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Twice recently this site has displayed a page containing a small box telling me my Adobe Flash installation is out of date and presenting a tempting button to click to get an update. DO NOT FALL FOR THIS, IT IS AN ATTEMPT TO LOAD MALWARE ON YOUR MACHINE. These pages are not the fault of this site; the site is an innocent third party being exploited by the malware writers who use targeted advertising as an attack vector. What these people do is submit an advertisement to services like Google Adsense and it is the ad that contains code to trigger the display of malware-linked page. Since Adsense selects ads based on what they know about you (which is lots), one of us may see the malicious page while nobody else does because Google has rolled the dice differently for them. Be careful, it's jungle out there :-) Edit: per HossC's excellent advice, do not download flash from any site other than Adobe. Earl |
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There was a genuine security alert concerning Adobe Flash in the first half of July. In my case I got a warning banner courtesy of Firefox. I then Googled to make sure it wasn't a scam, and downloaded the new version directly from Adobe's site. This doesn't affect Earl's warning about fake adverts. If you do get caught, you can get free anti-malware software from www.malwarebytes.org, and always have up-to-date anti-virus software - there are plenty of free ones available. |
I found this photo on eBay. The reverse says it's the Pasadena branch of the Automobile Club of Southern California, and dates it at 1923. No other information is given.
NB. I've grayscaled the image for clarity. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original eBay USC has this better image in their Automobile Club of Southern California collection. It's titled "District Office, Pasadena, 1933". There's also a big clue to the location below the mailbox. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original USC Digital Library I tried Googling for an address, but have drawn a blank so far. I did find this 1930 map which labels the branch office a few streets west of Fair Oaks Avenue. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original Detail of image in USC Digital Library This second USC image is titled "District Office (exterior), Pasadena (condition 2), 1938", but appears to show a different location. NB. I've tidied some of the damage on the original image. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original USC Digital Library |
Singer Building / Southern California Music Co Building 806-808 S Broadway
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Another look. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...68528/rec/9995 1926 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 |
More from 1926 :previous: vvv
Interesting apartment complex shadowing another structure to the East. Both still extant. 2260 N. Beachwood Drive http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...68528/rec/9995 1926 2260 Beachwood Dr. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp9_Gz6u3Xc http://x.lnimg.com/photo/poster_768/...1f6643eaed.jpghttp://x.lnimg.com/photo/poster_768/...1f6643eaed.jpg http://x.lnimg.com/photo/poster_768/...f69bc2ba1d.jpghttp://x.lnimg.com/photo/poster_768/...f69bc2ba1d.jpg |
[QUOTE=Godzilla;7124757]A glimpse of the bashful gasometers from Ducommun Street, circa 1926 . On the right is the Dept. of Water Works.[QUOTE]
When I was a kid in the 60's-70's, my parents piled me into our 65 Chevy Biscayne to visit my grandmother, who lived in an apartment on Laguna, across the street from what is now the seat of the Episcopal Diocese of L.A. Coming in from the 5/101 interchange from the OC, those gasometers were the first sign we were hitting DTLA. I asked my dad what was in the tanks, and he said "Gas". That shocked me, because the old man owned a gas station, and I was amazed they'd fill tanks that big with flammable gasoline so close to downtown. Ah...childhood memories....:D |
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A couple of Louella Parsons photos
I was contacted via my website last week by someone called Louella Rehfield, who turned out to be the niece of Hollywood golden era power-columnist, Louella Parsons. She sent me a couple of photos from her family photo album, which I thought I'd share here.
At the Moulin Rouge (which used to be Earl Carroll’s) on Sunset Blvd. From left to right: Barbara Ettinger, Mecca Graham, Louella Rehfield, her husband Jerry, Louella Parsons, and Ed Ettinger. Circa 1952 or '53. (This photo makes me realize I don't think I've ever seen interior shots of the Moulin Rouge incarnation of that venue. Kinda makes me wish we could see more of it.) http://www.martinturnbull.com/wp-con...ulin-Rouge.jpg From left to right: Maggie Ettinger (big time Hollywood publicist and cousin of Louella Parsons,) Orry-Kelly (Warner Bros costumer and subject of new documentary,) Hearst gossip columnist Louella Parsons, and friend Mecca Graham at the Cocoanut Grove. (I know those palm trees were paper mache but they look mighty real in this photo.) http://www.martinturnbull.com/wp-con...anut-Grove.jpg I ended up interviewing Louella's niece about her life in LA during the 30s and 40s, and for those who are interested, I posted it on my website. |
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This has quickly become one of my very favorite images of vanished Los Angeles. http://otters.net/img/lanoir/ducommu...1crop_1080.jpg "Bureau of Power & Light, National Biscuit Company, home-large castle, Southern California, 1926 [image 2]" (detail) Dick Whittington Studio/USC Digital Library Is this a 19th century street light? http://otters.net/img/lanoir/oldstreetlightin1926.jpg "Bureau of Power & Light, National Biscuit Company, home-large castle, Southern California, 1926 [image 2]" (detail) Dick Whittington Studio/USC Digital Library |
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Anybody ever run across a Hotel San Bernardino in Los Angeles? Or Glendale or Burbank?
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1930 - Service station at 3201 Beverly Boulevard. (Not far from the Beverly Building (3107 Beverly Blvd.) with its portrait hall of fame facade.)
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...d/16320/rec/14 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...avy&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...avy&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...avy&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...avy&DMROTATE=0 Schilling Plumbing was located at 3215 Beverly Boulevard. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...avy&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...avy&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...avy&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...avy&DMROTATE=0 Post No Bills (or else) http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...avy&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...avy&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...avy&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...avy&DMROTATE=0 A sign that looks flight-ready. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...avy&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...avy&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...avy&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...avy&DMROTATE=0 The Beverly Building, 3107 Beverly Boulevard http://x.lnimg.com/photo/poster_768/...b346404d47.jpghttp://x.lnimg.com/photo/poster_768/...b346404d47.jpg |
1930 - Erkes' Service Station, 3138 S Figueroa.
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What a wonderful interview!!!! How great that she contacted you, thanks for posting the link!
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Started in 1901. Original location was DTLA , 769 Castelar Street (southwest corner of Alpine Street.) In 1913 moved to 4650 Sunset (Sunset and Vermont). Officially opened in '14, ceremony presided over by Woodrow Wilson (Via telegraph). Original Children's Hospital on Castelar Street. Undated. http://jpg1.lapl.org/00078/00078343.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/00078/00078343.jpg 1922 - When Sunset Boulevard was shovel-ready. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si.../id/388/rec/47 1922 - Looking west on Sunset from Vermont Ave. "Where have all the flowers gone?" :previous: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...avy&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...avy&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...avy&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...avy&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...avy&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...avy&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...avy&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...avy&DMROTATE=0 |
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1934 - Leimart - Crenshaw Boulevard and 46th Street http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...d/62816/rec/74 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...avy&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...avy&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...avy&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...avy&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...avy&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...avy&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...avy&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...avy&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...avy&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...avy&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...avy&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...avy&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...avy&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...avy&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...avy&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...avy&DMROTATE=0 http://static1.stopklatka.pl/library.../105538162.jpghttp://static1.stopklatka.pl/library.../105538162.jpg |
1931 - 356 North Poinsettia Place
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This was very evocative for Charlie Chaplin too. I guess it is the factory we see in "Modern Times" (ten years later). |
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