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MichaelRyerson, I had no idea Martha Vickers died at the early age of 46! (such a sad photo of her and Mickey Rooney in court.) Thanks for the information on the Zeigler Estate ProphetM and tovanger2. It's much appreciated! __ Dorothy Gish in 'The Man' at the Huntington Hartford Theater on Vine Street. (date unknown) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...673/8mRd2j.jpg eBay The same view in 2014. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...540/CBdYf1.jpg GSV The Mike Lyman's building succumbed to a parking garage. :( __ Just for Fun: Here is a much earlier photograph of the two buildings (and the surrounding area). http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/661/XEv1mS.jpg KNX This photograph was first posted way back on page 259 by Ken! And it came with an amazing story. The photo shows Ken's father walking with his Mother (Ken's grandmother) down the street toward Selma. You can read it here: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=5166 :previous: This is one of my favorite revelations on NLA. __ |
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I first noticed how attractive she was in this earlier photograph you posted. Chinatown http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...673/LVupJK.jpg http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=26787 And you're a darn cute kid. :) __ |
Scary job, acrophobics need not apply.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...661/CSQJpA.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...673/j6TKQD.jpg http://hdl.huntington.org/ "Avenue 19 looking southwest, showing temporary transmission lines due to a storm on February 20th, 1914." __ |
...and speaking of utility poles.
I didn't realize the nails used by Southern California Edison on utility poles had the year date on them. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...537/N5ruPe.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...538/YIdAFe.jpg "Southern California Edison Co. Pole Date Nails Steel tie nail" __ |
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The photos and memories of your 1969 trip to Disneyland were a treasure. |
8588 Sunset Blvd.
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http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=24718 When I first saw the above photo I was wondering about the Mocambo's decor. It looks like a barber's pole behind Tab Hunter. Apparently the interiors were designed by William Haines and Brazilian themed and the "special decorations" were supplied by designer Tony Duquette. A couple black & white photos of the interiors: http://www.tonyduquette.com/images/M...APTION%201.jpgTony Duquette http://www.tonyduquette.com/images/M...APTION%205.jpgTony Duquette http://www.tonyduquette.com/images/M...APTION%207.jpgTony Duquette The Mocambo was one of the premier nightclubs on the Sunset Strip, but those b&w photographs make it seem kinda tacky to me, what's your opinion? In any case, maybe, I thought it would look different in color and I managed to find a couple photos taken from a 1949 article titled The Mocambo Affairs, in Modern Screen Magazine. http://www.playgroundtothestars.com/...ance-floor.jpgModern Screen Magazine This is Peter Lawford, buying cigarettes. (I'm assuming that's him dancing in the above photo, as well.) http://www.playgroundtothestars.com/...ffairs-031.jpgModern Screen Magazine Burt Lancaster and his wife, Norma Anderson. http://www.playgroundtothestars.com/...ffairs-021.jpgModern Screen Magazine |
:previous: What a great glimpse inside the Mocambo Martin_Pal!
The interior looks more Jean Cocteau than William Haines. Some of it is truly baffling. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...537/Ozcrtb.jpghttp://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...673/No5NWl.jpg Tony_Duquette Is this a six-legged sheep? http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...633/HMVlg5.jpghttp://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...911/Yffhg5.jpg http://tonyduquette.com/mocambo/ __ |
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Here's a 1964 photograph of the theatre advertising The Best Man, by Gore Vidal, I believe. (I don't think the Lyman building is to the right of the theatre here...) http://photos.cinematreasures.org/pr...jpg?1395203204Bill Gabel Also showing The Curb Charbroiler restaurant stand. |
I'm not sure what this guy is doing.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...910/T0fMao.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...661/zNpZFW.jpg https://www.flickr.com/photos/30993133@N04/ __ |
A quick Google found no previous mentions of the Pacific Hospital. It first appears in the 1900/01 CD at 1319 South Grand Avenue, and stays in the listings until 1929 (although the address changes to 1329 S Grand between 1911 and 1915). Did the coming of the much larger California Medical Building/California Hospital on the Hope Street side of the same block spell the end for the Pacific Hospital? I don't know what happened in the 1930s, but 1329 S Grand is listed under 'Automobile Parking' in the 1942 CD. The postmark dates this postcard at 1911.
