., 1929 & 2011
This is a view of an apartment living room. The seams in the carpet are fairly obvious (e.g., right foreground); not sure what's up with that:
http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...psafe2f347.jpg Huntington Digital Library -- http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/single.../id/2786/rec/7 The lobby: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...ps36487f3a.jpg Huntington Digital Library -- http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/single.../id/2787/rec/8 Another view of the lobby, looking down from the staircase in the prior photo; the front door is just off the right edge of the photo: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...ps514099f3.jpg Huntington Digital Library -- http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/single.../id/2788/rec/9 And the outside: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...pse0ba84b3.jpg Huntington Digital Library -- http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/single...id/2790/rec/10 The street number looks to me like 4543, not 4643: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...ps50f8187c.jpg And now for a 2011 drive-by in the Googlemobile. Not many buildings have so much decorative detail down the side: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...ps0ed37a50.jpg GSV http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...psb4cd2208.jpg GSV http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...ps9f462f03.jpg GSV http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...ps73aca794.jpg GSV http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...ps5ec7cdd0.jpg GSV |
1909 Charles Z. Bailey photograph of Los Angeles looking northwest from 4th and Broadway Sts.
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Tally-Tally-Tally (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Lincoln_Tally) "Tally's Edison Phonograph and Vitascope Parlour" "Tally's on Spring Street, Summer 1896." (Presumably 311 S. Spring) http://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpresse...b2gw_00024.gifhttp://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpresse...b2gw_00024.gif The Corbett Fight? Could have been the Corbett-Courney fight (1894) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corbett...he_Kinetograph or the Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight (1896). The latter is a story unto itself and includes names "Earp" and "Masterson." It is alleged to be the longest film of the time and possibly the first "feature" film having been released in 1897. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cor...zsimmons_Fight This is significant, because it likely dates the image below to the same time frame - 1897. That date would likely fix the location of Tally's business at 311 S Spring Street. (Scholars claim Tally moved in 1900 to 338 Spring and eventually to 262 Spring in 1902. http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/19875) The image below, offers a wonderful glimpse into 20th century technology, begetting many off-the-wall observations and questions. Viewing is on the left, listening appears to be on the right. The viewers are backed by shelving? Mirrored shelving? The listening area is adorned with framed landscapes. Assume the place was electrified, no cranks. The listening area seems equipped with Edison "wax cylinder" phonographs. One might assume each phonograph had "discrete" ear phones. But what is going on with the framed pieces, canted above the "eagles?" Are they covers, reflectors, mirrors? The presence of speakers is not obvious, although I think one can discern the presence of ear phones on the first machine. Could these deliberately placed framed items be part of a primitive sound system? :no: What is the sign "X P_YS" (behind Fred Ott's head on the left) all about? A means of purchasing multiple plays, e.g., 1 cent per play or 6 plays for 5 cents? Mammoth Projecting Kinetoscope. How many seats might fit behind that curtain? How often was the film projected, whenever there was an audience? What's the device to the right of the image that vaguely looks like a cross between an undersized door and a Victorian soda dispenser? Is it a piece of furniture or possibly a a penny arcade game? (From the smaller image below the Corbett pic, it looks as thought there is a large megaphone attached.) Who when and where were concessions added? :rolleyes: Tally was reportedly based in Waco Texas when he began buying Kinetoscopes from Edison. http://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpresse...3&brand=eschol http://thedayintech.files.wordpress..../04/inside.jpghttp://thedayintech.files.wordpress..../04/inside.jpg http://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpresse...b2gw_00025.jpghttp://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpresse...b2gw_00025.jpg An unidentified Kinetoscope Parlor - 1895 (Significance of Bicycle?? Human Dynamo = Generation of Electricity?) http://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpresse...b2gw_00015.jpghttp://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpresse...b2gw_00015.jpg Kinetoscope and Phonograph. (Think of the possibilities!) http://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpresse...b2gw_00016.jpghttp://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpresse...b2gw_00016.jpg http://edisontinfoil.com/bijou.jpg Edison's projecting kinetoscope. Mammoth? http://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpresse...b2gw_00062.jpghttp://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpresse...b2gw_00062.jpg http://farm1.staticflickr.com/204/48...4b92b22d_o.jpghttp://farm1.staticflickr.com/204/48...4b92b22d_o.jpg ______________________________ Jeffries-Sharkey (Jim Jeffries -> http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=4847, http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=12470 etc.) Quote:
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Casa Blanca Nanatorium
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Communist Tangent...
The burned tower in the center of this photo reminded me of something - couldn't put my finger on it. Then I realized it was a spittin' image of the unbuilt Tatlin Tower, aka Monument to the Third International.
