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But can you remember it when it opened as El "Patio Ballroom?" Probably didn't keep that name very long. http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...UKC2EQP9QU.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...UKC2EQP9QU.jpg More tidbits here: http://www.100megspopup.com/ark/PalomarBlrm.html http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/vp19/...635432_600.jpghttp://ic.pics.livejournal.com/vp19/...635432_600.jpg http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/vp19/...9_original.jpghttp://ic.pics.livejournal.com/vp19/...9_original.jpg |
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http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...psa0adc837.jpg Here's a closer look at the same area from another photo: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...ps25fd7988.jpg USC Digital Library -- http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...d/3936/rec/224 Was this a fountain? It reminds me a little of Lotta's Fountain in San Francisco. |
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Gosh Supply Sergeant, you did so much with the place! Hollywood Supply Sergeant sign is a Hollywood icon. But the store facade before the Sergeant made camp at 6664 Hollywood Blvd was far different. If it's a question of camouflage to avoid detection, the Sarge has succeeded. http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5069/5...d6c96d27_z.jpghttp://farm6.staticflickr.com/5069/5...d6c96d27_z.jpg http://img.groundspeak.com/waymarkin...70ba9f66cc.jpghttp://img.groundspeak.com/waymarkin...70ba9f66cc.jpg Early '30s(?) C. H. Baker Shoes http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...JU4YJAU9V9.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...JU4YJAU9V9.jpg |
Pampas and Palms are both nice, but I prefer something around which I can get my arms. Palms. Wild, woolly, crew cut, shag or mullet. :treehugger:
Down to here. Down to there. Tall as I can grow it . . . palms. (ragni/rado/galt/cowsills) 1920s - Finley Avenue from Vermont (Los Feliz) http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...U2GVT6KGF2.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...U2GVT6KGF2.jpg Plaza Olivera Street - undated http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics17/00008441.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/pics17/00008441.jpg Undated - Vermont Ave. in Griffith Park http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics23/00031288.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/pics23/00031288.jpg Undated, no address http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics30/00064898.jpghttp://jpg3.lapl.org/pics30/00064898.jpg Normandie to Griffith Park (Full of fronds to fall on Fords) http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics37/00068385.jpghttp://jpg3.lapl.org/pics37/00068385.jpg 1938 North Bedford, Hills of Beverly (?) http://jpg1.lapl.org/00099/00099059.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/00099/00099059.jpg 1960 - Somewhere on Westmoreland "Street." (Did Goldilocks like garbage cans?) http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics04/00001907.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/pics04/00001907.jpg October '29 - Westmoreland "Avenue" and 10th Street. Magnifico. http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics37/00068449.jpghttp://jpg3.lapl.org/pics37/00068449.jpg |
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It's the Newmark Fountain. http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...&postcount=449 |
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"In the spring of 1882, my attention had been called to the public need of proper facilities for obtaining a drink of good water; and no one else having moved in the matter, the following communication was sent, during the heated summer, to the City authorities: Los Angeles, August 25, 1882. To the Honorable, The Council of Los Angeles City: Gentlemen:— The undersigned hereby tender to the city a drinking fountain, as per the accompanying cut, to be placed on that portion of Temple Block fronting the junction of Main and Spring streets, for the free use of the public, and subject to the approval of your honorable body. Respectfully, H. Newmark & Co. About the same time Stephen H. Mott, Secretary of the Los Angeles City Water Company, promised enough drinking water, free of charge, to supply the fountain. The unpretentious gift having been accepted, the fountain was installed. The design included an iron pedestal and column, surmounted by a female figure of attractive proportions; while below, the water issued from the mouth of a lion's head. Though but seven feet in height and not to be compared with more ambitious designs seen here later, the fountain may have given some incentive to city service and adornment." From -- http://www.gutenberg.org/files/42680...h.htm#Page_534 |
Radio Tour 1922
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"America's First Radio Tour" was a 1922 promotional trek to expose the rural West to the possibilities of RADIO. The tour began in Detroit and finished in Los Angeles, however the participants were particularly impressed with Nevada and spent three days in Austin, Nevada. The "radio equipped" Rickenbacker is shown above. The car above is photographed in front of the Los Angeles Orphan's Home in Boyle Heights. This was when radio was a big deal. http://www.radioblvd.com/nevradiohist.htm |
Los Angeles Beer Wagon
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USC Library A sign on the Los Angeles Brewery proclaims Eastside to be 'the perfect brew.' The driver uses his broom to dust off the horses. |
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Looking west on Wilshire, the Professional Building says "Welcome to the Neighborhood." Workers below, look like they could do for some "Eastside" and a good broom dust off. Giddy up!:previous: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co.../17222/rec/515 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 |
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My local pizza shop placed hundreds of "used" pizza boxes in trash cans to give the perception that everyone was buying their pizza pies....it worked and their business was soon a huge success. |
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http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...psf001350f.jpg I'm going to stick my neck out and say this photo dates to 1882-1886. We're not only missing the Pershing Hotel/Charnock Block (1889) at Main & 5th, we're also missing the Hotel Alcazar (1888) on the NE corner of Main & Winston and the Hotel Westminster (1887) on the NE corner Main & 4th. I'm pretty sure that the red circle marks the steeple of the First Presbyterian Church at 2nd and Fort/Broadway, the cornerstone for which was laid in February 1882 (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lc...arRange&page=2). And there's no City Hall (1888) tower just south of the church yet, either (http://losangelespast.blogspot.com/2...neties-la.html). The cross-street in the foreground is definitely 5th. The three houses in the lower left corner of the photo correspond to those marked on the 1888 Sanborn Map below (in the photo, the building on the east side of Main with the covered sidewalk is at the SE corner of Main and Winston): http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...ps5cad41c6.jpg LAPL |
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Your reasoning makes sense, but could the date be as late as 1889 or sometime in the 90's? I had my doubts, as suggested by "?" Hellman's 1876-home was replaced by his Bank in '04 or '05, providing an outside limit. The chronology of most of these photos bears some scrutiny. The Westminster Hotel, across from the Hellman Home was recently covered here: http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/show...ostcount=15797 I W Hellman residence built in '76 at 5th and Main ~1877 http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2366/3...d702c937_b.jpghttp://farm3.staticflickr.com/2366/3...d702c937_b.jpg 1887, Hellman's abode. Corner of Main and Fourth. From Roof of Westminster Hotel probably focusing on Fourth. Can't see it? Go here: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...d/3453/rec/526 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...man&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...man&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...man&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...man&DMROTATE=0 Circa 1889 (Look at second pic) Northerly view of Main Street from Fourth. For those who can't view: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...d/1448/rec/587 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...man&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...man&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...man&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...man&DMROTATE=0 http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...Y64L778N2A.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...Y64L778N2A.jpg Circa 1895 http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...M58PVCB4GV.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...M58PVCB4GV.jpg |
1904 - "Some" of the IW Hellman Home being prepared for transport to location near Figueroa and 18th Street. (Brother, HW Hellman had a home at 4th and Spring - that also gave way for commercial use.) Can't see it? Go here: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...id/6026/rec/69 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...man&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...man&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...man&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...man&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...man&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...man&DMROTATE=0 1900 Looking North on Main from 4th http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...U8EC718NIF.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...U8EC718NIF.jpg |
Doesn't this look totally inviting?
The entrance to Hollywood Memorial Park (now Hollywood Forever Cemetery), circa 1940 Edit: I decided to delete the photo, as I did not get permission to use the photo. I don't wanna risk this wonderful thread being closed or deleted. |
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