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ethereal_reality May 1, 2021 6:04 PM

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Now let's jump in the Wayback Machine.

4 x 5 Glass Negative.

STATE: California

CITY: Los Angeles

SIZE: Approximately 4 by 5 inches

NOTES ON ENVELOPE: Church - Main St L A

DATE: not marked

Seller's description: "Church Main St. Los Angeles - Original Glass Negative from 1900" (1890?)


https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/922/5EatHM.jpg
eBay

As most everyone here on NLA knows. .the imposing structure across the street is the Cathedral of Saint Vibiana. (built 1876)




The shorter gentleman across the street is glancing at the two gentle conversing. (perhaps he recognizes them)

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/6in7Z4.jpg
detail


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Martin Pal May 1, 2021 6:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 9266755)
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Take a look at this noirishers. :)


"Vintage Los Angeles SE Corner Hollywood Blvd Cahuenga Photo Slide Nov 1974."


https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/B20hZY.jpg
eBay

The building has stood the test of time like a champ.

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Like a Beauchamp!

(Surely you had this in mind when you wrote that, E_R?)

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 6592910)
Dr. Curtis Beauchamp D.D.S.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102.../842/uvrbc.jpg
http://images6.fanpop.com/image/phot...9-1120-736.png

Southeast corner of Hollywood Blvd. & Cahuenga, circa 1935.

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Martin Pal May 1, 2021 6:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 9266567)
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Here's a very interesting photograph that just showed up on eBay

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/iPk6eS.jpg

"Palm Ave. from W. Hollywood P.E. Station, 4-23-30"

Notice the car-race sculpture on the pedestal. (we discussed them years ago) I wonder if any have survived.
Also note the small cafe behind the station.
The white truck is delivering Wonder Bread.
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Way cool, E_R! A block from my street! (And your former street.) 91 years--and one week--ago!

HossC May 1, 2021 7:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 9266819)

DATE: not marked

Seller's description: "Church Main St. Los Angeles - Original Glass Negative from 1900" (1890?)

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/922/5EatHM.jpg
eBay

Looking through the CDs, Axel W Swanfeldt's Los Angeles Tent and Awning Co moved from 250 to 220 S Main between 1897 and 1898, but the Theosophical Society doesn't appear at 220½ S Main until the 1900-1901 CD. Sometime between 1902 and 1904, the Los Angeles Tent and Awning Co became the Swanfeldt Tent and Awning Co. That gives us a pretty narrow window when this photo was taken.

There's a previous picture of store at 220 S Main here - it contains links to other posts about Swanfeldt's.

Martin Pal May 1, 2021 8:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CaliNative (Post 9266540)
Yes, I agree. Tearing down the Shubert and all the other things hurt Century City. Now there is a big boxy building and fewer people walking around and less to do even before covid showed up. Century City needs more street life and what they did hurt that. How wasteful-tearing down a nice theater like the Shubert and all the restaurants etc. where people gathered. People need links to the past. A bar where everybody knows your name...once covid goes away and we can bar hop again.

Even the (Fairmont) Century Plaza is now mostly residences.
Starting at 2.1 million dollars. (!)

Check out this video: (mainly for the aerial views of Century City at about 1:45.
https://thecenturyplaza.com/landing/

Martin Pal May 1, 2021 8:31 PM

I don't recall seeing this photo before.

https://waterandpower.org/F%20Histor...eatre_1942.jpg
CharlesSLeePapers/UCLA

Italian Kitchen: I knew there was one in the Pantages Building. Love the Spaghetti blade sign.
See's Candies
Hollywood Book Shop
Hollywood Theatre: Both My Gal Sal and The Great Man's Lady were released in April of 1942.
The P.E. tracks look a little rough.

BDiH May 2, 2021 12:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 9266755)
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Take a look at this noirishers. :)


"Vintage Los Angeles SE Corner Hollywood Blvd Cahuenga Photo Slide Nov 1974."


https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/B20hZY.jpg
eBay

The building has stood the test of time like a champ.


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Had a charge account there (kept in a card file behind the counter) for years.

BDiH May 2, 2021 12:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 9266786)
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Here's another slide from Nov. 1974 (no doubt taken by the same tourist)

"Star’s Deli Restaurant Hollywood Blvd 35mm Photo Slide Nov 1974 Vtg Los Angeles."

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/HOFvwR.png
eBay

This is the northwest corner of the old Warners Theater building on Hollywood & Wilcox.

