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We've seen the Heinz 57 sign near Culver City before, but today I found that the Huntington Digital Library has these much higher resolution pictures. Going by the caption, the first was taken from Adams Street on Dec 10, 1916.
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original Huntington Digital Library This close-up shot shows the lighting rig in front of the sign. The horse in the other field gives a good idea of scale. I'm assuming that the "AirLine" in the caption refers to the Pacific Electric Santa Monica Air Line which opened a few years earlier. For some reason it took the photographer a day to get a field closer! http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original Huntington Digital Library And finally, let there be light ... http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original Huntington Digital Library Previous posts about various Heinz 57 signs around Los Angeles: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=7700 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=8993 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=8995 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=16696 |
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I recently discovered this picture from the Times of June 25, 1911, showing Pickfair as it was originally conceived as a country house for attorney Lee Allen Phillips and his wife Catherine in 1911. Full story here: http://www.berkeleysquarelosangeles....ips-house.html So far I can find little information about Horatio Cogswell, although it seems that he was active in West Adams during this period. He built his own house at 1244 S. Van Ness the same year he designed the Phillips house in Beverly Hills: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-u...2520AM.bmp.jpgThe City Project More information: http://www.victorianhomes.com/listin...97a47094a22e95 |
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Log House @ 1701 W. Adams @ Normandie
GW introduced us to the Log House, and er and Tourmaline found other postcards of it:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=7353 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=11653 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=19661 Here's more, starting with a larger version of one of the photos GW posted; USC dates it c. 1905: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...2.jpg~original USC Digital Library -- http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...5/id/147/rec/1 USC also dates this one c. 1905; the landscaping is different, and there appears to be a driveway on the east side of the house, unlike in other photos and postcards: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...5.jpg~original USC Digital Library -- http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...5/id/147/rec/1 This early photo shows the Normandie Avenue side of the house: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...4.jpg~original Autry National Center -- http://collections.theautry.org/mweb...ex=P_14753.jpg It was built by Judge Edwin H. Lamme, apparently in late 1897: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...2.jpg~original October 24, 1897 Los Angeles Times The home, misplaced at Budlong and Adams, is mentioned in the last sentence of this article: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...9.jpg~original April 29, 1898 Los Angeles Times It may have also been known as Casa Rusticana (was the Judge fond of listening to Cavalleria rusticana?): http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...4.jpg~original Autry National Center -- http://collections.theautry.org/mweb...x=LS_12367.jpg The house changed little between the 1900 and 1921 Sanborn Maps: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...0.jpg~original LAPL http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...0.jpg~original LAPL The LA County Assessor says the building that's now on the NW corner of Adams and Normandie was built in 1923, so the 1921 Sanborn (and Baist) may have been the Log House's last documented appearances. |
:previous: -good stuff on Judge Lamme's Log House flyingwedge.
__ http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...0/138/viff.jpgebay I found some information on the house next to Mr. Swan's early Greene & Greene. It belonged to B. Frank Wood Esq. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/69/xxwm.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/822/wqbz.jpgebay detail http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/22/xm0c.jpg |
Here's another fine home.
1915 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/34/p08z.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/33/afwx.jpgebay detail http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/163/tnmu.jpg I wish the street address was included. |
I know this photo was posted eons ago on NLA. (I just found it again on ebay)
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/801/4vgr.jpgebay Does anyone remember the earlier discussion? I'm curious about the large wooden building in the background on the right/I'd like to figure out what it is. __ |
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We saw it here in 2011...http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=4421 Another post followed (#4423), but all the pictures have vanished. They had come from http://www.jalopyjournal.com/. I'll see if I can dig them back up. EDIT: I looked. No luck. (I'd forgotten what a total pain in the ass that forum is to maneuver...I'll never complain about the "search" feature here again.) Here's part of a USC picture: http://i.imgur.com/bloLkYd.jpg Full zoomable shot here: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...590/show/16585 |
:previous: Thanks for your help GW. -much appreciate.
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The Auto Laundry also appeared in a post by BifRayRock, but in case the picture breaks up, here's a solid version (click the link under the picture for a zoomable version).
