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http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...921/gJNYwb.jpg ebay The Harbor Petroleum Station (circled above) was home to this guy. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...924/40MK2g.jpg http://estatesalechronicles.blogspot...1_archive.html HARBIE, the harbor seal. Here he is standing on his 'rock'. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/L9pjrk.jpg http://estatesalechronicles.blogspot...1_archive.html :previous: I think he's taking a tip. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...922/Owm1C1.jpg Does anyone remember Harbie? I've never heard of him until today. __ edit: He isn't taking a tip. lol :) "I remember the Harbor station in Studio City quite well. Harbie had a lantern in his outstretched flipper and it lit up at night. Harbie was friendly looking to a small child – the Bardahl gangster guy at the gas station was creepy. Thanks for jogging my memory! -Deuces Wild at Quartz_City __ |
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Resisted posting much of this assuming it had been previously shaken and stirred. But toward the bottom of the post are some remarkable images yielded by this somewhat cold-blooded subject. in particular, a large (detailed) version of Broadway tunnel demolition. previously seen here: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=12518 :cool: http://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/c...lizard-people/ http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6...025b2d3970b-pihttp://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6...025b2d3970b-pi Do Doodlebugs lie?:uhh: http://www.renfusa.com/2012/08/la-ve...of-angels.html http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hNfOaDdpGv...8-10-35+AM.png "Map of the Lost Lizard City under Los Angeles" http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/443...-lizard-people http://assets4.bigthink.com/system/i...jpg?1483180146 Quote:
Large image of:previous: LAT front page: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6...020df2e970b-pi Cont.: http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/im...tiles17_04.jpg http://assets2.bigthink.com/system/t...jpg?1483180131http://assets2.bigthink.com/system/t...jpg?1483180131 Pièce de résistance? Or remarkable pile of rubble? :shrug: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6...f2f2774970c-pihttp://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6...f2f2774970c-pi https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JntZ8edyWZM/maxresdefault.jpghttps://i.ytimg.com/vi/JntZ8edyWZM/maxresdefault.jpg Gratuitous 1925 - Tunnel construction - First and Glendale? http://bh-s2.azureedge.net/bh-upload...in-1925-04.jpghttp://bh-s2.azureedge.net/bh-upload...in-1925-04.jpg |
I found this snapshot last night on ebay.
The 'Sir Launfal' Apartments, June 1956. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/u16lOQ.jpgebay On closer inspection, I noticed it also has 'Sir Launfal' inscribed above the front entrance. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/IwtbXC.jpgdetail I found the building! http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...922/IMOmSx.jpg gsv It's located at 1848 N. Gramercy, Hollywood. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...924/UbkTK9.jpg gsv Built in 1929. __ |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original eBay |
It's a shoe store from Julius Shulman today. This is "Job 185: Gruen and Krummeck, C.H. Baker Shoes (Glendale, Calif.), 1948".
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original Here's the entrance on the right side. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original The clothes at the back were apparently "too smart for words". http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original I've left out a several of the interior images because they were quite dark. The set also includes a couple more images of the front from different angles. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original All from Getty Research Institute The building at 237 N Brand Boulevard has changed a bit, but is still recognizable. It's neighbor on the left was demolished in 2014. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original GSV |
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I stand corrected. HossC's observation re 215 Canon, clarifies my poor topographical vision. I was aware of the BH location, but upon first view, the structure size did not seem to fit. :shrug: As an aside, there appears to be MACMILLAN signage in the same image.;) 9884 Santa Monica Blvd. http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...d.jpg~original Bekins in the distance http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...v.jpg~original 1935 - BH Panorama. Bekins to the left. http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics40/00039926.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/pics40/00039926.jpg Bekins BH https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...1b42b795f0.jpghttps://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...1b42b795f0.jpg 8431 Santa Monica Blvd. http://farm1.staticflickr.com/4/7918...4b4_z.jpg?zz=1http://farm1.staticflickr.com/4/7918...4b4_z.jpg?zz=1 http://66.media.tumblr.com/5426f1293...hjho1_1280.pnghttp://66.media.tumblr.com/5426f1293...hjho1_1280.png |
The airport in the "Ring Free" picture looks like it is probably Burbank. The hills look right and some of the original hangers (1930) near the runway had those turret/tower sort of things on the corners. Before there was an airport my grandfather and great- grandfather farmed that land and my dad was born there.
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That's a lovely shot including some of the now vanished homes on Emerald. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_V...Q=w651-h602-no google maps ................................................................ ...and in current news: Welton Becket's Parker Center fails to achieve landmark status: http://www.dailynews.com/government-...andmark-status https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Cb...g=w760-h505-no Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News . |
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In my case, when I was about 5 years old, my mom laid on me [and my brother] a last name different than my birth certificate last name. The military and the civil courts said that the new assumed name was de facto my actual name. The US State Department also said that my assumed alias was ok. My genesis has disappeared into the mists of time...probably never to be found. I know it sounds strange but that's life. |
Models posing at the Mayfair Hotel, Los Angeles. [c.1927]
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/gtCzRG.jpg That's some fancy-smancy hosiery right there on the right. ;) #2 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/924/VJGrOo.jpg http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...id/72900/rec/3 I'm not sure if they're posing in the lobby or in the ballroom. Wherever it is, it looks pretty impressive. reverse / info. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...924/qkyZju.jpg I take it L.S. Gillham is the clothing designer. |
Sid Davis Productions -- L.A. based educational films
Anyone familiar with the educational films of Sid Davis Productions? Mr. Davis made dozens of lurid, noir-ish educational films from the late 1940s to the 1970s, most in the Los Angeles area, and many of them in color.
