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Easter Sunrise Service at the Hollywood Bowl (1944)
http://hollywoodphotographs.com/photos/lrg/HBL-179.jpgHollywood Photographs Ever since I first saw this photo years ago I’ve always found it very haunting. I wondered what the sailors and others were thinking about and what they might have been through and even where they were from. The end of the war was over a year off, but at this time no one knew that. They only knew it had been going on for nearly three years at that point. An event like this Sunrise Easter Service may have been more poignant and emotional than usual. This photograph actually inspired me to attend one of these Easter Sunrise Services about a dozen years ago and it was quite memorable. It’s a tradition that’s been under siege recently because of several factors. One was extensive remodeling and the facility wasn’t available a couple times. Another was theft of properties used in the event. The more serious factors, though, are the expense to put it on (it is free) and the unfortunate dwindling of attendance. If it does not continue it’s a real shame because it’s a unique and beautiful experience, even if one is not religiously or spiritually inclined. |
What's wrong with this Hody’s postcard?
http://farm1.staticflickr.com/58/216...a54b2065_z.jpgNichols/Lotta Living Apparently, the Capitol Records Building took a walk across the street! (The clown's nose on the billboard rotated!) |
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Hollywood Graham, I must confess that I'd never heard of a Graham Hollywood before your post. Out of curiosity I looked for a picture, and found this image of Laraine Day among the results: http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...mHollywood.jpg wikidi.com |
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The Graham Hollywood. Nice looking compact type car. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ps2b83e2b1.jpg The various models offered for 1940. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ps45fdb6f0.jpg |
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http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics16/00007808.jpgLAPL It's dated c. 1920. |
Speaking of the Brown Derby, when the original Vine Street Brown Derby closed down in the mid-1990's, it became Arbat Restaurant for a brief time. (1987)
http://hollywoodphotographs.com/photos/lrg/RN-003-1.jpgBruce Torrence |
West Hollywood on the move.
http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics38/00068660.jpgLAPL Caption: Traffic around the exclusive Chateau Marmont, located at 8221 Sunset Blvd. in what is now West Hollywood, had been tied up for several hours today when a house being moved up Marmont Lane was snagged by an immovable telephone pole. With difficulty movers "rocked" the house by the pole and traffic flowed again. Photo dated: February 15, 1950. A couple years later, another house is stuck on Doheny: http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics38/00068662.jpgLAPL Caption: Half of this two-story house became stuck on Doheny Drive south of Sunset Blvd. in what is now West Hollywood. As shown, 'No Parking' signs were posted on trees the day before, but motorists ignored them. Photo dated: July 11, 1952. We had a couple posts recently about the Bit O' Sweden Restaurant on Doheny and Sunset Blvd. featuring the "Gruen" watch sign and also a color photo of the neon. On the left hand side of the above photo, you can see that restaurant and the Gruen watch sign at Doheny and Sunset. The following 1937 photo shows that building on Doheny and Sunset, taken from the diagonal corner where you see a sign for "Gate's Nut Kettle / Nutty Sandwiches," located at 9112 Sunset Boulevard. http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics47/00058479.jpgLAPL |
I recently posted about Mom (Anne) Lehr's Hollywood Guild and Canteen here:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=20396 HossC provided some further info on the same page. I found two interior photos of the place on LAPL. (Sources sometimes confuse the Hollywood Canteen with the similarly titled Hollywood Guild and Canteen.) Lucky Ervin! http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics48/00043997.jpgLAPL Lucky No. 2,000,000! Ervin Hermann, sailor from Oklahoma City, talks over what happened to him with Anne Lehr, founder and president of the Hollywood Guild and Canteen, and Mary Pickford, vice president, when he was the 2,000,000th serviceman to register at the haven for G.I.'s on North Crescent Heights Blvd., in what is now West Hollywood. Hermann was presented with a war bond, whisked onto a national radio program, and had a date with Diana Lynn, screen starlet, at Earl Carroll's for dinner. Later, he was taken on a tour of night clubs. http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics48/00043996.jpgLAPL |
The Kings Restaurant (undated postcard)
The address is on or near the corner of Santa Monica Blvd. and Crescent Heights (north side) http://lh5.ggpht.com/_uiwmf0PUT14/SR...00/OybjAt.jpegLAPL |
Sounds like a pre-cursor to TOOTSIE. (If you need work, you do what you gotta do…)
http://jpg1.lapl.org/00079/00079404.jpgLAPL Photograph caption reads, "Masculine jail clothing was substituted for feminine attire worn by these three youths after they were nabbed early today. They said they had been employed as female domestic servants in fashionable Wilshire district. Physical examination by police showed that 'Tisha Porter' actually is Queque Malpress, 19; 'Rita Porter' is Frank Porter, 21, and 'Mary Lee Porter' is Willie Moore, 21 (left to right)." Photograph dated January 27, 1950. |
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics16/00007757.jpgLAPL
This is ostensibly a photo of the Chateau Marmont, but in the foreground on Sunset Blvd. there is the Imperial Gardens Restaurant, the first photo of it I've located so far. (Formerly The Players Club and currently Pink Taco.) There's a billboard with the 1984 Olympics theme, so the photo could be before, during or after that time, c. 1983-1985. |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...vingDoheny.jpg vintage everyday |
Used buildings on the move....
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Pictured below is one my father bought, had it cut into pieces and moved to Venice Blvd. It was converted into 3 or 4 apartments. The one at the left was also moved from the Wilshire area. I was a kid then but I still remember the stories of how difficult it could be to move one of these mansions. The moving was mostly done at night so traffic would not be affected. When they arrived at their new site you had to do a lot of reconstruction as the moving experience really tore up the insides. They are still strange to live in to some degree. What was a bedroom is now a living room. A former large closet is now a kitchen or bath. The main reason they were moved was they were considered too nice to just destroy them and the price was relatively low.. We sold the last one in 1990. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ps1794624e.jpg GSV |
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Also wondering where it might have come from if it was near the corner of Doheny & Sunset. (Rather steep there.) Maybe it was "on" Doheny and the construction on the left in this photo had something to do with it. Or not. Wherever this house was located it appears the address was 1226 or 1206. |
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:hi: More photos of the area here: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=15318 |
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