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3940dxer · #**34621** Posted **Apr 15, 2016, 3:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by CityBoyDoug

Wonderful old photos of the Pike....which brought back memories.

Here is the Tilt-A-Whirl ride. The ride moved in two directions at once. The cabin can be made to spin, plus the chain of cabins move in a circle.
My Navy buddies got me on this ride in 1968 and managed to spin the seats at a wild rate. I was very sick for two days afterwards.

LongBeachMuseum

When I was a kid, the Tilt-A-Whirl was always my favorite ride. Happily, working examples still operate at the Redondo Beach and Santa Cruz piers.

ethereal_reality · #**34622** Posted **Apr 15, 2016, 3:06 PM**

http://www.redondo.com/rff/

The Tilt-A-Whirl at Redondo Beach (above) has a great paint job. (the one at Indiana Beach, that I mentioned earlier, is white and purple.

)

Great to hear from you David!
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Earl Boebert · #**34623** Posted **Apr 15, 2016, 3:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

I'm not sure if this is San Pedro harbor or England, but I believe the lettering on this building (circled) says L.A. something.

It says:

L. A. [unintelligible]

[unintelligible]

Dry [Storage?]

Lifting &

12,000

So probably some kind of warehouse.

Cheers,

Earl

ethereal_reality · #**34624** Posted **Apr 15, 2016, 3:15 PM**

Thanks Earl.

detail of photo originally posted by HossC

I wonder if the shorter guy in the white suit with the oranges on his lapels was sort of a 'mascot'? (for lack of a better word)

I first noticed him in my photo, and wondered what he had around his neck. -now I know!

detail

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HossC · #**34625** Posted **Apr 15, 2016, 5:56 PM**

I didn't even notice the guy with the oranges on his lapels.

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

oops. thx Hoss. I'm still curious about the mock-wrigley field clock-tower. -was it discussed?

GW said "Now I'm thinking that the tower belongs to a large model of Wrigley Field" in post #19354 - a good guess considering the much lower resolution of the image.

Here's an enlargement of the tower from e_r's link. I think the sign on the truck's door says "WRIGLEY FIELD" "BASEBALL PARK".

detroitpubliclibrary.org

I posted this detail view of the clock in reply to GW's post.

Quote:

Originally Posted by HossC

I think you could be right about the Wrigley Field clock tower, GW. I never realized that the clock spelled out "WRIGLEY FIELD" instead of using numbers.

Detail of picture at USC Digital Library

Martin Pal · #**34626** Posted **Apr 15, 2016, 6:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

The Tilt-A-Whirl at Redondo Beach (above) has a great paint job.
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The Tilt-A-Whirl was always a favorite! Now i'm recalling the names of other rides like that I remember: The Whip, The Paratrooper, The Octopus, Dive Bomber, Scrambler...

ethereal_reality · #**34627** Posted **Apr 15, 2016, 6:31 PM**

and the Rock-O-Plane and The Bullet.

Quote:

Originally Posted by HossC

I think the sign on the truck's door says "WRIGLEY FIELD" "BASEBALL PARK".

detroitpubliclibrary.org

Hoss, I may have noticed the oranges on the man's lapels, but I didn't realize the mock-tower was in the back of a truck!
I thought it was further away, towards the parking lot. Thanks for the clarification.
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note the man sitting on the ground behind the car. (I hadn't noticed him either)

Godzilla · #**34628** Posted **Apr 15, 2016, 6:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

I just found this interesting snapshot on eBay.

"Pasadena, after the Rose Parade, 1941."

http://www.ebay.com/itm/fp-0674-Cali...IAAOSw~OVWvPGZ

note the horizontal Uptown sign in the distance. (did Pasadena have an Uptown Theater?)

I'm glad no one littered.

reverse

Same location as Hupmobile balloon - other direction.

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

1963 - Betty White, 75th Tournament of Roses NBC Host. (Before the tilt-a-whirl causes riders to trash the street.

)

http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/...re-id466827623

http://www.aolcdn.com/photogalleryas...6bes092210.jpg

Betty provides play-by-play narrative.

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...bcd6d42f04.jpg

HossC · #**34629** Posted **Apr 15, 2016, 7:18 PM**

This is the Southeast District Health Center, as photographed by Julius Shulman in 1946. It's "Job 032: Adrian Wilson and Associates, Southeast District Health Center (Los Angeles, Calif.), 1946".

Here's a closer view of the entrance.

Both from Getty Research Institute

The Southeast District Health Center was at 4920 Avalon Boulevard. I say "was" only because it's now the Avalon-Carver Community Center. The location means that Mr Shulman's first picture was taken from the foliage of South Park. It's a shame that they've had to add all of those fences and grilles.

GSV

ethereal_reality · #**34630** Posted **Apr 15, 2016, 11:23 PM**

I found the heads!

Yesterday I posted a gsv view of the building that used to be Tony's Nightmare Bar.

gsv

Today, while I was driving the google-mobile downtown this second-story window caught my eye.

gsv /detail

You see where I am going with this don't you?

gsv/detail

eerie coincidence wouldn't you say?

Northeast corner of Broadway and 4th

gsv

Heads; first window on the left

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ethereal_reality · #**34631** Posted **Apr 16, 2016, 12:16 AM**

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Originally Posted by Godzilla

Same location as Hupmobile balloon - other direction.

