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Thanks for your fine help ProphetM...much appreciated! __ Here is another 1914 photograph of the flooded Los Angeles River (notice the boxcars sliding into the river). http://imageshack.us/a/img198/9057/a...14fallingb.jpg unknown/found on an old cd of mine Could the large building at the extreme right be the same large building at left in the first photo? The direction of the smoke makes me think that it is a possibility. http://imageshack.us/a/img850/9057/a...14fallingb.jpghttp://imageshack.us/a/img515/6633/a...stianicopy.jpg __ |
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ER, you were seeing things.
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I know I saw a few motels in this thread, so I offer this shot of the Astro in Culver City, as another remarkable midcentury survival.
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Looks like a pretty good job to me. Keep up the good work Squirmy!
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I didn't take into consideration that Spring Street was at a higher elevation than Main Street. below: In the postcard below you can see the grade/slope of Temple Street (circled in red). http://imageshack.us/a/img94/2845/aafederalbldgpc.jpg ebay ___ below: The Spring Street entrance to the Federal Building. http://imageshack.us/a/img23/4752/aa...ngstreetsi.jpg google street view below: The Main Street entrance to the Federal Building. http://imageshack.us/a/img827/3158/a...stentrance.jpg google street view I will file this under "You learn something new everday." __ |
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:previous: Just so you know alanlutz, 'so-cal-bear' also thought it was a mistake to call it the post office....so perhaps you two are on to something.
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I guess all we had to do was check Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_..._Angeles,_1940) It says it stopped being a Post Office in 1965.
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A stunning view of the Coral Canal in Venice Beach California circa 1920s.
http://imageshack.us/a/img803/2161/a...enice1920s.jpg found on ebay below: The reverse side of the Coral Canal cabinet card. http://imageshack.us/a/img607/2161/a...enice1920s.jpg detail below: I was hoping to see 'J.C. Milligan, Photographer' stenciled on one of windows of the Mason Opera Building. http://imageshack.us/a/img840/41/aac...hotographe.jpg http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/search...=1347237133916 __ |
The Graf Zeppelin over Los Angeles in 1937.
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1937. That was the year they tore down the old Federal court house on the corner of Temple and Spring and began building the US Court House and Post Office. You can see all the buildings still standing on that spot from this great shot!
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:previous: Here is the destruction of the old federal post office at Temple and Spring in 1937.
To be honest, I thought this was only the post office...and not a federal court house. http://imageshack.us/a/img35/1259/aa...lespring19.jpg http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/search...=1347247673692 __ |
You are really on top of this one, ER. Wonder what that other red brick building and several beige ones were between Hall of Justice and this one being demolished. There is presently nothing but a large west lawn between US Courthouse and the Hall of Justice. Also I am amused by the "Sheriff's Barbeque & Picnic" signs. Is that along Spring Street or another smaller street before Spring St was extended?
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I've had this postcard for quite some time without thinking much of the written sentiment (flood...drowning pigeons!?!)