Great lamb sandwiches at Stars.

Look at all the newspaper racks!

craigs May 2, 2021 12:33 AM

Well, I'm afraid I must give up on trying to locate the black tower/green brick building photo. Best of luck to anyone who is still trying!

Hollywood Graham May 2, 2021 4:59 AM

Green Building
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by craigs (Post 9267048)
Well, I'm afraid I must give up on trying to locate the black tower/green brick building photo. Best of luck to anyone who is still trying!

I am sure the location of the green building will come one day. Your political hatred needs to be on another site not here.

Bodin May 2, 2021 6:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sopas ej (Post 9265660)
Oh mah gah this is bugging me too!!! I'm wondering if the dark building on the right has since been "reskinned," and has a different look to it, and I'm wondering if the low brick buildings in the foreground have since been demolished. They kind of remind me of some buildings in Old Town Pasadena, but this couldn't possibly be there. Also, the way those old buildings are right up to the sidewalk...

I've noticed a lot of chatter about the black building, but does anyone recognize the "ank" building on the left? Likely a bank building. Maybe that will help?

Martin Pal May 2, 2021 5:25 PM

:previous:

Bodin, I've thought the font looks like US Bank's font, but that hasn't helped me.

ethereal_reality May 3, 2021 5:21 AM

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re: The two buildings in the background of the Robby Muller polaroid.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...922/jRRGoO.jpg



What about these two buildings? (circled below)

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/O2LWhY.jpg
IMDB

This is a screengrab from To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) Cinematographer, Robby Muller







But I'm having difficulty finding the two buildings in real life.

google-earth

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BillinGlendaleCA May 3, 2021 3:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 9267821)
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What about these two buildings? (circled below)

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/O2LWhY.jpg
IMDB

This is a screengrab from To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) Cinematographer, Robby Muller







But I'm having difficulty finding the two buildings in real life.

google-earth

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The building(s) on the right is the Broadway Plaza, the one of the left may be 651 Flower.

jerry1656 May 3, 2021 6:08 PM

green building
 
After staring at that green building long enough me thinks that the woodwork windows appear to me to look slightly Japanese. Thus I would throw a guess that it could be Dntn LA, - Little Tokyo or the Toy District. That could also account for the red brick classic old type that was repainted over, and the 1 way street would be one of the East West streets, and the shadows show it to be late morning or early noon. That's all I can come up with.

ethereal_reality May 3, 2021 8:32 PM

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"1965 Los Angeles Young Men Dog in &On 1939 Dodge Jalopy"

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/h12bHB.jpg
eBay

This was going to be a mystery location until the seller mentioned what's written on the back.


https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...923/Pv5yfZ.jpg


But there's a conundrum.



First, lets look at the present-day buildings that appeared in background of the 1965 photo. They're the same.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/NtC0zZ.jpg
GSV



But now let's look at the opposite side of the street where the jalopy was parked in a drive.

The building you see is St. James Episcopal School. (hence the young gentlemen in the 1965 photograph / they were probably students)

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/bEoYxV.jpg
GSV

The school obviously doesn't match the arts & craft-like structures we see on either side of the jalopy in the old pic.
At first, I thought the brick & wooden building(s) in the vintage photo was an earlier version of the school - BUT the present-day school building appears OLDER than 1965. :shrug:


for search purposes: 615 So. St. Andrew's Place - April 28th 1965- Los Angeles
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ethereal_reality May 3, 2021 9:17 PM

Oh, and one more thing. . .


What is this thing in front of the jalopy's right front tire?

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...922/uHdsJ0.jpg
detail


Mickey Mouse ears?




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Noir_Noir May 4, 2021 12:12 AM

:previous:


This 1956 aerial shows the space between the two buildings where the jalopy was parked.


https://i.imgur.com/E4HUznN.jpg
mil.library.ucsb.edu


The site is cleared in a 1972 aerial. St. James Episcopal School moved to the site in 1981.

ScottyB May 4, 2021 5:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 9268564)
Oh, and one more thing. . .


What is this thing in front of the jalopy's right front tire?

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...922/uHdsJ0.jpg
detail


Mickey Mouse ears?






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That is the tire! The wheel is turned to the left showing some of the side of the tire.:cheers:

Bristolian May 4, 2021 5:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 9268494)
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"1965 Los Angeles Young Men Dog in &On 1939 Dodge Jalopy"

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/h12bHB.jpg
eBay

That looks more like a '34 Ford to me. There's a cat there too and the dog might be looking for it.