At least that's what I see - maybe others just see a charred pile of wood. The mind does wander... http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...ps93bfe805.jpg LA Times http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...psde2b9b90.jpg Around the Edges Okay, tangent over...:runaway: |
Thank you Chuckaluck, Ethereal_reality and Godzila for your amazing material about the Electric Theater 262 South Main Street. Watching the pictures I understand that there were both individual Kinetoscopes and a projecting Kinetoscope on a screen for many seats....do you believe so?
If I had to visit LAon the search of more pictures and materials, what would be the Archieves that I should visit there? Is that interesting or everything is available online nowadays? Congrats to all of you for your incredible efficiency!!!!! |
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From an era long ago and almost forgotten. The Wilshire Tower - Desmond says to Molly er Silverwood . ."Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da" . :whistle: 10 -15 years later in the '40s: http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8021/7...39844318_o.jpg http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8021/7...39844318_o.jpg http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/4450/melody1.jpghttp://img507.imageshack.us/img507/6789/melody2.jpghttp://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=11835:whistle: But in the beginning . . . Circa 1930 - The hanging light fixture, alone, was worth the visit. (Whereabouts now? Other photos?) http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...PIMEHIPVSK.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...PIMEHIPVSK.jpg http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...FPIE4NVBRN.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...FPIE4NVBRN.jpg http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...6BEHJD4SFM.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...6BEHJD4SFM.jpg Please turn to the left. http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...5CF31TY8TD.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...5CF31TY8TD.jpg And one more http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...LQM8M3NM43.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...LQM8M3NM43.jpg And open. http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...QA3NM25M8Q.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...QA3NM25M8Q.jpg Wider http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...UIJQT9XXVM.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...UIJQT9XXVM.jpg Hold it! http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...FTL7ATYUKE.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...FTL7ATYUKE.jpg Rinse and turn http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...TS33BHLCV3.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...TS33BHLCV3.jpg Trim? http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...MVRJ8HXVNN.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...MVRJ8HXVNN.jpg |
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Remember the interior photos of Tally's :previous: are most likely from 311 S. Spring Street - a few years before Tally moved his operation to 262 Spring. IF, as we are told, the "262" address was deliberately built to show "Flickers," the exact floor plan is anyone's guess. Even if we saw a blueprint, who is to say it could not have been changed depending upon public demand. It is pure speculation that there was an anteroom followed by a curtained screening area. An anteroom could have likely accommodated "personal" revenue-producing kinetoscopes. It is also possible the business was situated like more traditional theaters with the screening area defined by a solid partition. While the 262 Spring address could have been the first purpose-built movie theater in Los Angeles . . . or the world, the actual layout may not have been revolutionary. Remember, movies-flickers-vitagraphs were commercially exhibited at preexisting vaudeville venues, i.e., movie theaters without movies. I wonder whether Tally's offered musical accompaniment? That might necessitate a stage, or an orchestra pit or an area for the piano-organ. :rolleyes: I would bet James J. Jeffries knows the answers, but he's not saying! I will defer to others who may have visited the archives you reference. As more information/illustrations become available on line, you might be able to locate most of the same things from your desk and become your own guide. I cannot speak intelligently about what you might see at any LA-archive repositories. I would expect them to be more like libraries than artifact displaying museums. Also some of the information posted on this thread comes from private collections and repositories 1000's of miles from LA, e.g., New York, Boston and Washington D.C. If you have followed this thread, many of us posters are not in Los Angeles, but have lived or visited there. Visiting can give one perspective, but it hardly guarantees a complete understanding - of any place. Try it, you might like it! Best of luck! Heavyweight Champion Jim J Jeffries and his wife. (No location or date.) http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/pnp/gg...000/08039r.jpg Jeffries trains in San Pedro for his fight with Jack Johnson. Jeffries allegedly lost 80 lbs. for this fight. (Atkins, LaLane or Jenny Craig? :shrug:) http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/pnp/gg...500/04527r.jpghttp://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/pnp/gg...500/04527r.jpg Victory Boulevard and Buena Vista Street. http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...ies%20Barn.jpghttp://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...ies%20Barn.jpg |
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Prototype for instant passport photos? [e]X[press]PAY check cashing service? I have since viewed image on different screen and it looks like the dark shelves on the left are really drawers. Still curious about the eagle formation on the right wall. Thanks for looking.:blink: |
X - Pays, you pay to use the fluoroscope? Like the shoe fitting machines where you x-ray your feet. :shrug:
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I thought you might like to see this early post that has some images and history of Jim Jeffries Barn etc. -Believe it or not...it survives!
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