noirish Los Angeles v2.0 - Page 86

rick m · #**1701** Posted **Jul 8, 2026, 10:32 PM**

Fairfax

sadykadie2 · #**1702** Posted **Jul 9, 2026, 5:44 AM**

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I know this isn't everyone's cup of tea but . . .

here are the teams for The Battle of the Network Stars seasons 1976 through 1979..

1976

TV GUIDE

1977

TV GUIDE

1978

TV GUIDE

1979

TV GUIDE

I haven't been able to find the rosters from the 1980s. ..If anyone finds them feel free to post them.

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I grew up in the 70's and LOVED Battle of the Nework Stars! thanks for the trip down memory lane

ethereal_reality · #**1703** Posted **Jul 9, 2026, 4:12 PM**

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Los Angeles Original Farmers Market California 1966 Slide 35MM..........The Original Farmers Market opened in 1934!

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Now I am in desperate need of some fruit.

Current website:..farmersmarketla
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Lwize · #**1704** Posted **Jul 9, 2026, 4:33 PM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

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Sexist VODKA SIGN - mystery location.

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Is that sign pointing somewhere?

ethereal_reality · #**1705** Posted **Jul 9, 2026, 5:33 PM**

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I watched Preston Sturges's wonderful Sullivan Travels last week and noticed a few scenes that were filmed in Los Angeles - mainly in the railroad area.

Here are a couple of them.

Does anyone recognize this area?

This one is also somewhere along the railroad tracks. (the little dude is actually Veronica Lake disguised as a hobo)

I'm very curious about the stone arch with the cross on top. ..(upper right)

The movie was released in 1941.....Help me out here folks.
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HossC · #**1706** Posted **Jul 9, 2026, 5:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

Los Angeles Original Farmers Market California 1966 Slide 35MM..........The Original Farmers Market opened in 1934!

eBay

Now I am in desperate need of some fruit.

Current website:..farmersmarketla

Here's a wider view of Lee and Anna Pyatt's fruit and produce stall. Maybe the owners are in the picture. From a 1970 NYT article:

Operating a business at the market is often a family tradition, with children or grandchildren of the original farmers running the business. Others, like Lee Pyatt and his wife, Anna, who have been selling tropical and local fruit and vegetables in the same site for 29 years, have simply been around long time.

Monzano bananas, which taste best, Mr, Pyatt says, when their skins have turned black, are piled up neatly near Texas mustard greens, New Zealand kiwi fruit, snow peas, black radishes, fresh figs and Louisiana sugar cane, as well as the more commonplace lettuce, tomatoes and citrus fruits.

www.hippostcard.com

HossC · #**1707** Posted **Jul 9, 2026, 7:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

I watched Preston Sturges's wonderful Sullivan Travels last week and noticed a few scenes that were filmed in Los Angeles - mainly in the railroad area.

Here are a couple of them.

Does anyone recognize this area?

It's somewhere at the west end of the Cornfield site. These buildings are still standing next to Chinatown Station. City Hall and the courthouse are in the background.

Google Maps

ethereal_reality · #**1708** Posted **Jul 9, 2026, 8:05 PM**

...It's a match!

Good job, Hoss!

losangeleschinatown / facebook

Still there after all these years.

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odinthor · #**1709** Posted **Jul 9, 2026, 8:45 PM**

According to vol. 1 of Notes on Old Los Angeles (2025): Capitol Milling Company: 1872, started as Capitol Flouring Mills, on Aliso St. by Deming, Palmer, & Co.; 1879, moved to Alameda St. near its junction with Main St.; put another way, in its Alameda incarnation it was on the west side of the river just southeast of Elysian Park at the N. Spring St. crossing; according to Newmark, in a “perhaps,” the possible location of a mill built by Joseph Chapman, succeeded by a small mill-works known as the Eagle Mills; used as a [geographical] point of reference.

riichkay · #**1710** Posted **Jul 10, 2026, 1:14 AM**

Caption by the Flickr poster David Wayne Bailey.....

"This is my Grandfather on my Mom's side. He was born in 1899 and died in 1977, the year I graduated from High School.

His son my Uncle Norman was in the Navy on a Destroyer in the Pacific. Uncle Norman was wounded twice and survived the sinking of his first ship the USS Strong in the Kula Gulf."

Ralph G. Carpenter had the distinction of registering for military service in both World Wars....

Sept. 12 1918....

Feb. 15 1942....

ethereal_reality · #**1711** Posted **Jul 10, 2026, 5:58 PM**

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Original slide 1950’s Red Kodachrome Los Angeles County Fair

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What is the large rectangular on top of the Hobby Pavilion? ..It doesn't make sense to me.

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Martin Pal · #**1712** Posted **Jul 10, 2026, 6:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

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I watched Preston Sturges's wonderful Sullivan Travels last week and noticed a few scenes that were filmed in Los Angeles - mainly in the railroad area.
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Yes, great movie! Was wondering if you knew this: [I probably should point out that the following contains somewhat of a spoiler, but I don't think it matters if one knows this.]

In Preston Sturges' 1941 classic comedy Sullivan's Travels, the protagonist—a Hollywood comedy director named John L. Sullivan—desperately wants to make a serious, socially conscious film about the struggles of the working class and decides to title it O Brother, Where Art Thou? Because the director never actually gets around to making the movie in the original film, the Coen Brothers borrowed the title and premise for their own distinct 2000 movie, O Brother, Where Art Thou?

ethereal_reality · #**1713** Posted **Jul 10, 2026, 6:38 PM**

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A mystery location.

The TIDES CAFE - Santa Monica? - Venice? - Malibu?

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ethereal_reality · #**1714** Posted **Jul 10, 2026, 6:48 PM**

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mystery location II

Seller's description:...Rick's Drive Inn Restaurant Dining Room Santa Monica California 1948

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Does anyone know where (in Santa Monica) Rick's Drive Inn was located?

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ethereal_reality · #**1715** Posted **Jul 10, 2026, 7:08 PM**

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mystery location III

"Photo:Storefront, Santa Monica, California"

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HossC · #**1716** Posted **Jul 10, 2026, 7:57 PM**

1611-1615 Montana Avenue, Santa Monica. I believe "Sane & Insane" was a record store. There's another vintage photo at dc.library.northwestern.edu.

GSV

ethereal_reality · #**1717** Posted **Yesterday, 12:59 AM**

That's it! ...Thanks, Hoss.

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Noir_Noir · #**1718** Posted **Yesterday, 1:59 AM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

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mystery location II

Seller's description:...Rick's Drive Inn Restaurant Dining Room Santa Monica California 1948

Does anyone know where (in Santa Monica) Rick's Drive Inn was located?
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That Rick's Drive-In was in Santa Maria, not Monica. It was located at 1520 N. Broadway in the city.

ebay

Noir_Noir · #**1719** Posted **Yesterday, 4:42 AM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

I watched Preston Sturges's wonderful Sullivan Travels last week and noticed a few scenes that were filmed in Los Angeles - mainly in the railroad area.

This one is also somewhere along the railroad tracks. (the little dude is actually Veronica Lake disguised as a hobo)

I'm very curious about the stone arch with the cross on top. ..(upper right)

The movie was released in 1941.....Help me out here folks.
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That stone arch is atop the original St. Peter's Italian Catholic Church at 1039 N. Broadway.

tessa2.lapl.org

The church was destroyed by fire in the mid-1940s and replaced with the present structure,

Google Street View