Thanks for pointing that out Godzilla. I hadn't noticed it was the same block.
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We've seen this early view before on NLA, but I believe this is the first time it's been tinted by hand.

eBay

Here's the reverse.

Colored by
Acme Transparent Water Color Co.
84 E. Adams St.
Chicago, Ill.

CityBoyDoug · #**34632** Posted **Apr 16, 2016, 12:57 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Godzilla

Same location as Hupmobile balloon - other direction.

1963 - Betty White, 75th Tournament of Roses NBC Host. (Before the tilt-a-whirl causes riders to trash the street.

)

http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/...re-id466827623

http://www.aolcdn.com/photogalleryas...6bes092210.jpg

Betty provides play-by-play narrative.

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...bcd6d42f04.jpg

Betty White was semi-famous long before her more public entrance.
As an ingénue in the 1940s Hollywood she tried all sorts of marketing avenues.

Google Betty White nudes if interested in more views. Noir? I'd say so.

Don't worry, they're very tastefully done.

CDfiles

ethereal_reality · #**34633** Posted **Apr 16, 2016, 1:18 AM**

"Iron bars do not a prison make,"

eBay

....at least not at the new Los Angeles Police Facilities Building.

The architects eliminated the grim, prison-like aspect of the building when they specified perforated Fenestra panels for use as the restraining barriers in the jail section.
The ribbed, sheet steel panels can easily be seen through when looking out of the newly completed building but outsiders can not see into the jail cells. [1955]
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I've never noticed the Fenestra panels before.

Here's the building pretty much dead-center in this aerial.

The aerial is from this 1969 cover (when the facility was renamed the Parker Center)

http://www.laphs.org/news_nov_09.html

Added bonus photo:

1958 Chevy Delray patrol cars parked at the Los Angeles Police Facilities Building.

www.policemag.com

Today, Welton Becket's building sits empty. Rumor has it, it's going to be torn down for a 27 story tower.

http://la.curbed.com/2014/5/1/101060...laced-by-tower
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Godzilla · #**34634** Posted **Apr 16, 2016, 1:39 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by CityBoyDoug

Betty White was semi-famous long before her more public entrance.
As an ingénue in the 1940s Hollywood she tried all sorts of marketing avenues.

Google Betty White nudes if interested in more views. Noir? I'd say so.

Don't worry, they're very tastefully done.

FWIW, Betty suggests the photos are not her. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CV4P4Fu3uA

CityBoyDoug · #**34635** Posted **Apr 16, 2016, 3:15 AM**

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Originally Posted by Godzilla

FWIW, Betty suggests the photos are not her. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CV4P4Fu3uA

Yeah, I've heard that. If not her, then who is it???

It's her or her twin sister. The facial features are identical....even the cute dimples.

MichaelRyerson · #**34636** Posted **Apr 16, 2016, 12:31 PM**

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Originally Posted by HossC

I didn't even notice the guy with the oranges on his lapels.

GW said "Now I'm thinking that the tower belongs to a large model of Wrigley Field" in post #19354 - a good guess considering the much lower resolution of the image.

Here's an enlargement of the tower from e_r's link. I think the sign on the truck's door says "WRIGLEY FIELD" "BASEBALL PARK".

detroitpubliclibrary.org

I posted this detail view of the clock in reply to GW's post.

FWIW, no one else seems to have commented it isn't simply a model of the tower. If you look behind and a bit lower than the cab of the truck, I think you can see it is a model of the entire park. Would have liked to have seen that. Wonder where it ended up.

ethereal_reality · #**34637** Posted **Apr 16, 2016, 3:33 PM**

Good eye M_R. I've been trying to find another photograph of the 'Wrigley Field 'float' in a parade or parked in front of the ballpark, to no avail.
You just know there has to be other photographs (it's so damn cool)

A Before & After that never happened.

lapl

Here's the ballpark enlarged to a total of 60,000 seats, and look at all that additional parking! Destroying the neighborhood feel in one fell swoop.

http://griddle.baseballtoaster.com/archives/922790.html

HossC posted an interesting postcard of the expansion, but it didn't show the massive parking lot.
http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/show...ostcount=20170

Otis Criblecoblis commented on the temporary bleachers that were set up in the outfield for special events.
http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/show...ostcount=32182

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ethereal_reality · #**34638** Posted **Apr 16, 2016, 3:49 PM**

Saturday morning 'mystery' photo #1.

eBay

Does anyone know the location of this photograph?
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ethereal_reality · #**34639** Posted **Apr 16, 2016, 4:00 PM**

Los Angeles policeman posing by 'mystery' car.

eBay

Does anyone recognize this precinct? -or the make of the sexy policeman.....er...I mean sexy car.

-the flags are half-mast. makes me wonder what tragedy has occurred.
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Earl Boebert · #**34640** Posted **Apr 16, 2016, 4:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

Los Angeles policeman posing by 'mystery' car.

Does anyone recognize this precinct? -or the make of the sexy policeman.....er...I mean sexy car.

-the flags are half-mast. makes me wonder what tragedy has occurred.
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Dunno about the cop, but the car is a 1956 [ish] Austin Healey 100.

Cheers,

Earl