noirish Los Angeles - Page 763

kznyc2k · #**15241** Posted **Jun 23, 2013, 8:37 PM**

Hey guys, haven't checked in here in a long time but Arnold Hylen's grand niece is running a Facebook page dedicated to Arnold here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Arnol...58678744196612

Anyway his niece is posting never before seen pictures there, including color shots of which the Cal State Library has none. So it's quite the thrill to be going through my Facebook feed and see new-old LA shots peppered throughout. Unfortunately, details on dates or locations are at a bare minimum, so you'll just have to put your detective caps on as you look at these shots!

EDIT: this is the Herman Baer house at 221 South Olive

(^ this shot is reversed)

Chuckaluck · #**15242** Posted **Jun 23, 2013, 11:02 PM**

"Lucy's of Hollywood? (Lucy's Ladies Apparel or Lucy's Ladies Wear? 6368 Hollywood Blvd. Source identifies photos as "Lucy's Department Store.")

'50s

http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics47/00073127.jpg

http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics47/00073124.jpg

http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics47/00073125.jpg

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ethereal_reality · #**15243** Posted **Jun 23, 2013, 11:19 PM**

Thanks for the heads up on the Arnold Hylen photos kznyc2k. I look forward to checking them out.
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We've seen numerous postcards and ads for the Los Angeles Alligator Farm, but these two are new to me.

Miss Earline Heath posing with Bill, a 260-year-old alligator circa 1933.

ebay

aw..look how cute.

ebay

p.s. Nice glamour shots of the fashion show at Lucy's Chuckaluck.

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ethereal_reality · #**15244** Posted **Jun 23, 2013, 11:31 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Earl Boebert

Transocean, AKA Taloa, originated the motto of Air America: "Anything, Anywhere, Anytime." Draw your own conclusions :-)

http://www.taloa.org/index.html

Thanks for the info. Earl. Wasn't Air America a cover for the CIA, or do I have the wrong airline?
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Brock cocktail ring 1937

ebay

ethereal_reality · #**15245** Posted **Jun 23, 2013, 11:38 PM**

I've been wondering about that 260 year old alligator. I thought only trees live that long.

Here's the press release.

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Wig-Wag · #**15246** Posted **Jun 23, 2013, 11:58 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Earl Boebert

Transocean, AKA Taloa, originated the motto of Air America: "Anything, Anywhere, Anytime." Draw your own conclusions :-)

http://www.taloa.org/index.html

Cheers,

Earl

This description from Wikipedia of one flight exemplifies their motto! Of course it was well before the Vietnam war. ;>)

A crew once left Oakland, California for Taiwan in a DC-4 loaded with 12,000 pounds of gunpowder for General Chiang Kai-Shek’s Nationalist Chinese Army, then ferried the airplane to Hong Kong to pick up a load of Chinese cedar chests and fly them west to Rome, Italy. Within hours of the delivery of the cedar chests, the airplane departed full of Italian seamen bound for New York to rendezvous with an ocean freighter.

Cheers,
Jack

tovangar2 · #**15247** Posted **Jun 24, 2013, 12:50 AM**

Nathan Masters gifted us with a new photo:

https://twitter.com/NathanUnbound/st...143872/photo/1

Chuckaluck · #**15248** Posted **Jun 24, 2013, 1:04 AM**

Lilac scented talc?

Time to make momma proud and beautify America!

1959 - The Owl Barbershop - 117 E. 6th Street (Space currently occupied by "Salon Pure")

http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...CD74JSF6E6.jpg

But could it ever replace LA Imperial? "They do good work!"
(MercedES Theater - Look closely - and Pico House)

1950

http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...8IFQFNMBCU.jpg

1945

http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015406.jpg http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015406.jpg

ethereal_reality · #**15249** Posted **Jun 24, 2013, 1:09 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by CityBoyDoug

An old picture of the City Boy taken in Mexico City.

-You're looking quite dapper in this photograph CBD.
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BifRayRock · #**15250** Posted **Jun 24, 2013, 1:42 AM**

Looking to trade in my Reo Flying Cloud with Winslow Felix. 1201 S. Grand Avenue.

Circa 1930

http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...JPYQCKMM89.jpg

http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...HFV9RL1KYI.jpg

With a little imagination, the building can be transformed into . . . a . . . fortress.

http://www.you-are-here.com/los_angeles/felix.jpg

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0...0Cabriolet.jpg

BifRayRock · #**15251** Posted **Jun 24, 2013, 2:05 AM**

Harbor Chevrolet - Wilmington circa '23-'33 (304 East Anaheim Street)

http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...I9SAB82M4H.jpg

http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...UPCVF1DJ1X.jpg

http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...8KFVLPRTQT.jpg

http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...FMTTFSVMYM.jpg

http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...GBU1FAFRN5.jpg

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Sneak preview of '30 model? Largest cargo room and seating capacity in its class! Parked in Long Beach Harbor since '67.

http://www.queenmary.com/img/photos/...r-story/T1.jpg

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6...0c16970d-640wi

BifRayRock · #**15252** Posted **Jun 24, 2013, 2:23 AM**

Howard Motor Car Co. - 1930 - 386 S. Western Avenue

(Still there, just not selling or servicing Buicks.)

http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...74YLEABPQI.jpg

http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...KMNN5HE9HL.jpg

Interesting arched embellishments, Grand Opening!

