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Old Posted Jul 16, 2018, 3:39 AM
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Loeffler's Barber Shop was at 106½ E. Broadway in Glendale.
You mean it was in that town with its dollar days and its women that wear uniforms and its men that wear overalls??


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"(You need a lift) more at 10, 2 and 4" (note clock face)


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I thought the time switches were to control the street lamps (?)


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Dr. Pepper at 10 AM? I guess I'll start having it with my oatmeal for late breakfasts.
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So there aren't any brakes at all? lol
I guess some had brakes and some did not.



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Welcome and tx for the post - what was a time switch?
The cast iron box on a pedestal labeled TIME SWITCH is what controled the street lights in neighborhoods. The box was made by Keystone Iron works for the B.P.L. (Bureau of Power and Light), City of L.A.. B.P.L. was forerunner of D.W.P.. Keystone also had another version of that box with a Fire Alarm door on one side and a Police Telephone door on the other side. I am fortunate to have both in my collection.
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I thought it would be a fun challange to try and figure out the ad that appears below the Dr. Pepper sign.

but instead of "enjoy that flavor" it says something else.



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It looks like "More at" - then the clock 10/2/4 thing.
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10-2-4



Apparently the Dr Pepper "10-2-4" slogan lasted for close to 50 years, from the 20s to the 70s:

"...sometime in the 1920’s researchers were starting to understand that sugar provided energy to the body. They concluded that the body’s natural rhythms meant that our daily energy “low points” were at 10:30 (2 hours after breakfast), 2:30 (2 hours after lunch) and 4:30 (time for a nap).

So Dr Pepper suggested that you have one of their fine beverages at 10, 2 and 4 to combat your energy lags with a hit of sugar. It became part of an ad campaign and made it to the packaging as well."
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Old Posted Jul 16, 2018, 8:13 PM
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home of the Dr. Pepper ghost sign?

Los Angeles Public Library has this labeled as the Los Feliz Produce Market. --but it clearly say's MYER's. Was there a name change or is this simple mislabeled?


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There are a couple of nice lookin' tomatoes over there on the right. -------->


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speaking of tomatoes.



Tomato patch, West Hollywood [c.1905]


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Remind me again whose house this is? (I should know)


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I wonder if they're the owners of the tomato crop?
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update:

To be fair I should also point out this other nice looking home.


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recently found on ebay.

154 & 156 So. Orange Dr. Los Angeles CA


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the address is written on the back







Here's how it appears today.


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built 1925

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speaking of tomatoes.



Tomato patch, West Hollywood [c.1905]


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Remind me again whose house this is? (I should know)


DETAIL

I wonder if they're the owners of the tomato crop?
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update:

To be fair I should also point out this other nice looking home.


DETAIL
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This is something I didn't know about the El Capitan / Hollywood Palace Theatre (now the Avalon) on Vine Street.

It was once leased by NBC for the west coast home of “The Colgate Comedy Hour”.

NBC’s El Capitan Theater.

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Here's a photo of Martin & Lewis taken at a rehearsal at the El Capitan for the March 23, 1952, episode.
It's a sketch called "The Photographer."

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You can see this sketch below, at 6:47, from Season 2, Episode 30:

(The numbering system on the video is the person's numbering for his youtube posts.)

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Six months later, this was the location that Vice-Presidential candidate Richard Nixon gave his famous
"Checkers" speech on September 23, 1952, during the Presidential campaign!

The campaign arranged to use the El Capitan Theatre, in Hollywood, where several NBC variety shows were then broadcast, since its lighting was superior to that of NBC Studios. [...] The El Capitan Theatre, at Nixon's insistence, was entirely deserted. Press members were confined to a nearby room, where they could watch on television; stenographers were standing by at the Ambassador Hotel to ensure an accurate transcript of Nixon's remarks for the press. Aides Chotiner and Rogers would watch from behind a screen in the theatre; Pat Nixon, wearing a dress knitted by supporters, would sit on stage a few feet from her husband. The chosen set was a "GI bedroom den" with a desk, two chairs, and bookshelves. The senator usually preferred to work from a memorized text, but would work from notes for this speech to make the talk sound more spontaneous. Nixon spent some time practicing movements for the cameramen and finally went into the dressing room with his wife for a few minutes of solitude. He told her that he did not think he could go through with it, but she reassured him. Wiki

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In March of 1953, NBC aired a special 100th episode of the Colgate Comedy Hour.

