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http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...pse78eea93.jpg LAPL -- http://jpg1.lapl.org/00075/00075526.jpg Which puts the site of the photograph at the State Normal School, shown here in c. 1905 (south and east sides): http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...ps9f829dae.jpg USC Digital Library -- http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si.../id/4958/rec/2 Here's a closeup of a portion of the above photo. Obviously the trees are different from er's photo, but there's a pathway in the foreground, and the ground slopes away from the left corner of the building -- just like in er's photo, but looking the other way. The ground-floor windows above the sloping ground at the corner match in both photos, as does the brickwork on the corner by the arched windows: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...psc93d55b4.jpg |
Central Park becomes Pershing Square, presumably post 1919.
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Great sleuthing, FW. A few priors on the church... http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=2882 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=2883 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=13874 |
:previous: Wow! Great job Flyingwedge in locating the Froebel Kindergarten. (the windows of the State Normal School match up perfectly)
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I think by now it should be clear to all of us how difficult it can be to research the history of your neighborhood when that neighborhood is called Palms.
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I thought for sure this must be somewhere in Palms, but as you might expect I turned up nothing in the 1938 telephone directory. Still, from the visible rise in terrain it looks as if it could be somewhere along Exposition Boulevard where the PE line ran and the Expo ROW and the 10 freeway run today.
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Actually, there weren't even rooms according to an article I read many years ago, but rather mere partitions of the large second-story space into sleeping areas--it was really more of a flophouse. The author, who had been allowed inside just before the place was padlocked in 1953, said all traces of the original stage and auditorium were gone by the time he saw the place. As for the Pico House, I never knew it had an entrance under this arch. Quote:
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It's definitely a Chevrolet, a '58 top-of-the-line Impala, first year for that model. http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/2088/3w30.jpgA Drifting Cowboy Rogers with his new Impala at the Double R Bar in Chatsworth... http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/3762/q5k8.jpgPolice Magazine A fleet of '58 low-line Delray LAPD cruisers outside Parker Center, 1958. |
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He is in the 1920 Census as a barber in Los Angeles and was living with his wife in 1920 at 1006 W. 8th, LA. The 1939 directory shows his shop at 5510 Santa Monica Blvd. The 1940 Census has their residence at 247 S. Alameda. He certainly moved around a lot. |
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Agree with you, because this looks like a trade advertisement for insulation, or the insulation co. underwrote the advertisement. Don't think the Co. would have spent $20 for a business that no one could find - to check out the promoted acoustical benefits. Had it been a direct ad for the camp, you would think an address other than Los Angeles, might have been added. But, there are plenty of cards without specific addresses. The card depicts the shadow of a utility pole, but does not establish what we all take for granted, plumbing, electric and telephone service. Documentation for the Palms Tourist Camp, owned by Frank Williams, and a business called The Palms Realty Company ought to be available through usual sources, i.e., CD and newspapers. But given the year provided by the source, "1932", anything was possible. The business could have been short lived and never made it into the CD, or there was a name change or a name misprint. It's also possible that the business was somewhere in LA County, but far outside the city. Hear tell there were palm trees and tourists in the surrounding communities too, including someplace called Palm Springs. If I were to buy real estate, I'd look for a tall pointy roofline! (But without a single palm in the photo, I'm suspicious!) CC Albright & Co. 1922 (Uncertain address. 252 N. Western Ave SE corner of Beverly and Western see below or 5910 Hollywood Blvd or even an office on Spring Street) http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...HG5XS5B9N7.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...HG5XS5B9N7.jpg [http://d2uaszwku8m8xd.cloudfront.net...ight-Lots.jpeghttp://d2uaszwku8m8xd.cloudfront.net...ight-Lots.jpeg The lack of a specific address for a realty business is understandable in this instance. ;) But where are the palms? Circa 1890 (Plenty of room for an auto camp as soon as someone invents the car, fuel and mechanics to fix them! Enough business to support two shooting ranges? ;p) http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...IIQBBIQUNN.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...IIQBBIQUNN.jpg |
Ah, well, I'm actually not what you'd call a solid car guy. You'll probably laugh, but I thought the car in front of the Merced might be a Plymouth Valiant. Although you can't see the taillights, the styling of the rear fender looked as if it could have had that style of taillight in back of it.