Martin Pal May 4, 2021 7:59 PM

Meow:

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 9268494)
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"1965 Los Angeles Young Men Dog [and CAT] in & on 1939 Dodge Jalopy"

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/h12bHB.jpg
eBay

for search purposes: 615 So. St. Andrew's Place - April 28th 1965- Los Angeles
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Bristolian, in looking up car photos online, I'd have to agree with your assessment of it looking more like a 1934 Ford.

(In 1965 the car would be around 31 years old. A 31 year old car now would be from 1990. Just seems weird.)

By the way, I looked up the eBay link and the seller advertises this as:
"1965 Los Angeles Young Men Dog in & on 1939 Dodge Jalopy African American Gay interest"

? ? ?

I notice this a lot on photographs on eBay. Any photo of guys together...the guys are always labeled "handsome" and/or "affectionate" if they're near each other. I guess the "gay interest" label gets results for sellers? How do they know that it doesn't turn off other buyers? Just pondering this noticeable pattern on eBay.

Bristolian May 4, 2021 9:29 PM

:previous:

Martin, I didn't know what a '39 Dodge looked like but thought if the caption was correct, they had a grill nearly identical to the classic '34 Ford. The Dodge actually has a very different look.

I also do those time span comparisons and they can often be pretty hard to fathom.

Earl Boebert May 4, 2021 9:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bristolian (Post 9269660)
:previous:

Martin, I didn't know what a '39 Dodge looked like but thought if the caption was correct, they had a grill nearly identical to the classic '34 Ford. The Dodge actually has a very different look.

I also do those time span comparisons and they can often be pretty hard to fathom.

That sure looks like the Ford "V8" symbol at the top of that grill.

Cheers,

Earl

ethereal_reality May 5, 2021 7:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Noir_Noir (Post 9268762)

This 1956 aerial shows the space between the two buildings where the jalopy was parked.

https://i.imgur.com/E4HUznN.jpg
mil.library.ucsb.edu

The site is cleared in a 1972 aerial. St. James Episcopal School moved to the site in 1981.

Thanks for the aerial Noir Noir!...So the school is obviously newer than it looks.


I would have guessed it was built around the time of the W.P.A.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...923/bEoYxV.jpg

The white vertical areas (pilasters?) between the windows and framing the front entrance made me think of art deco.



Here's a closer look at the entrance.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/6SWlpb.jpg

If the architects were aiming for a neo-deco look they succeeded.

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ethereal_reality May 5, 2021 8:12 PM

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mystery location.



"1900'S NEGATIVE..VICTORIAN LADIES,REAL ESTATE SIGNS SANTA MONICA CALIFORNIA"


https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/924/6cXKMY.jpg
eBay

If you look closely there is a smallish house or bungalow behind the 'Mountain Crest Estate' sign and another building along the left edge of the photograph. (perhaps the two structures are remnants of an old farm)

There also appears to be a very large sign on the crest of the hill but all we can see of it is an A and one third of the 2nd letter (R?) I thought it would spell out 'Moutain Crest Estate' but obviously it doesn't.

Also note that at the bottom of the 'Mountain Crest Estate' sign it say. ."Inquire at Store" with a finger pointing [B]- - - - >



Oh, and one last thought:
I wonder if the women just bought property there. They seem quite jubilant.
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HossC May 5, 2021 8:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 9270716)

Thanks for the aerial Noir Noir!...So the school is obviously newer than it looks.

I would have guessed it was built around the time of the W.P.A.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...923/bEoYxV.jpg

The white vertical areas (pilasters?) between the windows and framing the front entrance made me think of art deco.

The new building permit is dated September 21st, 1979, and says that there were no existing buildings on the lot. The architect is given as Leidenfrost-Horowitz & Associates - you can see a list of some of their other projects at www.emporis.com.

ethereal_reality May 5, 2021 8:43 PM

Thanks Hoss.



oops. . .I forgot about the smaller sign in the 1900s neg. ...Here's a closer look if anyone is interested.


https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/PoY8vc.jpg
detail/eBay

FIREBREAK...."Extends from Topanga Canyon to Laurel Canyon"

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Lwize May 6, 2021 1:34 PM

Probably also says "Extinguish your cigarettes"?

ethereal_reality May 6, 2021 10:42 PM

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https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...922/G42blC.jpg

Boy! 'Mountain Crest Estate' is a tough nut to crack!...I just finished an hour or two of searching.


