I love this truck.
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Plaza_1945 (ca. 1945) - Exterior view of front of the Merced Theater and businesses to the left and right down the street. Signs can be seen for a barber shop, a shoe shop, the Tom Hotel and others. Picture taken from across the street. To the left of the Merced is a portion of Pico House. The Masonic Hall is partially hidden behind the 'sign' sign. DWP - LA Public Library Image Archive |
Finally back from my high school reunion vacation in the southland. Wanted to thank Michael for this excellent post on the history of electric street lighting in L.A. Definitely one of my favorites in the thread. (Love all those ladder trucks! Yikes. I hope those guys were well paid.) Wanted to make this one correction, though (after the quote)...
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The U.S. Hotel was located at the SE corner of Main and Market, and fronting Main, that's their famous flag pole, which, at the time of its erection in the 1860s, was the tallest man-made object in the city. (It can be seen still standing in the 1930s in the bottom photo in this post.) -Scott |
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Source: http://losangelespast.blogspot.com/2...-then-now.html ;) PS: That photostitch took me about a week to get right. :slob: |
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What is going on with the guy wires on those utility poles? Talk about a wonky design... |
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To the right and below the Monkey: "Pacific, Lincoln, American and Rogers" Airports;) http://imageshack.us/a/img607/9158/a...ementssspb.jpghttp://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=8044 _______________________________________ The original name of Mesa Dr., before it was changed to Crenshaw Blvd., may explain the name for the Mesa Theater that was located near Slausen at 5807 Crenshaw Boulevard. Built in '26 and destroyed in mid '60s. 1937 http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015413.jpglapl Viola Dana was recently mentioned in a recent post about Roger's Field and the Skywayman. Here is a 1926 advertisement for her film playing at the Mesa:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0016989/ http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics26/00062871.jpghttp://jpg3.lapl.org/pics26/00062872.jpg date unknown http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics26/00062874.jpg 1926 = http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017224/ http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics26/00062876.jpg 1927 = http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0018350/ http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics26/00062873.jpglapl |
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Great Mesa Theater pics, BifRayRock but 'Ankles Preferred'...?
[QUOTE=BifRayRock;5781911The name change from Mesa to Crenshaw Blvd. may explain the name for the Mesa Theater that was located near Slausen at 5807 Crenshaw Boulevard. It was built in '26 and destroyed in the mid '60s.[/QUOTE]
Ankles Preferred seems more than a bit on the racy side, oh you kid! And I noticed Harrison Ford's name. What a career! |
Another of the original streetlights discovered...
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http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7256/7...4b09c018_o.jpg Circa 1899. General view, Los Angeles. Circa 1899. "General view, Los Angeles." The righthand section of a three-part panoramic series. Detroit Publishing Company glass negative. Shorpy |
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I get the "Mesa Music Masters", but any idea what is meant by "VOD BITS?" On a more serious note, according to one source, the Mesa served as a primary LA draft board location, in the late '40s. http://books.google.com/books?id=Fma...J2y2hMOQ&w=575http://books.google.com/books?id=Fma...J2y2hMOQ&w=575 MReyerson, it goes without saying that your recent posts are terrific. My first reaction to your latest Shorpy is to wonder who occupied the beautiful Victorian on the far right of the picture lower third. |
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The Bradbury Mansion http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8027/7...3ea94c13_o.jpg the bradbury mansion, 1890 Exterior view of the Bradbury Mansion on the corner of Hill Street and Court Street, ca.1890 Photograph of the Bradbury Mansion (Hill Street and Court Street). It was razed in 1929. This elegant victorian mansion with multiple turrets, and balconies is surrounded by a well groomed lawn elevated above the street level by a masonry retaining wall. Trees and shrubs dot the yard. A wrought iron fence surrounds the property. It was widely recognised as occupying the highest residential lot on Bunker Hill. USCdigital archive Danger Will Robinson! My first line above, "My best guess on 'Vod Bits' is short music trailers taken (probably with permission) from then current releases, Vod being short for Vodafone a popular music transcribing system of the day." was meant as a joke! Vodafone being short for 'voice data fone' and is a throughly modern British company with whom we (my present employer) currently do business. In my mind it was going to be hilarious, kind of like identifying a bread box in one of our period photos as being a microwave oven. sorry, my humor plays better when you can hear my tone of voice. |
Lord of the Castle, Leslie Brand, of Glendale and Verdugo Hills fame, foresaw So. Cal's traffic congestion and seems to have favored the speed and exclusivity of air travel over more mundane means of transport, like trolleys. ;)
Brand Field http://www.aerofiles.com/AP-brand.jpghttp://www.aerofiles.com/AP-brand.jpg http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/...c3/d3e9377.jpg larger version here> http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/...and=calisphere |
Maybe somebody has already mentioned this but it has always been my understanding that the highest pole highest to the left of the Lugo House in this now familiar photo of Calle de los Negros was one of the first lighting masts to be erected. One of three I think.
