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Originally Posted by Beaudry
Soooo, because we're batting a thousand already, here's another mystery photo (heck, maybe this'll become a regular feature, like on Larry Harnisch's Dairly Mirror!)...
I picked this up with another image, probably taken at the same time (clipped from the same album, same paper and photography, etc.) and that image was of the oft-photographed 221 S Olive on Bunker Hill, so one assumes the image below is near downtown.
A million thanks (in advance) to whomever can help with this one. And two nights' stay in the Ambassador!
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I think the mystery of this house may still be afoot. I saw that
rickm suggested it may be 235 S. Olive, but there's a few things I can't reconcile in my mind for that.
First off, the 200 S. block of Olive had a noticeable downward slope as it moved north toward 2nd Street. This is quite noticeable when you see the many pictures of the Baer House at 221 S. Olive:
http://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/c...id/6283/rec/43
The house that is supposed to be at 235 S. Olive seems to be situated on perfectly flat ground. Additionally, this circa 1900 panoramic view of Bunker Hill doesn't seem to show any house that looks like the one from
Beaudry's photo:
USC
I circled the the Baer house in red, so 235 S. Olive should be a few doors to the left. Of course, there's the possibility the house in question hadn't been built yet when this photo was taken, but that still doesn't explain the lack of any perceptible slope in Beaudry's photo. Then again, there's this:
my file
This is a drawing that was done when the WPA was surveying the area to do that huge model of Los Angeles. The bottom line of buildings is the west side of the 200 block of S. Olive, where you can see the Baer house, fourth building from the right. Two houses to the left, there's a house whose address could conceivably be 235 S., and it does sort of match Beaudry's photo, at least in that you see a two-story house with a turret at the right corner of its facade. Other details seem to be different though - wider facade, hipped roof instead of gabled. Could be a remodeling though.
All this is to say - what do you guys think? I'm thoroughly perplexed.