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La France Apartments Part II
A few months ago I posted about the La France Apartments at 681 S. Burlington: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=19837
Just the other day I stumbled across these unidentified photos at the CA State Library taken by William Reagh in 1963 and 1978, which I recognized as photos of the La France: 1978; some of the artistic detailing seems to have eroded (Wasn't a lot of that stuff stamped metal?): http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...b.jpg~original http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...3A7DJT1KHN.jpg 1963; she'd been holding up the entrance since 1914: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...3.jpg~original http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...8PIQSR3EK6.jpg It had 117 rooms? That seems like kind of a lot, unless they were mostly studio apartments: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...e.jpg~original Los Angeles Times, July 5, 1914 |
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He appears in the 1940 Census as being an owner of a store in Ulm. The 1931 Great Falls city Directory lists Truly as a "discontinued Post Office" having been located 6 miles southwest of Ulm on the GNRY (presumably Great Northern) and 21 miles south of Great Falls. There was a postmaster appointed for Truly in 1884 and people living there under the name Truly in 1930, so it must have discontinued between the 1930 census and the date of the directory in 1931. There is a Harry M. Joslin listed in the voter registrations as living in Los Angeles County in 1946. He would be 82. He also appears in the 1948 and 1950 voter registrations. The address listed is the same : 213 E. 29th Street. Harry M. Joslin died in Los Angeles County on May 3, 1952, hence the Los Angeles Connection. He is buried in the Ulm Cemetery in Ulm, Montana with two of his sisters. |
Thanks for clarifying oldstuff -so Harry Joslin left his gas station and general store and moved to L.A. in his twilight years.
-my apologizes for posting two Montana photographs on noirish Los Angeles. __ |
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I offer no opinion regarding GSquad or Mob City. (I admit being hyper-critical and biased in favor of the main character played by the city, "Los Angaleese.") FWIW, I happened across these few publicity stills featured in the LATimes. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment...togallery.html If I did not know any better, LA and its inhabitants must have adhered to a very strict unwritten code of cleanliness. No bad hair days. All clothing, pressed and freshly laundered (between takes). All all ashtrays, bar rooms, gutters and tail pipes must have a fresh-as-a-daisy look, feel, smell and taste. Aerosol Lysol only became available in '62. Fabreze in '98. Were Lizabeth Scott's smokes filtered or unfiltered? :shhh: Too colorful for noir? http://www.trbimg.com/img-50f07567/t...-005/1150/16x9http://www.trbimg.com/img-50f07567/t...-005/1150/16x9 Former Bellflower JCPenny's in Slapsey's makeup. A little short on Wilshire lighting and I suppose it might have been nice to see the Dominguez and Wilshire-La Brea towers or the El Rey's marquee. :rolleyes: http://www.trbimg.com/img-50f0755c/t...-009/1150/16x9http://www.trbimg.com/img-50f0755c/t...-009/1150/16x9 Park Plaza Hotel http://www.trbimg.com/img-50f07559/t...1-010/600/16x9http://www.trbimg.com/img-50f07559/t...1-010/600/16x9 "Some" building John Hamilton would have easily recognized. ("Great Caesar's ghost!") http://www.trbimg.com/img-50f0756a/t...-004/1150/16x9http://www.trbimg.com/img-50f0756a/t...-004/1150/16x9 Mayor's Conference Room, City Hall http://www.trbimg.com/img-50f07561/t...-007/1150/16x9http://www.trbimg.com/img-50f07561/t...-007/1150/16x9 The real and reel Lucy's El Adobe. http://www.trbimg.com/img-50f07574/t...-001/1150/16x9http://www.trbimg.com/img-50f07574/t...-001/1150/16x9 Clifton's recreation of itself. http://www.trbimg.com/img-50f07564/t...-006/1150/16x9 http://www.trbimg.com/img-50f07564/t...-006/1150/16x9 The Tower Theater Interior designed to emulate Club Figaro. http://www.trbimg.com/img-50f07570/t...-002/1150/16x9http://www.trbimg.com/img-50f07570/t...-002/1150/16x9 L. Scott '48 http://images.fineartamerica.com/ima...48-everett.jpghttp://images.fineartamerica.com/ima...48-everett.jpg L. Scott '54 http://acertaincinema.com/wp-content...scott-1954.jpghttp://acertaincinema.com/wp-content...scott-1954.jpg |
:previous: Believe it or not, I just watched Gangster Squad for the first time a couple days ago Tourmaline.
