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Rather than their being in the parking lot, though, I believe they're on the roof. On the right you have the top four stories of the nine-story Hotel Northern. The gabled and flat-roofed buildings at far left are the tops of the backsides of 224 and 218 S Olive. Just for fun I made this handy-dandy little graphic! https://farm1.staticflickr.com/978/4...56bd6587_o.pngucsb |
:previous: That's so great Beaudry! your aerial explains everything quite clearly.
It didn't even cross my mind that the firemen might be line up on a roof! & you're correct...if you look closely you can see it's a roof. __________________________________- re: "5-Star" fixtures https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...922/8tJbnY.png ACORN8332 PHOTOGRAPH Quote:
Thanks for the information acorn8332. Hmmm....I wonder if any workmen nabbed a fixture for their personal collections? __ |
OK, location sleuths...can anyone figure out where this house is? It appears several times in the 1956 Roger Corman sci-fi movie It Conquered The World as the home of Dr. Tom Anderson. Most of the locations used in this movie have been easily identified, including Bronson Caves and Beachwood Drive. Not this house, however.
https://78.media.tumblr.com/63c2486b...rtso1_1280.jpg https://78.media.tumblr.com/8ea3672d...rtso2_1280.jpg https://78.media.tumblr.com/937a4b3c...rtso3_1280.jpg Perhaps the biggest hint: the address is 5815. https://78.media.tumblr.com/49b1e786...rtso4_1280.jpg https://78.media.tumblr.com/a5496105...rtso5_1280.jpg One shot reveals a house next door. https://78.media.tumblr.com/d27b70d4...rtso6_1280.jpg Here's a view of the topography leading up to the house. https://78.media.tumblr.com/bb8bb779...rtso7_1280.jpg [source: Japanese DVD issued by Run Corporation] "I seen a funny looking bird!" "That was no bird. That was the guy in front of you." |
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Armagh Apts
Sorry about the redundant post, I'm still several hundred pages behind. :shrug:
Here are the 1910 and 1921 Baists of this block: https://i.imgur.com/9EZAnnr.jpg http://historicmapworks.com https://i.imgur.com/iNI16qI.jpg http://historicmapworks.com The 1910 map shows 312-4 California as the Hotel Osborn. The LADBS has a 1906 demolition permit for a two-story frame building issued to a Mr. John Osborn for that address, and advertisements for the Hotel Osborn start showing up in the LA Times in 1910. Around 1915 it was renamed the Armagh Apartments, which it remained until its 1949 demo. The Osborn/Armagh made it into the newspaper a few times: https://i.imgur.com/0wij3xN.jpg http://www.newspapers.com There are a couple of interesting things in this: https://i.imgur.com/WLSSG0X.jpg ...a ghost sign for the Armagh at the top of the photo, and the sign at the bottom which looks like La Salle apts ____ Decorated Singles Doubles Batchelors and two lines too small to read, except the bottom right might say 314 California. This is mildly puzzling, as the La Salle was (and is) at 1249 W. 6th Street, a long way from Fort Hill. It almost looks like it was designed by the same architect. Same owner, maybe? https://i.imgur.com/KtfPBvs.jpg GSV |
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W6AM was the ham radio station of the #1 ham radio operator in the world, Don Wallace. He had a 24-acre "radio ranch" in Palos Verdes (originally over 100 acres) that was turned into a housing tract after his death. If you are interested, you might want to read this, this, this, and this. Oh and this too. |
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The ones I've been able to observe over a long period of time, e_r, if they're happy, they sprint up to about 30-40 feet, then they start saying to themselves, "Hmm. Maybe I'd better start filling in a bit more." The mass bloom is quite beautiful; but, if you're walking in just the wrong way over a layer of shed blossoms on concrete . . . https://s26.postimg.cc/s1dm57cq1/slip.gif GIPHY Quote:
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PS: One of my favorite details of the image posted by Beaudry:
https://i.imgur.com/PfSASa4.jpg Here is a vintage Nesbitt's sign almost identical to the one in the above photo: https://i.imgur.com/Lvedr4K.jpgLINK I used to drink a lot of orange soda when I was a kid, and Nesbitt's was my favorite. My family would take vacations in our car, and I used to buy Nesbitt's from those old soda machines where you would grab the bottle by its top and pull it from the machine (remember those?). Those machines used to be everywhere, in front of hotels, liquor stores, etc. You can still buy Nesbitt's today: https://i.imgur.com/PzLi8vi.jpgLINK Sadly, the company that produces them does not duplicate the cool and unique vintage bottles: https://i.imgur.com/jxP6FZq.jpgLINK Here is a Nesbitt's promotional video from the 1940s, featuring vintage footage of Union Station, Olvera St, Downtown, and the La Brea Tar Pits: https://archive.org/details/75634BehindTheScenes They sure make orange-picking look like a lot of fun! Is this really what citrus farmers look like?! I need to find me a citrus orchard, pronto! https://i.imgur.com/rwuLGCt.jpg Another favorite of mine is NuGrape grape soda: https://i.imgur.com/wb1NHmc.jpgLINK Again, the vintage bottle design is not used: https://i.imgur.com/y4tdVDX.jpgLINK Here is a 1926 promotional jingle for NuGrape: https://archive.org/details/Nugrape Before anyone starts thinking “Vintage sodas? This guy might be the most pretentious person in the world!”, allow me to point out that I hate the aftertaste of HFCS (high fructose corn syrup), so I refuse to drink sodas that contain it (which means every soda available at the supermarket). I like my sodas with real cane sugar, just like in the old days. Sooo much better tasting. For people in the LA area, my highest recommendation goes to Galco's Soda Pop Stop, located in Highland Park. They specialize in vintage sodas (nearly all of them HFCS-free), unique imported liquors, vintage-style candy, even some old-fashioned toys! They apparently do mail order as well. I try to go easy on my sugar consumption, but every few months I will go to Galco's and treat myself. |
Mexican sodas still use cane sugar, no HFCS in Mexico. You can get Mexican Coca-Cola everywhere here (New Mexico).
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"by George, I think he's got it" Good Eye. I did not have time to search very much for old photos of the lot. People came in who actually wanted me to do work!!! Imagine the gall! Thanks (quote from My Fair Lady) |
In the line up of Firemen the different uniformed Fireman is a Chief. In that day the high ranking officer in the Police and Fire Departments wore a more dignified uniform to show they were of rank..
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-------------------- Well done for figuring out that the firemen were on the roof of 217 S Hill, Beaudry. The buildings behind fooled me into thinking they were on the ground, but your aerial can't be disputed. |
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