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originally posted by MichaelRyerson
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...913/7wxuXM.jpg Figueroa looking toward Sunset, 1950 Where's the railroad? __ |
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I had the same thought and only the tracks on Sunset come to mind. |
On September 6, 1951, construction was officially started on the new $69,000,000 Valley Steam Plant.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...661/r1Cw6E.jpg eBay http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...673/XymaeK.jpg eBay http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...538/xm2CmA.jpg eBay I really like this simplistic little map on the back cover of the brochure. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...913/rS1BdD.jpg eBay Here is the steam plant today at 11805 Sheldon Street, San Fernando Valley. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...661/z0R5Q7.jpg gsv While I was driving the google-mobile up and down Sheldon Street I came across this intriguing sight. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...540/Qdjf1h.jpg gsv http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...910/ZHKhrN.jpg gsv And in the opposite direction on Sheldon I came across the 'Flying Bumper Monster' at Planet of Bumper. lol :) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...661/oCHPC2.jpg gsv __ |
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I don't believe we've seen this particular photograph. (there's a similar one on waterandpower, but this one is much better)
"Sunset at Broadway. Downtown Los Angeles. June 4th, 1948." http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/911/G9d7H4.jpg Metro Library Archive, Flickr :previous: I don't recognize the building at far left. The other three are icons. I just noticed the two streetcars passing each other on the curve. ______ below: Here is a view of the tunnel 22 years prior. Quote:
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...Swanfeldt1.jpg USC Digital Library I like the little swan design on the awning. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...Swanfeldt2.jpg Detail of picture above. Here is the company's listing from the 1932 CD. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...Swanfeldt3.jpg LAPL I've had a look at Historic Aerials, and it looks like the building survived the construction of the nearby freeways, although the Swanfeldt Awning Co had moved to 7706 Melrose Avenue by 1956, and 501 N Figueroa had been taken over by the Transparent Shade Co. The site is now part of the Orsini Apartments. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...Swanfeldt4.jpg GSV |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...NemoMobile.jpg www.whaleoil.co.nz |
"Sunset Boulevard, 1912, showing joint pole construction. [when it was a dirt road with tracks down the center.]"
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...540/nrYBDh.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...537/6TJQJL.jpg http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/single...id/12748/rec/2 :previous: It looks like two lovers in that wagon down the street. I enlarged this segment to see if I could read the ad, and lo-and behold, there's a woman I hadn't noticed before. (she's staring, like people stare when the Google-mobile goes by) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...633/cnBY0p.jpg detail __ |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...roaBoston2.jpg www.historicmapworks.com Boston Street isn't named on the 1934 streetcar map, but is was obviously part of the A Line. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...roaBoston3.jpg |
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First I feel a little uneasy with the date on your image. I feel like it's perhaps a year too early. Be that as it may, the building is one of the Brunswig Drug Co. annexes although by this time it's actually been pressed into service as a temporary address for some of the Municipal/Superior courtrooms displaced by the loss of the County Courthouse (in '33-35) and the subsequent wholly inadequate 'temporary' buildings on Poundcake Hill. https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2945/...5f5f6f8d_o.jpgLooking east across Spring Street from Fort Moore Hill, 1949 Looking east across Spring Street and New High Street (partially hidden behind this stand of trees near the bottom)toward Union Station from the Broadway tunnel, on August 4, 1949, just before the tunnel was demolished. Looking at the rear of the Plaza Church (left foreground), the Brunswig Drug Co. annex building (five-story, white building, right foreground) L.A. Gas Company gas holders (gasometers), La Plaza Methodist Church and Conference Center, the Plaza (trees), the southern entrance to Olvera Street, the Pacific Hotel (red brick building on the left) and the Atlantic Hotel (tan brick building next door to the Pacific Hotel). LAPL, L. Mildred Harris Slide Collection |
:previous: Thanks for the information HossC and MichaelRyerson. It's much appreciated. :)
"Long Beach Water Storage Tanks" http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/537/iiLtlC.jpg http://livingnewdeal.org/ There have been many aerial photographs of the Long Beach area posted on NLA, but I don't recall seeing these rather unique water tanks. (perhaps I was too busy looking at he oil wells) If I had noticed them, I would have thought they were oil tanks. That said, the "Living New Deal" site is searching for more information on them. (see below) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...903/6NbfP3.jpg Here's the link if you have any answers for them. http://livingnewdeal.org/projects/lo...os-angeles-ca/ __ |
Euclid Avenue, Garden Grove CA. 1950s.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...661/rCaDyq.jpg eBay I tried to figure out what intersection this is....but I don't see any street signs. __ |
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here's a current shot showing the market building and apartment... https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8784/...aa8cceff_b.jpg12000 block of Main Street, Garden Grove, Ca, 2015 GSV |
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Here's a 1953 aerial view of Garden Grove. The yellow overlay shows the current route of Euclid Street, but that didn't exist until somewhen between 1963 and 1972. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...rdenGrove1.jpg Historic Aerials Euclid Street originally continued due south from the top-left corner along what-is-now Main Street (as pointed out by MichaelRyerson). I found this picture labeled "Main St., Garden Grove, May 1975". The building just right of center is the same one that can be seen between the "Ben's Shoes" and "Paint" signs in e_r's picture. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...rdenGrove2.jpg Orange County Archives on Flickr This is the same building today. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...rdenGrove3.jpg GSV Main Street is now "Historic Main Street". Here's my "now" version of e_r's picture. BTW. There's a larger version of the 1950s picture here. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...rdenGrove4.jpg GSV |
:previous: Wow, excellent sleuthing you two!
Just for fun...here's another. ;) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...537/g7rAoG.jpg http://wkklawyers.com/garden-grove-p...njury-lawyers/ __ |
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