http://imageshack.us/a/img854/679/aadrowningsquabs.jpg found on ebay ...so I was amazed when I came across this photograph of a pigeon farm actually being swept away by the 1914 flood. http://imageshack.us/a/img88/5690/aa...torglastof.jpg found on an old cd of mine This must be the pigeon farm mentioned in the postcard. How cool is that? __ |
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It must have been a big flood to take out the World's Largest Pigeon Ranch/Farm/Feather-Factory. http://www.image-archeology.com/Worl...ornia_1716.jpg http://www.image-archeology.com/Los_...ailed_1911.jpg http://www.image-archeology.com/Los_...ailed_1913.jpg ____________________________ And speaking of "last stands," former Great Plains inhabitants are just a stone's throw from the studios. (Bison sightings from the Angel's Flight observation tower during the last Elks meeting may not have been an exaggeration after all!:haha: ) http://www.image-archeology.com/Siou...ngeles_Cal.jpg 1909 http://www.image-archeology.com/Indi...ornia_1909.jpghttp://www.image-archeology.com/Indi..._back_1909.jpg Fromhttp://www.image-archeology.com |
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It's the 'new' extension of Spring Street. In the photo above, the torn-up road between the old Post Office/Federal Building and the ones in the foreground is New High Street. http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/v.../CHS-42178.jpg U.S.C. Digital Library -Scott |
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Yes, I believe there is! In fact, I think there is a brief view of Frank Shaw and a casual mention of Monkey Island. You know, it is widely believed that everything you need to know about life is contained in Annie Hall. For my money I'm more of a Brothers Karamazov kind of guy but I can see Woody Allen's appeal. Next to Dostoyevsky he can seem downright whimsical. |
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Note the evidence of graffiti on the right pillar—Berkeley Square had begun its decline by the time Schultheis did these photos. The two Berkeley Square gates were by Alfred Rosenheim. Below is the Times's rendering of them on Sept 25, 1904, as improvements were being made to the subdivision in preparation for its official April 1905 opening. More here: http://www.berkeleysquarelosangeles....e-arrived.html https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-I...2520AM.bmp.jpg |
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Chili Bowl restaurant, Herman Schultheis, 1937 One of the six Chili Bowl restaurants, located at 801 N. La Brea Avenue in the Miracle Mile. The neon sign mounted on the roof reads, "Get the Chili Bowl habit!" LAPL |
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Al Levy's Tavern, Herman Schultheis, 1937 Front window of Al Levy's Tavern, with the name, a family crest, and the words "Now catering to the third generation of my old patrons" painted on it. LAPL http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8031/7...80b6d767_o.jpg Al Levy's Tavern, Herman Schultheis, 1937 (2) Two fashionably dressed young women walk past Al Levy's Tavern on Vine Street in Hollywood. The neon signs above the door read "Al Levy's Tavern" (partially out of view) and "Air Conditioned". LAPL http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8174/7...556cc8f6_o.jpg Al Levy's Tavern, Herman Schultheis, 1937 (3) Exterior of Al Levy's Tavern, located at 1627 N. Vine Street in Hollywood. On the right is a glimpse of the Broadway Hollywood. LAPL |
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https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-0.../mikelyman.jpgLAPL Mike Lyman's remodeled and replaced Al Levy's—I've seen a good bit on the 'net about Mike Lyman's restaurants, but I didn't know he had a place at LAX: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-g...2520PM.bmp.jpgebay.com The site on which I found this pc describes Lyman's LAX outlet as being between the wheels of the SAS DC6... https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-k...2520PM.bmp.jpgn303wr |
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shopping areas. The one to the east (where the Ross is today) was the Park LaBrea Shopping Center, and the supermarket was indeed a Market Basket. The center had basic service businesses: dry cleaners, drug store, etc. The center to the west (where Whole Foods is now) was a charming place known as the Town & Country Center until 1961 or '62. (There's a center in Palo Alto almost identical to it - very woodsy, shingled bungalow style buildings). When the new shopping area was built, the anchor was a Sav-On (now CVS) drugstore on the Fairfax end. The supermarket I recall was a Safeway, and there was a - I think - Zody's or White Front where the KMart is now. The center area (extends south about half a block) had a grease pit known as Fisher's Burgers, much loved by Fairfax High students. Oh - about the Lohman's -- you're right, it was a restaurant in its original form, a place called Dublin's Food & Fun (I still have a matchbook somewhere). The building was a sort of rounded mid-century mod thing. |
