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ethereal_reality Jun 30, 2013 7:08 PM

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
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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
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T2 mentioned an interesting 'blind alley' near the William's Assistance League Building here.
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=14150
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ethereal_reality Jun 30, 2013 8:25 PM

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

Moxie Jun 30, 2013 9:12 PM

You have me in complete suspense, e_r...what happened next?! ;)

ethereal_reality Jun 30, 2013 9:45 PM

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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ethereal_reality Jun 30, 2013 9:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moxie (Post 6182695)
You have me in complete suspense, e_r...what happened next?! ;)

I wish I knew Moxie! I couldn't find a follow-up article.
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ethereal_reality Jun 30, 2013 10:49 PM

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
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ethereal_reality Jun 30, 2013 11:57 PM

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
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CityBoyDoug Jul 1, 2013 12:11 AM

The Pontoon Bridge
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 6182789)
I just found this extraordinary photograph on ebay tonight.

-Howard-Hughes-Hercules-AKA-Spruce-Goose-Los-Angeles-Harbor-1947-/121136015114[/url]

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Great photo ER..!

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.


Moxie Jul 1, 2013 12:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 6182713)
I wish I knew Moxie! I couldn't find a follow-up article.

Aww, darn! I'll put it on my list of things to be researching. I'm really curious now....

Wig-Wag Jul 1, 2013 12:58 AM

Spruce Goose Move
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 6182745)
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
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It appears that the Pacific Electric Railway had to drop their wires at his location as evidenced by the tower car seen just below the rear of the fuselage.

Cheers,
Jack

Flyingwedge Jul 1, 2013 1:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 6182706)

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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Bouton. Here it is on an 1888 California State Irrigation Map:
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

ethereal_reality Jul 1, 2013 1:52 AM

:previous: So Bouton it is! ...but it looks platted out in your 1888 map Flyingwedge.

-where's the lake?
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ethereal_reality Jul 1, 2013 1:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wig-Wag (Post 6182832)
It appears that the Pacific Electric Railway had to drop their wires at this location as evidenced by the tower car seen just below the rear of the fuselage.

I'm impressed that you spotted that tower car Jack. -kudos to you! I don't think I would have ever noticed it.
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tovangar2 Jul 1, 2013 2:12 AM

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.

CityBoyDoug Jul 1, 2013 2:14 AM

ClearWater.............
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Flyingwedge (Post 6182843)
Bouton. Here it is on an 1888 California State Irrigation Map:
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

There are still huge supplies of underground fresh water near Compton. Many of the cities near Compton do not need to import water because of the dozens of local water wells. Add to that the fact that the local well water is of excellent quality.

I have friends near that area and have seen water flow right up to the surface.

Flyingwedge Jul 1, 2013 2:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 6182862)
:previous: So Bouton it is! ...and it looks platted out in your 1888 map Flyingwedge.

-but where's the lake?
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I can only surmise that General Edward Bouton (1834-1921), who owned quite a bit of land in the area, planned on developing the area platted out on the 1888 map, but hitting the artesian wells in 1895 flooded the area and created the lake.

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

CityBoyDoug Jul 1, 2013 2:54 AM

WW II Hollywood
 
Melody Lane Cafe, as it was called back then, Hollywood and Vine.

ethereal_reality Jul 1, 2013 3:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flyingwedge (Post 6182899)
I can only surmise that General Edward Bouton (1834-1921), who owned quite a bit of land in the area, planned on developing the area platted out on the 1888 map, but hitting the artesian wells in 1895 flooded the area and created the lake.

Thanks FW. It's rather intriguing to know that the bottom of the lake is laid out in lots. It reminds me of the submerged village in
W.G. Sebald's Austerlitz.
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Noircitydame Jul 1, 2013 2:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 6181547)
:previous: As my grand-niece says...'If you don't first succeed, try, try again." :) I want to see those photos Johnny Socko!
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-earlier tonight I came across this interesting 1959 slide.
http://imageshack.us/a/img835/2716/pvzo.jpg
ebay

-trying to figure out the address, I searched under 'florists' in the 1956 city directory since the 'plants' sign is prominent. Eventually I found a Germain's...but as a pet shop at 625 S. Hill Street. I looked at the slide again and decided the window display does look a bit like a pet shop.

1956 directory
http://imageshack.us/a/img826/1580/l0ip.jpg
http://rescarta.lapl.org/ResCarta-We...7s&submit=Find

...then I noticed 'Snafu Coffee Shop' several lines below Germain's in the directory and remembered this photograph I posted here last week.
http://imageshack.us/a/img834/2546/y5vo.jpg
ebay

At first I thought the 'Transocean Air Lines' office was the old 'Germains Pet Shop' space. -but the addresses don't seem to add up.
Now (after a few beers) I am completely c o n f u s e d!
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It's great to see that slide and in color! Germain's went in 625-627 S. Hill in 1937, opening May 24. It's the 2-story building we've seen before next to the Banker's Building. 1926 to 1934 it had housed Polly's Cheerio Tearoom upstairs; Joe Pirrone took it over for a nightspot after that but not for long. Downstairs was a National Shirt Shops & New York Hardware Co. store. Germains gave it a streamline moderne makeover when they moved in. They also had a retail shop in the Kerckhoff Building (since 1918).

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

ethereal_reality Jul 1, 2013 4:14 PM

:previous: Excellent info/ads on Germain's NCD. -thanks
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I agree CityBoyDoug, those ceiling lights are pretty amazing.
http://imageshack.us/a/img404/443/lan8.jpg
Time Inc.


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