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Old Posted Sep 26, 2016, 8:03 PM
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1914 Pleasure Cars are at Pico and Hill Streets!

1913 - Structure on left (advertising the arrival of 1914 Dorris Pleasure Cars) is 200 W Pico and houses Carpenter & Co. Cars.

http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/single...coll2/id/13842
I think this is the building down the street on the left with the white writing on the dark gable. I went back to November 2014 to get this interesting view with the "Art Scene Do Not Cross" signage. I was going to say that the outlined figure on the wall survives, but I think he's still dead .


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Old Posted Sep 26, 2016, 8:18 PM
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Hot Summer San Fernando Night?




June 1958 - two views of San Fernando Road (near Brand). http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/compou...coll2/id/64458


Western Auto (1115 S Fernando Rd. (?)) Mission Hotel (1128 S Fernando Rd (?))












Kress is at 1004 San Fernando Rd.








From same June '58 collection:

Cross Street is Brand, otherwise no specific ID.






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Old Posted Sep 26, 2016, 8:50 PM
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Were the roses at the Rose Lawn Villa fed by a zanja?




This '02 image is offered by both HL and USC and depicts a horseless carriage in front of D.K. Van Nuys' residence at Spring and Seventh Streets. Curious who has the watchful eye on the porch. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...coll65/id/7144 and http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/single...0coll2/id/3516















Interesting straw hat. Can anyone ID the motor vehicle?




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Old Posted Sep 26, 2016, 9:29 PM
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Here's an original 1964 slide showing aerial scenes of the 110 freeway.

You can see the Union Oil Center Building (now called Los Angeles Center Studios) at the bottom of the image.


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The slide also shows a HUGHES 300 Helicopter, Sheriff version.





A rare close-up look of the top of Union Oil Center in 1964.


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And here's a close-up of the helicopter (note it says Sheriff on the leg pontoon)


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Old Posted Sep 26, 2016, 10:59 PM
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reminds of helicopter aerials in 1965 "Satan Bug." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-50wTKU-hrA E.g., go to 7:14



1925 - a good year for testing the water?

No icebergs ahoy.



1925 travel brochures. http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/compou...coll1/id/13816














Super Express Twin Lines






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Old Posted Sep 27, 2016, 2:29 AM
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I agree Beaudry, what a great looking place! (I see you could dine al fresco on the left)

I wonder who the young man is.....were there any hints when you bought the slide (or for that matter, were there additional slides?)

-pardon my questions...my hyper-curiosity can get the best of me sometimes )
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As well it should! Nope, just a couple other tourist shots (Brown Derby, Ambassador) so thank God they had the good sense to shoot this façade.
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Old Posted Sep 27, 2016, 4:13 AM
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Los Angeles, 1940s.


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Louis B. Mayer and Susan Hayward watching a young infant paralysis victim in a hydro-therapy pool of the Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital.


https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...1a5d0f492e.jpg




Hedy Lamarr and Susan Hayward visiting a young patient at the Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital.


https://www.pinterest.com/pin/308567011946904421/





Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital Easter Egg Hunt 1946.


https://www.pinterest.com/pin/183169909814752550/



March of Dimes Inaugural Parade, 1948.


https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...18ce3bf9c5.jpg

"January 18, 1948 - This huge storybook balloon figure (Panda) was one of the features of the March of Dimes inaugural parade on Wilshire Boulevard.
For nearly four miles, the boulevard was lined by approximately one million spectators. The March of Dimes campaign seeks to bring renewed hope for children crippled by polio."

[Herald Examiner Collection]


Luckily Jonas Salk was closing in on his Polio vaccine

but not before the N.F.I.P. placed this ad in comic books scaring the bejeezus out of millions of kids.



"A vaccine is NOT ready for 1953."

That is some scary stuff!

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Old Posted Sep 27, 2016, 6:53 AM
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'mystery' location.

Company
Loans Billboard, Citizens National Trust and Savings Bank of Los Angeles

Date
[1940s]

Setting
City Scene


http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/





below: There's a taxidermist, Andy _ooth....but the first letter of the last name is blocked by a pole.

......and if you look closely you'll see it also says TAXIDERMIST, TANNER in large letters on the roof!


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hmmm.....I just noticed Andy sells Beer & Wine. You can get tight while he stuffs your animal.






I believe this is the first billboard for Carlsbad Caverns that I've seen in the Los Angeles area.


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For Sale or Lease, Hector M. 'something'--->





Huntington Villa.....doesn't ring a bell for me.


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Here's a closer look at the rather interesting homes atop the hill on the right.


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There are various other signs in the landscape but some are just too far away to read

like these two.

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No trouble reading this one.


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Good luck sleuths!

If you want to snoop around on your own, you can see the photograph extra-LARGE here:
http://library.duke.edu/digitalcolle...rg/AAA8067.jpg

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Curious structure.

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Curious structure.

I would assume those buckets served to house flood lights. (Or could they have functioned as signal lights?) (Or they could contained water to douse unsuspecting passersby on April 1? ) I also wonder about those small star adornments reminiscent of more modern seismic retrofitting. Spacing suggests that they are not purely cosmetic. Could they be part of the structure's metal framework?



http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/single...d/13183/rec/17





July 1928, X Marks the Spot of the new Boylston Office (as distinct from a station).

http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/single...d/27427/rec/12
Curious structure indeed. But pretty typical for an early distribution substation. Those buckets are clay pipes and they served as exits or entrances for the high voltage wires. If you look closely you'll see the three phase wires entering the building. The are supported on a wooden timber and are tied onto insulators.
Those stars are cast iron washers and did serve to tie a steel inner structure to the brick building.
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'mystery' location.


http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/

There's a taxidermist, Andy _ooth....but the first letter of the last name is blocked by a pole.

