This is a pretty impressive device Greg_H. It's almost steam-punk. I'm surprised they retained the ornate Victorian looking flowers in the cone.
Good find!
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Calship Production Board
 

This is the WWII ship production board at the California Shipbuilding Corporation Terminal Island facility. My mother worked here during the war installing asbestos insulation in Liberty Ships. She met my father here and I was the result of a wartime romance.

The war had been over for 32 years when I snapped this photo in April of 1977. The board, while deteriorating, was still remarkably well preserved for something that appears to have been constructed primarily out of marine plywood and exposed to the salt air and dampness of the Long Beach/San Pedro harbor district with no maintenance for all those years. Note some of the details: An anti aircraft gun still guards the rear of the ship from it’s position on the fantail, the slender communications mast still reaches skyward, a movable indicator and arrow points to the next ship to be delivered, the lettering on the column headings is still mostly readable. Of those, the one that to this day I find unbelievable is on the far right. “SHIPS DELIVERED THIS MONTH”.

“Thirteen months after commencing production in May of 1941, the yard broke the record by delivering 15 Liberty Ships in June 1942. It delivered 111 ships in 1942, more than any other yard in the United States. In June 1943, it broke the record again by delivering 20 ships for the month, and yet again in December 1943, delivering 23 ships.” (From Wikipedia)

In 1947 the Calship facility was sold to National Metal and Steel Corporation and was converted into a scrap yard. National Metals is perhaps most familiar to LA historians through photos of the stacks of Pacific Electric and Los Angeles Transit lines streetcars that were scrapped on the grounds once occupied by the support buildings. Less known, and a bit ironic is that 55 of the Liberty and Victory ships that were built here came “home” to be scrapped here.

Cheers,
Jack

[IMG]http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/...ps8ffa67cf.jpg[/IMG]

Wow I haven't posted in a while, but I had to respond after seeing this. I believe this is actually the "Globe" Theater, aka Hollyway Theater, aka Jensen's Theatorium, at 1642 Sunset Boulevard in Echo Park, if the illustration in this article gives any indication:

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2624/3...23aa7114_o.jpg

https://www.flickr.com/photos/vokoba...13529/sizes/o/

I've been dying to see a photo of this place, and I think you've found it! It was built by Henry Jensen, who also built the Jensen's Recreation Center a few doors down from this theater. Some history of Jensen here.

But then there's the small additional fact that a freeway would have been disastrous to the architectural heritage and esthetics of the entire Westside, not to mention its quality of life. The Beverly Hills Freeway was only one of several that got shot down around this time, in cities all over the country. Sometimes we do learn after making the same billion dollar mistake time after time.


For anyone who knows where Cherokee Lane is, when I was growing up we had a neighbor who wouldn't pick up her cleaning lady from the Sunset/Beverly bus stop...

:previous: Hey, thanks for the information Palmero.
I had no idea this particular 'Globe' Theater was in Echo Park. I automatically thought it was downtown.

In case you missed it, HossC did a recent post on Jensen's Recreation Center.
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=25091
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Taken at the Army Navy Club, Long Beach.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...909/WUKNna.jpg
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...912/7ioOLB.jpg
ebay

Ho-Tei, God of Happiness. say what?

:previous: Rhum Boogie Club, 732 N. Highland Avenue. (Per '42 CD) Reportedly owned by Mickey Cohen. https://books.google.com/books?id=rV...ghland&f=false

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...661/x3AChN.png
photo by Jack

:previous: That board is simply amazing Wig-Wag. At first glance I didn't realize that was a silhouette of a ship along the top.
Did your Mom have any adverse health issues after handling the asbestos?

Thanks for sharing your photo Jack.
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Jayne Terry helps celebrate the 150th anniversary of Los Angeles by posing with a replica of Los Angeles City Hall. 9/1/37

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/661/f8Lzmb.jpg
ebay

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/661/jmaMFn.jpg

I wonder where that model of city hall ended up?

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I don't believe we've seen this impressive photograph on NLA. (I found it recently on ebay)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...673/fluJ6t.jpg

Does anyone know what that little shack is for on the right? -news stand? trolley-line related?




...and today.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...910/Vfz4pb.png
GSV

It's heartening to see that all of Philippe's original signage is still intact.

