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Has anyone heard of Tenderfoot Hill?
"Victorian Tourist's Photo Album Of Los Angeles, Circa 1894" -laist
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/2hYWlD.jpg The Workman and Temple Family Homestead Museum "This image was captioned 'Tenderfoot Hill,' and appears to be in the Echo Park, Silver Lake area north and west of downtown." -Paul R. Spitzzeri It's rather egnimatic the way the people in the lower right are standing. It makes me wonder if the photographer told them to spread out. sidenote: I searched for "Tenderfoot" in the search engine & came up with 0 results. _ |
Here's another glass slide from that same 1894 trip.
"This photo of East Los Angeles, now Lincoln Heights, was so faded as to be virtually unrecognizable, but considerable work brings out some of the details." -Paul R. Spitzzeri http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/sfhY94.jpg courtesy of http://www.homesteadmuseum.org/ You can check out all 10 images here: http://laist.com/2017/05/03/tourist_album.php#photo-1 __ |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original Getty Research Institute On the desk, there's a copy of Architectural Graphic Standards - Fourth Edition by Ramsey & Sleeper. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original Amazon.com The 1956 CD lists Pereira & Luckman's offices at 9220 Sunset Boulevard. That could be the building on the right of this 1953 picture we saw recently. BTW. Hornburg's Jaguar dealership was/is at 9176 Sunset Boulevard. In 1956, 9209 Sunset was the Sunset Village Service Station. Quote:
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E_R, I found a site that implies the coffee shop photo you posted (Academy Awards Coffee Shop waitress) was actually the Chez Paulette Coffee Shop itself, which makes sense, as one coffee shop probably wouldn't have an advertisement for another coffee shop. How did you read that sign Lorendoc? Even knowing what it said I couldn't really make it out! Heh! I read the articles at your link. You'll be interested in reading it, too, Rustifer. The 8535 Sunset Blvd. address is across the street from "77 Sunset Strip", near La Cienega. The owner, Max Lewin, and I'm assuming his coffee shop, apparently played himself in a couple episodes of the series. Imdb lists them as "The Texas Doll" (1959) and "Created He Them" (1960). He closed his coffee shop in 1964 according to one of the links (listed below) I read and then he had a few small parts in some movies, including Hitchcock's Torn Curtain. Like many Sunset Blvd. establishments, it had its share of the famous as clients: "At Chez Paulette you might spot actors Marlon Brando, James Dean, Rita Hayworth or Gloria Swanson. Even the waitresses were stars in the making – Rue McClanahan, Sally Kellerman and Suzanne Pleshette all waited tables." There's also mention of a sister location of Chez Paulette at Warner Bros., though I'm not clear if there actually was a working one or they might be referring to one recreated for "77 Sunset Strip." I haven't had any luck so far in finding period photos of the place on Sunset Blvd., though. These links are about an exhibit (including a recreation of the coffee house) and film called "Chez Paulette on the Sunset Strip" that was done in England by Anya Lewin, Max Lewin's daughter, 4 years ago in April-May of 2013. http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-...tory/art432146 https://www.a-n.co.uk/reviews/anya-l...e-sunset-strip http://www.walsalladvertiser.co.uk/s...l/story.html#1 |
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The shed with the slanted roof, inside the white fence, is in the left foreground above and just to the right of center below: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...l.jpg~original CA State Library/William Henry Fletcher Collection -- "View in East LA" OK I think the area in question may be this part of East LA, but that's just a guess: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...p.jpg~original GoogleEarth |
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That idea was very popular in the USSR during the Khrushchev era. Thousands of Khrushchyovka apartment buildings were built to that standard in those years....and hundreds of them are still standing. No elevator, no frills Russian apartment building. Built in 2 weeks and expected to last 25 years. Many are still in use. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...pstaarclch.jpg http://russianconstruction.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khrushchyovka |
Egyptian Motor Inn
Here's an unusual building - I assume from the 20's - The "Egyptian Motor Inn" at 10720 Long Beach Blvd. in fabulous downtown Lynwood.
