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odinthor Dec 18, 2017 11:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 8022829)
http://imageshack.com/a/img924/1173/SZW1OY.gif
Mabel in Barney Oldfield's Race for Life



It would be interesting to know what railroad depot was used in the filming.

http://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/64...922/NTkoJH.jpghttp://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/64...924/S8Adv9.jpg

opposite side of tracks
http://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/64...923/JBt2n6.jpghttp://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/64...922/a14iYd.jpg

Does it look familiar to any of you railroad fans?




Thanks for the link to Barney Oldfield's Race for Life odinthor. :)

Methinks the Inglewood train station was often used for shoots . . .

ethereal_reality Dec 19, 2017 1:14 AM

Nuclear Escape Route
 
Thanks for posting the videos Krell58. I had my rumors mixed up.


Here's more on the Cold War Project.

March 19, 1980
http://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/80...923/8RFntN.jpg latimes

Los Angeles County road worker Bill Netzley opens gate barring vehicles from damaged final miles of Shoemaker Canyon Road.




"Cold War era leaders determined Los Angeles residents needed an escape
route through the San Gabriel Mountains in case of a nuclear attack.
Construction work began on Shoemaker Canyon Road. The 25-mile escape route
would have connected the San Gabriel East Fork Road with Largo Vista in the Mojave Desert.

Work started in 1956, but only four miles was finished. Construction officially stopped in 1969.


When first under construction in 1956, this highway pointed to Largo Vista and the Mojave Desert and was blueprinted
in part as a Civil Defense escape from fallout; one route among a spider-work of exits in all directions should Los Angeles
be threatened, even executed by an atomic attack."



March 19, 1980
http://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/80...923/leAyN0.jpglatimes

The second tunnel on Shoemaker Canyon Road.



March 19, 1980
http://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/80...922/R7X5LG.jpglatimes

Marker on the first tunnel on the road to nowhere - Shoemaker Canyon Road.



March 19, 1980
http://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/80...924/7Cv5zt.jpg latimes

End of paved stretch of Shoemaker Canyon Road.

All from L.A. Times March 31, 1980



http://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/924/hN3Uc5.jpg
sdreader

It is also known as Convict Road. Why?, because the Los Angeles County Road Department utilized prison labor.

One source says the inmates were from Chino Prison while another says the prisoners were from Detention Camp 14. (?) whatever that means.

(maybe Detention Camp 14 is what it was designated once they were in the canyon :shrug:)

sdreader
wrightwood
latimes

ethereal_reality Dec 19, 2017 1:45 AM

44 Seconds of Jim Jeffries training.

Video Link


He's the BIG one. ;)

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Tehmeh Dec 19, 2017 3:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by odinthor (Post 8022861)
Methinks the Inglewood train station was often used for shoots . . .

I think the depot is also seen in the classic Buster Keaton film "One Week" (1920).

ethereal_reality Dec 19, 2017 4:07 AM

It never crossed my mind where photographers buy the skimpy clothes for their models...

that is, until I happened upon this pin-up calendar.

MAUREEN
of Hollywood
http://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/923/T5YIOI.jpg
http://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/922/hmUvEr.jpg
ebay





Here's a photograph of Maureen's shop when it was at 128 S. Alvarado.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...924/AQjsKd.jpg
moh

The snazzy design on the big door appears to be cut-out wooden letters.



By 1973 Maureen had moved her saucy outfits to 1308 Wilton Place.

http://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/32...922/HMV6jg.jpg


to this very nice looking building on the northeast corner of Fountain Ave. and Wilton Pl.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/sBo87M.jpg
gsv

#1308 :previous: is the small storefront with the black awning and logo on Wilton-
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update:

I had just finished my post & THEN found this; Maureen of Hollywood.

I edited the post & added the 128 s. alvarado photo.
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p.s. Maureen is nothing like I imagined.

CityBoyDoug Dec 19, 2017 4:33 AM

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BDiH Dec 19, 2017 6:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 8022992)
44 Seconds of Jim Jeffries training.

Video Link


He's the BIG one. ;)

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And don't forget Jeffries Barn at Buena Vista Avenue and Victory Boulevard in Burbank. We used to go there Thursday nights for boxing. Dirt floors and beer served in wax cups.

Flyingwedge Dec 19, 2017 6:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 8022969)
"Cold War era leaders determined Los Angeles residents needed an escape
route through the San Gabriel Mountains in case of a nuclear attack.
Construction work began on Shoemaker Canyon Road. The 25-mile escape route
would have connected the San Gabriel East Fork Road with Largo Vista in the Mojave Desert.

Work started in 1956, but only four miles was finished. Construction officially stopped in 1969.


When first under construction in 1956, this highway pointed to Largo Vista and the Mojave Desert and was blueprinted
in part as a Civil Defense escape from fallout; one route among a spider-work of exits in all directions should Los Angeles
be threatened, even executed by an atomic attack."



March 19, 1980
http://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/80...923/leAyN0.jpglatimes

The second tunnel on Shoemaker Canyon Road.

Thanks for the video, photos and information on this project, Krell58 and e_r. It reminded me of Panic in Year Zero! from 1962.

Krell58 Dec 19, 2017 9:09 AM

Oddly, when I hear Atomic and San Gabriel mountains, I think of the scene in "War of the Worlds" where the flying wing drops the bomb on the Martians as Los Angeles citizens take cover in the foothills.

GaylordWilshire Dec 19, 2017 12:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 8022992)
44 Seconds of Jim Jeffries training.

Video Link


He's the BIG one. ;)

_



Before there was Clint Walker, there was Jim Jeffries...

Here's one instance when using the search box here actually produces something-- "Jeffries" brings up many posts, all the way back to October 2011....