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Vine Street Brown Derby menu. Sunday, May 30, 1948.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...633/Xf5Ncv.jpg
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1948...item20f3ddb641

I don't know about you, but those are some of the worst caricatures I've ever seen. I can't even name one person.*
*ok, maybe I can name one; Top row third from the left, Eddie Bracken.



http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/538/IWeX6S.jpg
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1948...item20f3ddb641



http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/673/mR7YBp.jpg
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1948...item20f3ddb641





They obviously couldn't print up a new menu everyday...so how'd they do this?
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...903/rVzQcb.jpg
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1948...item20f3ddb641
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As a bonus :), here's a Brown Derby check of Mrs. Robert Cumming's wife. (he signed the back) Notice that it includes the couple's address, 1060 Laurel Way, Beverly Hills.

The check is dated December 27, 1956; eight years later than the above menu.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/673/AC6l1q.jpg
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Brown-Derby-...item4d29d0fe63

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/538/3rAZDw.jpg
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Brown-Derby-...item4d29d0fe63

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While double checking the ebay links for the menu and check in my previous post, I came across yet another Brown Derby menu, this one date 1947.

It has a charming map rather than caricatures on the cover. (maybe we've seen this cover on NLA, but I thought I'd go ahead and post it since it's so fun.)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/911/rHVb1V.jpg

To see the inside of the menu go here:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Old-Copyrigh...item339bb69702

:previous: I spy three London Shops on the map. In a recent post of mine, there was a photograph of one of the shops. I'll have to go back and look for it.*


*I found it....but there's no address.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/910/FQzjIh.png
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=25261

Does anyone know the history of the London Shops?

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That first picture dates from sometime before I. Magnin opened on Wilshire Blvd. The store when it was located on Hollywood Blvd. is toward the left of center.

This is true, but it could be said for any freeway in whatever location it was built, I would say.

Third row: Victor Mature, Danny Thomas (?), Judy Garland, Alice Faye.

Bottom row: Jane Russell, Fred MacMurray, ...not sure about the last two.

Yeah, not great caricatures. Since this Brown Derby was so close to studios of all three radio networks, I wonder if some faces might belong to radio stars.

That branch of The London Shop was in the Roosevelt Hotel (you can see the extant Roosevelt Hotel nameplate on the far left of the right hand picture above). The detail below is from a 1956 image.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...LondonShop.jpg
Detail of picture in USC Digital Library

Here's the full image.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...eveltHotel.jpg
USC Digital Library

E_R, I don't know the history of these shops, but it seems to me they were all located around hotels. In your photo above, where you indicate there's no address, on the right side you can see part of the Roosevelt Hotel sign. So that's the one in Hollywood. On the map menu, the one on the right side, I am pretty sure would be the one that was located in the Ambassador Hotel. I wasn't aware of the one pictured on Rodeo Drive on that map. I recall that at least one of these shops was still around in the early 90's (maybe it was late '80's), as I seem to recall some work related thing where I had to call the London Shop, but I don't remember what location it was.

This is a 1978 photo of The London Shop in the Hollywood Roosevelt.

http://hollywoodphotographs.com/photos/lrg/HB-510.jpg
Bruce Torrence/Hollywood Photographs

This is a 1947 photo of the one at 303 N. Rodeo Dr. at Dayton Way in Beverly Hills, which is just a short block north of the Beverly-Wilshire Hotel...

http://hollywoodhistoricphotos.ipowe...Way%201947.jpg
Hollywood Historic Photos

...probably right at this vantage point:

(Rodeo Drive connects to Wilshire Blvd. at an angle right in front of the hotel
and Dayton Way is one block north; 1946)

http://hollywoodhistoricphotos.ipowe...ire%201946.jpg
Hollywood Historic Photos

@ Hoss: Your turn--for the Ambassador London Shop, LOL! :cheers:

The London Shop near the Ambassador was next to the Brown Derby in The Gaylord. The picture below is from 1939. I happened to have the 1960 CD open, and that lists The London Shop and The Gaylord Shop at 3359 Wilshire Boulevard.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ondonShop2.jpg
Detail of picture in USC Digital Library

Here's the full image.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...9.jpg~original
USC Digital Library