It's still there, painted an unlovely shade of cement grey (really?), but standing - and assumedly its rooms are still residences. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/160...922/0JLJgY.jpg The Egyptian Motor Inn http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/NK44sb.png 10720 Long Beach Blvd., Lynwood, recently google images (Thanks again, Hoss, for helping me post the google image, but clearly I have a long way to go before I get it right). |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original Amazon.com I assumed that we'd probably seen the Pickwick Apartments at 833 South Grand Avenue, but a search didn't return anything. The 1908 CD lists the Butterfield & Kilbourne Hotel Co (G T and Mrs C A Butterfleld, Mrs-Lucretia Kilbourne) at 833 S Grand Avenue, with the Pickwick Hotel & Apartments appearing in 1909. Here's the Pickwick on the 1910 Baist map. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original www.historicmapworks.com Looking at the building records, I found a new build date of 1905 ... http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original ... and a demo permit from 1982. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original Both from Online Building Records The Pickwick appears to have been a bit camera-shy. This is the only picture I've found so far. It's dated circa 1905-07 http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original Detail of picture in USC Digital Library |
Burkhard Palms @ 1608 W 7th Street
The CA State Library identifies this photo as, "Palm tree in crate on sidewalk, Los Angeles, c. 1890."
http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...5.jpg~original CA State Library "Workers moving palm tree, Los Angeles, c. 1890." We're looking at the same tree and house: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...9.jpg~original CA State Library Now please compare that last photo with the one below, from the May 23, 1913, Los Angeles Times: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...o.jpg~original http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...r.jpg~original ProQuest via LAPL So the "Workers moving palm tree" photo was taken not in 1890 but on May 22, 1913. The other photo was probably taken the same day or a short time before. The Doheny property in Beverly Hills mentioned in the article must be where the Greystone Mansion is now, but I can't recall seeing any date palms there on my last visit. Just to further help nail down the location of the CA State Library photos, in the last one, above the horse truck's front wheel, in the distance you can see 738 S. Union Street: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...z.jpg~original GSV Jan 2017 The demo permit for 1608 W. 7th Street was issued on May 28, 1913, so it is not the home referred to below: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...b.jpg~original May 24, 1913, Los Angeles Times |
Well, at least she wasn't ragging at the Rex Arms:
http://i1381.photobucket.com/albums/...psk1qofnbq.jpg Kindergarten teacher, Helen Hulick a witness to a burglary, was given a five-day sentence and sent to jail for contempt for wearing pants to give her courtroom testimony. Los Angeles. 1938. She returned for the next hearing properly attired. http://i1381.photobucket.com/albums/...psdbgiko1c.jpg |
Speaking of the Rex Arms—some shots from a promotional brochure. Those windows along the top floor were the ballroom:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2866/3...268d1b8e_b.jpg https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4156/3...b57b33ec_b.jpg https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4185/3...5f393197_b.jpg And another rooftop shot— https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4179/3...cf1ae1fa_b.jpg |
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re: Chez Paulette
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http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...924/wA33Px.jpg http://www.imadeitup.info/whatsnew.htm -note the advertising placard/cut-out behind him / the face resembles Max! :previous: And finally, here's the bohemian interior of Chez Paulette. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/TYitOS.jpg http://www.walsalladvertiser.co.uk/s...l/story.html#1 (this is from one of the links you provided MP) But like you Martin, i haven't been able to find an exterior view. That said, this pic was on the same web-site (but without an explanation) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/OdOF12.jpg But to me, this looks like a stage set. (what gives?) :shrug: - |
And a couple of rooms—
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4192/3...0d54d8f0_b.jpg https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4166/3...2e348c12_b.jpg —I agree! Genteel, gracious and fashionable! |
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So that would mean Mr. Spitzzer at the Homestead Museum has the wrong location for his 1894 image. & I'm still intrigued by the "Tenderfoot Hill" label. Where the heck did that come from? for comparison (once again) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...922/2hYWlD.jpg The Workman and Temple Family Homestead Museum / 1894 "Captioned 'Tenderfoot Hill,' it appears to be in the Echo Park, Silver Lake area north and west of downtown." -Paul R. Spitzzeri |
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I wonder what the 'raggers' did with all that furniture on their Friday night soirees? Friday night at the Rex Arms. http://imageshack.com/a/img923/8489/szeNUE.gif Look at those ragging hooligans!! No wonder they got kicked out of the place. __ |
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I recently stayed at a motel in Oceanside near Camp Pentleton. A man and a woman checked in to a room across the way from me and only stayed one hour. What's up with that? |
Here's tonight's 'mystery' location.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/z261C6.jpg "anonymous AP photo" / found on a French site "Un mannequin fait la démonstration d’un «Aquaplane», qui fut exposé au congrès des inventeurs de Los Angeles le 5 décembre 1938." So if that's the Edison Building in background on the right. What rooftop are the girl and her aquaplane on? The Mayflower Hotel? ....the Library? ---- Also, what was achieved by putting the aquaplane on a roof....why didn't the inventor just take it to the beach? I'm obviously not understanding his concept.:shrug: |
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odinthor collection; much enlarged, framed, captioned |
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Diane Dorsey: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/nX...=w1151-h607-no apimages Yes, the Mayflower/Checkers one assumes, because the Library seems a little low (?): https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Sn...w=w804-h591-no https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/wN...Q=w636-h550-no hiltoncheckers |
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