Hello, all!
This is my first post here, having found this forum a week or so ago while doing some research related to a Los Angeles address in the 1930s, and now that I've looked through (I think) every post from the beginning, hopefully I'll be able to contribute a bit eventually! My area of interest is race cars of the late 1920's through WWII, and Los Angeles was a hot bed of tracks, builders, and drivers through that era. I'll get back to that later, but for now, I wanted to take a stab at @ethereal_reality's recent posts.
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ONE DAY LATER.
Here's another photograph of a mystery mansion recently listed on eBay...(no longer listed)
Anyone have an idea?
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This one looks to be 1109 W. Adams, and if the 1910 date is correct, it was at that time owned by one Spencer H Smith of Manhattan.
There's a ton of info on the property, as well as a bunch of other Adams St properties, among others,
here.
Also at the above link is this bigfoot film footage-quality picture of the house, likely taken not long before its demolition based on the cars parked out front.
Historic Los Angeles Adams St Blog
And here, from Historic Aerials, the 1921 Baist.
Historic Aerials
And the 1911 LA CD:
LAPL
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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
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And here's a second photograph from the same eBay seller. ..(no longer listed)
An interesting and unexpected ridge visible in the distance.
As you can see , it says Magnolia near 7th Street. (with a small question mark hovering above)
May 1, 1910
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I couldn't come up with much on this one, just the real estate company on the sign in the picture, from the 1910 LA CD.
LAPL
Hopefully I followed all of the posting rules properly, but if I did not, please feel free to let me know so I can delete/correct anything that needs it!