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This black and white negative is currently on ebay. The seller says you can "buy it now" for $125.00. (I think that's a little steep. ;))
"Island In The Sun" at Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood. 1957 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/537/pfKeLb.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/Chinese-Thea...item2edde9b6ca The film starred: James Mason, Harry Belafonte, Joan Fontaine, Dorothy Dandridge, Joan Collins, Michael Rennie, Steven Boyd and Diana Wynyard. based on this book http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...538/GAoGKK.jpg http://joancollinsarchive.blogspot.c...-sun-1957.html |
I thought it might be fun to try and figure out where the photographer was standing when he took this slide of San Pedro in the 1950s.
"Original Slide, Overlooking San Pedro, Los Angeles CA, Early 1950s." http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...537/IFKVvP.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Sli...item51cc20a7e2 I wonder if that red truck belonged to the photographer? __ |
Maybe it was beginer's luck!
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Something tells me that we are looking northwest, and the structure with the cupola is the Valley Hunt Club, the originators of the Rose Parade. Ridge line doesn't really jive if you're looking northeast. The "mansion" on the hill, would probably be in the hills above the current site of the Rose Bowl. Casey |
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Thanks for the older photo of 1851. I heard somewhere that that one was moved from downtown. Would make sense in light of you pointing out how the house seems to have taken the backyards of 1047 & 1053. |
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http://i1312.photobucket.com/albums/...psiwuvuvlr.jpgPasadena Digital History Amazingly, the Stanton house still stands atop Grace Hill today. It was divided up into apartments years ago and sadly was damaged in a fire, so it is hard to recognize today. http://i1312.photobucket.com/albums/...psb64u0bev.jpgGSV The hill was subdivided and many smaller homes have been built on it. The Stanton's water tower and carriage house still stand as well, and are both used as private residences. Here's a Google street view of the carriage house, located below the main house at Grace Terrace & Brocadero Place: http://i1312.photobucket.com/albums/...psz0xdsjoe.jpgGSV If you're curious to know what it's like to live in a converted water tower, there's actually an article about it. No photos, unfortunately. Apparently the water tower was converted early on, as public utilities became available and a private water tower became unnecessary. |
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https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-7...73521%2BPM.jpg http://www.sgvtribune.com/lifestyle/...ating-problems Curbed Los Angeles has six pix of the interior before it was last sold: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-H...80444%2BPM.jpg MLS Quote:
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http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...n.jpg~original USCDL -- http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si.../id/2922/rec/5 The brick building in er's photo to the west of the Fort Street Methodist Episcopal Church that's not in the c. 1890 photo above is identified on the 1906 Sanborn Map as the Hotel Colonade at 330 S. Hill and can be seen in the c. 1903 photo below at the bottom center: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...b.jpg~original USCDL -- http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si.../id/2919/rec/3 |
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https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7338/...94bb0d7b_h.jpghuntington —note that the Stereoview is dated 1895, and in the photo above the 1896 Hotel Aldine (326 S Hill) is now neighbor to the Whipple. Facing Clay St, that's 316, 320, and 324/6 Clay, while we see the backs of 315, 317, and 319 Hill St (note the fire station at 346/8 which, like the Aldine, also 1896, also Robert Brown Young)... But back to the Stereoview, I'm not so sure we're looking from the Crocker, which was my first thought too: I thought we were looking onto unpaved Clay St without the improvement of the flats there but the 1894 Sanborn proves me wrong on that; I believe we're looking from the back porch of 316 or 320 Clay, over the roofs of 319-21 Hill; the structure with the two towers is 325 S Hill. What a remarkable structure that is. Don't know that I've ever seen a proper shot of it. It's there in the '94 maps and gone by '06. |
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Here's a c. 1890 photo looking west at the Crocker Mansion. In this photo, the house in the lower left corner with the two chimneys is -- I think! -- the same house as in the Stereoview just north of the structure with the two towers: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...c.jpg~original USCDL -- http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...d/1787/rec/383 It looks like there's a terraced hillside at the SE corner of the Crocker Mansion, and it looks like there's a terraced hillside in the foreground of the Stereoview. Plus, there's a little shack in the lower corner of the terraced area in both photos. Perhaps the Stereoview was taken from above the terraces? |