http://www.lafire.com/stations/Plaza...iggeralley.jpg http://www.lafire.com/stations/PlazaStation/Plaza.htm I read somewhere that they employed carbon filaments or carbon "sticks" actually, that had to be replaced daily after each nights use. |
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EDIT: Which now that I type that makes no sense. Avenue 22 and North Broadway? That's out beyond the river, up the Arroyo Seco. In 1882? What municipal interests were way out there that could have justified three miles of electrical lines for one light? I don't think I quite believe that. This light right here in this picture makes more sense. |
Notice how the mast in the Calle photo looks rigged for climbing and the others do not. I have a book that makes mention of the need to replace the filament rods daily. I'm not sure if this is true now. There might have been a need to adjust the gap between the two carbon rods regularly as they probably tended to burn back to something less than optimal. Doing more research I see that improvements were made to cause an auto-adjustment of the gap. It's also possible the filament gap could be adjusted at street level by some mechanism.
Here's an interesting illustration: http://www.lafavre.us/brush/312184_1.JPG http://www.lafavre.us/brush/lamparc.htm Here's another one in front of the Plaza Church. I'm having this same discussion now seeking info over at the Pueblo Plaza forum and this photo was just posted. http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics17/00008163.jpg Courtesy of LAPL |
Exploring the various airfields and I turned to this wonderful '29 amusement map. (see below)** The obverse of the map contains many separate lists of various amusements. In some cases, the addresses are not listed, but directions and telephone numbers are provided. This includes the Monkey Farm - somewhere in or near Culver City ("200 Monkeys smallest and largest known[!]") There is a listing for several airports, including a few mentioned recently in other posts. Wondering about a flight at Mines field in '29? Ask the operator to ring "Ing.1800."
In addition to the above, there is also an interesting list of approx 40 movie theaters with very "quaint" descriptions. This list includes the Mesa Theater (see above) and two "Miracle Mile" theaters that don't seem to get much attention: "Chotiner's La Brea" (857 So. La Brea) and "The Ritz" (5214 Wilshire ). The "857 La Brea" building has gone through many iterations and has been mentioned previously. This is the first time I noticed the "Chotiner" name. The Ritz is another story. Some have been posted before. Currently a Church. http://photos.cinematreasures.org/pr...JPG?1325564213 http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...psdrb8eywt.jpg Fox's Ritz Theater 5412 LaBrea ca. '30 http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics19/00009251.jpg lapl **In deference to those who prefer smaller images, you can view the map here:http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=8036 |
One of the most exotic places we've overlooked here on 'noirish los angeles' is El Miradero, Leslie Coombs Brand's mansion in Glendale
(once home to Brand Field as mentioned by Chuckaluck). http://imageshack.us/a/img24/1914/br...wofelmirad.jpg http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/ Constructed in 1903 the design is similar to the East Indiana Pavilion built for the 1893 World Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The architecture is considered Saracenic, with crenellated arches, bulbous domes and minars (characteristics of Spanish, Moorish and Indian styles). http://imageshack.us/a/img546/665/br...wshowingwe.jpg http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/ Mr. Brand died in the house in 1925. He bequeathed El Miradero to the city of Glendale, although Mrs. Brand retained rights of residence until 1945. below: The grand gate leading to the mansion (as seen in the distance). http://imageshack.us/a/img600/6381/b...gateglenda.jpg http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/ below: The opposite view looking toward the gate. http://imageshack.us/a/img35/8838/br...owardgatef.jpg http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/ The will provided that the property should be used exclusively for a public park and library. Mrs. Brand died in 1945, and by 1956 the mansion had been converted into Brand Library. below: The entrance to Brand Park today. http://imageshack.us/a/img839/7972/b...todayccinc.jpg http://gingersjournal.wordpress.com/ below: El Miradero as Brand Library. http://imageshack.us/a/img515/6181/b...odayflickr.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/cpmcgan...n/photostream/ __ |
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I finally located a photo of the inspiration for Mr. Brand's El Miradero...the Indian Pavilion at the World Columbian Exposition 1893.
http://imageshack.us/a/img41/2031/br...byeastindi.jpg http://www.chicagohs.org/research below: Another view of El Miradero, this time in the 1920s. http://imageshack.us/a/img266/6135/b...thcars1920.jpg postcard/ebay ___ |
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