That's the John H. Jones residence in 1888.

Yes, those are pepper trees on the right.

Could it be Hardesty?

:previous: I'll have to check it out. Thanks alester. :)


Here's another photograph of the 'Track' we haven't seen before on NLA.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/vYlTrR.jpg
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/tr...drive-ins.html



The racehorse Busher. (1945 Race Horse of the Year)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...923/Y4mcOY.jpg

info:
http://www.spiletta.com/UTHOF/busher.html

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http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...921/fN9yOL.jpg

You were absolutely correct alester.


Although he has a different address in the 1890 directory than on the photo.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...921/YpJh3Z.jpg
lapl


http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...922/oiCgVu.jpg

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Today's Julius Shulman post takes us back to school. It's "Job 2451: Hugh Gibbs, Robert Milikan [sic] High School (Long Beach, Calif.), 1957". Like most of the photosets I'm going through at the moment, there are quite a few images, so I've picked a selection so that I don't overload you with similar views.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original

A look across an almost empty campus.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original

The library and a covered walkway.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original

And here's the inside of the library (I assume).

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original

The gym (seen in an unposted image) and pool have the same ceiling design, so they were probably in the same building.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original

After the factory shots I've posted recently, it seems odd to see the workshop with no one in it.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...6.jpg~original

Here's another auditorium to add to our collection.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...7.jpg~original

I'll finish with the interior.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...8.jpg~original

All from Getty Research Institute

Robert A. Millikan Senior High School can still be found at 2800 Snowden Ave, Long Beach. I've gone for an aerial "now" view looking east.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...9.jpg~original
Google Maps

The school is named after the physicist Robert Andrews Millikan, who also gave his name to Caltech's Millikan Library which we saw last month.

Frank Hardesty is listed in the 'Los Angeles Business Directory 1890-91'. His address is given as 700 W Sixth Street.

Originally posted by HossC
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...924/x9tUjh.jpggetty



:previous:
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/TfzUgG.jpg
'gsv'

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I have a question.

Most here know about John and Doria Jones who lived in the adobe facing the Plaza which eventually became the site of the Simpson Jones Building.

But the John H and Carrie Jones (just spoken of as living on the future site of the Rosslyn) previously also lived in an adobe facing the Plaza according to
this, which was later used for the Pasadena Electric Express office serving Henry Huntington's short line out to Pasadena.

Does anyone know which adobe belonged to the latter Joneses? Thx

Fort Moore Hill Cemetery
 

This grave is at Angelus Rosedale Cemetery. The headstone is easier to read if you know what it says, which is:

Charles Volney Howard
Born
Oct 13 1842
Died
Feb 14 1869

http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...f.jpg~original

Find a Grave


Howard, who died in a shootout with Daniel Nichols (son of ex-LA Mayor John Nichols) in the Lafayette Hotel on Main Street,
was originally buried in the cemetery on Fort Moore Hill. I don't know when his remains were moved, but here is his original
gravesite in an undated photo. Please also note the brick vault at left:

http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...i.jpg~original

489564 @ HDL


Robert Carlisle died on July 8, 1865, in a shootout with brothers Frank and Houston King in the Bella Union Hotel. (Other accounts
of the shootout are here and here.) Carlisle, too, was buried at Fort Moore Hill Cemetery, in an above-ground brick vault, which
was later broken into. Here is an undated photo showing the Carlisle/Carlyle vault, also visible in the Howard grave photo:

http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...s.jpg~original

489553 @ HDL


That brick vault apparently survived until 1947. I wonder where it was exactly?

http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...u.jpg~original

May 12, 1947, LA Times @ ProQuest via LAPL


Those two vintage photos were obviously taken at different times, but they were taken from almost the same spot. The Carlisle
vault photo was taken from a point slightly to the left of where the Howard grave photo was taken. The Carlisle photo also appears
to have been taken after Howard's remains were moved to Angelus Rosedale. Compare these closeups from the two photos:

http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...1.jpg~original
Howard

http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...d.jpg~original
Carlisle


The Carlisle vault photo also appears more recent because the tall headstone in the left rear seems to have a tree hanging
closer to it than in the Howard photo. I'll further guess that both photos face either north or west; if they faced south or east,
we'd be more likely to see buildings in the background, like the Sand St. School or the 1891 LAHS.

More on the Fort Moore Hill Cemetery:

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=31844

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=3950

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=18765

:previous:

There's a 1863 map of the cemetery here, but until one can be located in a larger size, it's pretty useless. Too early for your shootout victims anyway.

LA Magazine article: http://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/c...ing-angelenos/

That would be "Cat's Paw" heels and soles and a foot massage. . .

Cheers,
Jack

'mystery' location #1

Parade on unnamed street in 'Little Tokyo', 1950s

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/PCcCFM.jpg


This is one slide in a group of three / You can see the other two here:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Orig-1950s-L...oAAOSw32lYyuFD

Audrey's has been mentioned once before on NLA, but this is the first photograph.



http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...921/LjedWR.jpg
www.wehadfacesthen.tumble

"Hot Dog Stand 3AM, by William Claxton, Los Angeles 1953."



Beaudry mentions in an earlier post that Audrey's was located at Olympic & Avarado.
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=34968

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'mystery' location #2

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/qVfWUv.jpg
collection/ old file

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The auctioneer gives a date of 1961 for that gorgeous William Claxton shot.

(I couldn't get your link to work)

The 1956 CD shows the Nardoni Bond and Insurance Agency at 130 N San Pedro Street, with Mack's Dry Cleaners at 130½. That block of N San Pedro has since been renamed Judge John Aiso Street. Looking at Historic Aerials, the buildings in the photo had gone by 1964. The Nardoni Bond and Insurance Agency's main office was at 312 W 1st Street in 1956.

1954 color film of Los Angeles
 

YouTube clip of 1954 LA Herald Express color movie highlighting LA as a growing hub for business.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ix2GiENpXY
YouTube

I found the picture on Terry Guy's Flickr. The caption says:

The Weddington Building

Lau's Coffee Shop, at the corner of Lankershim and Chandler Blvds in the heart of North Hollywood, California. The Hendrick's Builder's Supply building, formerly the Southern Pacific and Pacific Electric station, is visible to the right. Invisible, around the corner was a shoeshine stand.

Scenes for the "Mr. Magic" episode of the 1980's Amazing Stories TV series, with guest star Sid Caesar, were filmed at Lau's.

The building was demolished for construction of the Red Line Subway to North Hollywood. Years after the subway's completion, this building site remains a vacant lot.

It's dated as "Taken sometime in 1986".