Let's review:
We're talking about an early subdivision, right? And, per the 'firebreak' sign, the location (560 acres) has to be somewhere between Topanga Canyon and Laurel Canyon.

My guess is. . the 729 Central Building is in downtown Los Angeles. (or perhaps Santa Monica?) :shrug:





Although I didn't find any information on 'Mountain Crest Estate' I found a half dozen or so rabbit holes that I plan to revisit. :) Fun times!

Snix May 7, 2021 4:40 PM

I remember hearing at the time that the midcentury style screen block was added to the Warner Bros. theater building as set dressing for the film "Ed Wood."
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...7f60c0c2_b.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ10wLxSYUs

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 9266786)
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Here's another slide from Nov. 1974 (no doubt taken by the same tourist)

"Star’s Deli Restaurant Hollywood Blvd 35mm Photo Slide Nov 1974 Vtg Los Angeles."

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/HOFvwR.png
eBay

This is the northwest corner of the old Warners Theater building on Hollywood & Wilcox.





Here's the corner of the building today.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/jfpOOO.jpg

It appears they have restored the original grillwork and tlles.

Here


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ethereal_reality May 8, 2021 3:58 PM

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mystery locations.

There is a group of photographs, taken in the 1950s, of vintage cars parked in various area of Los Angeles. I don't know if the photographer randomly drove around L.A. looking for these cars
or if he . . ummm. . .had some other means to locate the cars. Some of the photos include the make of the car, others do not.

(the photographs are being sold separately)

It would be overkill if I posted them all at once so here are the first two photographs.

"Original B&W Photo - Vintage Car - 1950s Los Angeles California"

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/74aBh2.jpg
eBay





"Original B&W Photo - Vintage Car - Rolls Royce - 1950s Los Angeles California"

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/sY8NhI.jpg
eBay

Faaan-ceeee!...I'm a bit surprised the Rolls is parked in a medium-income neighborhood.


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ethereal_reality May 8, 2021 4:11 PM

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This next one, in my opinion, is the most intriguing mystery location.

Original B&W Photo - Vintage Car - Mercedes - 1950s Los Angeles California

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/ELoevl.jpg
eBay




Here's a closer look at the old home on the hill.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/924/2CmIOh.jpg
detail

I'm not sure how that boat dock got there.

If we could only read the sign!









"Original B&W Photo - Vintage Car - Windsor - 1950s Los Angeles California"

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/DKQQhQ.jpg
eBay

I don't know if "Windsor" is the make of the car or the location (Windsor Square comes to mind)




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ethereal_reality May 8, 2021 5:15 PM

re: That damn elusive green building in the Robby Muller polaroid from 1984.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
Does anyone know what these two building are?

originally posted by ethereal reality
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...924/O2LWhY.jpg

Quote:

Originally Posted by BillinGlendaleCA (Post 9268121)
The building(s) on the right is the Broadway Plaza, the one of the left may be 651 Flower.

Thanks Bill :previous:







I thought perhaps it was these two building in the background of the polaroid.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/Fb4J7h.jpg
GSV

Which might place the old green building somewhere around . . .errrr. . . .ummmm
I've lost interest because I think I'm wrong. :(....I tried.

It was a shot in the dark.



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Martin Pal May 8, 2021 8:05 PM

I still think the partial building on the left of the "green building"photo is a US Bank building logo. It's the only logo I've searched that fits that "ank" font:

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...Zjheg&usqp=CAU
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...922/jRRGoO.jpg

BillinGlendaleCA May 8, 2021 10:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 9273794)
re: That damn elusive green building in the Robby Muller polaroid from 1984.





Thanks Bill :previous:







I thought perhaps it was these two building in the background of the polaroid.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/Fb4J7h.jpg
GSV

Which might place the old green building somewhere around . . .errrr. . . .ummmm
I've lost interest because I think I'm wrong. :(....I tried.

It was a shot in the dark.


P.S. The shorter building I circled is across from 651 Flower St.
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Nope, the building you circled at the top of your Google Map is 444 Flower(aka: the Wells Fargo Building, LA Law building(from the TV show), 444 building...). It was built in 1980-81. I remember this because I went to a Beatlesfest at the Bonaventure in 1980 and they were building it at the time. I later worked in that building for a couple of years. Also you would have seen the ARCO Plaza buildings in the shot, since they were built in 1972.

Never mind, I was thinking 1974 for some reason. Yeah, the 444 building is in that skyline, pretty much right in the middle of the skyline.

