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http://imageshack.us/a/img163/8827/usd8.jpgebay today http://imageshack.us/a/img9/7987/qp19.jpgGSV I was startled by the amount of trash along the street out front. Yes, that's a discarded box-spring by the utility pole. http://imageshack.us/a/img14/7555/sqtf.jpgGSV :( http://imageshack.us/a/img541/172/xrgi.jpgGSV __ Up the block near 9th there are a couple interesting homes. http://imageshack.us/a/img9/6135/yz12.jpgGSV This amazing structure is surrounded by a fence topped with razor-barbed wire. (southeast corner Westlake and 9th) http://imageshack.us/a/img19/4977/wfwv.jpgGSV It looks like it's under siege. -Anyone know the history of this residence? __ |
LAX enters the space age with it's high tech push-button information device.
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He was born in Cumberland, Maryland (according to the directory) in 1878. Actually, according to his WWI draft registration, he was born on August 8, 1877. He died in los Angeles in 1933 according to "Who Was Who on Screen. Third edition. By Evelyn Mack Truitt. New York: R.R. Bowker, 1983." When he registered for the draft in WWI his address is listed as 1620 Formosa Avenue, Los Angeles. That registration card indicates that he was of medium height, with a slender build, with gray eyes and black hair. Apparently he only had one eye,(there goes his chance of being drafted). IMBD list him as being in one movie "Are All Men Alike" in 1920, but there were apparently others as well in the teens and twenties, including "Scaramouche" and the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse". In 1922 he went to Hawaii. The ship manifest lists his permanent address at that time as the "Christie Hotel" in Hollywood, located at Hollywood Blvd and McCadden Place. He was apparently a character actor so I can't find any specific pictures of him. |
:previous: I love that kitschy ad for the Hollywood School of Art. It looks like you purchased a pretty interesting artist portfolio mdiederi
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If we could find the name of someone else who lived in the area we could find who lived there in the census records, but alas...... |
"Westlake Park our front Yard."
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The March of Time
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At that time there was none of that in Los Angeles. Today in Los Angeles we see more and more heavily guarded homes surrounded by fences topped by barbed wire. Interesting...eh. |
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Thirty-five years ago you couldn't breathe in Los Angeles. Things in the city weren't great on a lot of levels. But the city is booming now--just take a look at the old downtown, fast becoming at least as good as it was in the '50s, if with a different purpose--who'd have thought it would come back from its sorry state of 35 years ago? Great times to be living in L.A. It's the best of times, it's the worst of times, as Dickens might have put it. |
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According to the Times of January 25, 1925, a large house at 626 S Alvarado had just been moved to the corner of Lake and Miramar (I looked--no longer there); the assessor lists the hotel as having been built in 1924. A little Palms Wilshire noir... https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-c...swilshire2.jpghttp://img10.imageshack.us/img10/5199/v7n5.jpg LAT Dec 4, 1935/March 19, 1936 https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-E...2520PM.bmp.jpg LAT Dec 11, 1947 Los Angeles Times |
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..but it isn't that simple, for a generation now the rich have become richer while the poor remain buried in poverty. What can one expect from a society of haves and haves not? __ I'm sorry I posted the photo of the littered street. |
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Questionable Taste in Float Design
Hey sorry I meant to post this photo last week, but I couldn't find it then. This is the City of South Gate's entry in the 1940 Rose Parade:
http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...e.jpg~original LAPL -- http://jpg1.lapl.org/00101/00101850.jpg A float honoring Will Rogers and Wiley Post is fine, but including the plane they crashed and died in seems a little odd. The front of the float says "20th Century Pioneers." BTW, in the background is the Holliston Methodist Church, located at 1305 E. Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena. |
Even Litter Tells an Important Story.
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There's no Mexicans to speak of in Australia. France and many parts of western Europe are inundated with illegal immigrants....few if any are Mexicans....most are from Eastern Europe. The problem is not so much the haves and have nots. The problem is that there are not enough jobs.....even in a rich country like the US. Recently an ice cream company in MD offered openings of 36 jobs.....1,600 applied. |
I couldn't find previous posts about Ry Cooder's excellent short stories of fiction from a book title: 'Los Angeles Stories' , check it out here, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Stories. I received as a gift, so far I'm into the 2nd story, I like, cover photo is from a Old Bunker Hill residence.
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BTW, these conversations back and forth should always try to be constructive…sometimes I read comments that I interpret one way while others may see differently. I don’t believe I’ve ever seen anyone’s comments that were meant to degrade others…just based on the circumstances they may have been exposed to. I too saw homes in Mexico that were surrounded by barbed wire, and this was in 1957. A truly bizarre and unforgettable exposure to my young eyes. |
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