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I too vaguely recall the collection of Antique/Consignment stores, a Post Office and the Gilmore Bank (which I think also housed antique stores). http://www.image-archeology.com/Farm..._CA_P24896.jpghttp://www.image-archeology.com/ Postmodern Prairie Style 1955: http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3628/3...42113d3658.jpgflickr http://www.farmersmarketla.com/histo...es/slide33.jpghttp://www.farmersmarketla.com/histo...s/slide33.html Marilyn Monroe reportedly helps celebrate opening day of Bank,with AF Gilmore, 1955 (??) http://lagroveliving.com/wp-content/...n-1024x768.jpghttp://images.search.yahoo.com/image...mb=x5Z4zRZd8Qy My memories go back to Quinn's Market on Larchmont and Melrose and Smiths' Food King in Beverly Hills. 266 N. Larchmont. Before Quinns, in '67 Safeway. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XRrU8-3Nmi...the+Lam+19.JPGhttp://dearoldhollywood.blogspot.com...locations.html Master of disguise, the late Bob Hope in "Eight on the Lam" at 1st and Larchmont. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XRrU8-3Nmi...the+Lam+13.JPG http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XRrU8-3Nmi...the+Lam+17.JPG http://dearoldhollywood.blogspot.com...locations.html |
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In '56 the restaurant you remember as "Dublin's" (6220 W. Third) went by another name: Barraclough's Dining Room and Coffee house. http://rescarta.lapl.org:8080/ResCar...oc=barraclough Don't know when it changed hands, but it was Dublins in '62 http://rescarta.lapl.org:8080/ResCar...ns&submit=Find The Source erroneously indicates this establishment was from the '40s. http://imagehost.vendio.com/bin/imag...matchbook1.JPGhttp://imagehost.vendio.com/bin/imag...matchbook4.JPGebay "Town and Country" presumably late '50s. Well before my time and not how I remember it. May have been seen before on this forum: http://yesterdayla.com/wp-content/up...towncntry1.jpghttp://yesterdayla.com The Former "Britts": http://archive.larchmontchronicle.co.../12-towing.jpggooglehttp://images4.citysearch.net/assets...8/SQNdHPLt.jpggoogle |
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I believe that the young lady holding the ostrich plume in your last photo is the fan dancer, Sally Rand. She continued to perform well into her 60's. I had the pleasure of watching one of her last performances at a club on the Sunset Strip in the 1970's. Cheers, Jack |
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I wonder if they would let me take pictures inside the lobby? |
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Hello everyone here in Noirish Los Angeles, I stumbled upon this website a year ago when i was looking for old photos of the 110 tunnels and was amazed by the content of this site. I've been through the whole thread 3 times, all 450 plus pages, and love it each time.
I grew up in Highland Park, and always noticed there were a lot of old buildings and house still around. A lot of the city, on the east side of the river still have many victorian homes, I hope to contribute pictures of these places later in the future. This site has taught me so much about the history of the city that I love. I dont want to make this too long so I just want to say thanks to everyone here for your amazing pictures and knowledge of my favorite city. -Steven |
Hi Steven, and welcome.
We've talked a bit about Highland Park but as of yet we've not really gone across the river. Funny how that river stills acts as a point of demarcation. Lots of interesting history over there. And, as you point out, lot of surviving Victorian architecture. Look forward to your pics.
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The raised kiosk traffic officer as late as 1937?
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Main at 9th Street, Los Angeles, Herman Schultheis, 1937 This is a view of Main looking north from Ninth to where Spring and Main converge. Interestingly, a raised kiosk with a uniformed police officer is set on top of a pole in the foreground of this corner, perhaps to monitor the complicated intersection. We had seen these kiosks in earlier photos but I don't remember seeing them this late. Signs visible include the Los Angeles City Club (833 South Spring) and the California Bank in the 810 South Spring Building. Pedestrians are waiting in the street for a streetcar. LAPL |
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Mayor Frank Shaw hands over the ceremonial scissors, Herman Schultheis, 1937 Mayor Frank Shaw, realising he can't slip them in his pocket, reluctantly hands the ceremonial scissors to actress Sheila Darcy against a backdrop of crowds and businesses at the Highland Avenue street widening dedication in Hollywood. A sliver of the ribbon to be cut is visible on the bottom left. Ms. Darcy, a fine figure of a woman (as the saying goes), would later marry fellow actor Preston Foster. LAPL http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8312/7...6972fd82_b.jpg Sheila Darcy cuts the ribbon for dedication, Herman Schultheis, 1937 Mayor Frank Shaw holds up the ribbon just cut by actress Sheila Darcy during the dedication of Highland Avenue. In 1937 Highland Avenue was widened from Cahuenga Boulevard to Melrose Avenue. The dedication ceremony took place on October 13th at Hollywood High School. Edward Brown of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce was in charge of the program and Mayor Frank Shaw, Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz and actress Sheila Darcy were among the speakers with Ms. Darcy doing the honors of turning one long ribbon into two somewhat shorter ribbons. LAPL http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8443/7...a94668be_b.jpg Talking with Sheila Darcy, Herman Schultheis, 1937 Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz (far left) and another man talk to actress Sheila 'the dragon lady' Darcy on the sidewalk at the Highland Avenue street widening dedication. LAPL |
Highland Park and Garvanza?
