:previous: They look very similar. I thought you had the two locations confused (hence this meaningless post).

I refreshed the older picture of the Maryland Hotel.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8033/8...69cd690a_b.jpg

:previous: Nice...rcarlton.

Some photos from the 1920s (and a map from the 1840s) depicting the Sanchez Adobe, now believed by many to be the oldest building in Los Angeles.

Just to clarify...I meant MY post was meaningless not yours BRR.

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Scholarly and very well presented - as always.

I've been trying to find this, because I remember reading in a 1930s-era book about L.A. that there was then a plaque or something like that in the sidewalk, commemorating Jeffries. Is there any chance the plaque is still there?

Programs that featured pretty girls in bathing suits, perhaps?

http://www.earlytelevision.org/images/w6XAO-6.jpg
[source: earlytelevision.org]

(It's a little difficult to make out, but the side of the television camera reads "Don Lee.")

Nope- Just the immense R.Reagan California State Bldng hulking on this block-- John Rechy's City Of Night refers obliquely to this old bar as the 1-2-3 club- to protect it's by then transvestite and male hustler denizens - years after Jim Jeffries passed on---

Looking at the 1923 city directory for any noire like subjects and found the Nick Harris Detectives.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8316/8...ef3cbcf8_b.jpgLAPL

1939 directory:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8322/8...06681753_b.jpgLAPL
Noire like address:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8311/8...786baa86_b.jpgGE

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8029/8...6b4176df_b.jpgGE

A corner view of the exterior of the theater, seen from across the street. Marquee on the left side says: Vitaphone. Samuel Goldyn's "The Hurricane and Missing Witnesses". 1939.
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater3/00015626.jpgLAPL

http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater1/00014819.jpgLAPL

The Warner Brothers Downtown Theatre, previously the Pantages Theatre, located at 401 W. 7th Street, was designed by architect B. Marcus Priteca in the Greek revival style in 1919, and opened on August 16, 1920.
http://jpg1.lapl.org/00100/00100744.jpgLAPL

http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics37/00068292.jpgLAPL

Corner view of the Pantages. The marquee is not visible, but entrance to the theater can be seen. c1926.
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater3/00015536.jpgLAPL

http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater3/00015534.jpgLAPL

A view of the northwest corner of 7th & Hill taken from a quarter of a block away and looking down 7th street. A vertical sign on the building identifies the Pantages, and the marquee reads: "Submarine and Sound of Music second big week - now". Crowds of people are in the crosswalks in front of the theatre and on both sides of Hill.

http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater3/00015535.jpgLAPL


Nick Harris Detectives still lives! Seems the agency once changed hands during a poker game.

Could this be the Globe Department Store?

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8322/8...06681753_b.jpgLAPL

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8031/8...76e16e4a_b.jpgGE

Sure has changed. Tower still stands.

I was thinking about the AT&T building which is behind the 'Daily Planet'/Mutual of Omaha/Ashahi (Currently Samsung) building on La Brea. The building can be seen in the aerial above as the cube-like structure immediately north of the the Mutual of Omaha building.

It appears to be deco/mid 30's to 40's in its construction and design, and also has many windows so it appears to have been a regular building and not purposely built to hold switching equipment (like it's unfortunate annex built later, likely in the 70's or early 80's)

The post showing the construction of the black deco building next door still shows the area as fairly low-rise and residential, it's hard to tell when the building was built and what it was for. Any one have any information on this gem hidden in plain sight?

all kinds of awesomeness. thanks.

http://imageshack.us/a/img233/5413/a...reacabanar.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img542/5413/a...reacabanar.jpg
matchbook/ebay



So far we have overlooked this fine understated art deco building here on 'noirish Los Angeles'.
I certainly have never noticed it before. It is just south of Wilshire on the west side of La Brea.


http://imageshack.us/a/img39/3576/aadeco736slabrea1.jpg
google street views





http://imageshack.us/a/img803/1979/a...reacabanar.jpg
google street views

I would love to go inside.
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http://imageshack.us/a/img515/7343/pctram1926.jpg
ebay

What is this strange contraption? an early version of a hovercraft? (I'm kidding) :)
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Looks to have 4 wheels, which can be seen near the gentleman's foot who is handing the ticket to the lady and another near the back of the contraption. The handles must be for steering (you can see bars going under the seat to the axle), like on some of those fancy lawnmowers. How was it powered?

A rare color snapshot.

http://imageshack.us/a/img690/9885/crarenbcradio.jpg
ICR
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http://imageshack.us/a/img717/4144/a...ecafeteria.jpg
ebay


below:
I've had this photograph forever on one of my old cds and always wondered where this little coffee shop was located.
Perhaps this is the Mannings you speak of GW.


http://imageshack.us/a/img515/7267/s...9unknownfo.jpg
unknown/possibly ebay

The design of this coffee shop is amazing. I love the circular lighted 'canopy' above the entrance and how the store is open-air to the street.

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I thought this poor picture could use a little cleaning up.

http://imageshack.us/a/img835/337/cone1.jpg

Yes, the black deco building I am referring to is the Bank building, there were photos earlier on the thread showing its construction, surrounded by single family houses, including on the site of the MoO building.

If that picture is from 1968, then the annex (shown prominently in your photo) was built later, as though it is shorter than the main building, it is as deep as the taller structure and would be visible in the aerial shot. At first I thought it could have been hidden due to the angle of the photo, but aerial photos show that it would be visible.

In any case, I do doubt that this building would have been built purposefully to house exchange equipment. It has windows on all four sides and exterior fire escapes, which would be odd for a building that's not meant to house many, if any people. Sometimes the utilities building these buildings add windows or faux windows to the facade for aesthetics or are required to do so, but they wouldn't place them on the alley, sides, or rear facades as this building has. The annex building is a perfect example of this- it has some ornamentation to the front, but the side is a big blank wall.