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-b...0/100_5388.JPG

BifRayRock · #**15253** Posted **Jun 24, 2013, 2:48 AM**

Before Hillcrest Cadillac and Jim Falk Lexis

Lincoln Maddux - (9230) 9280 Wilshire Blvd. (Beverly Hills)

Circa '23-'33

http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...G1GE21EMSJ.jpg

http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...KG6EIVFPMB.jpg

http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...MMVMKACA96.jpg

http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...36E5YA11KL.jpg

https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...06682338_n.jpg

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=8684

http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/show...ostcount=11913

BifRayRock · #**15254** Posted **Jun 24, 2013, 3:46 AM**

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Originally Posted by BifRayRock

http://cdn.calisphere.org

Another interesting view - showing a wee bit 'o the Hat.

Circa '32

http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...L2KIUF4RHA.jpg

Graybeard · #**15255** Posted **Jun 24, 2013, 9:28 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

Thanks for the info. Earl. Wasn't Air America a cover for the CIA, or do I have the wrong airline?
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Brock cocktail ring 1937

ebay

During the VN war, Air America was indeed a cover for the CIA. I was stationed in Thailand and there was an Air America Terminal on the base. I was isolated from the rest of the base and access was restricted to those with "a need to know." Worst kept secret.

BifRayRock · #**15256** Posted **Jun 24, 2013, 4:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by BifRayRock

Grand Opening!

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-b...0/100_5388.JPG

Some facades signal the spectacular. Others signal pretty girls, alligators, athletes and old-as-alligator veterans.

Coliseum potpourri.

"No one knows what goes on behind closed doors?"

Undated

http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics01/00010060.jpg

(No date offered for images or alligator)

http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics29/00064148.jpg

1937

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1929 USC's very own Charlie Paddock - First to be dubbed "Fastest Man Alive."

http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics42/00055771.jpg

August 28, 1931 Charlie Paddock in center.

http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics28/00048839.jpg

Feb 19, 1932 - Charlie Paddock shows starting technique

http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics38/00053857.jpg

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Four survivors of "the Blue and the Gray" met again on common ground. They sat together at the Coliseum to join in paying tribute to America's World War heroes in Armistice Day exercises. There were three of the Blue, the Union men, and one of the Gray. Photo shows, from left to right: second row, Capt. Eugene Merrick, 79, who fought with the 147th Illinois Infantry; Col. J. C. Brooks, 85, 20th Tennessee Infantry; A. H. Cain, 86, 50th Missouri Infantry; and Corp. Joseph Carter, 92, 50th Missouri Infantry. Photo dated: November 12, 1934.

http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics21/00045312.jpg

1941 - Armed sentry

http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics30/00049651.jpg

Victory Tribute, '45 Gen G.H.Patton as featured guest.

http://jpg1.lapl.org/00091/00091206.jpg

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Scene at the Veterans Day memorial held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Admiral John Sidney McCain Jr., Commander-in-Chief of Pacific Forces, delivers the address to the crowd gathered. McCain's son, John Sidney III, a navy lieutenant commander is among the American POW's being held in North Vietnam

November 11, 1970

http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics21/00045327.jpg

Lost in the shade of an arcade palm? Gone, but not completely forgotten.

Coliseum Hotel - 457 West Santa Barbara Avenue (renamed Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.) Billeting for Gladiators and Trojans alike!

http://jpg1.lapl.org/spnb01/00007217.jpg

ethereal_reality · #**15257** Posted **Jun 24, 2013, 4:53 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by BifRayRock

Howard Motor Car Co. - 1930 - 386 S. Western Avenue

(Still there, just not selling or servicing Buicks.)

http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...74YLEABPQI.jpg

Four years into 'noirish Los Angeles' and we finally come across this one-of-a-kind building. How in the world did we miss it?
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ethereal_reality · #**15258** Posted **Jun 24, 2013, 5:06 PM**

Auction day at the Garden of Allah. (home movie)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvAk5...ature=youtu.be

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the first post on the Garden of Allah.
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=2114

interesting radio commentary with slides
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=9899

ethereal_reality · #**15259** Posted **Jun 24, 2013, 5:16 PM**

I am pretty sure the same inept designer/architect was hired to update these two motels.

Sunset Marvel Motel 5308 Sunset Blvd.

ebay

Sunset Marvel today

gsv
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Hollywood Vine Motel 1133 Vine Street

ebay

Hollywood Vine Motel today

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ethereal_reality · #**15260** Posted **Jun 24, 2013, 5:51 PM**

Anyone have an idea what this "Lets Get Associated" sign is all about?*

http://www.oldgas.com/

*I just noticed the gas pump says Associated Gasoline (it's a bit hard to see). -that would explain the sign.
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