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Sorry for the tardy response, e-r, but home repairs have upended life at Chez Huntington of late. This car was rebuilt from a passenger car and in the configuration shown was used by Pacific Electric as a weed burner on private rights-of-way 1948-52. It was retired due to a combination of reduced need as rail service contracted and the employment of chemical agents *cough* instead. The car actually exists at SCRM after having been restored to its original style. Details here: https://socalrailway.org/collections.../1001-details/ |
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The Sanborn Maps were for fire insurance. The LA Public Library has an overview of the maps here: https://www.lapl.org/collections-res...anborn-atlases |
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The Hamilton Methodist Church was dedicated on March 6, 1904. It was designed by architect Henry Starbuck. He was married four times. Check out this noirish tidbit about wife #3
...his third wife, Mrs. Margaret (Mabee) Lee...She was implicated but was never charged in a triple murder that occurred in July 1910 on their property, The Margaret Starbuck Ranch, now known as Lions Head Ranch in Cazadero, California. This led to their separation in 1911 and divorce in 1914 Los Angeles Evening Express 3/5/1904 Starbuck Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_F._Starbuck Quote:
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e_r, it looks to me as if the whimsy of the architect or owner deemed it appropriate that the entrance hall be in the form of a near-hexagon, for reasons we can only guess at. I have a couple of articles about the Cordova which . . . throw absolutely no light on that question, but which might be interesting. https://i.postimg.cc/W3Sb2Bgr/Cordova-LAT-1912-5-5.jpg LA Times, 5/5/1912 and https://i.postimg.cc/PrCrjFxp/Cordova-Study.jpg Southwest Contractor and Manufacturer, v. 11, p. 8, May 17, 1913 |
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That's very interesting information, odinthor. Thanks for finding it. The Rutland Apartments (mentioned in the 1st & 4th paragraph) still stands on the north-west corner of S. Main and Washington Streets. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...924/715SeL.jpg Southwest Contractor and Manufacturer, May 17, 1913 Here's a glimpse of one of the somewhat spooky hallways in the Rutland. (the ceiling lighting fixture looks original) https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/y3f1wf.jpg YELP The woman is a tenant. The main entrance on Main Street is rather striking with its oversized marquee. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/dxI9tf.jpg GSV The view from the intersection of S. Main & Washington. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/JSOSjS.jpg GSV It was built in ...(I must have missed the date)...1910? Here's a bit more information from odinthor's article. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...923/YD9aD9.jpg Southwest Contractor and Manufacturer, May 17, 1913 hmm. .so what is meant by moulded granite? Wouldn't it be carved granite. :shrug: Moulded makes me think of a malleable material like terracotta, not granite. Is terracotta malleable? . |
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Mystery of the Douglass Temple. Is anyone familiar with this place? https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/923/2SX94v.jpg eBay (no longer listed) The photograph no doubt shows members of a multiracial religious group. The building is a fine example of the Arts & Crafts Movement....I hope it's still standing. I checked to see if the LA stood for Louisiana but I looked closer and I'm pretty sure there's a period after both the L and the A. (and the seller said it was Los Angeles) Douglass Temple...March 23, 1919 . |
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Hello! Long time lurker (since this thread's inception) but now deciding to join the conversation. Anyway, I did some googling and found this blog with the same photograph from eBay. Here's a screenshot of the post. I desaturated it to make it easier to read. https://i.imgur.com/QREIRXB.png AfricanUSABlack Can't find any more information from my casual googling. There's a mention of an academic paper somebody wrote on the religion and congregation. Perhaps one of you sleuths has access to some journal databases. |
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https://i.imgur.com/cbCP8A0.jpg rescarta.lapl.org According to a permit of 1915 it was built as a "Temporary Church" in this location. In 1919 it was moved to a new location. https://i.imgur.com/q53KXgI.jpg ladbsdoc.lacity.org https://i.imgur.com/P5uN5wh.jpg rescarta.lapl.org https://i.imgur.com/LmFIpS7.jpg Google Maps Street View |
Welcome to posting, Herrenz! :cheers: Thanks!