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=6387 and Garvanza Hotel, 1887 (SW corner of York Blvd and Ave 63. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/assets.../CHS-6667?v=hrUSC Digital Before and after, courtesy of frequent contributor GSJansen :) http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1339/5...7da4b3a3_b.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/33455118@N08/5178424059/ |
Speaking of which, where is gsjansen? I miss his posts. He's a good one. Hope he's okay.
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As promised.... This amazing weather vane was atop the main dome of the Moorish-style Le Grande Station. The station, located just south of the First Street viaduct at 2nd Street and Santa Fe Avenue, was the main passenger terminal of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. http://imageshack.us/a/img138/1106/aaatsf1910dome.jpg detail/ebay http://imageshack.us/a/img194/717/aaatsf1910a.jpg ebay After the 1933 Long Beach Earthquake the station's monumental dome was removed. The station continued to serve Santa Fe Railway's passenger terminal (sans dome) until the opening of the Los Angeles Union Station on May 7, 1939. below: Here is a view of the once magnificent Santa Fe Station minus the damaged dome on Jan. 26, 1939. http://imageshack.us/a/img687/433/aaatminusdome1939.jpg I would love to find a photograph of the interior of the dome. It must have been absolutely 'le grande'. :) ___ |
A fascinating cabinet card of a fire brigade in action!
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The kiosk on the corner in your photo of South Main and East Ninth is not a police control box, but rather a Los Angeles Railway/Pacific Electric switchtender's box for controlling the turning of streetcars at that busy 3-way intersection (South Spring Street joins South Main here). For many years track switches in the street had to be thrown manually, requiring that the motorman exit his car, walk forward and throw the switch and then re-board the car to make the turn onto the desired street. This created unnecessary delays at the City's busier intersections. Note the very heavy electrical conduit running into the kiosk roof and in both directions on the two streets. This is connected to a control panel used to operate the electric switch motors buried in the street and the signals controlling the movement of the streetcars. Two of those signals can be seen below the street light standard at the extreme right of the photo (They are mounted on a pole hidden by the street light standard) and a third atop the kiosk itself. In addition, note the bell mounted to the underside of the floor of the kiosk. This bell alerted pedestrian traffic to watch for turning streetcars. I am a bit hazy on the relationship of the ACME auto traffic signal to the movement of turning streetcars, but that too may have been controlled by the switchtender when required. Eventually, technology was developed to allow the motorman to throw the switch from his control stand in the streetcar. Cheers, Jack |
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Here's one for Scott...
your cornerstone is on the move...
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8299/7...44a88a2c_b.jpg Courthouse ceremony A crowd has gathered to remove the cornerstone of the old Los Angeles County Courthouse on May 20, 1936. The first Los Angeles County Courthouse was built in 1891(?) and is also as known as the "Red Sandstone Courthouse." Located at Spring and Temple, this building served as the courthouse until 1933, when it sustained damage in the Long Beach earthquake, and was demolished in 1936. LAPL Wig-Wag, Thanks for that infomation concerning the Ninth and Main kiosk. I only remembered the actual motorman controlling the switches from the car. |
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