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...cHospital1.jpg http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...cHospital2.jpg eBay Here's an article about the hospital's opening from the December 22, 1899 edition of the Los Angeles Herald. I love the line about how it's "so nearly perfect in all its appointments and so attractive in finish and finishings, it almost robs surgical operations of their terror and makes illness attractive." http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original California Digital Newspaper Collection |
A 1930's aerial of West Hollywood:
Can you locate Hancock Ave. E_R? http://www.playgroundtothestars.com/...-hollywood.jpg The large facility in the lower portion of the photo is the Los Angeles Riding Academy, which fronted what is now Beverly Boulevard on property now occupied by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Here's a closer look at the center of the photograph: http://www.playgroundtothestars.com/...net-Estate.jpg 1. Victor Ponet estate (an early major landowner in the area) 2. back of a north-facing building in Sunset Plaza 3. steeple of St. Victor’s Catholic Church on Holloway Drive (Ponet donated the land and funds to build it. The original church was rebuilt in the 1960's.) 4. Hancock Avenue 5. Palm Avenue 6. Horn Avenue and Shoreham Heights 7. Sherman Trolley Yards Other information and details HERE. |
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http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...633/LEXoAb.jpg http://www.playgroundtothestars.com/...est-hollywood/ __ |
Where is Sunset Blvd. in the above picture? It seems like the only east/west street above Santa Monica is Holloway. Surely Sunset was built by the time this picture was taken. Can somebody point it out for me.
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Later, in the movie, there's a small frame house behind a garage ("hot-car drop likely") lost in the middle of nowhere in the country along the foothills : the inside is decorated like if we were within a classy 1940s mansion in Hollywood ! These nonsenses are not without charm : they show the fancies of a period. |
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The red circle is ER's home when he was in show business in Hollywood. I believe his bungalow is posted somewhere on NLA. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ps2myhficw.jpg previously posted |
Austlar1, also check out these two photos from this post:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...87#post6316787 http://www.kcet.org/updaily/socal_focus/CHS-14457.jpg http://www.kcet.org/updaily/socal_focus/CHS-14478.jpg The first one was from the early 20's and the second from 1931. Sunset Blvd. is winding it's way along the bottom of the hills and easier to see in the 20's photo with far less building on it. It's narrower than Santa Monica, which also had P.E. car lines in the middle of it and, on Sunset, structures are built close to the road because of the topography, making the road seem less obvious in the aerials. |
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You beat me to it, Martin Pal. Anyway, here's the larger version of the 1922 image that I was about to post. The lack of housing, including e_r's bungalow, means that the streets are easier to make out. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original USC Digital Library |
http://www.decopix.com/wp-content/up...Bldg-60070.jpghttp://www.decopix.com/streamline-moderne-shangri-la/
More here I've come across some more great on-campus shots of the old Pepperdine in South LA, which reminded me an old post: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-V...2520AM.bmp.jpg http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=2049 |
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https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-C...23410%2BPM.jpg warner bros ----------------------- I think Tony Duquette was responsible for the contact-high-inducing figures at the Mocambo e-r. In Martin Pal's large color photo, the draperies, colors, stripes and the outstanding "fringe" hanging from the ceiling (it looks like little lamps, maybe it was little lamps) are all classic Haines. Quote:
Tony Duquette had a nice sense of play, but I think his creations had to be carefully lit so as not to appear "tacky". Some of Duquette's work seems closer to temporary window displays or stage sets, maybe less well-suited to a permanent installation, in contrast to the Wisecracker's smoothly finished work. |
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Since you mentioned it, here is an interesting group of Sunset Strip photos including the Westside Market, aka Roxy http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...&postcount=917. And a film clip that has been around for a while and probably mentioned on NLA, of the same area: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyADsPMN76Y At ~02' 12" you may note a sign for the construction of Cafe Lamaze which opened in 1935, the "Key Club." "Bit of Sweden" is hidden in the mix too. A little later in time, April '68, another group of Strip photos might even include some NLA'ers https://www.flickr.com/photos/dboo/s...7622915978386/. Still looking for official signage that uses the words "Sunset Strip." https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5269/5...28d18a75_b.jpg https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5269/5...28d18a75_b.jpg http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/9...iswascafel.gif Look here for more> http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...&postcount=966 http://www.cafelamaze.com/history.html |
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