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USC dates the above photo as 1931, so the answer to your question, e_r, is author, editor, and publisher Samuel T. Clover,
shown here at his desk in Los Angeles in 1925. He's in the LA City Directories at 240 S. Bixel from 1926 to 1934: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...psi7t5ct4q.jpg ps_mss_cd13_183 at New York Public Library I see these old pics with men in rolled up long sleave shirts sweating away in summer before widespread home/office air conditioning. When were short sleave formal dress shirts invented? 1940s? I do know that Arrow dress shirts with attached collars came in the mid to late 1920s (although attached collars were widespread in the military long before that, early 1900s, and also in informal wear like polo shirts). Detachable starched collars were a pain. Some old fashioned men wore starched detachable collars well into the 1930s though. I think by the early/mid 1930s, business attire for men looked pretty much like today, although hats were worn almost universally. Hats as part of business attire didn't start to go away until the 1960s. |
'The Case of the Half Buried Safe'
There appears to have been more than one Dark Canyon. May 12, 1920 https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...923/GXQeCZ.jpg Los Angeles Herald _ |
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This is one of those apartment complexes you are referring to located at 1238 Havenhurst Dr. in West Hollywood. https://images1.apartments.com/i2/Sz...mary-photo.jpgapartments.com I had a couple friends who lived in the 2nd apartment in from the street on the right side. The apartments are two-story. Maybe I should have known or guessed this, but one of the first times I was there, and it was dark, I was sitting down facing the front window and I was shocked to see a car drive by. There is a rather large garage area at the end of the rows of apartments on the other side. You can see there's some steps in the middle of the two sides of the drive area. It had never occurred to me anyone would drive through there when I was first visiting the place. To name drop a bit, Keanu Reeves used to visit someone he knew in one of the apartments and Estelle Harris, who played George's mother on Seinfeld, lives in one of the apartments with her husband. The apartments.com website says that this apartment complex was built in 1924. |
I had forgotten all about the Dark Canyon near Universal City / Warner Bros. :doh: *hides face in shame*
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Thanks for the tip regarding the SE corner of 6th and Lucas, Hoss. The old house seen in your photo above, between the Nurses' Dormitory and the Bixel House, is definitely the same one I arrowed below: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...ps1elylzvi.jpg CHS-9069 @ USCDL How about a closer look at that house? The Sanborn Map above suggests these are the south (on the left) and east (on the right) sides of the house on the SEC of 6th and Lucas. Comparing this photo to those above, it appears a window was added next to the chimney on the east side of the third floor: https://i1165.photobucket.com/albums...psubrscvye.jpg LissaG @ Ancestry.com The house on the SEC of 6th Street and Lucas Avenue was 632 Lucas, home to Lyman Stewart, founder of the Pacific Gospel Union (now the Union Rescue Mission), and co-founder of the Union Oil Company and the Bible Institute of Los Angeles (now Biola University). The 1902 LA City Directory is the first to show Stewart at 632 Lucas (he was at 919 S. Union in 1901): http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...pswnb8ptlv.jpg fold3.com (also LAPL) Here is Stewart with his first wife and their three children: https://i1165.photobucket.com/albums...psfcf0atge.jpg LissaG @ Ancestry.com The first Mrs. Stewart died in 1912: https://i1165.photobucket.com/albums...psjtdmejvj.jpg February 5, 1912, Los Angeles Herald @ CDNC In 1916 Lyman Stewart married his long-time private secretary, Miss Lulu Crowell. In 1922 he sold his home to Good Samaritan Hospital: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...psuwmhrqkz.jpg March 5, 1922, Los Angeles Times @ ProQuest via LAPL After leaving 632 Lucas Avenue, Lyman Stewart moved to 353 Lafayette Park Place. He died on September 28, 1923. The demolition permit for Stewart's old home at 632 Lucas is dated January 16, 1962. |
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Does anyone know where the old YMCA in Long Beach / San Pedro was located?
Seller's description: "Original Color 35mm Slide Los Angeles Long Beach San Pedro BEACH YMCA 1950s." https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/YmMv80.jpg EBAY It appears to have been near a medium-size slope. __ |
The same seller also has this slide for sale.
"Original RED BORDER Kodachrome 35mm Slide LOS ANGELES Freeway Downtown OLD! 1958." https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...921/QuvPaq.jpg EBAY Would anyone like to pinpoint the location of the slide? ____________________________________________ I just noticed the Pioneer Memorial (with the waterfall turned on) so this should be pretty easy. You can check out the waterfall HERE. _ |
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This location, no doubt, will be much more difficult.
Same seller: "Original RED BORDER Kodachrome 35mm Slide LOS ANGELES Church Downtown OLD! 1958" https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...921/HiMbK7.jpg EBAY At least there's a partial street sign. (very partial ;)) _ |
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[source: LAPL] Erected in 1925 as the Army and Navy YMCA, at a cost of $750,000. Prior to 1925 there was this: https://i.postimg.cc/vHR9WpTp/postcard.jpg [source: digitalcommonwealth.org] It's unclear whether the Navy YMCA was at the same site/address. |
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One beer I miss is Olympia. Brewed in Tumwater, near Olympia WA. Used to be commonly available in SoCal. Rainier wasn't bad either. In 1980, there was a brief Lonestar beer craze, right after "Urban Cowboy" came out. There even were Lonestar steakhouses. Maybe there still are. In the late 1970s, "Billy Beer" was issued, using the name of Pres. Carter's colorful brother. For a time, Billy Beer 6 packs were bought as collectors items. Ahh...the old days, when "Nineteen Eighty Four" was still in the future, and L.A. had just a few buildings taller than City Hall (aka "The Daily Planet"), and Venice Beach was still rundown & affordable, and homeless people weren't everywhere, and there were still LOTS of smog alerts.....OK, we can do without those. |
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