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https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5581/...e62330e6_b.jpgBird in office of Hall of Records, 1951 Rare opportunity to see the interior of the Hall of Records. And an unscheduled visitor. USC digital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Collection, 1920-1961 https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5593/...34aa9401_b.jpgBird in office of Hall of Records, 1951 (2) English sparrow? Nice shot of the detail work, crown moldings and the unfortunate placement of a retrofitted pipe. USC digital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Collection, 1920-1961 |
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There's no perfect search method, especially when you're looking for images. Even when I have searched before posting, I know that I've posted several images which I subsequently discovered had been posted previously. No one is going to get castigated for reposts, although Tourmaline does a good job of pointing them out :hi:. Where an image no longer exists, you may find that Google has cached a lo-res version which at least allows you to see what's missing. This also reinforces the point I made yesterday about including descriptions with images. We lost a load of images when USC changed their storage method, but I've managed to track down many of them either through the accompanying description, or by using reference numbers in the links. When a member-hosted picture disappears, the accompanying direct link to the original image can be vital. I know it can be a pain including a direct link for every image (I admit to being lazy myself when I'm referencing the City Directories and Google Street View), but it's just one more thing that can help to preserve the cohesion of this thread. With reference to MichaelRyerson's point about un-hosted images, I entirely agree. Please use an image host such as Flickr, ImageShack, Photobucket etc. when you're posting pictures, and especially avoid hotlinking to eBay images - they disappear very quickly. If the idea of using an image host sounds scary, it's really not. You can set one up in minutes, and there's bound to be someone here who can help you out. |
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http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/539/MSS37P.jpg old file Members of Los Angeles County's Dry Squad, Constable Jack Pilcher (left), Deputy Constable Ed Brown (center) and another officer bust up a still in one of Newhall's local canyons during prohibition in 1924. ___ I wonder how many stills were confiscated in the county during prohibition? Obviously the many canyons and mountains made for excellent hiding places. I bet there are remnants of old stills yet to be found. __ |
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from 1946 pamphlet I found this photograph of Firestone Station, Nov. 1932 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...538/T1Qj8W.jpg pinterest at http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/or...1c6caea77d.jpg I wonder what building is being reflected in the window? __ |
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There was a fixture and furnishings sale before the demolition of the Hall of Records building. I’m not sure how long this sale lasted, but I was downtown one day and paid a visit to the building. I took an elevator to the end of its run a couple floors from the top and then went up a few small staircases to the top floor. The rooms had average height ceilings (maybe 8 feet). The ceilings in the rooms were lower because of the slanted roof. I remember peering out of several of the top floor windows and seeing the people and traffic below. Too bad I didn’t make a more thorough visit and taken a camera. Hindsight is great. My visit was brief because I was wary of being seen by someone in authority. I don’t think people were allowed up there snooping around at that time. _______ |
...and here's station #3
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/538/jKMDQv.jpg 1946 pamphlet Vermont Station (no date) -the street number is above the door, but I can't make out all the numerals. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/661/DGMpNQ.jpg http://www.pinterest.com/lacountyshe...al-since-1850/ Vermont motorcycle unit (but it looks like they're posing in front of a different building) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/661/VCOAzT.jpg http://www.pinterest.com/lacountyshe...al-since-1850/ __ |
-labeled L.A. County Criminal Department, 1932
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/540/CcmfO2.jpg http://www.badgehistory.com/index.html I have no idea where this photograph was taken, but I believe the sign above the door says Carpenter Mill.-notice the odd brick thingy that resembles a kiln. (there's also a large refrigeration unit in the distance with 'oxygen' written across the top) __ |
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I haven't found any trace of Carpenter Mill yet, but I believe the other sign says "Linde Oxygen". The 1932 CD lists the Linde Air Products Co (listed under oxygen producers) at 1310 Santee Street, and the 1936 CD lists them at 1405 N Mission Road. I'll have to see if I can find aerial shots of either location. |
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Here you go. I think I had to go back to 2011 to get the Googlemobile on the same side of Fairfax as the original picture, but everything on Hollywood Boulevard is as you described it. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...oodFairfax.jpg GSV |
I have often wondered about the Hall of Records' seeming diagonal placement compared with its "newer" neighboring structures. Contemporary images make clear that the HOR's placement was in conformity with earlier preexisting buildings and streets. But was there ever any serious public debate concerning how later construction placement might have unnecessarily drawn attention to the HOR or vice versa? (Eminent Domain was hardly an unused secret and it was not as though LA did not consider its future, e.g., LA's various Master Plans) . Or maybe it was understood (early on) that the Hall of Records was obsolete before its time and destined for replacement. (By the '40s or '50s?).