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...llroom1931.jpg USC Digital Library Back in post #645 e_r posted a smaller version of the picture below. It shows the El Patio Ballroom and Bimini Baths before the auto laundry was built. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ioBallroom.jpg LAPL Another of e_r's posts on the Rainbow Gardens/Palomar Ballroom: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...&postcount=644 |
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http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/833/4o98.jpg www.dlisted.com Wow, www.dlisted.com recently posted this photograph of Tina Louise in honor of her 80th birthday. She sure makes a great lookin' femme fatale. I wish she had found more success in movies (before Gilligan's Island). Has anyone seen her as Griselda in the 1958 film 'God's Little Acre'? It's really an impressive performance. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/849/wypr.jpg http://www.royalbooks.com/pages/book...film-pressbook __ Hey, thanks MichaelRyerson, HossC and RiT for the El Patio Auto Laudry information. When I came across the photo again on ebay, I didn't associate the el patio auto laundry with the el patio ballroom. duh! -and it was kinda' obvious wasn't it...sorry. __ |
El Patio Auto Laundry
With a bit of looking around I found other views of the El Patio Auto Laundry taken in different years. It was located at 260 Vermont Street, which might make it a bit easier to figure out the buildings seen in other images on a street more or less behind it.
http://cdm15799.contentdm.oclc.org/u...XT=&DMROTATE=0 USC DIGITAL LIBRARY The El Patio Auto Laundry was the brain child of real estate developer B.K. Gillespie. Gillespie is credited with coming up with the super service station concept. |
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The Age of Innocence
[QUOTE=FredH;6484194]It is a gathering of the Signal Oil Tarzan Club
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps10e37192.jpg http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co.../51004/rec/309 What a great shot, FredH! Good kids excited over a wholesome hero (and free stuff). Sad that the Signal station is now a Liquor store. And Tarzan is nowhere to be seen. The building across the street is still there, though. It looks like it has been well cared for over the years. Curious why the signs were blacked-out on the original photo. http://imageshack.com/a/img89/5427/1hf5.jpg GSV Imagine what would happen these days if a stranger tried to give a kid a free popsicle! |
I saw this Magritte-inspired bollard design recently. It's the work of a French street artist called OakOak. Now that we've reached 1000 pages, maybe we should put up something similar in Los Angeles as a tribute to ethereal_reality :).
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...e.jpg~original oakoak on Facebook |
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Is it possible the town of Alhambra CA was named after the Villa Brunner? posted a couple days ago http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...0/197/8c6a.jpg ..various sources say the Villa Brunner was also known as 'The Alhambra'. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/819/vnr6.jpg http://dp.la/item/e5b2c34eae5be10d1154308089ce33dd http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/21/iajd.jpg esoteric filigree http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/838/snkg.jpg http://dp.la/item/e5b2c34eae5be10d1154308089ce33dd comparison with the original Alhambra in Granada Spain http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/208/lod8.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/196/1wrf.jpg http://www.nesthostelsgranada.com/ne.../alhambra.html It's possible I guess. __ |
The Naming of Alhambra
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ER - It was George Patton's mom! THE NAMING OF ALHAMBRA In 1874, Benjamin Wilson bought 275 acres of state-owned land between the Arroyo and the Old Mill Wash paying $2.75 an acre. He divided the tract into 5 and 10 acre lots. Wilson named his venture "Alhambra" at the urging of his youngest daughter, 10-year old Ruth, who along with Sister Anne had been reading Washington Irving's book about the legends of the Moorish palace in Southern Spain called the "The Alhambra." (In 1832, Washington Irving visited and wrote about his trip to the Alhambra. The book is a combination of travelogue in the Spain of the time, along with recanting tales from days long past, even then. Although this book is now more than a century and a half old, it remains in most libraries of today for three reasons: It's a delightful read by one of the greats of American literature, it's a good description of the Spain of the 1830's, and it's one of the few books on Spanish folklore.) Who was Ruth Wilson? Wilson's first wife died in 1849, and four years later he married a widow, Mrs. Margaret Hereford. They had four children, one of whom was Ruth Wilson who later became Mrs. George Patton, mother of the famous General George Patton, Jr. Lake Vineyard was later acquired by the Pattons and that is where Gen. Patton was born. And, you were correct in guessing that there was a link to The Alhambra in Spain. The whole Alhambra story is here: http://www.cityofalhambra.org/page/2...y_of_alhambra/ |
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http://i1312.photobucket.com/albums/...ps1b736b10.jpgGoogle Books Some additional info: the website Alhambra Preservation says the Villa Brunner was originally built for the Behlow family and sold to "cigar magnate Hermann Brunner" in 1905. It was originally located at 1621 Main Street. Not a trace left: http://i1312.photobucket.com/albums/...ps562731db.jpgGSV Looks like it either stood about where the big office building is, or maybe a little further down where the 7-11 is. |
FredH beat me to it - Great info!
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http://pasadena.cfwebtools.com/image...ino_N267_1.JPGCHRID And the 'Hillmont' House at Mountain & Hill Street (a few blocks away from my own place): http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...2C_from_SE.JPGWikipedia |
Missing image
Maybe the more experienced posters can shed some light on a minor mystery. One of my LMI posts, back on page 811, I noticed tonight has a missing image. I went to my album at imageshack.us, and saw it was indeed gone. I certainly didn't delete it. Nor was there any question of copyright violation - it was a topo map. (I replaced the missing image with an earlier inferior draft I had uploaded to imageshack back in August). Odd.
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That Tarzan guy gets around...