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I thought I'd post this pc with HossC's photo. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/853/8eua.jpg ebay They could have used a person or two in that lobby pic. __ |
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RIP http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...PREI93QJNN.jpg http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...PREI93QJNN.jpg |
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http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/849/mspy.jpg http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...id/48095/rec/2 -a slightly closer view. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/853/87ldz.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/841/6877u.jpg http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...id/48095/rec/2 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/823/l3s03.jpg http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...id/48095/rec/2 come on...somebody pick this shit up. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/823/uzml.jpg detail http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/823/vv7bz.jpg http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...id/48095/rec/2 I wonder what the older gentleman is promoting at his card table. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/842/fp23z.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/829/8bct.jpg http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...id/48095/rec/2 -additional descriptions of the photographs here: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...id/48095/rec/2 The way USC lists the locations is quite confusing. __ |
Too much vérité may steal from the plot and Liz Scott's cameo.
1957 - Tin Can Beach, Orange County (posted recently here?) Out of state picnickers making a statement against home incineration? Protest on the low deposit bottles? >:koko: Quote:
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...%20&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...%20&DMROTATE=0 Exchange Alley, Old Town Pasadena (Behind 45-47 E Colorado Blvd.) Interesting spiral staircase reminiscent of so many seen in a Bunker Hill that no longer exists. Not the biggest fan of refuse . . . . . Undated, including the refuse. http://collection.pasadenadigitalhis...3/id/351/rec/3 http://collection.pasadenadigitalhis...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://collection.pasadenadigitalhis...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://collection.pasadenadigitalhis...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://collection.pasadenadigitalhis...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://collection.pasadenadigitalhis...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://collection.pasadenadigitalhis...XT=&DMROTATE=0 Set dressers create character where it's needed? Quote:
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Miss Wiley with Willys-Knight car, 20 Oak Grove Avenue, Pasadena. 1924.
Nice car, nice looking girl from 90 years ago http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps0e75bd13.jpg http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/single.../id/2476/rec/1 http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...psb55f3b60.jpg http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/single.../id/2476/rec/1 I couldn't find 20 Oak Grove Avenue. I think the numbering system has been changed. |
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Park Lane Apartments
The Park Lane Apartments -- and the top of its rooftop sign -- can been seen in the panorama of Vermont and 4th:
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http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...3.jpg~original LAPL -- http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics35/00067315.jpg North on New Hampshire from below 5th, 2014: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...9.jpg~original GSV Back to the Park Lane: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...1.jpg~original http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...5.jpg~original Los Angeles Times, February 20, 1927 1929: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...0.jpg~original USCDL -- http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si.../90365/rec/167 1929 entrance with wishing well: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...4.jpg~original 1929 upper detail: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...a.jpg~original 1929 sign: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...5.jpg~original 1931 sign: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...b.jpg~original USCDL -- http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/re...ll170/id/17850 http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...6.jpg~original GSV Entrance; wishing well barely visible: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...8.jpg~original GSV Wishing well also visible from above: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...8.jpg~original Bing |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original books.google.com Flyingwedge included pictures of the C.H. Frost/Haig M. Prince Building recently when writing about the Millar Block/Roanoke Building in post #20376. Here's another color picture from HDL that's dated 4/20/59. It shows the Prince Building and the Roanoke Building near the end of their lives. NB. I've removed all the dirt from the sky. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ceBuilding.jpg Huntington Digital Library |
Thanks for the postcard of the Hotel Lee, e_r.
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"The Rules of Film Noir," BBC documentary:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGW-kW1AwW0 Haven't had a chance to watch yet, but looks promising. Cheers, Earl |
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Excellent post on the Park Lane Apartments Flyingwedge. I wonder at what point in time it lost it's rooftop sign?
I was half hoping to see it lying on the roof in disrepair. It was good to see the La France Apartments as well. __ I know we've seen this panorama taken from the Hotel Lankershim. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...5/id/923/rec/1 While looking at it in detail, something caught my eye in the bottom right corner of the photo below. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/823/ltwh.jpg http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...5/id/923/rec/1 And what did I find? -two insanely placed incinerators! http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/834/g8i9o.jpg How could anyone in their right mind think it was a good idea to place an incinerator on the roof of a back porch..especially in a wooden tenement. Weren't there city laws forbidding people from doing this? Until this photograph, I've only seen them in backyards. __ The architecture of the Hotel Rookwood is also interesting, with it's fairly unique side arches. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/822/bbqu.jpg same panorama http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...5/id/923/rec/1 Design wise, I'm not sure what was gained by this. Was it purely ornamental? It seems they gave up a lot of apartment space. __ We've covered gas holders (gasometers) on NLA almost as often as we've covered incinerators. Despite that, I can't remember if there was a gas holder near Slauson and Western. I tried to used historicaerials.com but it's not working on my computer (because of silverlight). Can someone look it up for me? (HossC :)) -thx. __ |
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