I found this interesting matchbook recently on ebay. Assistance League Tea Room?
http://imageshack.us/a/img594/3051/7pc3.jpg katty-korner from the old Fox Studios http://imageshack.us/a/img834/3105/p65e.jpg some history (the matchbook's Tearoom is mentioned in the second paragraph) http://imageshack.us/a/img835/5810/sg21.jpg http://www.assistanceleague.org/ps.aboutus.cfm?ID=25 __ there's also this.. designed by Paul R. Williams http://imageshack.us/a/img838/2776/41aq.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img835/9679/57ys.jpg http://www.paulrwilliamsproject.org/...os-angeles-ca/ Paul William's building today (hidden behind trees) http://imageshack.us/a/img826/9048/1x0r.jpg gsv http://imageshack.us/a/img577/5233/fkjw.jpg gsv aerial view of Mr. William's building http://imageshack.us/a/img855/6093/8db1.jpg gsv __ T2 mentioned an interesting 'blind alley' near the William's Assistance League Building here. http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=14150 __ |
W O R S T idea for a publicity stunt ever.
http://imageshack.us/a/img96/4665/9lxb.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img153/1342/g9bo.jpg http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ http://imageshack.us/a/img19/1840/e3y4.jpg Los Angeles Herald 1906 |
You have me in complete suspense, e_r...what happened next?! ;)
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Bixby Slough, May 18, 1952 -I like this eerie photograph.
http://imageshack.us/a/img801/5576/cu9b.jpg http://www.mysanpedro.org/2011_06_01_archive.html A soldier from Camp Roberts falls asleep at the wheel on the Pacific Coast Highway and wakes up in Bixby Slough, a half mile east of Vermont Avenue. a family at Bixby Slough in 1961 http://imageshack.us/a/img844/1821/lisd.jpg ebay I've circled Bixby Slough- http://imageshack.us/a/img822/3715/9j9t.jpg http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=5703 It looks like Bixby Slough had another name a well. Does that say Lake Bouton or Lake Bonton? __ |
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I don't recall seeing this awesome photograph..
http://imageshack.us/a/img96/5526/qdso.jpg https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=1&theater It reminds me of the Space Shuttle moving through L.A. last year. Here's FlyingWedge's earlier post on the Spruce Goose in transit. http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=11557 __ |
I just found this amazing photograph on ebay tonight.
http://imageshack.us/a/img16/2702/6g8e.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/Photo-Howard...-/121136015114 HUGHES FLYING BOAT, LOS ANGELES HARBOR 1947 __ |
The Pontoon Bridge
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If you look closely up-channel [the above photo], you can see the old Pontoon Bridge. That's the one that took millions of cars from Long Beach to Terminal Island which we see at the left. I traveled across it many times. At the left we also see the landing for the Spruce Goose plane. Hughes built a huge hanger over the Goose and there it sat for over 45 years....never to see the outside even once during that time. Those 45 years of storage cost Hughes millions of dollars. Why? He was a very eccentric and a weird guy. Today the pontoon bridge, plane, Mr. Hughes and the old noir hanger are gone. |
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http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...psa11f7f99.jpg David Rumsey Map Collection -- http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/serv...~1&mi=7&trs=10 And there is still a Bouton Lake, at the Lakewood Country Club. The City of Lakewood website says Bouton Lake was formed in 1895 when drilling operations opened up an artesian well: http://www.lakewoodcity.org/news/dis...asp?NewsID=170 |
:previous: So Bouton it is! ...but it looks platted out in your 1888 map Flyingwedge.
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Thx for the pix of Paul William's Assistance League building e_r. I love that one, although its in-person charm never quite comes across in photos.
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ClearWater.............
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A biographical sketch of the General (who developed the Eureka Lemon!): http://books.google.com/books?id=lWA...bouton&f=false Los Angeles Children's Hospital started in 1901 in the General's former home at Alpine and Castellar Streets in LA: http://www.chla.org/site/c.ipINKTOAJ...m#.UdDovG2-Mpo |
WW II Hollywood
Melody Lane Cafe, as it was called back then, Hollywood and Vine.
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http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...ltclothing.jpg This one's been posted before - you can just see the "G" to the right. http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...ains-pre37.jpg Source: probably USC. Cropped from a larger photo I'd saved. http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...ins5-24-37.jpg LAT 5-23-1937 http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...e/germains.jpg LAT 3-13-38 http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...ollys11-26.jpg LAT 11-16-1926 |
:previous: Excellent info/ads on Germain's NCD. -thanks
__ I agree CityBoyDoug, those ceiling lights are pretty amazing. http://imageshack.us/a/img404/443/lan8.jpg Time Inc. |
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