One of the more notable films is 1951's "The Terrible Truth," which shows the horrors of heroin and marijuana addiction. This particular film is laden with L.A. noir and film sites in and around Stanley Avenue in the Melrose-Fairfax area. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDXR0p69S8M https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vOF-YOIBpvA/hqdefault.jpg YouTube https://i.ytimg.com/vi/D529HBoHW1c/hqdefault.jpg YouTube |
'mystery' location(s)
The following four photographs were taken for the Maryland Casualty Company. [c.1940] It doesn't say, but I believe the photographs show a stone traffic hazard. Here's the first photograph of the group. #1 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/Jaf2Hj.jpg http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...87779/rec/9994 In the foreground is the stone 'structure' I mentioned above, and in the middle distance there are several stacks of pallets. :previous: If you look closely there appears to be a cemetery in the distance on the left. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...923/ZkzToN.jpg detail Could this be a trough left over from an earlier era? (read: horse and buggy) Here's my favorite. #2 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/Rjl1OQ.jpg http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...87779/rec/9994 The large building across the street with it's numerous architectural (I don't know what to call them) 'pylons' is probably a hotel. (hence the bread truck) a closer look at the ornament...(compared to the size of the door & transom, I'd say they're almost 6 ft. tall) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...922/bJpFFH.jpg detail I believe this one was taken from the top of the building shown in the previous photograph. #3 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/pJfi28.jpg http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...87779/rec/9994 From this angle you can see that the stone 'structure' appears to be hollow. Here's the last photograph of the group. #4 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...921/VoUIV1.jpg The area looks quite pastoral from this angle. __ http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...924/qBh73u.jpghttp://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...922/dPDgBW.jpg http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...87779/rec/9994 I really want to figure out where this is folks! |
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Construction of the Pacific Electric subway tunnel on the left and electrical substation on the right. Toluca Yard has yet to be graded. Additional details from Wikipedia: "As street traffic increased in downtown Los Angeles, the Pacific Electric Railway undertook its most ambitious project, a dedicated right of way into downtown through a subway - the existing terminal in the Pacific Electric Building at Sixth and Main was reached by shared street running. Responding to the traffic congestion that clogged the streets, the California Railroad Commission in 1922 issued Order No. 9928, which called for the Pacific Electric to construct a subway to bypass downtown's busy streets.[1] Plans for the "Hollywood Subway," as the project came to be known, were drafted as early as February 1924, and ground was broken in May of the same year." Cheers, Jack |
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https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/321/32...4f1394c4_b.jpg GSV This is the Villa del Sol d'Oro, on the grounds of Alverno High School......maybe not a match, but in the right neighborhood. I'll actually be on campus in a couple of weeks and can check for details. https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2743/3...ca6b5ea8_h.jpg https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3bZuCkac1...0/IMG_7310.JPG |
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The film linked below is from 1961, is one of his most famous films. ''Boys Beware''.......1961 The film is ten minutes about winsome Jimmy and Ralph... the man who picked up Jimmy [who was hitching a ride]. Ralph favored Jimmy with treats and various outings....then Jimmy had to pay the ''price''. Next thing you know, the police were involved and they're both arrested. Its all very ''instructional". Is the film noir? In a weird way it is. It has to be one of the most freakish films ever made but it does reflect the mōrēs of that era. Link to the film:>>> https://youtu.be/GN2rBvkXS7Q This is how it all started. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...pslrk2cgsp.jpg youtube Some backstory: http://rexhurstspeaks.blogspot.com/2...ropaganda.html http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0259898/reviews?start=10 Read all about Sid Davis...a man with many issues: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Davis |
I believe this one was taken from the top of the building shown in the previous photograph.
#3 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/pJfi28.jpg http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...87779/rec/9994 From this angle you can see that the stone 'structure' appears to be hollow. I believe this is an incinerator. The "door" at the bottom is for shoveling out the ashes. I never saw one like this in California but many in Texas when I was a boy. There was a near-identical one in my great-aunt's back yard in Kenedy, TX, only made of concrete instead of stone. |
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1916 http://aviationweek.com/site-files/a.../04/martin.jpghttp://aviationweek.com/site-files/a.../04/martin.jpg June 1917 - First company outing (Source indicates this was the "first" annual outing. Since it also describes the street car as a cable car, it is unclear whether this was the first, second or last outing. :rolleyes:) http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...d.jpg~originalhttp://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/compou...coll2/id/19850 Quote:
Wonder if any of the :previous: luminaries were at the event or possibly in the photo. Closer http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...p.jpg~original 1941 from Popular Science http://www.b26.com/page/img/glenn_l_...-the-month.jpghttp://www.b26.com/page/img/glenn_l_...-the-month.jpg |
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This the monastery you're talking about, right ScottyB? http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...924/M8MUVr.jpg ebay I was so hoping to spot my mystery building from last night. And today (appears half the buildings are gone) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/ZO8MzC.jpg google_earth _ As a reminder, here's my mystery building again. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...923/zNbEB8.jpg |
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I had the following two photos in an old file of mine, so I thought now would be a good time to post them. Dedication Ceremony, Mater Dolorosa Passionist Retreat Center, Sierra Madre [c.1932] http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...924/a8EXtz.jpg old file 1 / laTimes ? http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...924/updtlr.jpg old file 2 / laTimes __ |
It was only a few days ago that we had a Julius Shulman post from Manhattan Beach, and now we have another. This is "Job 3359: Flewelling and Moody, Mira Costa Auditorium (Manhattan Beach, Calif.), 1962". I've picked a selection of the black & white images, and left out all three of the color ones.
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original The front of the auditorium looks like this. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original There are several shots of the outside from different angles. This one shows the early stages of landscaping. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original I've left the only interior photo until last. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original All from Getty Research Institute The auditorium is at the Mira Costa High School, 1401 Artesia Blvd, Manhattan Beach. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original Google Maps |
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