Poinsettia fields, Hollywood, etc.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edRplPjE55c
I had mentioned earlier this month and subsequent posts showed that poinsettia fields once dotted the areas around West Hollywood and Beverly Hills. This youtube link, 1940's, right near the beginning, shows a large poinsettia field off Sunset, though the exact location isn't specified. Later on, one of the houses has a poinsettia plant in the picture. There's brief glimpses of Hollywood (the Blvd. at night at Christmas) and environs in this, what I suspect was some kind of travel film, including a bit of The Carthay Circle Theater in color. (All the film is in color, though it isn't the best quality.) |
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Thanks for the video, Martin Pal. From the commentary: "Only Tanner Gray Line Motor Tours are allowed within any studio gate." http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...s.jpg~original YouTube |
-candy counter at The Elite
http://imageshack.us/a/img841/3366/77bn.jpgebay I am not sure which of the three locations is pictured in the postcard. http://imageshack.us/a/img545/4795/tfbw.jpg __ |
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1970s or early 80s http://imageshack.us/a/img21/8746/6i36.jpg I just realized this might be reversed. The apartment with the wooden balcony in the 1930s view is on the right in the color slide. -if that's the same building. __ Flipped http://imageshack.us/a/img51/5690/q0o9.jpg |
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Overhead view looks like the original building was there till recently at least http://i1364.photobucket.com/albums/...ps8a0b9b87.jpg But street view shows it gone and now a strip mall, DAMN IT I HATE PROGRESS LOL http://i1364.photobucket.com/albums/...psc10fcc62.jpg |
Thanks for the comment, Albany NY. I'm learning as I go. I also realized that my post didn't fit the noir category. But after spending an afternoon in the thread surrounded by photos of old LA, when I saw this particular video, I lost it! ha ha!
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Colorado (Street) meets Fair Oaks - Looking east. 1888-1893 (per source)
A good place for a parade! Hummingbird feeder/UFO also serves as a gas lighting fixture. http://cdm15123.contentdm.oclc.org/c...7/id/701/rec/3 http://cdm15123.contentdm.oclc.org/u...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://cdm15123.contentdm.oclc.org/u...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://cdm15123.contentdm.oclc.org/u...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://cdm15123.contentdm.oclc.org/u...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://cdm15123.contentdm.oclc.org/u...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://cdm15123.contentdm.oclc.org/u...XT=&DMROTATE=0 |
Pacific Dining Car Christmas
I was able to enjoy a Christmas morning brunch at the Pacific Dining Car, which has a long history in LA.
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5531/1...a377d1a6_b.jpg Credit: pacificdiningcar.com Started in 1921 as a train car, it continues chugging along today with a great dining experience! http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7349/1...4251656d_b.jpg Photo: jtown The interiors are warm and recall an era long past. http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2829/1...c1ca1512_b.jpg Photo: jtown http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7303/1...1ff92cb3_b.jpg Photo: jtown The prices are not your 10 cents a cup variety. This isn't 1921! http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3814/1...1c6fa53f_b.jpg |
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http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3827/1...c3cf97b0_b.jpg Photo: jtown Geez, after seeing the preview, my photo stinks! But I hope it's okay to leave it up. |
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The brunch prices at Pacific Dining Car are mind-boggling. (to me anyway) __ -just for fun http://imageshack.us/a/img34/7392/1dwf.JPGebay I especially like this one with the prop plane. http://imageshack.us/a/img853/1818/50g3.jpgebay __ |
313 E. Broadway
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First post after being a long time lurker. Currently on page 625 and enjoying the ride, so far! |
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My son has Xbox so off to buy it and so I did, came home and wow and I am hooked It is like they made this game for all of us with a affection for the 30s and 40s Thanks for sharing and putting me onto it |
Welcome to noirish Los Angeles C.King. I appreciate the information.
__ -one solution for the post war housing shortage. Trailer Town, 1946 http://imageshack.us/a/img5/4671/k2zy.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img4/6097/r54h.jpgebay __ |
File this under-you learn something new everyday.
I had NO idea that turn-of-the-century tourists used a tunnel to reach Sugarloaf!! http://imageshack.us/a/img689/5044/73zb.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img811/4087/c6ux.jpgebay As most of you know, Sugarloaf is the stand alone rock formation at far right. (the summit was reached by precarious wooden steps) http://imageshack.us/a/img854/9917/7cag.jpg February 28, 1901. The steamer 'Hermosa' leaving Catalina Island. Now I am trying to locate the tunnel in previously posted photos. (I haven't had much luck so far) http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=16278 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=16270 __ |
Fire in the hole...............
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http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=16397 Here's the old casino where you could dance until dawn. That's the St. Catherine Hotel over yonder. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ps9d08a10a.jpg |
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I used to get my VW serviced here a hundred years ago. The front building would have been showroom, the back service and the back lot behind (now occupied by a recent apartment complex): http://larry.wizegallery.com/VWV/dealer.jpg Can anyone look up what car dealership was at this address back in the day? I've always been curious. |
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This previously posted image of the "New" Hollywood Theater-project has evaporated. Per quote below, project made it past planning stages. Any idea what ultimately took its place? Hollywood Plaza Hotel ('24?)?
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Artist's rendering, circa 1920 http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/...tp/d3e9801.jpghttp://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/...tp/d3e9801.jpg |
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It appears to have been built in the late '40s for Ulrich Sales & Service, a Pontiac dealer that had previously been in Monterey Park. Seems to have lasted into the mid '70s. |
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