Hollywood Graham Dec 19, 2017 5:52 PM

E.R. Detention Camp 14 was a Los Angeles County Facility for prisoners of the county who were given an oportunity to do road work or fire prevention/suppresion.

oldstuff Dec 19, 2017 8:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 8022851)
and we can't forget one of the other guests.... famous Boxer Jim Jeffries.

http://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/64...924/1ZMtjB.jpghttp://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/64...922/piRuih.jpg



He owned his own night spot in Los Angeles...Jim Jeffries' Gentlemen's Club at 326 Spring Street.

http://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/10...923/V0yS9B.jpg
ebay


You can find more photographs and info HERE

(including pics of his old training barn that still survives!)

My dad grew up across the road from Jim Jeffries ranch in Burbank.

oldstuff Dec 19, 2017 8:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hollywood Graham (Post 8023598)
E.R. Detention Camp 14 was a Los Angeles County Facility for prisoners of the county who were given an oportunity to do road work or fire prevention/suppresion.

It appears that Camp 14 in still in operation as a joint effort between the Los Angeles County Department of Corrections and the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is located on San Francisquito Canyon Road in Santa Clarita.

ethereal_reality Dec 20, 2017 3:59 AM

re: Detention Camp #14
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Hollywood Graham (Post 8023598)
E.R. Detention Camp 14 was a Los Angeles County Facility for prisoners of the county who were given an oportunity to do road work or fire prevention/suppression.

I appreciate the information HG. So the inmates were paid a small amount, right? (I've never been a fan of slave labor

Quote:

Originally Posted by oldstuff (Post 8023839)
It appears that Camp 14 in still in operation as a joint effort between the Los Angeles County Department of Corrections and the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

It is located on San Francisquito Canyon Road in Santa Clarita.

I checked out the camp oldstuff. thanks for the location.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/0arOiw.jpg
gsv

There are some ruins over on the right near where it says Baird Canyon------->

a closer look
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/TjGBVh.jpg
detail

I've looked at this from all directions and can't figure out what used to be there. -& are the white rocks (I think they're rocks) trying to spell something out?




The road leading to the ruins is chained off.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/fv6ZFv.jpg
gsv/detail

Is anyone familiar with this area.....or have an idea what this place used to be?

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LA Kitty Kat Dec 20, 2017 4:14 AM

ER,
I drive San Francisquito Canyon almost every day. The ruins of the old dam that collapsed are in the area, but I'm not sure if the dam was close to Baird Canyon.

ethereal_reality Dec 20, 2017 4:53 AM

Thanks for the information Kitty Kat. I'll see what I can find out.

ethereal_reality Dec 20, 2017 5:42 AM

re:
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/3...922/eHpU6e.jpg
Quote:

Originally Posted by Flyingwedge (Post 8023178)
It reminded me of Panic in Year Zero! from 1962.

I watched 'Panic in the Year Zero' fairly recently FW. I think it's a pretty good film.


You might already know this. 'Panic' was based on 'LOT' by Ward Moore.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/O23P3z.jpg
EXB

Moore’s story served as uncredited source material for scenarist Jay Simms.



Another Ward novel that takes place in California is 'Cloud By Day'; about a brush fire that threatens a town in Topanga Canyon.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...924/fO7ppm.jpg
amazon




And here's one odinthor might like.. 'Greener Than You Think'.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...923/umtGES.jpg

It's about unstoppable Bermuda Grass.

I kid you not.
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"Greener Than You Think" posits a world with Bermuda grass running out of control --
choking out every other plant and destroying the food supply of animals and humanity alike."
Originally published in 1947.

yellowed and creased

ethereal_reality Dec 20, 2017 12:29 PM

just saw this vintage kodachrome slide on ebay


https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/JTv5RS.jpg
ebay

"1950s BEVERLY HILLS LOS ANGELES California - slides Id#1", that's not much of a description
but you can clearly see it's Romanoff's on Rodeo Drive. :)

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ethereal_reality Dec 20, 2017 12:42 PM

'MYSTERY' home, Beverly Hills

"1960s 35mm Photo slide Beverly Hills CA House"

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/ueVQeT.jpgebay




https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/3FEpY1.jpgebay





https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/2Gbg88.jpgebay


Do you think there are enough clues to figure out where this home is located.
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update:

I've decided to add this fourth one.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/AVISsB.jpgebay

I wasn't sure if it belonged with this house..but I just noticed a house in the distance that also appears in slide #1.

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Andys Dec 20, 2017 4:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 8024381)
I appreciate the information HG. So the inmates were paid a small amount, right? (I've never been a fan of slave labor


I checked out the camp oldstuff. thanks for the location.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/0arOiw.jpg
gsv

There are some ruins over on the right near where it says Baird Canyon------->

a closer look
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/TjGBVh.jpg
detail

I've looked at this from all directions and can't figure out what used to be there. -& are the white rocks (I think they're rocks) trying to spell something out?




The road leading to the ruins is chained off.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/fv6ZFv.jpg
gsv/detail

Is anyone familiar with this area.....or have an idea what this place used to be?

_

The "white rocks" I suspect is a bee yard.

Looked at Historic Aerials, but couldn't make out what the site was. I've hiked the area just to the southwest, but never been to this one. Bee Canyon is just to the east, so perhaps that's a clue to solving "white rocks?" BTW, the LA Aqueduct siphon traverses Bee Canyon, then tunnels southwest through the ridge parallel to San Francisquito Canyon Road to Drinkwater reservoir and powerhouse II. In this immediate area, there are four tunnel audits, and the remains of the "Hogback" aqueduct construction camp, circa 1912 (fun place to relic hunt).
Andys


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