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Leopard swim suits....
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This theater later became the Academy Theater where I was a doorman in 1960-61. :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ps9c08f877.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ps6a0807f8.jpg Signal Oil 1933 |
[QUOTE=Tetsu;6484555]Great info, e_r! I was wondering about Swan's neighbor too. "H. Ridgeway" refers to Harry Ridgeway, the first registered architect in the city of Pasadena. A (relatively) good number of his works have survived around town, including the Lukens House at 267 S. El Molino:
http://pasadena.cfwebtools.com/image...ino_N267_1.JPGCHRID Hi, Tetsu! Forgive my pedantry, but that's 267 North El Molino. I know because I've spent many hours (well, minutes; I didn't want to get arrested or anything) staring at that lovely structure and fantasizing my living there. Such fantasies helped drive my desire to have the place we have now, less grand but just as old! |
An impressive advertising graphic from 1954.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...90/39/8zrb.jpgebay I couldn't find a full view of La Rue, but here's it's awning. (that's the world famous Trocadero nightclub across the street) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/40/brqd.jpg http://hollywoodphotographs.com/ La Rue interior http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/849/ttfd.jpg http://hollywoodphotographs.com/ for more historical photographs visit the Bruce Torrence Hollywood Photograph Collection. http://hollywoodphotographs.com/ __ Thanks for the information on 'The Alhambra' FredH and Tetsu. :) |
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This is the best shot I've found
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Aerial view of Cahuenga Pass, December 30, 1939 This nice, clear aerial of the pass is dated a full year after the 'Island' opened for business. I've posted this before and I think it reasonably lays to rest the idea of Monkey Island ruins existing north of Barham Boulevard and east of what would become the freeway. There doesn't appear to be any construction in that location at a time the 'Island' was up and running. At the same time it does little to improve our quest for a clear image of the attraction and its relation to the immediate neighborhood. Because of the time it existed and the proliferation of vacationers and military men and women and the easy availability of small, affordable cameras, I have to believe the shot we're all looking for exists somewhere, a snapshot in a family scrapbook, a publicity still, something. USC digital archive/California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 |
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I'm sure everyone remembers this mystery photo from back in January. It turned out to be Santa Monica Boulevard as seen from Orlando Avenue.
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Otis :previous: 845 S. Los Angeles Street. Brunswick records aka Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co. Per '29 Directory Ad, "Billiards, Bowling, Panatropes, Radios and Records." Phone TRinity-4734 http://rescarta.lapl.org:8080/ResCar...00003/00000001 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ickLabel22.jpghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ickLabel22.jpg Los Angeles Street Operation. Window ad also includes refrigerators. http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics27/00048064.jpghttp://jpg2.lapl.org/pics27/00048064.jpg Some of the operation's innards. http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics27/00048065.jpghttp://jpg2.lapl.org/pics27/00048065.jpg |
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There is a 1985 book that I learned about, but have not seen as yet, by Jim Heimann, called OUT WITH THE STARS, which chronicles the famous nightclubs of the Sunset Strip, such as La Rue and the others. I don't know if he has any good photos of La Rue in it or not, but these posts made me wonder. I understand the book is out of print. |
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Asking our Wilshire Boulevard expert...
Hi GW. In the "Blue Dahlia" (not the "black" this time who was named after the movie) with Allan Ladd and Veronika Lake 1946, at 05 : 04 we see where John (main character) and Helen Morisson live. It is the Cavendish Court, a Wilshire Boulevard hotel bungalows. Is it a fictional location or a true in 1946 ?
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I love seeing the Red Car tracks along Santa Monica Blvd. I wish the area across the street from Bekins was a nice park with those trees still there. "La Boheme" Restaurant is on the corner currently. These photos still amaze me because these streets look flat, but they are all on a rather steep incline leading up to Sunset Blvd. San Francisco steep on the North end. (I know, I walk up and down them quite frequently.) On Olive Drive, the street alongside Bekins, I wonder what that tower is on the building about four structures up? If you look at the "Bekins" sign in the photo, above that--is that a line of people going in or coming out of that building? Wonder what it is? Whether any of these housing structures still exist, I don't know, but I do know all those spacious front yards are occupied by apartment buildings! In the top righthand corner of this photo is a structure with a yard facing the street. The address is 1108 N. Flores St. It's the site of a Tex Mex restaurant named Marix. I am going there this evening for a 50th birthday dinner for a friend and I will surely be thinking of this photograph as I walk to the destination in a few hours. |
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Monkey Island2 (2).jpg Shell Map, 1942 Here it is again. Bear in mind, the freeway will pass to the east of the 'Island' putting it between the freeway and Cahuenga Blvd. I think with most maps a certain amount of imprecision exists when an 'attraction' is being depicted. The actual location, I think, would be about where the little arrowhead is printed. |
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