:previous: It does look somewhat better.

Thanks t2.
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The interior is tasteful.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/KiQ5if.jpg
http://www.iamnotastalker.com/2009/0...canso-gardens/

except for the wrinkled curtains. ;)

(my mother would say...."maybe it's the material")
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Hmmm...maybe we humans don't have it over fish or birds when it comes to this house after all. A little institutional-looking.

Interiors might be better-- yes, except for those curtains-- do you suppose the wrinkling and puddling is intentional?

I'd call the exterior and interior "20th Century Faux Federal."

Sorry, couldn't resist. :-)

Cheers,

Earl

Le Métro?
http://bernardjolivalt.blog.lemonde....0/DSF1207w.jpghttp://bernardjolivalt.blog.lemonde....0/DSF1207w.jpg

Gare de Lyon?
https://cdn1.opnminded.com/wp-conten...7804_D9_bw.jpghttps://cdn1.opnminded.com/wp-conten...7804_D9_bw.jpg

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I read some of those things, too, in looking at some links. Really, if it were New York and in the snow the sailor would at least be wearing a pea coat.

I'm pretty convinced by everyone's thoughts so far, and looking at various things myself, that this is Los Angeles.

Since the sailor has his duffle, he is probably walking over to Union Station, would be my guess. Since there's no one else around and a vague car in the distance, why the photographer was there is anyone's guess!

I keep seeing photos of this atrocious looking house on NLA and I do believe that I have now suffered some brain damage.

I asked my housekeeper to please bring me an Advil. I hope I'll feel better in the morning.

T2....are you OK?

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LOL.

We've seen worse

http://imageshack.com/a/img923/5750/QpYazY.gif

Not to beat a dead horse but...



The New York Photo Review goes a step further and includes New York in their description of the photograph.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...921/lIBxK6.jpg


Here's the link to the complete article.
http://www.nyphotoreview.com/NYPR_RE...R_REV3911.html

These slides came from Los Angeles planning department. (but I found them on ebay)

Four 35mm color slides from the 1970s.


#1
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/DxAGiM.jpg
ebay

Jun 72

This is the only slide that had any information other than the date. "Lk east Whittier E Lorena"




#2
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...921/hhn48w.jpg

Feb 72

there's no information, but if you look closely there's a 3rd Street sign.




#3
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...924/64L1PC.jpg
ebay

Jan 72

Let's take a closer look.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...921/vTGqHI.jpg
detail

:previous: Can anyone make out the name of this bakery? -or the other two stores for that matter





#4
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/421bwn.jpg
ebay

Feb 72
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The sailor is going on or returning from a weekend liberty because he's carryin what us Army guys called an AWOL bag. It has enough room to hold a weekend's supplies and is easy to carry on your lap on a bus or plane.
The real mystery is : How does he keep that cap on so far back on his head? Is it pinned there like a yarmulke?

Attention GW, AlvaroLegido, e_r:
 

http://i.imgur.com/8IV7WUJ.jpg
UCLA Special Collections

Harry F. Gerguson signals that your table is ready.

Agreed. But I'm still missing something. Is the sailor supposed to be near the future site of the Ft Moore Memorial?

In this photo of the 1957 groundbreaking there's no streetlights or railings. I'm still lost (but I'm lost in LA):

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ej...2DA=w1366-h768
walknridela

E. 3rd and Breed:
http://i.imgur.com/gqYSb6v.jpg
GSV

I took the "Lk east Whittier E Lorena" to mean Looking east on Whittier Blvd east of Lorena and came up with this:

http://i.imgur.com/KtwiUFA.png?1GSV

This is as close as I could get with GSV but that is the 3443 building minus the sign with the number. The B of A can also be seen in the distance.

I suspect it's a staged shot. A real, experienced, photographer would be unlikely to hold that old Bell and Howell camera in that manner.

There's a strap at the bottom of those cameras that allows a leftie, or a rightie, to securely grip the camera. The fellow in the shot is attempting to hold the camera with fingers wrapped around the lens turret. He was probably told to look like he was filming the scene. Problem was, he no idea how to hold the camera.

Plug this phrase into the Google and you'll see what I mean about the strap: "bell and howell news camera"

LOL....no... its simply kept on by friction with the hair.
That 'back of the head' look was finally banned in the 1960s as being very much out-of- uniform.
It became a popular style in WW II and in movies but the Navy Brass did not like it. They said it looked too 'Hollywood' and they put an end to it.

Here is actor Guy Madison [WW II Navyman] in the 1940s looking very sloppy and 'Hollywood'.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...pslbq6n7qm.jpg
farm8static flickr



Guy was discovered by talent agent Henry Willson at a radio show taping in Hollywood. Guy was on leave from the Navy and in uniform.
Willson was famous in Hollywood for lurking in the background of public events... looking for pretty boys he could sign for movie
contracts. He often had more than just a casual professional interest in the fledgling actors.

Willson was known for his stable of young, attractive clients, including Rock Hudson, Tab Hunter, Chad Everett, Robert Wagner, Nick Adams, Guy Madison, Troy Donahue, Mike Connors, Rory Calhoun, John Saxon, Clint Walker, Doug McClure, Dack Rambo, Ty Hardin, and John Derek. Noir?

My god, Guy Madison! I remember him from "Wild Bill Hickock"! Andy Devine: "Hey, Wild Bill! Wait for me!"

Dredged up from April 2015, here is a post by Michael Ryerson showing the area in the background of that supposed New York sailor photo. The Brunswig annex prominent on the right, if I recall correctly, is the building that was actually turned sideways 90 degrees, so that it would fit in between New High Street and the newly-extended Spring Street.

This photo was taken slightly more north than the sailor photo, and as noted it was taken from atop the Broadway tunnel before it was demolished. So the sailor photo as was surmised earlier by GW was taken from the new Hill Street, in between the freeway and the Fort Moore Memorial.

Looks like a fancy rest home for the aged.

Andy Devine was John Wayne's favorite "sidekick" and possibly even more right wing. I sometimes confuse Andy with Slim Pickens, the cowboy pilot who rode the bomb down in "Dr. Strangelove". Almost interchangable, although Slim didn't have a gimpy walk like Mr. Devine and his voice wasn't as high pitched, and Slim wasn't fat like Andy. Another Andy-like actor was Walter Brennan, but he had a more diverse career. Walter had Andy's a gimpy walk and high-pitched voice, but he wasn't fat like Andy until his later years and like Andy, was a frequent Wayne sidekick. But Andy was Wayne's favorite. Brennan's swan song was grandpa in "The Real McCoys". His film high point was as Judge Roy Bean in that Gary Cooper flicker. He also was in Cooper's Lou Gehrig biopic "Pride of the Yankees". I think Andy Devine would have been a great Judge Roy Bean. Yes, I can see that. Paul Newman, no way. But Andy would have been terrible in "The Hustler" and "Cool Hand Luke", except eating a bunch of hard boiled eggs. Yes, I can see that. And Andy would have called for more. The guy could eat. I once (1961?) saw him digging with gusto into a giant platter of BBQ ribs in a Chris'nPitt's in the Valley with all the fixings. I was just a kid, maybe 7, and my parents sent me over to his table to get his autograph. Andy was grumpy as usual, and wouldn't give me his autograph, barking "get lost kid, can't you see I'm eating?" in his squeeky falsetto voice.