Originally Posted by ethereal reality

Motorcyclist Harold Gates with unidentified woman. [location unknown]

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...921/EZigPz.jpg

Does anyone recognize this place?

Originally Posted by Snix (Post 8423872)

Yes! That is the campanile from the Agua Caliente resort in Old Mexico. It was designed by Wayne McAllister in 1928.
https://www.amazon.com/Leisure-Archi.../dp/1586856995

Originally Posted by HossC (Post 8423830)

As you can see from the partial sign, 830 Ducommun St was previously home to Armor Paper Products Co Inc. Despite the Ducommun address,
the warehouse actually backed onto the river. I've arrowed it in this 1958 view. The building was almost literally in the shadow of the gasometers.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...0Ducommun1.jpg
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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 8423331)

HAPPY NEW NOIRISHERS

Shall we start the new year off with a MURDER. *maniacally rubs hands together*


MARCH 1960 Veronica Smith Locke found murdered.

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3 images. Murder, 26 March 1960. Body of Veronica Smith Locke found in warehouse at 830 Ducommun Street. ; Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Olmo. Date: 1960-03-26. Reporter: Farrell. Assignment: Murder. 25: Coroner's Assistants carry sheet-wrapped body of Veronica Smith Locke from boiler room of warehouse at 830 Ducommon [sic] St. 26-27: Dep. Coroners carry out body. 28: Outside view of warehouse in which body was found."

The address is


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http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...799coll44/id/1[USC







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Coroner's Assistants carry sheet-wrapped body of Veronica Smith Locke from boiler room of warehouse at 830 Ducommon [sic] St.






In 1956, Veronica Locke Smith lived in an apartment just north of Echo Park Lake. (now a parking lot)

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It appears she was separated from her husband.


I'm hoping one of you minions noirishers will be able to find some additional information.


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Originally Posted by Martin Pal (Post 8424191)

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...oodCanteen.jpgWikimedia

I saw this photo captioned: Barbara Britton at the Hollywood Canteen.

I hadn't seen any exterior photos of the Hollywood Canteen that were similar so I tried to figure out where this was taken. I believe the building at top center is the Guaranty Building located at Hollywood Blvd. and Ivar St. I'm sure it was taken south of there because if it were taken north the Knickerbocker Hotel would block the Guaranty building in some respect. Both the Hollywood Canteen and the USO were a block west of Ivar, so the angle wouldn't be right if Miss Britton were at either of those places.

I don't think it was taken on Vine Street because the Broadway or Plaza would be in the view and I don't recall any trees on the west side in any Vine St. pictures of this area.

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So the general location for that photo is behind one of the locations fronting Vine Street. Could anyone be more specific?

Originally Posted by CityBoyDoug (Post 8424107)

Ducommun street was named after the Ducommun family who sold various metals.

Charles Louis Ducommun, a watchmaker by training, emigrated to the US from Switzerland in the early 1840s. Ducommun Street was named for Charles Louis.

Originally Posted by Flyingwedge (Post 8424895)

Was Ducommun Street named after the Ducommun family or just Charles Louis Ducommun?

Originally Posted by HossC (Post 8424592)

My guess would be that Barbara Britton and the sailors were between the CBS Radio Playhouse and Selma Avenue, but I can't work out where the small brick chimney-like structure in the top-right corner of the photo would've been.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...varAerial1.jpg
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Originally Posted by Flyingwedge (Post 8424895)

Was Ducommun Street named after the Ducommun family or just Charles Louis Ducommun?

Originally Posted by HossC (Post 8424592)

Here's an aerial view from December 21, 1941 (we could probably see the Santas on Hollywood Boulevard if it was higher resolution!). The three-story white building is just to the right of the top of the "Ivar Avenue" label. I believe that the building is still there, although most of the windows have been filled. To the left of "V" in the "Vine Street" label is the CBS Radio Playhouse (now the Ricardo Montalban Theatre). My guess would be that Barbara Britton and the sailors were between the CBS Radio Playhouse and Selma Avenue, but I can't work out where the small brick chimney-like structure in the top-right corner of the photo would've been.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...varAerial1.jpg
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Originally Posted by Bristolian (Post 8425156)

:previous

I'm thinking that structure might be a gas station with canopies protruding from the main building although 1941 might be a little early for that style of architecture.

Update: I'm new to using the city directories but 1956, the closest year I could find, shows Jack Brechtel Union Oil Dealers/Service Stations at that corner of Cahuenga & Selma