******* The only thing I have found about the Douglass Temple in either the LA Times or the LA Herald is this from the latter: https://i.postimg.cc/wMGZX0Hr/Douglass-Her-1919-4-5.jpg LA Herald, April 5, 1919. |
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https://i.postimg.cc/brh1zD2t/Hotel-...Composite5.jpg Note the angle in the beam on the left, and the circled glitch where the artist connected two lines which didn't quite come together. In ordinary wide-angle lenses, straight lines stay straight, so the photographer panned to take three photos from the same viewpoint. |
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Excellent information on the Douglass Temple & the Universal Brotherhood of Spiritualism, Herrenz. :worship: . . .& thanks for the additional information, Noir Noir and odinthor.... It's all appreciated. (because I couldn't find a darn thing) Noir Noir, do you think the house currently at 1434 E. 21st is the former temple or an entirely different structure? It's so ugly I almost wish that it isn't the old Douglass Temple. . |
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I don't think it's an entirely different structure. No permits to suggest the original was removed from the site. Here's part of a 2005 permit to convert the church into a duplex + garage. The Douglass Temple Universal Brotherhood of Spiritualism are listed as the owner. https://i.imgur.com/UqYpP9g.jpg ladbsdoc.lacity.org The original photograph you posted likely documents the first Sunday service (March 23, 1919) at the new location of 1434 E. 21st St. The permit to move it from Lenard is dated March 15, 1919. They had about a week to shift it and be ready for the big turnout the following Sunday. :) Here's the Douglass Temple on the 1922 Sanborn Map. https://i.imgur.com/qlAnDec.jpg www.loc.gov They had meeting rooms next door at 1430 E. 21st and the Rev George Shields lived at 1442, two doors to the right. |
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It's so amazing to see the Douglass Temple on the map! Thanks again, Noir Noir. Mystery sect or fashion-challenged Pilgrims? https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/Psy5Bx.jpg I believe there are possibly two males. . .top, center. . .& bottom, center. (holding the doll) Here's the complete RPPC with the photographer's information at the bottom. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/zYFrRo.jpg ....G. E. Lawrence...133 ....1/2 S. Spring St....Los Angeles, Cal Their attire seems vaguely familiar (no, not Thanksgiving Pilgrims). .I'm thinking. .um. .Russian Molokans? . . .French Huguenots?. . .or. . .um. . Calvinists? (are Calvinists, pilgrims?) . . . .or I decided to include the seller's description. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...923/MNtFoF.jpg No longer listed on eBay . |
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e_r-- Welsh! https://i.postimg.cc/ry4NBSHN/Welsh.jpg https://costumesociety.org.uk/blog/p...tional-costume |
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:previous: That's it! ...Thank you so much, odinthor. Does anyone know if there was a Welsh conclave in Los Angeles back in the 1880s? In the mean time I'll see if I can find some information myself. . |
Not sure if this is the specific event connected with the photograph; but it's likely that it's the same organization, as I gather from other articles, the Welsh Presbyterian Church, which met in the First Prebyterian Church at Fort and 2nd, at least for a time (later, they were on Crocker St.).
https://i.postimg.cc/jShpzWYy/Welsh-Her-1892-3-2.jpg LA Herald, 3/2/1892 And I'd guess the two men in the photo are John Humphreys and John LLewellyn. The latter is probably he of the Llewellyn Bros. Columbia Foundry at San Fernando and Magdalena; the former is a collector living at 843 Hemlock (info from the 1891 CD). |
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This photograph caught my eye because the stand alone house looks like a little movie set. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/922/KZ5U98.jpg old er file "A house in the new Glen Oaks Tract, built up close to the canyon wall." I believe the Glen Oaks tract was situated somewhere between Glendale and Pasadena but the photograph shows a pretty big canyon wall so it threw me for a loop. . |
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