Bud Abbott & Lou Costello, Eddie Cantor and Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis appeared on the telecast. They were all revolving hosts of the weekly show at the time, along with Bob Hope and Donald O'Connor who appeared from New York City. The following is some great home movie footage of the Hollywood talent, arriving for rehearsals at the El Capitan.

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This is pretty amazing.

"Rare Original Slide Color 1930's Los Angeles Hollywood Theater"


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A closer look at this rare color slide.


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WOW, a color image of the Pantages, pre-Frolic Room! Great find, e_r!
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WOW, a color image of the Pantages, pre-Frolic Room! Great find, e_r!
wasn't there some talk about adding additional floors to it? something to the matter that Pantages lost his fortune during the stock market crash and that's why they never built the additional floors. Maybe i read it here?
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Los Angeles Public Library has this labeled as the Los Feliz Produce Market. --but it clearly say's MYER's. Was there a name change or is this simple mislabeled?


LAPL

There are a couple of nice lookin' tomatoes over there on the right. -------->


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http://tessa.lapl.org/cdm/ref/collec...otos/id/105612


It might be the same Los Feliz Produce Market. There's other signs, from left to right: ? ? (unreadable) Meat Market, Day and Night Grocers, Bakery Goods, and Martin's Delicatessen. The meat market sign is very illegible. Zooming in didn't help much. Where I've marked the red arrow might be the site of the MYER'S sign.

Though, the library does has it categorized under Glendale, CA instead of within LA's city limits
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Welcome and tx for the post - what was a time switch?
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The cast iron box on a pedestal labeled TIME SWITCH is what controled the street lights in neighborhoods. The box was made by Keystone Iron works for the B.P.L. (Bureau of Power and Light), City of L.A.. B.P.L. was forerunner of D.W.P.. Keystone also had another version of that box with a Fire Alarm door on one side and a Police Telephone door on the other side. I am fortunate to have both in my collection.
Thanks Lorendoc!

Just like Hollywood Graham mentioned, the time switch was used for street lighting. I found a video on YouTube where their restoration and history is talked about.


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evkFBupExL0
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Los Angeles Public Library has this labeled as the Los Feliz Produce Market. --but it clearly say's MYER's. Was there a name change or is this simple mislabeled?


LAPL

There are a couple of nice lookin' tomatoes over there on the right. -------->


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Just guessin': Maybe the major lessee (or owner?) was the Los Feliz Produce Market, but the LFPM sublet stalls to the others...?
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TESSA Digital Collections of the Los Angeles Public Library
http://tessa.lapl.org/cdm/ref/collec...otos/id/105612


It might be the same Los Feliz Produce Market. There's other signs, from left to right: ? ? (unreadable) Meat Market, Day and Night Grocers, Bakery Goods, and Martin's Delicatessen. The meat market sign is very illegible. Zooming in didn't help much. Where I've marked the red arrow might be the site of the MYER'S sign.

Though, the library does has it categorized under Glendale, CA instead of within LA's city limits
Maybe it was *ON* Los Feliz, as in Los Feliz Blvd., in Glendale, hence the name?

Never mind, you answered that in your post on the last page. My bad!
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LAT Nov 11, 1942


Found this...but now see that it seems to be a reference to another Los Feliz Market, perhaps a successor....


LAT Dec 12, 1982
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It might be the same Los Feliz Produce Market. There's other signs, from left to right: ? ? (unreadable) Meat Market, Day and Night Grocers, Bakery Goods, and Martin's Delicatessen.
I would say you're entirely correct Silver Ed.
The 'bays' appear to be rented to various vendors. And they're all under the umbrella of "Los Feliz Produce Market".

Alot of the time I pick up on small clues but miss much larger ones that are staring me in the face. I don't know why that is.
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