......and if you look closely you'll see it also says TAXIDERMIST, TANNER in large letters on the roof!
I found A G Booth, taxidermist, at 4573 Huntington Drive North in the 1942 CD. I've marked where I think the vintage photo was taken on the 1948 aerial view below. For comparison, the 2012 view is on the right.


Historic Aerials

I haven't located any original buildings yet - maybe some of the ones on the hill are still there. Here's a current view from roughly the same location.


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Louis B. Mayer and Susan Hayward watching a young infant paralysis victim in a hydro-therapy pool of the Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital.
Hydro-therapy invented by the Jacuzzi brothers, one of whose children contracted rheumatic fever (not polio, as we were told) during WWII. Prior to this they did aircraft propellors and then irrigation pumps.

Their factory was in North Berkeley CA, right next to my home town of Albany.

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I think HossC nailed it. The same or similar design appears to have been used at several locations.





http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/show...ostcount=11613







No, not the same design, but similarities made me think of this Richfield Station at an unidentified Alhambra location in 1956. Anyone familiar with the nearby "Melody Cafe?" (Not to be confused with other Melodies e.g., 309 S Flower or by the airport.)
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/single...coll2/id/49047



Melody Cafe




Coke, ice, spin balance. 3AM?





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Cross Street is Brand, otherwise no specific ID.


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Besides being « noirish », this marvellous photograph has an Edward Hopper feeling.
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Old Posted Sep 27, 2016, 8:16 PM
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I just found a second slide showing that H-300 Sheriff helicopter flying over downtown.



old file / found on eBay







Here's a closer look.


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not exactly sure where we're looking....I'm checking Google_Earth as we speak.



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Thank you, HossC, while you were posting this I had just come across a recent report done because of the planning to demolish and rebuild this area etc.

The report is the HISTORICAL RESOURCES ASSESSMENT REPORT AND IMPACTS ANALYSIS FOR THE PROPOSED 8150 SUNSET BOULEVARD MIXED USE PROJECT and was presented in September 2014.


We are trying to save this amazing Mid-Century building–architect's Kurt W Meyer's first major commission.
I’m one of the founders of Friends of Lytton Savings, we wrote the Historic Cultural Application (HCM) for the Lytton/Chase building.

The HCM application was unanimously adapted by the Cultural Heritage Commission (CHC) on September 15th BUT it be passed by the LA City Council to save the building.

CHC Commissioner Jeremy Irvine said “I find it shocking and sad that a commercial building like this, which was so groundbreaking would be threatened. So I’m in MAJOR favor of it (the HCM).”

The building is obviously worthy of saving, but it is going to take public support to give the political will that the City Council needs to overcome the developers $$$.

We need you sign up to our email list for the news and actions http://eepurl.com/b_NkkX

And please like our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/saveLytton


For a much more detailed analysts of the building you can read our application and the Office of Historic Resources recommendation http://planning.lacity.org/StaffRpt/...Savings_UC.pdf

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Sunny Gables estate La Cañada Flintridge

I've been watching a webseries that some friends have worked on, and the house they used seems very familiar to me. Does anyone know much about the Sunny Gables estate in La Cañada Flintridge? I googled and googled and came up donut. Maybe I'm just looking at classic features of the front and thinking I've seen them in tv or film.

It's at 582 Meadow Grove St, and was built in 1929 according to this Air BNB listing.

https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/842961?...dKFYJBB&sug=51

There are a lot of interior photos on that BNB listing, and they have mostly kept it original aside from upgraded appliances. The listing also states the house has a septic system.

Screengrab from the opening of the Edgar Allan Poe's Murdery Mystery and Dinner Party webseries:


Sunny Gables 1 by Kimberly, on Flickr

(That white raven is not on the gate, it is just an animated overlay during the opening)

Entry hallway

Sunny Gables 2 by Kimberly, on Flickr
from the photos in the Air BNB listing.

If you want to watch the webseries, it's pretty fun. 11 episodes total. Ep 6 was just released yesterday.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...bZSWJyCLFmsdPP

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I just found a second slide showing that H-300 Sheriff helicopter flying over downtown.


old file / found on eBay

not exactly sure where we're looking....I'm checking Google_Earth as we speak.
This is the intersection of the Harbor and Santa Monica Freeways. The white building in front of the helicopter is 1417 Georgia Street which I posted about a few weeks ago in post #36690. The scene is now filled by the Convention Center.


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Old Posted Sep 27, 2016, 9:07 PM
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Thanks Hoss, the convention center pretty much wiped everything out that's visible in the 1964 slide......no wonder I didn't immediately recognize the location.

I thought pretty much all the Bekins building were still standing, but that isn't the case here.


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At some point-- a few years ago now-- I posted a noirish item about Wright Street, the stub of a street in the center of the looping freeway ramp. Can't find it now...but in one of those small apartment buildings lived one of the killers of Mabel Monohan...or Susan Hayward when she was first in Los Angeles??...can't remember the details.

PS Well, it was none other than Barbara Graham herself. Found the links:


http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=10694

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=1235


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I thought this Julius Shulman subject may be hard to track down. It's "Job 2397: College Car Wash (Pasadena, Calif.), 1957".



Getty Research Institute

I found references to the car wash in a couple of architecture books, but sadly the relevant pages weren't available online. The postcard below gives the address (and a free car wash). I wasn't able to spot the car wash on vintage aerial photos - there's a Chevron gas station on the site today

"1376 E Colorado Street. Next to Pasadena City College. Hill at Colorado presents to bearer of this card one free automatic car wash. Valid until June 1, 1958."


www.cardcow.com
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