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The terrace, the wooden fence, the gable roof'd-shack: I put a red dot about where I figure the photographer was standing and what really sells it is that the same chimney is sticking up (blue dot—and which juts from the roof of 312 Clay from what I can tell). https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7330/...cbc1eb32_o.png https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8681/...026ba3e5_o.png So here's the house you mention with the twin chimneys—what threw me was the gable in back but you're right, look at that flat roof with the decorative roof cresting and the telltale chimneys. That's 320 and it fronts on Clay! https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7444/...fb20b941_o.jpg https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7460/...ea9f07d8_o.png https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8579/...0c7f44d0_o.jpg Should any wish to see a larger version of the original image-in-question, please go here. |
Here's a slightly different view of the Crocker Mansion. USC's title is "Panoramic view of Bunker Hill from the vicinity of Broadway and Third Street, ca.1888"
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...nsion1888a.jpg USC Digital Library At the center of this detail shot is the building on the right of e_r's Stereoview. Sadly, its façade is partially hidden by trees. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...nsion1888b.jpg Detail of picture above. |
I found this postcard on eBay last night, and a quick search doesn't show any previous mentions of Brink's Cafe on NLA. I think the sign above the stairs on the right says "HAPPY NEW YEAR". The seller describes it as circa 1910s
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...rinksCafe1.jpg http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...rinksCafe2.jpg eBay I Googled the name "Brink's Cafe", but most of the results were just copies of the postcard. There were, however, a couple of mentions in newspapers and books which indicated a range of possible dates going from 1908 to 1914. The 1909 and 1911 City Directories list a restaurant owned by J E Brink at 236 S Spring. I'm guessing that it's the same John E Brink who appears as proprietor of the Saddlerock Restaurant, also at 236 S Spring, in the 1900/01 CD. The only photo I've managed to find is this circa 1914 USC image of "Spring Street looking south from Sixth Street". http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...rinksCafe3.jpg USC Digital Library A close-up shows a blade sign for Brink's Cafe on the Realty Board Building at 631 S Spring. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...rinksCafe4.jpg Detail of picture above. Brink's Cafe doesn't appear on the 1914 Baist map, but the Realty Board Building can be seen roughly halfway between the Union Oil Building and the Hotel Hayward, both of which are visible in the full picture above. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...rinksCafe5.jpg www.historicmapworks.com Finally, I found these tokens. The website describes them as "1912-14, on Spring St". http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...rinksCafe6.jpg tokencatalog.com |
:previous: Great job in locating the Brinks Café Hoss. -seems odd the address was missing on the postcard.
The interior of Brinks closely resembles the interior of Shays with the mezzanine seating and the central staircase in the back. (I posted this a couple weeks ago) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...631/lkmvaU.jpg eBay __ |
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I'm awfully impressed with all the information you NLA'ers were able to glean from the two sepia stereoviews I posted yesterday.
__ ...so why stop there? :) "An early view of the San Fernando Valley" http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...661/5ezPyS.jpg http://www.businessinsider.com/los-a...ictures-2014-4 Once again, there is a building with a turret/tower. -note the natural slope to it's right (our left) I thought one of you aces might be able figure out the location by aligning the mountains. (I tried..without much success) __ |
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This 1964 slide surprised me a bit.
"1964 Original Slide Los Angeles AIRPORT LAX TERMINAL Modernist Architecture" http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...661/p8tXCJ.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/1964-Origina...item339dfdce75 I don't recall this 'scalloped' roof. Which terminal was this? __ |
Lighting scheme on the Edison Building. (1950s?)
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...661/0qsFXf.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Sli...item51cc207c6d Also visible is the red Pegasus on the General Petroleum Building (built 1949) over at 612 S. Flower. if you looks closely you can also see the back of the other Pegasus' facing in the opposite direction. -hey, I just noticed the dimly lit Sherwood Apartments sign illuminated by a single bulb. (it's located under the i in Embitt) __ |
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