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Above, in the bottom photo, the store sign on the right, partially obscured by a palm tree and Growdough watermark, is most likely Sy Devore. He had a store near Hollywood & Vine and was a famous Hollywood tailor, often known as "The Man Who Dressed the Rat Pack." Palm Springs location opened in 1958. https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-apX08WRQS...2BDevore-1.jpg From this posting about Sy Devore: HERE. (Is it me, or is that a realllly large fire hydrant?) |
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Fire hydrants always look bigger in the hot desert sun. Bob and Sy https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fb3rwdL3F...25288%2529.jpghttps://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fb3rwdL3F...25288%2529.jpg Sy and some crooner https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9zAwILh3t...nk-Sinatra.jpghttps://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9zAwILh3t...nk-Sinatra.jpg https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U5dwLK97b...52812%2529.jpghttps://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U5dwLK97b...52812%2529.jpg Not to diminish Mr. Devore's standing, there were many perhaps lesser-known tailors and haberdashers serving the luminous luminaries: Quote:
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https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...720&fit=bounds getty museum "Woman on the corner of Winston St., 1940's".....although presumably excluding '42 through '45.... ....and a companion photo.... https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...720&fit=bounds 6th and Hill, 1948 https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds No info at all on this one....judging by the attire I would guess about 1940....any location ideas? https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds "Margaret Lawson, 1943"......I ran "Pico Garage" in the '43 directory, nothing turned up. Ms. Lawson's license plate is sporting a "V for Victory" tag, these were issued for 1943 only.... https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...370&fit=bounds |
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Good eye, riichkay....I've never notice the V for Victory thingy. . |
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https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...isIsOldLA1.jpg LAPL The awning on the left side of riichkay's photo appears to say "JEWELRY" or "JEWELER(S)". Could the trees behind it be in the Plaza? |
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Here's a bit of a mystery. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...923/oVVA7G.jpg eBay (no longer listed) unless I just can't find it again. Hmm. . a museum. . .in a house. .in Los Angeles? Let's take a closer look. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/2pzllf.jpg Any ideas? :shrug: . |
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Pretty merciless with the Pico House and the Lugo adobe. I guess that's a faked photo of the bell tower across from Union Station. Some people prefer mock historic buildings to real ones. Quote:
The sign still exists (Credit to Esotouric and @eastsideponcho on instagram. You can see it in the Googlemobile at the intersection of Goodrich Blvd. and Amalia Ave. |
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The picture with the Chinese girls dressed was probably taken when Madame Chang Kai Sheik came to Los Angeles in 1943 and across the street from the Garnier Building in the Plaza. I think the sign was taken down in the late 1940's in order to make way for the Hollywood Freeway and the on-ramp from Alameda. |
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https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/924/1Ou8Eu.jpg I remember seeing this years and years ago but couldn't remember where I'd seen it. ...Special kudos to esotouric. And other aspects of the auto court still exists. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/923/jqlKAi.jpg GSV https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/922/s3ya54.jpg GSV It should be landmarked. . |
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The Jin Hing Co. store with familiar sidewall sign in this detail from Street scene of Old Chinatown, Los Angeles (April 7, 1948) https://i.imgur.com/pY9Naqk.jpg digital.library.ucla.edu |
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Remember recently discussed Belvedere Gardens from a few weeks ago? https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...922/vcWgG5.jpg Let's take a closer look. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/7sLrwl.jpg uscdigitalarchives I could be wrong but I don't think that's Arbuckle. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/ALsKHq.jpg uscdigitalarchives I'm surprised little Belvedere Gardens had so many buses. I. .um. .have to confess. I added the Arbuckle part in the top image. |
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Has anyone heard of the Ford and Stout Paving Plant? https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/9WSaJZ.jpg eBay https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/kR5gMX.jpg Los Angeles - Ford & Stout Paving Plant - July 24, 1915. Just listed on eBay. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...924/4DlqpO.jpg . |
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That's my birthday! Actually about 50 years before I was born. |
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Pacific Municipalities, vol. 27, p. 604, 1913 :cheers: |
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Just for fun here's a closer look at the men in the Ford & Stout photograph. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/922/H0gmdE.jpg I can't decide if the thingies above and to the left of the wagon driver are electrical wires with insulators or ropes with knots. and here's the other driver. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/923/P6UXoz.jpg I have no idea what the horses are pulling.....It looks like a little sled. P.S. I just looked at the complete Ford & Stout photograph again and the "thingies" are electric wires with insulators. If you look closely they're attached to the utility pole. . |
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https://i.postimg.cc/dVHXyHBd/Moreton.jpg USC Thus, of the two Ford & Stout Paving yards, the photo is of the yard at the nearby intersection of Washington and Long Beach. |
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EXCELLENT DISCOVERY! ...Good eye, odinthor. They do appear to match. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/924/xJsuO3.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...922/nREvPR.png . .considering that there's at least 20 years between the two photographs. I'm amazed that you noticed this, odinthor....:worship: . |
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....................................................................I forgot my map. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...924/s0prMU.jpg Guesstimate Ford & Stout location - - - - > Moreton Fig tree. The shadows in the Ford & Stout photograph tell us that we're looking north. . . in the afternoon. . |
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