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Here is another Ida Wyman photograph.....I find this one especially interesting. "A man selects a song on the jukebox at the Vera Cruz Cafe in Los Angeles, 1950." https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/X7KRR6.jpg Monroe Gallery of Photography So was the Vera Cruz Cafe in the Vera Cruz Hotel? https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...922/YYZixO.jpg 1942 Directory / LAPL Just for fun. Here's a closer look. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/qf4ZJB.jpg Ida Wyman, 1950 . |
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Someone posted his image on Pinterest, though, so here it is: https://i.imgur.com/YkAKiJG.jpg But, wait, there's more: https://i.imgur.com/K0kjkyM.jpg News-Pilot 6/29/57 via newspapers.com Since this was a San Pedro newspaper, the address of the cafe in the ad would be there, not DtLA :???: Here's a Sanborn: https://i.imgur.com/5u4AFwh.jpg lapl.org A block from the waterfront, a rough neighborhood dive one would imagine... |
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This undated photo shows the Vera Cruz Cafe on N Spring. The "El Nuevo Ver[a Cruz] Cafe" window text seems to match the image above. "View of Macy and Spring Streets. The Vera Cruz Cafe and a Chop Suey restaurant are at right across Spring Street. In the background is the Terminal Annex Post Office.". https://tessa.lapl.org/utils/ajaxhel...XT=&DMROTATE=0https://tessa.lapl.org/utils/ajaxhel...XT=&DMROTATE=0 https://tessa.lapl.org/utils/ajaxhel...XT=&DMROTATE=0https://tessa.lapl.org/utils/ajaxhel...XT=&DMROTATE=0 LAPL (Sorry, I had to hotlink the image because Photobucket won't display my upload!) |
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The picture must have been taken in 1949 and not 1950 as labeled. This is the edition of Life (July 11th 1949) that card was promoting. https://i.imgur.com/BpApk52.jpg Google Books - Life, 11 July 1949 It has an eight page spread "City Against Auto" on Los Angeles' traffic problems - starts on page 78. The edition of The Ring magazine on the stand is also from July 1949. https://i.imgur.com/zgKWfIK.jpg boxrec.com |
The Alger Hiss trial ended with a hung jury on July 7, 1949.
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A lot of the magazine names in that photo seem awfully generic, but I guess you knew what you were getting! I'm getting an "Eyeful".
I had to look up what that magazine was: EYEFUL. Here's the edition on the news stand in that photograph: It's the August 1949, "Women Are Wacky" edition. (It was published every other month.) https://live.staticflickr.com/2553/4...cc2dd4c3_b.jpgKokoJim If I collected a huge stack of them I'd have an Eyeful Tower :runaway:. _____________ If one is curious about what's in an edition of EYEFUL Magazine, this link HERE will take you through the April 1949 edition page by page. My favorite was Bubble Gum Baby in which "we have a model entertaining herself with the 'latest fad' – chewing gum. And she blows a bubble so big, that when it pops, it blows all her clothes off. Yep. That happens." Right before the back cover there is an ad that has a height/weight chart for men and women, your height and what you should weigh. (Each height should exactly weigh the same thing?) I'm guessing it might be different today than the one in 1949? There's also a reader comment section and photos submitted by readers, too. |
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The news stand photo: horse racing tip sheets and magazines, boxing mags, cigars and whiskey. All the necessities. Likely one could have placed a wager there as well.
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634 W. 15th St.
A structure at 634 W. 15th St. had an interesting and varied career:
https://i.postimg.cc/4yFxQNLm/634w15001.jpg odinthor collection https://i.postimg.cc/4yMXh2yc/634-W15th-LAT-25-22-6.jpg LA Times, 6/22/1925 https://i.postimg.cc/2jJYGJjb/634-W15th-LAT-38-4-11.jpg LA Times, 4/11/1938 https://i.postimg.cc/CKLMXq3z/634-W15th-LAT-38-8-7.jpg LA Times, 8/7/1938 https://i.postimg.cc/bvCYhvPL/634-W1...T-48-11-21.jpg LA Times, 11/21/1948 https://i.postimg.cc/T3TT5bYC/634-W15th-LAT-54-8-3.jpg LA Times, 8/3/1954 https://i.postimg.cc/QxbRPyhJ/634-W15th-LAT-56-9-9.jpg LA Times, 9/9/1956 |
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Mystery 'Rotor' ride at The Pike in Long Beach. [1961] https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/izyeWR.jpg eBay Do any amusement ride aficionados visit NLA?...I could use some help with this one. note the life-size illustrations of women battling g-forces (and trying to keep their skirts in place) They're no doubt there to entice the guys. . |
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I don't believe we have seen the Headliner Restaurant on Cahuenga Blvd. The Headliner Restaurant - 1540 Cahuenga Blvd. - 'Til 3 A.M. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/XbsyGW.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/d2xY5y.jpg eBay The information inside the match cover. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...922/ZtpLb7.jpg With the mention of Franklyn D'Amore I think this place might have also gone by the name, Casa D'Amore Here's the Link to an earlier post that mentions Franklyn and the Casa D'Amore. (also on Cahuenga) for search purposes: Think-A-Drink Hoffman and Nat Golde |
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The Headliner had an eleven foot tall neon sign installed in 1946. https://i.imgur.com/O3QmmaF.jpg ladbsdoc.lacity.org |
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United States – Several Rotors have been constructed in the United States since the 1960s. Though most of these have since been demolished and replaced by other rides, there are rotors still in operation at some places, such as Canobie Lake Park in Salem, New Hampshire ("Turkish Twist"), Frontier City in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma ("Tumbleweed"), Sylvan Beach Amusement Park in Sylvan Beach, New York. Another Rotor, with an observation platform, appears at the yearly Washington State Fair in Puyallup, Washington. (from wikipedia)
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http://static.messynessychic.com/wp-...Rotor-Ride.jpg Thanks Quick for keeping a close eye on these things. http://static.messynessychic.com/wp-...nd-1950s-1.jpg all images messyness. |
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