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As for the sources, I'm wondering how much longer we'll have some of them without subscribing to Ancestry.com. I found a great website, Don's List, which has a few selected years of historic city directories. It's a free resource, too. But Ancestry.com, which has been acquiring a great many online archives and ephemera, has many more, and you have to subscribe to their very expensive service to see them They've just acquired Find-A-Grave, too. The real aggravation is that some of the stuff they charge an arm and a leg for today you used to be able to find free of charge. It wasn't always easy, and the websites weren't the fastest ones around, but you could get what you wanted if you were patient. |
Labor Temple?
Los Angeles Herald Oct. 1907 http://imageshack.us/a/img28/3153/8eg1.jpg http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lc...arRange&page=3 http://imageshack.us/a/img600/3125/nvui.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img13/7691/f2uk.jpg __ |
I recently found this on ebay.
1932 http://imageshack.us/a/img13/4804/3i9j.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img96/7990/hojd.jpgebay in better times. http://imageshack.us/a/img202/1876/lqjz.jpg old file of mine -more on the auction here, with a list of the items for sale. http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=11064 Jack Dempsey in Laughlin Park http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=11063 -more Jack http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=11062 |
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Has anyone heard of Pierpoint Landing?
Long Beach http://imageshack.us/a/img163/6325/9fv8.jpgebay http://imageshack.us/a/img841/851/b4we.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/edge_an...ar/8155464771/ aerial/1964 http://imageshack.us/a/img12/8328/6b1r.jpg http://portoflongbeach.blogspot.com/...ttraction.html During our family vacation in the 1970s we visited a place in Long Beach called Ports O' Call Village. Could this be it's predecessor? |
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Better days? Considering JD left one wife for someone else, the auction probably occurred with JD's blessing. Doubt he parted with any championship belts or trophys and, with diminished '32 property values, he probably came out ahead on any settlement with the ex. After all, as mentioned in your links, either he owned other separate property or, he soon embarked on a real estate buying spree. One of the pictures of him at the Barbara Hotel is apparently dated May 12, 1932 - which would have been a few days before the auction. JD probably had a very persuasive personality and left hook. Every body loved his cooking, no matter how bad it was. Fortunately, it was never bad! :no: Ask anyone except for maybe one of JD's ring opponents, like Jess Willard. http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics39/00054239.jpghttp://jpg2.lapl.org/pics39/00054239.jpg Jess Willard's LA connection probably bears repeating. He lived in Glendale (1616 Webasso Way) and owned a market at 1334 Vine Street. http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=3490 1931 - Jess' market http://waterandpower.org/Historical_...lards_1931.jpghttp://waterandpower.org/Historical_...lards_1931.jpg 1927 - Jess (with four smaller gents) grabs a cab ride at the Ambassador Hotel. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co.../32017/rec/180 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ard&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ard&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ard&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ard&DMROTATE=0 Jess at 85yo in 1966 with unidentified ring girl. http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics36/00052880.jpghttp://jpg2.lapl.org/pics36/00052880.jpg |
-before and after.
Art Deco building at Shatto Place & 6th Street, circa 1978 http://imageshack.us/a/img845/1548/45bp.jpg http://photos.lapl.org/carlweb/jsp/F...Number=4967206 today http://imageshack.us/a/img826/9688/3ymv.jpg GSV oldstuff, thanks for digging up the information on Los Angeles barber Ernest O. Christie. -much appreciated. __ |
Piers come and go....
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Pierpoint Landing was located on the western edge of what is now Pier F at the Port of Long Beach. It is indeed west of the 710 Freeway, but east of where the Pontoon Bridge was (the Pontoon was where the Gerald Desmond is now). If you look up Pier F Ave., Long Beach, on a map program, you'll see where it was. The land is now occupied partially by Jacobsen Pilot Services and the Port's security control center, and partially by a container terminal. |
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