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mystery locations. There is a group of photographs, taken in the 1950s, of vintage cars parked in various area of Los Angeles. I don't know if the photographer randomly drove around L.A. looking for these cars or if he . . ummm. . .had some other means to locate the cars. Some of the photos include the make of the car, others do not. (the photographs are being sold separately) It would be overkill if I posted them all at once so here are the first two photographs. "Original B&W Photo - Vintage Car - 1950s Los Angeles California" https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/74aBh2.jpg eBay "Original B&W Photo - Vintage Car - Rolls Royce - 1950s Los Angeles California" https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/sY8NhI.jpg eBay Faaan-ceeee!...I'm a bit surprised the Rolls is parked in a medium-income neighborhood. . |
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This next one, in my opinion, is the most intriguing mystery location. Original B&W Photo - Vintage Car - Mercedes - 1950s Los Angeles California https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/ELoevl.jpg eBay Here's a closer look at the old home on the hill. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/924/2CmIOh.jpg detail I'm not sure how that boat dock got there. If we could only read the sign! "Original B&W Photo - Vintage Car - Windsor - 1950s Los Angeles California" https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/DKQQhQ.jpg eBay I don't know if "Windsor" is the make of the car or the location (Windsor Square comes to mind) . |
re: That damn elusive green building in the Robby Muller polaroid from 1984.
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I thought perhaps it was these two building in the background of the polaroid. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/Fb4J7h.jpg GSV Which might place the old green building somewhere around . . .errrr. . . .ummmm I've lost interest because I think I'm wrong. :(....I tried. It was a shot in the dark. . |
I still think the partial building on the left of the "green building"photo is a US Bank building logo. It's the only logo I've searched that fits that "ank" font:
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Never mind, I was thinking 1974 for some reason. Yeah, the 444 building is in that skyline, pretty much right in the middle of the skyline. |
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I agree that the logo looks similar to U.S. Bank, but they are not listed in the 1981 yellow pages and Wikipedia says they did not enter California until 1988.
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This original photograph was recently posted on eBay mystery location. "Orig Photo - 1910 Los Angeles Western Automobile Factory Shop Streetscene" https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/0IbrlE.jpg eBay Does anyone recognize this street corner? There appears to be a large empty lot behind the Western Auto building - with a tall tower/crane(?) on the far side. I wonder if a large construction project is about to begin. . |
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https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/Sy9SBU.jpg detail of this photograph While I'm at it - here's the closest look possible of the black building. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...922/o2rAKr.jpg . . .and here's the sign on the garage door. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...922/qemRE1.jpg If you step back from your computer and squint really hard you'll see that it says, SUCKERS! ha ha. |
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Here's another one of those vintage car photographs that I recently spotted on eBay This one includes the make of the car. "Original B&W Photo - Vintage Car - Maxwell - 1950s Los Angeles California" https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/MW8mTi.jpg eBay This is also a mystery location. Quote:
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Speaking of Graham. . . Here's one more car and mystery location photograph for today. "Original B&W Photo - Vintage Car - Graham - 1950s Los Angeles California" https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/j2b8Et.jpg eBay I've never heard of a Graham until I happened upon this photograph. . |
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https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...nAutoWash1.jpg USC Digital Library I thought that the little tower directly above the nearest corner belonged to the extant Sir Francis Drake Apartments at 841 S Serrano Avenue, but they were built in 1929 (BP is dated August 28th, 1928), but the Dick Whittington photo above is dated 1927. |
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Did a Google search for US Bank locations in Los Angeles and drove the Googlemobile around several of their neighborhoods. Not all. Nothing. Some thoughts. Just my two cents. Notice the street sign. It implies drivers might believe there is head in parking available. Would such a sign be near downtown LA or other neighborhood where modern high-rise buildings exist? There is no sign atop the brown or black building. My guess it is brown, a very popular color of spandrel glass and stone in the 1970s. Thought it strange the USBank logo is off to the right at the top of the building. More appropriate locations would be to the left or center. Assuming it is a USBank logo and it does have the right font. The tenant space to the left has a garage-type door but no curb cut. Thought this strange. Maybe I've been watching too many detective dramas. Could the street have been repaved some time? Good luck. Beginning to think this is not Los Angeles. Could it be Burbank, Glendale, Hollywood, or somewhere else. |
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Well, now, that throws a https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/SH...-hbx6Ev-rE=s85 into things! |
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The red & white sign with the arrow says: Parallel Parking Only. If anyone wants to, you can buy a print of this for about $3,000! https://www.artsy.net/artwork/robby-...-los-angeles-1 That link above let's you fool around with the sizing which is how I know what those signs say. |
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While we're obsessed with this thing, I might as well ask, what would that black line reaching to the top of the photo be? A pole? A wire? A clue? |
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