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Here is an interesting map from 1890. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/924/VSqgJJ.jpg LRL-WC Hmmm. .so why does the title include "and Water Co.'? Here's a closer look. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/wwySK4.jpg Veeeery interesting. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/9871/mpjqpq.gif . |
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And Lankershim with plots. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/923/ePb3Ur.jpg PBS-SoCal 'Lankershim' ceased to exist in 1927 when the name was changed to North Hollywood...No doubt to take advantage of the success of Hollywood on the other end of the Cahuenga Pass. Of course there was a 'Toluca' too. (before the lake) . |
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I ran across a snapshot today from the 1980s that piqued my interest because it reminded me of my former neighorhood of West Hollywood. . . .from eBay. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/I8ri8j.jpg No, that isn't me. :laugh: What intrigues me is the old stone pillar(?) on the left edge of the photo. It's completely incongruous to the rest of the neighborhood. I know that there used to be stone 'entranceways' on some city streets but I don't believe there were any in West Hollywood. Help :whip oops ha ha .. |
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me to the Warner Hollywood Theatre, and The Larry Ceballos Revue. It appears that she was indeed a dancer/chorus girl if the 2nd standing lady on the right side is her: https://blogger.googleusercontent.co...e%20(1928).jpg IMDB https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JZi...ew?usp=sharing It also appears to me that the tall metal flue is on the roof of the Warner Theatre based on this image: https://blogger.googleusercontent.co...erH-Bing-2.jpg Los Angeles Theatres https://blogger.googleusercontent.co...arner-flue.jpg The 2 story building with the staircase, and some of the other buildings in the negative are still around per the Google Steetview tour I took: https://blogger.googleusercontent.co...0-h344/gsv.jpg GSV |
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THE 'FLUE FLAPPER' MYSTERY LOCATION SOLVED Wow! You 100% solved the location, vexedbystuff. :worship: :worship: I took a closer at the neighboring building in the old negative and everything matches. . even the rear stairs. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...922/iOPI2H.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...924/05qNs1.jpg Thanks for sticking with this mystery. :) . |
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As for the starlet. . . . https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/FV66Vt.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/Z3fjdi.jpg I honestly can't decide. . |
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A mystery location for a quiet Sunday aftrnoon. Folks, I definitely could use some help with this snapshot I happened upon on eBay earlier today. "1965 ORIGINAL 5X7 PHOTO LAUGH MAKERS COMDEY NOW & THEN HOLLYWOOD CALIFORNIA" https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/6sxtga.jpg eBay I'm guessing that 'ual arts' on the fence is 'mutual arts'. :shrug: Here's a closer look at the marquee-like gate. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/jrpFZp.jpg detail The date and location are on the back of the photo. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...922/h1JF6L.jpg Anyone care to help? Let me rephrase that. . . :whip: . |
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entrance to Palisades Park in Santa Monica. This GSV shot faces in the same direction as the eBay photo, and the stones on the right edge of the larger pillar match the eBay pic. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...y_2016_GSV.jpg Farid Hamedy May 2016 GSV I don't know when they put the curb further out in the street, but that's definitely the Oceana (where Stan Laurel spent his last years) in the background. Here's a maybe c. 1980 shot of the Oceana before it was remodeled; the flags and blue squares above the entrance match the eBay photo: https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...humps_Tent.jpg Beau Chumps Tent |
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That's why the writing looked familiar. You can see some of the "LYTTON CENTER for the visual arts" sign just to the left of the bank building in this image that I posted back in 2016. Quote:
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Here is the OCEANA in the 1960s. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/922/eAtQmW.jpg flickr Oceana Hotel and Apartment Suites 849 Ocean Ave., Santa Monica, Calif. 90403 "California's finest and most outstanding Resort Hotel on the Palisades Park overlooking the blue Pacific. Luxurious Accommodations - Heated Pool - Free Color TV Free Subterranean Parking - 24 Hour Switchboard Service - Fully Equipped Kitchens - Studios - 1 and 2 Bedroom Suites - all with 2 Baths and Private Balconies - Free Continental Breakfast." . |
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Oh my, take a look at this! https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/yd2vIw.jpg historyhomes "Stan Laurel's home is on Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica, California. In the early 1960s the famed comedian, along with his wife, Ida, moved into a second floor, ocean view apartment, here at the Oceana Hotel. It would prove to be his final home. He won a special Lifetime Achievement Academy Award in 1961 while he was living here. He died on February 23, 1965 after suffering a heart attack several days earlier in his room." And here he is waving at fans! https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/4nvSeI.jpg How cool is that! More at beauchumps . |
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Thanks for figuring the location of the Lytton Visual Arts Center, Beaudry. (and for the photo, Hoss) ... .but I'm still a bit confused by the eBay photograph. The photographer appears to be standing in the middle of the entrance to the parking lot (right?). . sooooooooo what is the marquee gate for. . . an exit? :shrug: https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/kUAbqJ.jpg And in this aerial the buildings are where the lot should be. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/gbBIcx.png Annnnnnd. . .this #2 building . . . https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/ECu4IR.jpg . .is this #2 building, right? https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...924/eznkHY.jpg If so, it's blocking the view of Apt. bldg #1. . . .sooooo the parking lot in the eBay photo would have to be behind it in order to see Apt. building #1, right? The answer is probably obvious and I'm going to be embarrassed. :runaway: . |
Since only 4 floors of the 6+ floor apartment building are visible in the eBay image is it possible that there was rooftop parking on "Building #2"?
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From my original post, here is the lower level parking lot and gallery, so I think that vexedbystuff is correct that the marquee was at the top of a ramp. The strip mall was only built in the late-80s. The section labeled #2 by e_r is actually part of the bank - see GSV. Quote:
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But what of the enormous chicken with the head of a monkey? https://i.postimg.cc/1RWknpvB/Chicken.jpg |
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:previous: ..Now I can't UNSEE it. :haha: Thanks for the explanation, Hoss. It's beginning to make sense to me now. . |
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Let's travel down to Long Beach in search of the Doll Hospital. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/924/rbHS18.jpg eBay There are a few clues if you look closely. The name of the hotel might be at the top of the blade sign. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/AQfCJ0.jpg There appears to be an Italian restaurant specializing in Ravioli in the distance. ..wink Hmm. .the name of the hotel might be longer than what's written at the top of the blade sign. (see below) https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/8eBC3S.jpg Now, about those sick dolls. . |
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