That was then. This is now.
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The Foot Of The Hill field was drilled in the early 1890's using a steam engine. The quality of the crude was good with little water content. Unfortunately after a few months the flow started dropping. Lane-Wells tried working their magic to reinvigorate the field but six years later (1940) most of the 10 wells were plugged. |
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This sounds like it: http://omeka.ats.ucla.edu/items/show/5718 "Roberta Smythe, Aimee Semple McPherson, and Rheba Crawford Splivalo celebrate the 25th anniversary of McPherson's work in ministry. The celebration included a parade that ended at the City Hall steps where McPherson greeted approximately 5000 people and the Mayor." 7 Jan 35 (Frank Shaw was the Mayor) P.S. Sister Aimee was very busy in Jan '35: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-y...743%2520PM.jpg http://www.npr.org/programs/lnfsound...26.photos.html Another shot of the Cavalcade of Christianity pageant at the Shrine (Sister Aimee standing). It was held 12 Jan 1935 as part of the 25th anniversary celebrations: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-D...842%2520PM.jpg http://www.corbisimages.com/stock-ph...th-anniversary . |
I had no idea there was still a Desmonds sign downtown.
http://imageshack.us/a/img17/2397/aabdesmondssign3.jpg gsv The sign is located on the back wall of their former warehouse at Hope and 11th streets. http://imageshack.us/a/img402/239/aa...gn2downtow.jpg gsv Why only the back (east) side? I wonder if there used to be Desmonds signs on the Hope and 11th sides as well. http://imageshack.us/a/img266/9809/a...gnwarehous.jpg gsv The building is being renovated into offices, a restaurant and a nightclub. In it's glory days (it opened in 1916) the building was a Willys Overland Co. outpost selling Willys Knight car to the well-to-do. (I'm still trying to substantiate that last detail) info. from latimes http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=7590 __ |
color me impressed!
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But! It is currently (though slowly) undergoing restoration. http://www.foxfullerton.org |
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https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-L...727%2520PM.jpg gsv: 1300 block S Broadway (the TransAmerica's hiding behind the Jacaranda tree). |
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The "wow" miniature course :previous: was owned by America's Sweetheart and was located at the SW quadrant of Wilshire and La Cienega. There must be an aerial of this area showing both the course and any nearby hazards? The night photo, above, shows Miracle Mile in its infancy. Very few lights, but what a glorious beginning. Another course was reportedly built at Wilshire and Fairfax in 1929 - a "Bob-o-Link." Surprised it hasn't shown up in the thread before. Also noteworthy is a possible course in a building basement, located at the southeast corner of 7th and Broadway. And another at 5937 Hollywood Blvd (Eskimo?). Look closely at the last (colored) image and there is an oil derrick in the background. Could this be the same oil derrick that presented itself as a middle-of-the-road hazard at approximately La Cienega and Beverly? :shrug: Fore! http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3144/2...1cf757fb_z.jpghttp://farm4.staticflickr.com/3144/2...1cf757fb_z.jpg http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3069/2...704e96ff_z.jpghttp://farm4.staticflickr.com/3069/2...704e96ff_z.jpg http://kittypackard.files.wordpress....gawilshire.jpghttp://kittypackard.files.wordpress....gawilshire.jpg http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics36/00037869.jpg more:http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=7496 _____________________________________ Has anyone found a decent aerial image of the La Cienega Oil Well Hazard? It's not clear to me that the rig was at the mouth of the Beverly-LaCienega intersection, but that doesn't mean there weren't several from which to get confused. Shots of Beverly Kiddie Park seem to show derricks in the background, so they may have come and gone with the seasons. A close up from a related image shows a Richfield Station near the derrick selling gas at 8 cents per gallon. The '32 directory lists so many Richfield Stations, bet it's there! http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ell&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ell&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...id/9018/rec/77 |
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https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-M...417%2520PM.jpg Outstanding detective work! I was way off: Quote:
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That ws then. This is now.
Procab. You get a Grand Attaboy for matching the Hilll oilfield picture location!