There were a lot of Manning's--looks like the Gold Cup location didn't become one until the late '50s. Here's one on Grand, near Dawson's.

http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics41/00070282.jpgLAPL

Apparently Manning's was the Starbuck's of its day:
http://www.kcet.org/socal/departures...nings-main.jpgKCET
See story HERE.

http://imageshack.us/a/img811/7753/pianog.jpgCustom Trip Planning

Speaking of Mannings... The Big Red Piano in color.

Great restoration! There must be more photo's out there that need help. Color corrections are easy. Please post them...most can be fixed!:notacrook:

I just found an earlier matchbook of the Wilshire-La Brea Recreation Center.

http://imageshack.us/a/img35/3424/mb...breajericl.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/79761301@N00/



I didn't realize there were so many windows at one point in time. So were they simply stuccoed over?

http://imageshack.us/a/img39/3576/aadeco736slabrea1.jpg
google street view



Here is the matchbook that I posted earlier (in case you would like to compare the two).

http://imageshack.us/a/img542/5413/a...reacabanar.jpg

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Before machines were invented to do the switching automatically, women would sit at desks in the telephone buildings and do this job. So the older telephone company buildings and the workers at the switchboard could use a large amount of light from windows.

It's from another city, but shows the workers inside:
http://imageshack.us/a/img526/8868/w...elephonebl.jpg
1939 in Winston-Salem's Art Deco Southern Bell Building
Forsyth County Public Library

I love this thread. It's by far my favorite thread on this forum!

There was a Manning's on the south side of Hollywood Boulevard at Whitely Avenue, with old wood booths and a cafeteria style setting. The other cafeteria was the Ontra on Vine Street, near the old El Capitan Theatre. The El Capitan on the Boulevard, west of Highland Avenue was called the Paramount Theatre since the early 1940's. Today, the theater is once again called the El Captian and the theater on Vine Street is now the Avalon. The Ontra and Manning's are long gone. Tempus fugit, brothers and sisters.

Not that you can really tell the difference, but here are a few actual Los Angeles operators:

http://jpg1.lapl.org/00095/00095979.jpg

Still going in the '60s and beyond:
http://jpg1.lapl.org/00096/00096007.jpg


And there's always a noir connection: Carrie Estelle Doheny, wife of the Teapot Dome's Edward Doheny and stepmother of Ned Doheny of Greystone murder/suicide fame, started out as a telephone operator. She ended up a countess, although of the papal sort, which is somewhere between Mardi Gras and the peerage.

http://imageshack.us/a/img407/4573/chron2173p1.jpg


All LAPL

The guy 2nd from left is creepy

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and?

He does look out of place. Makes you wonder if he may be up to no good. Or perhaps he was just bothered by the photographer stopping to take the photo. You will never know.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-v...2520AM.bmp.jpgSan Fernanado Valley Relics

Great 1954 shot looking east on Sylvan Street in Van Nuys--pretty forlorn now, but at least the Valley Municipal Building is still there.

I work right near this building, it's now a dance school. It looks like it could be restored to its original condition fairly easily, replace the windows and remove the giant billboard, and re-introduce the blade sign (with neon, no doubt).

I had no idea that it used to be a bowling alley. Any chance any lanes are still there? Has anyone been inside or found photos of the existing or original interiors?

Hope I got the now shot lined up right??

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...psa398bdb8.jpg

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-v...2520AM.bmp.jpg

The building at right in light brown with white window framing appears to line up with the white building in the old shot, see how the windows down the side alleyway seem to match

Google Maps

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I'd say you got it, Joe. I hadn't looked closely at the windows of the big building above the parking meter in the old shot to see that they appear the same as the ones in the modernized version today.

Looks to be pretty close, maybe within a car length. I think the shape of the roof of the computer store next to the brown building fits the old picture. Mind you, I am blowing it way up in order to see. I would love to have higher resolution scans.

I was looking at the pics again after your post Arch2000. I noticed that you can easily see where the second story windows were located by the two rectangles that are still visible on the facade (I've circled them in black).

http://imageshack.us/a/img802/7962/aabreabowl.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img696/8742/aabreabowl2.jpg

Since you work nearby Arch2000 you should try to go inside (with a camera of course) ;)

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December 4, 1921 Cornerstone placement of the American Legion Post 140 building in South Pasadena. Participants include Marshal Foch (right center).
http://jpg1.lapl.org/00078/00078434.jpglapl

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...481px-Foch.jpgwiki

1934 - National Bank of Commerce. Next to a Safeway on Hill Street (?)
http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...9G8E5VCB2B.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...487X3PJIP2.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...3FU7NE2RV7.jpg
C.St.Lib

Fewer tears. Another day 1981 1st and Hill

http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...8PF8XU4YF8.jpgC.St.Lib

Turning the clock back to 1890.

Corner of Spring and Temple
http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...263ESCXQ9E.jpg

Corner of Second and Broadway
http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...278KERU8CG.jpg

North on Spring from First St.
http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...P8RMNP6XU2.jpg

Northern View of Spring Street, from Third
http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...9V19K1RX25.jpg

View of Spring from Nadeau Hotel
http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...IKF91SFUTQ.jpg

Main Street, Junction of Spring and Temple
http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...D7JD4UMGMU.jpg All from C.St.Lib

And nine years later, the east face of 100 Spring Street
http://www.csulb.edu/~odinthor/Spr1E.jpghttp://www.csulb.edu/~odinthor/socal3.html