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CaliNative, I remember it exactly as you do. :cheers: The previous rainy season had been unusually heavy, and washed-out portions of the trail had been restored in a "well, this will do for now" manner. Same as you, I had lunch at Orchard Camp; and remember its abandoned appearance. One little thing I remember was that evidently at some time long previous, it had been planted with garden flowers, as I found a patch of non-native Bearded Iris at the camp. I had intended to take an offset on the hike back down; but we were in a hurry and I forgot. I had a third photo from the hike which I didn't include in my other posting; but . . . your message mentioned its precise subject-matter, the trees, so here it is: https://i.postimg.cc/6QGf10SL/BCD-Wilson-2001.jpg odinthor collection Here, we're in the upper reaches, where the conifers are starting to show up. |
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Looking at your lower pictures of the fairly lush conifer growth. Aren't many of the conifers in the foreground "big cone spruce" (actually a variety or subspecies of Douglas Fir)? I hope some of that survives all the drought and fires in recent years made worse by climate change. I haven't been up there for over 30 years (now live in San Diego area). Has the Mt. Wilson area and other parts of the San Gabriel front range been spared the fires and drought? Hopefully the next rainy season will be wet. As far as Orchard Camp goes, I believe it's heyday was pre 1930, during the "Great Era of Hiking" in the San Gabriels. It looked long abandoned when I went by. I wish I had been around to take the Mt. Lowe Railroad to the top. That was a huge tourist draw in the early 1900s. The red cars brought you right to the Mt. Lowe base, then the train up with a hotel on top. There were all the camps---Orchard, Sturtevant, etc. That was the great era of hiking. The Great Depression finished them off. We have regressed since then. There used to be steelhead in the L.A. River. The wild animals must be struggling too. Probably why all the bears come down into the neighborhoods in the foothills. Sad. We old timers remember how things used to be :wiseman: Memory of that hike still vivid-hard to believe it was 51 years ago. Time flies. I don't feel old but I guess I am. I like to think I could still make that hike. I climbed Mt. Whitney at 60. Maybe the rains will return to the west. The monsoon season has been heavy, which is good. Almost too much rain & flooding in AZ/CO. At least the Colorado River will see more flow, and maybe the lakes will refill a bit. Now, we need lots of rain & snow in California this winter. God, are you listening? Bring us an el nino atmospheric river to help the forests and wild animals. Amen. |
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Quite interesting descriptions of your trek(s), odinthor & Calinative. :) (thanks for including the photographs odinthor) You're a fine looking lad. Here's a fine photograph of the Orchard Camp Store. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/YKEtS5.jpg sierramadrelibrary This is the former location of the Halfway House on the Old Mount Wilson Trail. At first glance I thought the 'W' was made out of a discarded wagon wheel. The description of the photograph - Here . |
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"What's being built?" This negative was on eBay earlier in the week. (undated) https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/1lhKWS.jpg eBay The 110?...The 101?:shrug: update: I just realized there's a 2nd negative that includes City Hall. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/99IY5f.jpg eBay So that pretty much solves "What's being built."...We're looking west on the future 101. . .so No mystery. :( . |
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Mystery location. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/xyi8vE.jpg Neg / eBay I'd like to get a better look at the old wooden building behind the garage bays. (the one with a ladder on the roof) Here are the elderly man and woman in a second photograph. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/922/mI1E4G.jpg Neg / eBay Is she wearing wooden shoes? She might be Dutch. I'm kidding about the shoes. (but they do look wooden) |
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Here's one last negative for today. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/tiRIbc.jpg eBay I was confused at first because the Angel Flights trolley looks like it's perpendicular to the building next to it....(it's obviously an optical illusion) . |
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:previous:...I thought that too, at first, rickm. The Allright Parking sign looks like the back of the trolley. If you put your thumb over the sign, the trolley 'straightens up' & is, in fact, parallel to the side of the building. Ta Dah!...:) . |
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I'm interested in the little wagon thingy near the older gentleman. I guess he uses it to lug around his stuff. It seems to be missing a set of wheels. He should have "borrowed" a shopping cart. His posture and appearance, especially the way he pulls his pants up halfway to his chest leaving his socks exposed, reminds me of "Carl" in the film Sling Blade. I bet he is handy fixing small appliances. Uhhh huh |
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For today's mystery location we have a . . . Car fire! https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/mBknmW.jpg eBay Let's take a closer look at that burning car. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/yiFBXn.jpg detail Didn't Jimmy Hoffa drive a car like this one? The firemen in action! (and street numbers) https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/7InZp1.jpg detail That's me on the right, if I were a fireman. The best clue, albeit a blurry one. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/16sOId.jpg detail of detail Get to work nla minions! .....................:superwhip . |
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The recessed building also has some writing at the top, cut off then ATION - maybe a number after it? STATION 6 or ? Underneath a word that I first thought was APARTMENTS, but I don't now. |
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The parking sign causing the optical illusion appears to be on the left of the following photo, taken in the opposite direction and around the same time perhaps. https://hdl.huntington.org/digital/a...16/default.jpgHuntingtonLibrary View of the Angels Flight incline railway at the intersection of Hill Street and Third Street in the Bunker Hill neighborhood of downtown Los Angeles, California, with the Royal Liquor store (with campaign signs for Robert Steinberg, Robert Wilkinson, and Tom Bradley for mayor in the window), automobiles, and the Pacific Telephone Tower and microwave tower (now the AT&T Tower) and other skyscrapers visible. Hand written in pencil on the back of the photo is "Angel's Flight - 1968" but the Library cataloger thinks the date is 1969, based on the campaign cards related to the April 1, 1969, Los Angeles mayoral primaries. Angels Flight closed on May 18, 1969. And the man in the top photo is standing in front of the Grand Central Market (indicated by the striped awning at top). https://www.grandcentralmarket.com/w...-2-768x893.jpgGrandCentralMarketHistory Although on the Market's Website they have the photo above captioned "Grand Central Market Exterior at Broadway 1935. It's definitely not 1935. |
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Am I correct that to the left of the Douglas Gasoline sign pole I see a woman AND a small child standing there? |
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The AMPAS Museum's been getting more and more publicity as it's pre-opening and offficial opening date is approaching. The following picture is one you don't see often. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...8ce7de5f_b.jpgMichael Nyiri/Flickr I was just wondering what any of your opinions are on the Petersen Museum design? Frankly, I don't know if I like it or not, really, but what I do know is that I don't like, maybe even hate these two buildings in the same photo. (Or in person.) It's like oil and water to me and I'm really repelled by it. Also, in the above photo you'll notice Wilshire Blvd. looking a bit shabby...lots of work has been going on in Los Angeles along Wilshire and elsewhere with new subway construction...this intersection will have a subway stop on the Purple Line extension: https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/XAVQ...wilshire.0.pngLACurbed |
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