The miniature golf course comes up in the comments of a post on Paradise Leased. In reply, Kevin says "Gittleson Brothers Miniature Golf Course is correct. It was located on Hollywood Blvd. just east of Western on the North side of the street, next to a swim school. I believe “Thai Town” sits on the site now." There's a Facebook post on Vintage Los Angeles (of the picture above) which names the neighbor as Jen Loven's Swimming Center. The CDs say that that was at 5311 Hollywood Boulevard, which places the miniature golf course between N Serrano and N Harvard. I'd post a vintage aerial view, but Photobucket is currently nearly 17 hours into its four hour maintenance!

Although all the sites where I found the picture named the location as Hollywood Boulevard, the 1930s CDs have a jeweler called F H Seymour at 5537 Pasadena Avenue and a florist called Franklin Flower Shop at 5533 Pasadena Avenue. I found that quite a coincidence.

It's on the 5500 block of Figueroa* in Highland Park, the jeweler store's window has been bricked in and is now a optical shop(it's across the street from the current home of our old friend, "chicken boy"). The telltale sign is the large white building in the backgound, the Highland Theater.

*Figueroa is called Pasadena Ave in the 1921 Baist's map.

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Thanks BillinGlendale, that explains a lot. It looks like the jeweler's sign has been uncovered fairly recently.

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www.franklin1962.myevent.com

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There's an open space visible at 5527 Figueroa on the 1948 and 1952 aerial views which could by the miniature golf course.

:previous: You've earned your stripes today BillinGlendaleCA ;)

I would have bet money the color putt-putt photos were taken somewhere in Hollywood.

So who wants to contact the other blogs and tell them they have the incorrect location?

Do Not Try This Trick At Home.

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"Antique Glass Plate Negative, Los Angeles 1920, Auto Club Of So California, Motorcycle With Side_Car"

And yes folks, this is a 'mystery' location.

Here's the whole glass neg.

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Glas...0AAOSwal5YGTyn

Does this building look familiar to anyone?

Glass Negative #2

This one is fun because of what looms in the background.

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One of NLA's favorite subjects.....L.A. GAS gas-o-meter.

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And the building at lower right appears to be the Sperry Flour Company (which still stands!) -minus the two stop floors. -at 1617 E. 7th Street.






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Earlier post with 'then and now' photos: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=36351


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but what does it say below Sperry:previous:?......'something' snow.




So now I'm looking for this Poultry Company (I don't see it on Hoss's baist map)

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:previous: Oh, and by the way, the trucks are R.E.O. (look below the steering wheel)

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And not just an REO, but an early REO Speedwagon. (And people thought they made that name up.)

Cheers,

Earl

Sperry drifted snow flour

:previous: Thanks Blaster.



re: The elusive 'Magnetic Mountain'

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I've looked high and low for information on the 'Magnetic Mountain' featured in the tourist maps back in the 1920s and 30s (shown above)



I guess someone who lives in Los Angeles could drive up to Magnetic Terrace and see if their car rolls uphill. (shown below) -its a really short street.

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The grade of the hill looks exactly the same as the 'magnetic hill' in Rose Hill Cemetery (shown below)

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If you like, you can experience the mystifying magnetism in the youtube video below.

I like it when the girl's passenger says...."That's Creeeeepy."

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A little more info:

Whittier Gravity Hill

This gravity hill is rumored to be in a cemetery called Rose Hills located in Whittier, California (down in the Los Angeles area) on Workman Mill Road.
Apparently Rose Hills Cemetery has several entrances and several different sections. The gravity hill is located in the section that contains the rose gardens.
Proceed past the entrance gates and burial vaults, turn right and proceed along the base of a small hill, then make your first left and you are on the gravity hill.
Park near the bottom, put car in neutral and you will roll up the hill. Park at the top and you will not roll down. It works for cars, bicycles, and skateboards.

james rangel vlogs wrote:

"I live in Whittier and it's true! People say it's all the little kid's spirits trying to push you away."





In Quebec they have something called the 'Cote Magnetique'.

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So did I entice anyone to drive up to Magnetic Terrace? ;)

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side-note.

re: That second 1929 map.

I don't think we ever found any information on that Monkey Farm in Culver City either.
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Even though Photobucket still haven't announced that their site is back up, it let me upload some images just now, so here's yesterday's Julius Shulman post.

I recently posted Julius Shulman pictures of Hardin Oldsmobile in Anaheim. Here's Steffy Buick, Anaheim from the same year. This is "Job 3719: William Ficker, Steffy Buick (Anaheim, Calif.), 1964".

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Following on from the Smith and Williams Office Building, we have more hanging globes.

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Shiny new cars inside, used cars outside. What are the cars on the far right?

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All from Getty Research Institute

Many sources give an address of 953 S Anaheim Boulevard. I can see the building on the aerial views up to 1980. The 1994 image shows an empty lot, and the 2003 image shows the current building, the Walnut Grove Medical Center.

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Re the third picture... in addition to the '64 Riviera in the showroom, and the range of Skylarks, LeSabres, Electras, Wildcats etc, the cars at right are Opels, which were sold by Buick in those days....

Richfield Oil Tower
 

I loved this Art Deco building from my youth. Torn down in 1968 to build the ARCO twins. Something like it--but taller--should be built in DTLA.

Is there a developer out there who can build a 50+ (75????) story version? :rolleyes: It would be AWESOME!!! L.A.'s Empire State Building.

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Here's another post that was delayed by Photobucket's outage.

The 1932/33 Long Beach CD lists the California Garage at 727 E 3rd Street. Could this be the same building? The windows on the upper floor appear to match.

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Thanks, GW. It was the Opels that were throwing me. I knew they weren't Buicks, but I just couldn't place them.

:previous: Could be Hoss! You're right, the second story windows match. I think that's it buddy!

I'll have to jump in the google-mobile and go take a look-see. (I really expected it to be long gone)


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This Bob Dylan poster was designed by Milton Glaser in 1966.

(the poster above was acquired by the Cooper Hewitt Museum/NYC in 2007)
It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

:previous: You still have that poster FredH? ;)




I've never heard of the term "sharp troop" before, but I have to admit you do look sharp.

Thanks for sharing your photographs!
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'mystery' location.

Does anyone recognize what street this is in Montebello?

"Montebello Fun Days 1959"

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Oh, is that what that Spielberg movie that came out this year was about...BFG!



You actually got to see the Richfield Building in person! In color!
Did you ever see the NBC Building at Sunset & Vine?

The pictures were taken on Whittier Boulevard in Montebello. Here are the businesses as they appeared in the 1960 CD. For search purposes: Antoyan Motors, B F Goodrich and the Aluminum Awning Company.

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This might be the Aluminum Awning Company store, but there's no trace of the other buildings.

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ER - The photo was taken at my sister's apartment in Silver Springs Md. I doubt if she still has the Bob Dylan poster.

A sharp troop is supposed to be someone who wears a nice crisp uniform, has a nice haircut, and presents what they called good military bearing. Since I was out of uniform, with my fatigue shirt and civilian blue jeans, (and drinking a beer) I was making a joke on myself. The Vietnam era military was pretty off-kilter anyway.