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A beautiful hand-tinted lantern slide of the old Los Angeles Post Office.
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below: I just came across this similar black and white photograph. Am I seeing things?!? Compared to the above postcard, it looks as if more earth was excavated and a marble ground floor was added. Is this even possible....am I missing something?* http://imageshack.us/a/img803/5708/aafederalusc.jpg http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/search...whit-m984.html *ok it just dawned on me...the b/w photograph from the USC archive (above) is flipped. Duh. __ |
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I will be looking through the city directory for that building on the right. It looks like it says US Metal Works to me but there's nothing in the CD that matches that. |
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You never cease to amaze me on here - obscure pictures/photos - detective work - being on the other side of the pond I salute you all - but here is a little teaser - I know a Vivian Dubois was a small bit actress and married to Billy Wilkerson for a short while but I cannot locate a photo of her - I would really like to see what she looked like - or any info on her
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[QUOTE=Bilbo;5825413]You never cease to amaze me on here - obscure pictures/photos - detective work - being on the other side of the pond I salute you all - but here is a little teaser - I know a Vivian Dubois was a small bit actress and married to Billy Wilkerson for a short while but I cannot locate a photo of her - I would really like to see what she looked like - or any info on her
Same with Mildred Irwin...born about 1906...was in silent pictures...small roles... |
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Sidewalk entrance to Berkeley Square, 1937 Herman Schultheis LAPL |
there was a mayfair for ever there.in the mid 90s when i was in my teens we would go to loehmanns for shoes.then afterwards the farmers market had a long building along fairfax where they had shops and at the end of the shops was antique alley,its funny how in 15-20 years things have changed so much in that area.
For anyone familiar with the area, I vaguely remember the Whole Foods Store to have been a Market Basket too, or was it a Mayfair, or Alpha Beta or even Safeway? Someone peering over my shoulder reminds me that there was a Loehmann's Clothing Store further east on the south side of Third Street (across from the Gilmore DriveIn?). But before it was a clothing store, was it not a Steakhouse or Italian restaurant that had its fair share of interesting clientele? Or perhaps I am confusing this with someplace else. For MR, isn't there a glimpse of the Gilmore DriveIn in AH?;)[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/QUOTE] |
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Thanks for your fine help ProphetM...much appreciated! __ Here is another 1914 photograph of the flooded Los Angeles River (notice the boxcars sliding into the river). http://imageshack.us/a/img198/9057/a...14fallingb.jpg unknown/found on an old cd of mine Could the large building at the extreme right be the same large building at left in the first photo? The direction of the smoke makes me think that it is a possibility. http://imageshack.us/a/img850/9057/a...14fallingb.jpghttp://imageshack.us/a/img515/6633/a...stianicopy.jpg __ |
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http://imageshack.us/a/img341/9519/a...0domecopy1.jpg mystery weathervane __ |
ER, you were seeing things.
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I know I saw a few motels in this thread, so I offer this shot of the Astro in Culver City, as another remarkable midcentury survival.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8304/7...bb64e705_z.jpg You have to love the Jetsonesque style of sign, which was obviously inspired by...Well, you can read the blog post if you're interested in what I think it was inspired by. |
:previous: I love those small motels that survive relatively untouched for decades.
So is WanderinginLA your blog? http://wanderinginla.blogspot.com/20...t-turn-ok.html |
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Looks like a pretty good job to me. Keep up the good work Squirmy!
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I didn't take into consideration that Spring Street was at a higher elevation than Main Street. below: In the postcard below you can see the grade/slope of Temple Street (circled in red). http://imageshack.us/a/img94/2845/aafederalbldgpc.jpg ebay ___ below: The Spring Street entrance to the Federal Building. http://imageshack.us/a/img23/4752/aa...ngstreetsi.jpg google street view below: The Main Street entrance to the Federal Building. http://imageshack.us/a/img827/3158/a...stentrance.jpg google street view I will file this under "You learn something new everday." __ |
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:previous: Just so you know alanlutz, 'so-cal-bear' also thought it was a mistake to call it the post office....so perhaps you two are on to something.
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