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Here's an interesting business card from the early days of (20th century) Los Angeles. I saw this on eBay a few weeks ago.
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...922/AKqgfg.jpg eBay Surprisingly there's a very cool photograph on the reverse side. ...(rare for a business card) https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/7RiwXh.jpg eBay My guess is; ..They're tarring a road. :shrug: Out of curiosity I've been trying to read the sign in the distance. . .so I enlarged it but it's like looking through Mr. Magoo's glasses. :no: https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...921/RnEaYO.jpg ENLARGED / DARKENED / HIGH CONTRAST Ummm... ..let's try this instead. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...921/oWu54b.jpg It looks like the first word might end in a 'Y'. For search purposes:...Fageol Trucks Farm Tractors - Ruddle & Mannillo Distributors - 231 233 North Los Angeles St. Phone Pico 4821 Robert J. Stahl |
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I know that we have briefly discussed the GAY 90's restaurant at 157 N. La Cienega Blvd.
As a reminder. . . https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...924/rrJ1gZ.jpg .........................Psst..those are real silver dollars on the bar. . . . . :previous:...(embedded in plastic) ..but have we heard of the Gay Inn? https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/QFp0Oq.jpg eBay .....Gay Inn 710 1/2 South Hill St. Los Angeles Souvenir photograph. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/yp2Omp.jpg Taken on Feb. 1, 1945. . |
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Hmm.. U.S.ARMY.... perhaps the business car dates from the 1910s (1914 - 1918)
& I wonder if Washington Livery(?) was located somewhere along Washington Boulevard? (Culver City, perhaps) :shrug: |
Railcar advertising the Ocean Park Pioneer's Barbecue. [no date]
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/BRf4gU.jpg eBay I don't know if the railcar is part of a parade or just the railcar. . |
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For those of us here who have been participating in the various L.A. related Facebook groups, has anyone else been noticing that FB is taking down more and more of the images you share?
Recently I shared an early 20th-Century image of Republic Street west of Main, together with a Goole Earh screengrab of the same street. These images stayed up a couple of days, long enough for me to get far more reactions than I usually ever get. And then--my images were gone. It's very frustrating; if we can't share vintage photos on FB then there's really no point to all those FB groups like Photos Of L.A. and Images and Memories of L.A. |
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I'm pretty sure that this is the Ocean Beach district of San Diego. As for dates, San Diego Electric Railway opened its Ocean Beach Line in 1910. Work motor 021 shown in the photo was built in 1912, so that's the earliest boundary in our range. if the photo was taken in Ocean Beach, it likely would've been on Bacon St. at or near Newport Ave. A quick Googlemobile tour of the neighborhood failed to yield a match for the building shown in the photo, however. Sorry I can't be more help. |
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True. Houses were more profitable. PLus the San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park near Escondido was catching on, and then there was the sad case of Bubbles the Hippo. During a rainy el nino year in the late '70s or early '80s (I can't remember the exact year), Bubbles escaped to a pond outside the park, and sadly perished (starvation?). The public outcry may have played a role in making the park less popular. |
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The information you give us usually leads to solving the mystery. Although I'm somewhat disappointed, I think you're correct that the photograph shows Ocean Park in S.D. While trying to locate more information, I happened upon the very nifty image of a port-holed Los Angeles & San Diego Beach Railway car at La Jolla Freight House. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/JEmvIr.jpg sdhistory Years ago we had relatives living in La Jolla. Since my family is from the midwest we thought La Jolla was pronounced La 'Jaw-La', instead of La 'Hoy-Ya'. :duh....... . |
A 'mystery' pool somewhere in Los Angeles [1930s]
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/kNbuLt.jpg akg_images I am completely stumped. Does this swimming pool look familiar to anyone? I believe a residence is in the middle distance. & if you look closely, there is a tall building visible in the far distance. The swimming pool itself obviously belongs to the building at far left. Also too....what are they doing, Target Swimming? :shrug: The information is in German, HERE . |
Here's one more mystery for this rainy Saturday afternoon. (I realize it might not be raining where you are)
This is supposedly the lobby of the Beverly Hilton Hotel in 1958. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...921/EUV8dX.jpg akg_images But the view out the window of that wintery tree and older building looks like anywhere but Los Angeles. Oddly enough, I don't remember ever seeing a photograph of the Beverly Hilton lobby. Once again the information is in German, HERE Go minions, go! :superwhip . |
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Seems to be quite a difference between the front of the railcar... https://i.postimg.cc/Tw6S3JnQ/front.png ebay ...and the rear of the railcar https://i.postimg.cc/jjNmTFnL/rear.png ebay My vote goes for the front! |
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'mystery' hotel or 'mystery' Hospital? Seller's description: VINTAGE PHOTOGRAPH 1925-35 LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA HOTEL BUILDING OLD CARS PHOTO.... eBay https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...921/HfEK3D.jpg eBay Instead of a hotel (as stated by the seller) I think this building is possibly be a hospital. I believe it might be the old Queen of Angels Hospital...or...umm..the Tuberculosis Annex at the County Hospital...or..ummm. . .:shrug: . |
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