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https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/--...347%2520PM.jpg gsv With the tree trimmed, a few years back: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-u...646%2520PM.jpg http://you-are-here.com/hollywood/vogue.html The Admiral/Vine (S Charles Lee, 1940, remodeled restaurant) 6321 Hollywood Blvd. I love the clock: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Y...329%2520PM.jpg Julius Schulman - http://digital.library.ucla.edu/scle...201&FULLSIZE=y As the Vine (with a palm tree): https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-9...724%2520PM.jpg https://sites.google.com/site/hollywoodtheatres/vine |
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Thank you for the outstanding follow ups! Aimee was indeed busy in '35. '36 was equally "trying" when she was sued for slander by a Ms. Spivalo, who accompanies her in the photo. http://news.google.com/newspapers?ni...g=5607,5414676 Sister Aimee had a "humble house on a hill" near Lake Elsinore. One of the photos you posted may have been the inspiration for it, or vice versa. It may not exactly be LA, but the umbra color makes it a noir candidate. I hasten to add that Sister Aimee looks like she had a good swing and might have been "heck" on the links! http://la.curbed.com/archives/2010/0...hp#mcpherson-2 http://static.move.com/blogs/aimee/Aimees_history.jpghttp://static.move.com/blogs/aimee/Aimees_history.jpg https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/i...QmJJQnqd0EXyec |
Ghost of the Mid-Century
Statler Hotel / Wilshire Grand
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-A...531%2520PM.jpg http://www.mosaicartnow.com/2013/03/...em-thar-walls/ The Petroleum Club's Mid-Century mosaic mural found behind a false wall: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-2...514%2520PM.jpg http://www.mosaicartnow.com/2013/03/...em-thar-walls/ Detail of the heavy, and heavily textured, glass mosaic: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-y...830%2520PM.jpg http://www.mosaicartnow.com/2013/03/...em-thar-walls/ More: http://www.mosaicartnow.com/2013/03/...em-thar-walls/ (includes a bit on Millard Sheets' mosaic work for Home Savings) http://la.curbed.com/archives/2013/03/1950s_la_petroleum_club_mural_unearthed_at_wilshire_grand.php Statler / Wilshire Grand site in 1919 (complete with pentaglobe street lamp and what looks to be a gas station): https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-i...836%2520PM.jpg http://la.curbed.com/archives/2013/0...tory_place.php And the proposed replacement, the new Wilshire Grand (tallest tower on the West Coast): https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-L...209%2520PM.jpg http://la.curbed.com/archives/2013/0...lest_tower.php All in 94 years. P.S. Lol, BRR, I love the little devil bat that used to deliver Sister Aimee's bath water out at Lake Elsinore. What a cutie. Priceless: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-i...546%2520PM.jpg MLS Quote:
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Carlos Avenu Photo
Thank you. I have seen that one recently. It's a great photo. Anymore?
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Ghost of Mid-Century
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Another Unfortunate Use of a Front Lawn
Not too long ago we saw the commercial addition to the Westmoore Hotel at 1000 W. 7th Street:
http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...ps2cc402e5.jpg USC Digital Library -- http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co.../16637/rec/109 Down the street at 1619 W. 7th Street, the same thing happened to the Fairmount Apartments, shown here in 1967: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...psa38ae9cb.jpg LAPL -- http://jpg2.lapl.org/spnb1/00017467.jpg The Fairmount is listed in the 1909 LA City Directory and is on the 1910 Baist Map (Burlington and Union are the north-south avenues): http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...ps7b5edd86.jpg Historic Mapworks -- http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/19473/Plate+008/ I couldn't find any photos of a pristine Fairmount, which by 1942 was listed in the LA City Directory as "C. H. Perkins Furnished Rooms" at 1617-1/2 West 7th. Today, the stretch of Ingraham between Little and Union has been vacated and most of the whole expanded block -- including the Fairmount site -- is taken up by the Esperanza Elementary School, built in 1992. # # # The Baist Map above is too early to show the 1925 Young's Market Co. building at the SW corner of 7th and Union: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...ps42756160.jpg GSV, 2011 It almost didn't make it thru the 1992 LA Riots, but it's now the City View Lofts: http://www.cityviewlofts.info/ More pics and info here: http://bigorangelandmarks.blogspot.c...-building.html And since we're in the neighborhood, we've seen the Hotel Pepper, at 7th and Burlington, here before: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=12617 More pics and info on the former Hotel Pepper here: http://urbandiachrony.wordpress.com/...nue-1905-2011/ |
Great Whittington image...
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Aerial view of downtown Los Angeles looking southwest from the Hollywood Freeway Bittersweet view of a great town. 1971 USC digital archive/Dick Whittington collection Gee, is the Stuart Oliver house still there? |
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"Roberta Semple , Aimee Semple McPherson, and Rheba Crawford at parade." What was being celebrated? January 8, 1935 http://dlproj.library.ucla.edu/deriv...0283220a_j.jpghttp://dlproj.library.ucla.edu/deriv...0283220a_j.jpg [/QUOTE] Used to attend circuses and carnivals on that site at Washington and Hill Streets across from the Mode O Day building in the late 40's... |
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