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[Earl Boebert]

Ethereal_reality said:

"P.S. I didn't mention the "Dollar Line" because. .um. . I don't know what it is."

The "Dollar Line" was a worldwide steamship line that existed from 1902 to 1938. Its ships were named after American presidents, and when it failed the fleet became the American President Lines.

https://www.ggarchives.com/OceanTrav...html#gsc.tab=0

Cheers,

Earl

[ethereal_reality]

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Thanks, Earl.
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We can't have a conversation about statues without mentioning Myrna (Loy) standing in front of Venice High School.

Here she is today. (now in bronze)


seeing-stars



I know that we've discussed Myrna's statue in the past but I happened upon a couple of photographs that we might have seen before.


Here she is before the 1933 earthquake.



The dude in front is a V.H.S. student named Doug Armstrong.




Amazingly, Myrna survived the earthquake!..The school, not so much.


hometownstohollywoood





But over the years Myrna's arms crumbled and were rearranged.







I'm not even going to mention the butt-ugly fence.








BELOW:..Myrna's broken arm(s) is visible in this scene from the movie Grease.


hometownstohollywoood


Myrna's statue was saved from further deterioration and eventually a new statue was made after the original design and cast in bronze. (return to top photo)


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[ethereal_reality]

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Here's another pre-earthquake photograph of Myrna and her two friends.


tessa-lapl We've no doubt seen this photograph in the past (but I couldn't resist)


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[odinthor]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

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Wilmington, again?

Yep...

Seller's description:..1930's Dollar Lines officer's 3 photos of Los Angeles, street scene, train.

#1

eBay

I'm guessing the small building is the Wilmington Depot. ..I'm still looking for its location.

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e_r, quoth LA Times 4/17/1937: "Derrick for Wilmington No. 3 is being erected at Wilmington by the Ring Petroleum Company. It is located between Ott [they mean "Opp"] street and Anaheim Boulevard, with Eubank avenue on the west and the Santa Fe depot on the east."

This area, I guess:


gsv

Or as the 1941 Renie Atlas would have it (arrow added):

[bighen]

Beaudry post: Anna May Wong

Thank you for the excellent post. Just curious if you know whatever happened to those trees that she planted in Chinatown Plaza 1938? It seems like they were taken down or perhaps replanted elsewhere. Sorry I don't have any pics to post so I hope you are familiar with them.

[mrfredmertz]

So the X PO Theater only lasted as a porn theater for less than a year.

Well.... that happens. It's nothing to be ashamed of.

[Lwize]

Originally Posted by mrfredmertz

So the X PO Theater only lasted as a porn theater for less than a year.

Well.... that happens. It's nothing to be ashamed of.

Porn? In theaters? Huh...

[Noir_Noir]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

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Wilmington, again?

Yep...

Seller's description:..1930's Dollar Lines officer's 3 photos of Los Angeles, street scene, train.

#1

eBay

I'm guessing the small building is the Wilmington Depot. ..I'm still looking for its location.

Originally Posted by odinthor

e_r, quoth LA Times 4/17/1937: "Derrick for Wilmington No. 3 is being erected at Wilmington by the Ring Petroleum Company. It is located between Ott [they mean "Opp"] street and Anaheim Boulevard, with Eubank avenue on the west and the Santa Fe depot on the east."

This area, I guess:


gsv

Or as the 1941 Renie Atlas would have it (arrow added):

The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway depot was at 711 E. Anaheim Street.


Here it is on an aerial from 1944.


mil.library.ucsb.edu


A picture from 1949.


kansasmemory.org


One from sometime around 2000 or so.


flickr.com - John Smatlak


Sometime in the first half of 2018 - "Now you see it ... now you don't".


GSV

[ethereal_reality]

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Oh no! It survived until 2018, then poof... So sad.


Thanks for your help, odinthor and Noir Noir.

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[ethereal_reality]

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Did anyone else notice the giant easel in the Wilmington Depot photograph from eBay?



. . .perhaps Anna May Wong was teaching an art class in Wilmington.



I'll show myself out...
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[ethereal_reality]

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mystery location


"#SL1211 Old 35mm Slide Photo - lo Angeles - Building - Red Kodachrome 1951"


eBay

Any ideas?


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[Noir_Noir]

rescarta.lapl.org



archive.org - The Best of Los Angeles 1984


The extended building these days.


GSV

[sopas ej]

April 1957. Eastbound San Bernardino Fwy. at Citrus St. onramp featuring route shields US-60-70-99, now Interstate 10. Eastland Shopping Center (West Covina) at left.

DOH Archives Photo

A song from 1957:
• Video Link

[CaliNative]

Originally Posted by Lwize

Porn? In theaters? Huh...

Yes, back in the olden days, before video casettes, DVD discs and internet porn, the venue for such wickedness was adult theaters, and booths in adult bookstores. The only vestage of that era are the few nude theaters that remain where women get on stage and dance in their birthday suits for tips. Very quaint. Most of the adult magazines are long one. Are Playboy and Hustler still around? Penthouse is long gone.

[CaliNative]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

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mystery location


"#SL1211 Old 35mm Slide Photo - lo Angeles - Building - Red Kodachrome 1951"


eBay

Any ideas?


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I wonder what the woman is searching for in that cardboard box? Free tennis balls? Sometimes people left unwanted pets in such boxes. Maybe there is a litter of cute kittens or puppies in the box for people to adopt. The lady seems to be smiling.

[ethereal_reality]

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Originally Posted by CaliNative

Yes, back in the olden days, before video casettes, DVD discs and internet porn, the venue for such wickedness was adult theaters, and booths in adult bookstores. The only vestage of that era are the few nude theaters that remain where women get on stage and dance in their birthday suits for tips. Very quaint. Most of the adult magazines are long one. Are Playboy and Hustler still around? Penthouse is long gone.

Here's a rather grand theater that was converted to porn.

5th Avenue Theater, 2541 W. Manchester Blvd. Inglewood, CA


eBay via LIBRARY OF CONGRESS


The only time I saw a porn in a theater was a double bill at the Nuart Theater in West L.A. The two films were a 3-D xxx porn and John Water's Pink Flamingos (as the main feature). The highlight of the porn, and the only scene that I remember, involved a giant dildo that 'floated' out over the audience until it was directly over heads. haha ...A Cinematic Masterpiece!


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[ethereal_reality]

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mystery location.

Here's a slide that I've had on hand for a couple of weeks.

Hollywood, California 1960s


eBay

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[ethereal_reality]

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How 'bout a parade!..


Burbank, California..1940?...early1950?


eBay

Unless I'm mistaken the insignia on the truck pulling the airplane is Bock Co.


Thanks for finding Arzy's Racket Shop, Noir Noir. ..Your guess is as good as mine about what's inside cardboard box, CaliNative

[fullpower]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

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mystery location.

Here's a slide that I've had on hand for a couple of weeks.

Hollywood, California 1960s


eBay

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my uneducated guess is Franklin ave approaching Cahuenga blvd

[Earl Boebert]

FWIW. The Bock Co. was a civil engineering and roadwork firm. You can just see the tip of a Civil Air Patrol insignia on the fuselage of the Ercoupe in the parade.



Cheers,

Earl