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Eight minute film of Los Angeles 1917....the downtown traffic is mostly chaos with no painted intersection crosswalks. Shows most of the inner city landmarks of that era.
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Yee Mee Loo - Kwan Yin Temple
Chris Nichols re his item on "Razing the Bar":
"Gosh, that was a while ago. I did send one interested party their way but nothing came of it. Let me see if I can track down that family again. I might have my notes… " Stay tuned :-) |
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http://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/asset...-super-169.jpg 1953....Jesus Fernandez Munoz dropped 50 feet and hit the concrete floor of the Los Angeles River. |
The original French Dip from famous LA's Philippe's Restaurant.
https://ourlifeinmeals.files.wordpre...4/img_0532.jpg https://ourlifeinmeals.files.wordpre...4/img_0532.jpg Feeling a bit noirish this week.....rent this old '49 Cadillac for the weekend. Drive it to Philippe's for a retro nosh. https://regencycarrentals.com/wp-con...ls-798x466.jpg https://regencycarrentals.com/wp-con...ls-798x466.jpg |
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At 6:55 is the home of a girl who killed her parents...Beulah Overell is a good slice of noirish Los Angeles. We saw her here in 2012 in post 8134 https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ph...Q=w640-h464-no The house's full story is here |
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Robert Gibbs was born in June of 1894. He had been an employee of Charles Winsel and after he served in WWI, he became the junior partner in the seed business. His house, where he lived in 1930 at 4301 Kenwood Avenue, in Los Angeles, is still there and appears to be in good repair. This house was only a dozen blocks or so from the location of the nursery at Main and 49th |
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Here's the ridge-top tank from yet another angle. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/mlsL6Q.jpg Unless I missed it, has anyone suggested what type of tank this might be? I, for one, can't figure it out. I mean, what's that on top...an air vent? tank detail from this photo. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/EXh9hI.jpg https://www.palosverdeshistory.org/i...ject/pvld:3449 Quote:
I am somewhat surprised that anything of the college is left at all. The buildings appear rather makeshift/temporary. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...924/Mjhz8b.jpg palos verdes history They even lack foundations. (unless the foundations were added later, but I doubt it) " The site was temporary pending the construction of a large permanent campus on a nearby parcel of land." -the other campus was never built due to lack of funds. -and the college didn't last long / "the campus finally closed down in 1955." |
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The "nearby parcel of land" (mentioned above) was the top of the ridge. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...923/um1Kfk.jpg https://books.google.com/books?id=5V...ege%22&f=false _ |
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Illegal Entry [1949]
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#1 Bubbles LaRue (?) #2 Dagmar #3 Margo ___________________________ #1 Video: BUBBLES LaRUE (I think my Dad had this on 8mm hidden at the bottom of our coat closet) ;) #2 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/rhqPGL.jpg i.pinimg #3 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/bHl6Yi.jpg Girl Show 1940s Burlesque headliner MARGO |
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Bob & Dick, Pacific Palisades, California [1942] http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/1uIrtH.jpg flickr Any idea where in Pacific Palisades this snapshot was taken? I've been trying to figure out where the small cafe in the background was located. (and the gate/entryway at far right---------> |
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from Crest Road down to Palos Verdes Drive South. The construction of Crenshaw reactivated an ancient landslide, which destroyed much of the Portugese Bend Club (and other homes) and continues to plague that area of Palos Verdes. Here are three views of the Portugese Bend Club taken on February 12, 1955; the first looks west with Palos Verdes Drive South in the foreground. The club's pier is just east of Inspiration Point: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...c.jpg~original 00088498 at LAPL This looks a little to the northwest: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...d.jpg~original 00088493 at LAPL Here's a closer shot of the pier and clubhouse, with "PBC" just above the parking lot: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...e.jpg~original 00088494 at LAPL This aerial was taken June 12, 1952, with north on the right. Red dot = Intersection of Crest and Crenshaw Green dot = Palos Verdes College (which I'd never heard of before, so thanks e_r!) Yellow dot = Inspiration Point (Portugese Bend Club pier is just below) Blue dot = Palos Verdes Drive South http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...q.jpg~original Flight imc-2062_2-92 at UCSB Crenshaw and its sweeping curves are under construction in this July 1, 1956 shot. Inspiration Point and the PBC pier are cut off at upper left, and a sliver of the Palos Verdes College site is visible just above the right center edge. The first landslide movement was observed August 17, 1956: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...o.jpg~original Flight c-22555_29-21 at UCSB May 1, 1960. You can see below and left of center where the roadway was lost to the landslide. Some homes south of PV Drive South have been removed: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...h.jpg~original Flight c-23870_514 at UCSB April 14, 1983. Inspiration Point is still at upper left, but the PBC pier, clubhouse, and many homes are gone. Palos Verdes Drive South bends out toward the ocean below and to the right of Inspiration Point: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...q.png~original Flight ami-la-83_11591 at UCSB Today: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...o.jpg~original Googlemap Aerial Read more about the landslide here, here, and here. |
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Thanks FW...here's a bit more on the landslide. "Plans to extend Crenshaw Boulevard to the coast had been in the works for years. As the Los Angeles County Road Department cut across Portuguese Canyon they removed about 500 tons of Dirt and placed it just below what turned out to be the escarpment of an ancient landslide. The weight of the dirt reactivated the landslide." (seen as a white gash in the photo below) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/Omsj1C.jpg https://books.google.com/books?id=5V...ollege&f=false "The first indication was on Friday, August 29, 1956 when cracks were noticed in a masonry storm culvert. In the next month, houses in Portuguese Bend began to shift and crack. Roy McCarroll Jr. reported that the swale where the Palos Verdes College had been had become a LAKE." a lake!? how'd that happen? :shrug: "In the first month, the land moved 3 to 4 inches a day!! Although it then slowed considerably, 134 homes were destroyed by the slide or were or damaged so badly they were red tagged and pulled down. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/IMn7AK.jpg https://books.google.com/books?id=5V...college&f=true :previous: Reminds me of the photographs of Surfridge |
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