Originally Posted by HossC (Post 7839330)

Here's a familiar location, but I don't think we've seen Julius Shulman photos of it before. It's "Job 030: Burton Schutt, Carl's-at-the-Sea (Santa Monica, Calif.), 1947".

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original

Despite the description, I think the sign above actually says Carl's-At-The-Beach.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original

This last shot probably gives us the best view of the motor apartments.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original

All from Getty Research Institute

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 7839839)

Have we visited the 90-90 Club on NLA?

9090 W. Washington Blvd.

Culver City, California

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/V4rUJ2.jpghttp://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/3hrO7V.jpg
https://picclick.com/Rare-Vintage-WW...l#&gid=1&pid=2




http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/PNfWjy.jpg
https://picclick.com/Rare-Vintage-WW...l#&gid=1&pid=3

Cocktail Menu from the night of April 11, 1942

M.B., Sammy, Stan, Eleanor, Sid, Jerry, Al, & Marge

(2nd night of going steady)



close-up: so you can read the writing
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...922/iRFqyR.jpg
detail

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 7838656)

:previous: Thanks Paul K. Was the food good?



I never knew pressed duck was served in cubes! -that doesn't sound very appetizing (reminds me of the chicken in Banquet pot pies :()

The two Jerry's Joynt photographs you reposted are two of my favorites on the thread. It was good to see them again.



Surprisingly, I just found two photographs pertaining to Jerry's Joynt that I believe are new to NLA.

The first one is poorly composed with the upper half of the photo devoted to a cloudless sky...

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/1hRvpV.jpg
http://photos.lapl.org/carlweb/jsp/F...olNumber=56917

but if you look in the lower left corner you see Jerry's Joint and a banner advertising an appearance by Anna May Wong to sign photographs.


here's an enlargement
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/VQtQAX.jpg
detail

The trouble is...I can't quite figure what part of Jerry's Joynt we're seeing.
Are we looking over the roofs toward Ferguson Alley- (and that's the back and the side of Jerry's Joynt facing the alley?) -if so, strange place for a clock.

& does the wood cornice, painted white with the three lights, belong to Jerry's Joynt or a building just beyond it?

Inquiring minds want to know. ;)
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In the second photograph we finally get a glimpse inside the joint joynt.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...924/mSZKC4.jpg
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics23/00031003.jpg

Group portrait at Jerry's Joynt, located at 500 N. Los Angeles, Chinatown; identified is actor Vince Barnett (seated right of center, unshaven).
The sign on the wall reads "Dan Tobey's Silver Jubilee and Barbecue, Jerry's Joynt, Chinatown."

I don't know who Vince Barnett is (or Dan Tobey!)
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There is a Vincent Barnett who registered for the draft in WWII who is listed as being employed by a "radio program". He was born in Kansas in 1891 which would make him 58 in 1949, which , by the clothes in the picture, would seem to be around the time that the picture was taken. If he was in radio then he probably would not be someone recognizable in a picture. Maybe.....

Originally Posted by Cyndihdz (Post 7840996)

Good evening. This picture reminds me of the Peterson Ranch in Bell Gardens. It had/has a windmill tower beside it and if you look closely you can see a tower beside this one. The fish could be from nearby old San Gabriel river or Rio Hondo river as it now called..as well as L.A. River. I could only find few pictures on their website http://thepetersonfarmhouse.org/
Maybe i am right, maybe i am wrong..but it is worth a shot no?
:shrug:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 7841954)

re: Eiss family posing in front of an unknown house, Los Angeles County.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/N8HDw4.jpg
:previous:

Good suggestion Cyndihdz. I'll have to check it out.

but I'm afraid we're never going to know the location of the photograph,
so much of the house is hidden by the trees and bushes. :(


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Originally Posted by oldstuff (Post 7841175)

It's true. Authentic pressed duck should be in cube form. I've seen sliced pieces of duck that are fried in some kind of batter and passed off as pressed duck, but this is a method that would be attempted by someone not knowing the traditional manner.
I understand that the correct process takes days to get to the finished product. Which is why one doesn't see it anymore on Chinese menus--and especially in the ever-present cheap buffets that seem to populate strip malls.
I bet you can probably find real pressed duck in some of the older Chinese/American restaurants in Chinatown that specialize in traditional Cantonese cooking. If you do see it on the menu, order up those delicious cubes!

Originally Posted by oldstuff (Post 7841185)

I remember Chicken Delight. I never thought the chicken was that delightful, but it was close by and we had some occasionally

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 7839882)

Here's an interesting slide I saw on ebay a few days ago.

It shows the Tara set from 'Gone With The Wind' at Selznick International in Culver City. [date of the slide is unknown]

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...924/quj3wa.jpg
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1940-red-bor...cAAOSw~y9ZBOyg


I was intrigued by the buildings (and watertower) in the distance, as well as that little green shed on the far right.

Is that a blade sign or topiary near that large yellow building? (whatever it is it's shaped like a giant penis)




For reference, here's an old map of the lot that shows the location of the Tara set.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/jTLZrY.jpg
http://www.retroweb.com/40acres_gwtw.html

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Originally Posted by ProphetM (Post 7842135)

The pressed duck I had back at that Chinese restaurant in Brookings, OR was not in cubes but in strips, but those could be cut into cubes.

Originally Posted by Lorendoc (Post 7842148)

Two more from the LAT archives, each captioned "Storm-flooded street in a commercial area, [Los Angeles County?], 1933"

The 1932 CD has listings for the Gilford Apartments (1912-1959) and the California Mattress and Feather Co. in the 1800 block of S Hoover, so this picture is looking north from about Washington Blvd.

http://i.imgur.com/LgIqsg4.jpg
LAT via UCLA Digital Archives

A curious detail from the upper right-hand corner, looks like a sneaker:

http://i.imgur.com/m4cd0UO.jpg

Nothing left to see at that spot today, unfortunately.

And here is a mystery location perhaps the Bunker Hill experts can identify:

http://i.imgur.com/F3EPcQR.jpg
LAT via UCLA Digital Archives

The zoomable version of this can be seen here.

No good clues I can see; on the left side of the street there is a grocery score and a sign for "__S Propert[y] for Sale or Trade" and on the right side, a commercial structure with the world "Associated" on top. There are 145 hits for the word "Associated" in the 1932 CD :shrug:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 7842085)

hmm....could the front 'porch' be the little house in the 1907 postcard?
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...924/6yoIMV.jpg
gsv

It looks like the peak on the roof might have been added later. (it's flat on top in the 1907 pic)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...922/DzypfB.jpg

I admit it takes some imagination but I believe it's a possibility.
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