Hollywood Graham May 9, 2021 5:20 PM

50's Car Photos?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 9273741)
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This next one, in my opinion, is the most intriguing mystery location.

Original B&W Photo - Vintage Car - Mercedes - 1950s Los Angeles California

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/ELoevl.jpg
eBay




Here's a closer look at the old home on the hill.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/924/2CmIOh.jpg
detail

I'm not sure how that boat dock got there.

If we could only read the sign!









"Original B&W Photo - Vintage Car - Windsor - 1950s Los Angeles California"

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/DKQQhQ.jpg
eBay

I don't know if "Windsor" is the make of the car or the location (Windsor Square comes to mind)




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Ca. license plates show 1949 which is almost 50's. Many older cars were still daily drivers for people in the 40's and the 50's. I think Chrysler did have a Windsor if I remember correctly, I don't know if they had that model in 20-30's. I remember driving with my parents to my Grand Mothers house at 42nd and Denker from Silverlake and looking for old cars on the way (no freeway then).

Earl Boebert May 9, 2021 9:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hollywood Graham (Post 9274420)
Ca. license plates show 1949 which is almost 50's. Many older cars were still daily drivers for people in the 40's and the 50's. I think Chrysler did have a Windsor if I remember correctly, I don't know if they had that model in 20-30's. I remember driving with my parents to my Grand Mothers house at 42nd and Denker from Silverlake and looking for old cars on the way (no freeway then).

I believe the vehicle is a 1928 or 1929 Marmon.

Cheers,

Earl

Snix May 10, 2021 5:52 PM

I agree that the logo looks similar to U.S. Bank, but they are not listed in the 1981 yellow pages and Wikipedia says they did not enter California until 1988.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...0f12a4c7_b.jpg

Quote:

Originally Posted by Martin Pal (Post 9273944)
I still think the partial building on the left of the "green building"photo is a US Bank building logo. It's the only logo I've searched that fits that "ank" font:

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...Zjheg&usqp=CAU
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...922/jRRGoO.jpg


ethereal_reality May 10, 2021 5:55 PM

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This original photograph was recently posted on eBay


mystery location.

"Orig Photo - 1910 Los Angeles Western Automobile Factory Shop Streetscene"

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/0IbrlE.jpg
eBay

Does anyone recognize this street corner?

There appears to be a large empty lot behind the Western Auto building - with a tall tower/crane(?) on the far side.
I wonder if a large construction project is about to begin.


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ethereal_reality May 10, 2021 6:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Martin Pal (Post 9273944)
I still think the partial building on the left of the "green building"photo is a US Bank building logo. It's the only logo I've searched that fits that "ank" font:

I also agree with your theory.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/Sy9SBU.jpg
detail of this photograph





While I'm at it - here's the closest look possible of the black building.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...922/o2rAKr.jpg







. . .and here's the sign on the garage door.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...922/qemRE1.jpg


If you step back from your computer and squint really hard you'll see that it says, SUCKERS!



ha ha.

ethereal_reality May 10, 2021 6:43 PM

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Here's another one of those vintage car photographs that I recently spotted on eBay

This one includes the make of the car.

"Original B&W Photo - Vintage Car - Maxwell - 1950s Los Angeles California"

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/MW8mTi.jpg
eBay

This is also a mystery location.



Quote:

Originally Posted by Hollywood Graham (Post 9274420)
Ca. license plates show 1949 which is almost 50's. Many older cars were still daily drivers for people in the 40's and the 50's. I think Chrysler did have a Windsor if I remember correctly, I don't know if they had that model in 20-30's. I remember driving with my parents to my Grand Mothers house at 42nd and Denker from Silverlake and looking for old cars on the way (no freeway then).

Thanks for the information and sharing your memory with us, Hollywood Graham.

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ethereal_reality May 10, 2021 6:52 PM

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Speaking of Graham. . .

Here's one more car and mystery location photograph for today.

"Original B&W Photo - Vintage Car - Graham - 1950s Los Angeles California"

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/j2b8Et.jpg
eBay

I've never heard of a Graham until I happened upon this photograph.


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HossC May 10, 2021 9:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 9275260)

This original photograph was recently posted on eBay

mystery location.

"Orig Photo - 1910 Los Angeles Western Automobile Factory Shop Streetscene"

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/0IbrlE.jpg
eBay

Does anyone recognize this street corner?