Any other noteworthy NLA buildings that sit/sat on the bias excepting the old Brownstone County Courthouse? _______________________ Since USC's format change, I have found it beneficial to revisit many of this thread's earlier posts. Strange as it may seem, I toyed with the idea of trying to revise those posts with mostly missing USC images, but found the task too time consuming to be practical. I am guessing that because I have revisited many of the earlier pages, some of those posts stand out in my mind when I have seen them reposted. When I recognize an earlier posted image, :hi: it is not a criticism, none of the search engines is perfect and indexing or individual descriptions (or mislabeling) are only as good as the original labeling or non-labeling. Often reposts are superior to the original posts. Sometimes not. Earlier posts often have other similar or related images too. -- There have been times where I have had to stop myself short from reposting an image I did not remember posting. Regarding recent Hall of Records images, ER posted some of the same way back when: http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/show...postcount=9264 ; http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/show...postcount=9263 _______________________ Yes, some of the following have been seen on NLA before. 1910 Hall of Records Postcard http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu/ut...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu/ut...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu/ut...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu/ut...XT=&DMROTATE=0 1907 (per source?) - County Courthouse and Hall of Records http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu/ut...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu/ut...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu/ut...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu/ut...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu/cd...e/id/576/rec/7 1934 - Civic Center http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu/ut...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu/ut...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu/ut...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu/ut...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu/cd.../id/572/rec/17 http://imgzoom.cdlib.org/Converter?i...=0&w=747&h=474http://imgzoom.cdlib.org/Converter?i...=0&w=747&h=474 1971 - Hall of Records entrance http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...9DQGK51E2K.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...9DQGK51E2K.jpg http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...F1QCU9N6J4.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...F1QCU9N6J4.jpg Hall of Records http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...NDFLVUYUQU.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...NDFLVUYUQU.jpg 1953 http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...36ND6RM4GX.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...36ND6RM4GX.jpg 1960 - http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...RRIMHC64J7.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...RRIMHC64J7.jpg 1914 - http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...4HYDI6HGI2.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...4HYDI6HGI2.jpg Undated interior shot, Hall of Records (Have to wonder whether the identified interiors couldn't be easily confused with the "newer" Hall of Justice?) :shrug: http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...4DQ12IQ27T.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...4DQ12IQ27T.jpg |
:previous: The ceiling looks like its been dropped in that last photograph.
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http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/902/ZKCwME.jpg I couldn't help but notice this...it reminds me of the one in front of the Los Angeles Times building we discussed a few weeks ago. This one appears to have an eagle on top. __ |
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The picture above reminded me of a passage in the book about what happened when stills were discovered. Initially, the revenue agents used to sell the stills to a local junkyard where the owner would hide them in a barn until he could contact the moonshiner and sell them back to him. Apparently, this happened several times before the agents got wise and started destoying the stills, often with dynamite. It was a similar story with 'shine-running cars. Any that were confiscated were usually bought back from police auctions by someone acting on behalf of the moonshiner. I apologize for going off-topic, but I felt that a short comic aside wouldn't hurt :). BTW, the book is 'The Real Duke of Hazzard: The Jerry Rushing Story' for anyone who's interested. |
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badge/history The L.A. County Sheriff's Dept. held an annual BBQ from 1921 until the beginning of the war (1941). I initially thought the BBQs were located at various locations around the county, but this undated photograph with the in-ground brick BBQ pits makes me think there might have been a permanent location. This site appears to be at the foot of a pretty good size hill, if you look closely you can see a fence row above the chimney on the building in the top left corner. (I just noticed they're offering Eastside Beer) Anyone have an idea where this might have been located? __ |
We've seen many images of The Plaza over the years on NLA. I think there's a possibility we haven't seen this one before.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/904/o11Vn4.jpg ebay I should know that impressive residence in the background (behind the Plaza Church on the left)....but I don't. :( __ postscript: Well the photograph isn't as rare as I first thought. I just found a black and white version of this stereoview at http://waterandpower.org/museum/Earl...20(1800s).html They name one of the buildings as the Cape House Restaurant, but i don't know if they mean the small building to the left of the Plaza Church or the impressive building I mentioned earlier. |
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"In the early 1920’s, a decision was made to open the first real Sheriff’s Station in the Florence/Firestone Park area and this flagship effort, Station #1, had its beginnings in a leased storefront facility in the 1600 block of Florence Avenue near Maie Avenue. The First Station had an authorized complement of 25 Deputies: they fielded two patrol cars and two motorcycles and provided a small detective unit to investigate crimes. This was actually the catalyst for the planning of additional stations throughout the County. The first facility, housing Station #1, on Florence Avenue was soon outgrown and a second leased building at 2201 Firestone Blvd. was opened in 1938. It served the Department's needs until the third and last Firestone Station, at 7901 S. Compton Avenue, was dedicated in 1955. In its heyday, this station, with over 300 sworn and civilian personnel, served a racially diverse population approaching 250,000 in a patchwork area that covered over 40 square miles. Its jurisdiction was bounded on the north by Slauson Avenue, on the south by Lomita Blvd., on the west by Normandie Avenue and by the Los Angeles River on the east." That means that the picture above shows the first Florence/Firestone Station which was on Florence Avenue. I'm pretty sure that the current building at that location isn't the one pictured here, and the building reflected in the window (whatever it was) has been replaced by a parking lot. By the time the pamphlet in e_r's original post was published (1946), the sheriff's station had moved to Firestone Boulevard address. Wikipedia says that the Florence and the East Los Angeles stations were the first sub-stations to open in 1924. It also says that the Florence station became the Firestone Park station in 1955 (which is when they moved to their third location at 7901 S. Compton Avenue), yet the picture below clearly shows the 2201 Firestone location with a "Firestone Park" sign. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...stonePark1.jpg www.pinterest.com The lamps have gone, and the windows are a different design, but this building still stands. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...stonePark2.jpg GSV I also found a 1993 LA Times article about the closing of the Firestone Park station on S Compton Avenue. It was designed by James H Garrott Jr, a prominent African American architect, was the first station in the county to be commanded by an African American captain, and the first sheriff's station in the county where African American deputies were allowed to ride in patrol cars. The building is now the Century Station Youth Activities League (YAL). The StreetView image below is from a couple of years ago (the latest image is quite blurry). http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...stonePark3.jpg GSV |
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