There appears to be a large empty lot behind the Western Auto building - with a tall tower/crane(?) on the far side.
I wonder if a large construction project is about to begin.

USC have a couple of pictures of the Western Auto Wash. Here's a detail of one of them. Just out of this view is a street sign showing Western and San Marino, so this was the site located at 900 S Western Avenue. It looks like the 20c parking charge was waived for theatre patrons!

https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...nAutoWash1.jpg
USC Digital Library

I thought that the little tower directly above the nearest corner belonged to the extant Sir Francis Drake Apartments at 841 S Serrano Avenue, but they were built in 1929 (BP is dated August 28th, 1928), but the Dick Whittington photo above is dated 1927.

stanklem May 11, 2021 1:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 9275304)
I also agree with your theory.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/Sy9SBU.jpg
detail of this photograph





While I'm at it - here's the closest look possible of the black building.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...922/o2rAKr.jpg







. . .and here's the sign on the garage door.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...922/qemRE1.jpg


If you step back from your computer and squint really hard you'll see that it says, SUCKERS!



ha ha.

As an architect this is intriguing.
Did a Google search for US Bank locations in Los Angeles and drove the Googlemobile around several of their neighborhoods. Not all. Nothing.

Some thoughts. Just my two cents.

Notice the street sign. It implies drivers might believe there is head in parking available. Would such a sign be near downtown LA or other neighborhood where modern high-rise buildings exist?

There is no sign atop the brown or black building. My guess it is brown, a very popular color of spandrel glass and stone in the 1970s.

Thought it strange the USBank logo is off to the right at the top of the building. More appropriate locations would be to the left or center. Assuming it is a USBank logo and it does have the right font.

The tenant space to the left has a garage-type door but no curb cut. Thought this strange. Maybe I've been watching too many detective dramas. Could the street have been repaved some time?

Good luck.

Beginning to think this is not Los Angeles. Could it be Burbank, Glendale, Hollywood, or somewhere else.

odinthor May 11, 2021 2:13 AM

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 9275304)

The font of Great American Bank looks promising:

https://i.postimg.cc/HxD06KFK/Great-...T-1980-1-3.jpg
LA Times, 1/3/1980

sadykadie2 May 11, 2021 4:26 AM

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 9275304)
I also agree with your theory.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/Sy9SBU.jpg
detail of this photograph





While I'm at it - here's the closest look possible of the black building.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...922/o2rAKr.jpg







. . .and here's the sign on the garage door.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...922/qemRE1.jpg


If you step back from your computer and squint really hard you'll see that it says, SUCKERS!




ha ha.

:haha::haha::haha:

Hollywood Graham May 11, 2021 4:45 AM

Graham
 
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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 9275330)
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Speaking of Graham. . .

Here's one more car and mystery location photograph for today.

"Original B&W Photo - Vintage Car - Graham - 1950s Los Angeles California"

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/j2b8Et.jpg
eBay

I've never heard of a Graham until I happened upon this photograph.


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It is a 1940 or 41 Graham Hollywood (now you know where I get the Hollywood Graham name from). Last year for Graham because of WW2. They came back with Frazier after the war. Hollywoods were made from 1937 Cord dies, Hupmobile Skylarks also which Graham made for them. I have a 1941 Street Rod Graham Hollywood.

Martin Pal May 11, 2021 6:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Snix (Post 9275255)
I agree that the logo looks similar to U.S. Bank, but they are not listed in the 1981 yellow pages and Wikipedia says they did not enter California until 1988.
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Well, now, that throws a https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/SH...-hbx6Ev-rE=s85 into things!

Martin Pal May 11, 2021 7:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 9275304)
. . .and here's the sign on the garage door.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...922/qemRE1.jpg

If you step back from your computer and squint really hard you'll see that it says, SUCKERS!

ha ha.
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LOL!


The top part of that sign says "No Parking".


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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 9262637)
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mystery location, Los Angeles

Robby Muller, Polaroid 600 (1984)

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/0hSV1B.jpg
annetgelink
:superwhip
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The red & white sign with the arrow says: Parallel Parking Only.

If anyone wants to, you can buy a print of this for about $3,000!
https://www.artsy.net/artwork/robby-...-los-angeles-1

That link above let's you fool around with the sizing which is how I know what those signs say.

Martin Pal May 11, 2021 7:23 PM

:previous:

While we're obsessed with this thing, I might as well ask, what would that black line reaching to the top of the photo be? A pole? A wire? A clue?


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