My near new copy of a Shell Oil Company Los Angeles and Vicinity map, 1942
arrived today. It's really in great shape, just a couple little tears on the fold-lines (really only two that I can find), otherwise clear and crisp. And guess what I looked for first...yep, here it is, center of the image. This one's for you E-R.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8002/7...0c725897_b.jpg Monkey Island2 (2).jpg Shell Map, 1942 |
A M A Z I N G. We now know the exact location of Monkey Island!
Thanks MichaelRyerson |
Occidental Hotel
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here are two more pics of the Occidental Hotel (I think Scott also had a shot of the Occidental earlier in the thread than this) Both from LAPL http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8017/7...71904340_b.jpg Occidental Hotel (daytime) 428 S Hill Street, circa 1900 http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8018/7...079f0578_b.jpg Occidental Hotel (night) 428 S Hill Street, circa 1900 While both pics are marked circa 1900, it is pretty clear they are from somewhat different years as to wear to the building and tenants/advertising. |
Transportation begets temptation? 1908 Burbank, unknown address. http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics22/00030786.jpglapl ____________________________ "THIS SHOW IS NOT FOR JUNIOR." Dated March 18, 1957, Ocean Park. (Monkey Park - the real story?? lol) http://jpg1.lapl.org/00077/00077809.jpgLAPL |
originally posted BifRayRock
http://imageshack.us/a/img844/8029/aacreepysideshow.jpg :previous: That is one creepy sideshow. What do you think they were actually showing!?! The graphics on the building seem to suggest a naked white girl and a guy in a gorilla costume (complete with a 'phallic' club). p.s. BifRayRock, your initial post was just the 'sideshow photo'....why did you add the 1908 photograph? I don't understand the connection (except perhaps the bicycle). Am I missing something? ___ originally posted by MichaelRyerson http://imageshack.us/a/img832/8056/aaoccidental.jpg This is the first time that I've noticed an awning over the entrance.....very interesting. I'd also like to know more about the building just to the right of the Occidental (I like how it's set back from the street). __ |
http://imageshack.us/a/img11/8934/sc...studiocity.jpg
postcard/ebay http://imageshack.us/a/img545/7706/a...orinnisthi.jpg matchbook detail Surprisingly, the Carlton Motor Lodge is still in business. http://imageshack.us/a/img707/7706/a...orinnisthi.jpg google street view below: A page from the current Carlton Motor Lodge website. http://imageshack.us/a/img545/9723/a...rinnisthib.jpg Here is the link to their site: http://www.carltonmotorlodge.com/ |
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http://imageshack.us/a/img607/9158/a...ementssspb.jpghttp://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=8044 Circa 1930's http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics36/00067882.jpg http://jpg1.lapl.org/00079/00079150.jpg http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics36/00067888.jpg http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics36/00067887.jpglapl |
:previous: Great photos of the Culver City 'Monkey Farm' BifRayRock.
___ http://imageshack.us/a/img856/9067/s...iocitycopy.jpg above: This architectural detail that resembles a stylized 'trellis' is still intact at the Carlton Motor Lodge on Ventura Boulevard. below: Contemporary view of the 1930's 'trellis' design. http://imageshack.us/a/img842/7706/a...orinnisthi.jpg google street view I love to discover details like this. :) ___ |
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No specific connection - other than an attenuated observation that young men with bicycles must exercise caution - or they risk getting into trouble. ;) (I also find it interesting that for a brief period, before the wide spread proliferation of horseless carriages, bikes seemed to be taking over the neighborhood.) At least the original backers of Pasadena's elevated cycleway seemed to think so! http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...&postcount=814) LAPD "Bike Squad" - Broadway past Sixth Street, Ca. '04 http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics04/00011652.jpglapl LA High School, Conclave of Bicycle and Photo (Kodak) Club - Ca. 1900 http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics13/00026409.jpglapl "Making dust" North on Spring Street (near 8th Street). Ca 1899 http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics09/00014345.jpglapl ___________________________ Figueroa Theater later known as the Variety Arts Theater. (1930's (??)) http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater3/00015863.jpglapl |
I wont quote the map again but heres Monkey Islands location as seen on Google Maps
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...Untitled-4.png http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...Untitled-5.png Google Maps |
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Wilshire Town House http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NEipRoXRTB...1.21.49+AM.pnghttp://dearoldhollywood.blogspot.com...locations.html Talmadge Apts. http://www.you-are-here.com/building/talmadge.jpggoogle or even the "Seinfeld exterior" at 757 New Hampshire http://farm1.staticflickr.com/59/199...80ee1bcd_b.jpgflicker |
Civic Center, Los Angeles, March 11, 1946
Lovely panorama
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7114/7...a87c58a4_b.jpg Civic Center, Los Angeles, March 11, 1946 LOC/Pettit's Studio |
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http://imageshack.us/a/img862/5042/a...owerright1.jpghttp://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=7808 |
Further south (from Beverly and Vermont/Virgil - above), is the corner of South Westmoreland and Sixth Street. On the south side of the street there once existed a residence belonging to Emma A. Summers (603 S. Westmoreland). (Curiously, Westmoreland Avenue had been renamed from "Miami" Avenue and one wonders whether the "Miami" name was a Native American reference, or a reference to locations in Florida, Ohio or elsewhere.) Emma Summers was once dubbed the "California Oil Queen." Read more about her here: http://oldhomesoflosangeles.blogspot...tmoreland.html The photo of her home is dated 1909. It may be well before Dick Whittington's time, but do aerial shots of that neighborhood exist for the 1910 - 1920's?
The photo's accompanying text (link above) states that Emma Summers moved a block south, where Westmoreland intersects Wilshire Blvd. More specifically, she is said to have lived at 655 Wilshire Place and that residence ultimately gave way to - Bullocks Wilshire. (ER and others recently posted a few remarkable shots of Westmoreland construction in the '50s-'60s.http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=7943) http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Oygu-u7I6l...se_house_a.jpghttp://oldhomesoflosangeles.blogspot...tmoreland.html Are those temporary wooden curb ramps? A later photograph of the same Westmoreland and Sixth intersection depicts the "Borden Apartments" and assorted first floor businesses. The photo's markings suggest it would have been on the North side of Sixth Street, opposite the Summers' house situs. The "New Nash 400" billboard suggests the photo is from 1928 or '29, and given the evidence of street car traffic, rental housing and a "Westmoreland Shoppe," it is easy to understand why one might consider moving to a less urban setting. The Borden Apts building has been remodeled and remains at 3109 West Sixth Street.http://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-8...ed=0CAgQ8gEwAA http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/assets...75-6-ISLA?v=hrUSC Digital Nearby Fourth Street and Westmoreland Avenue seems ripe for development. Photo undated but similar markings suggest late 20s. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/assets...5-10-ISLA?v=hrhttp://digitallibrary.usc.edu/assets...5-22-ISLA?v=hrUSC Digital ____________________________ Westmoreland-Wilshire area circa 1968 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/assets...-B27-ISLA?v=hrhttp://digitallibrary.usc.edu/assets...87-54-B27-ISLA |
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in the drive-in restaurant category. Also cardcow is offering a lovely double image period postcard but alas the two pictures are of the interior. It can be seen here http://www.cardcow.com/217030/carls-...ca-california/ it shows the address as being 15145 Pacific Coast Highway, Santa Monica. http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7261/7...90b1736e_z.jpg carl's restaurant pch santa monica Carl's Sea Air Lodge and Restaurant Santa Monica image from cardcow.com By the way, according to the back of the postcard 'Verna' wants everybody back in Fort Dodge, Iowa to know she's lunching 'here on the ocean' and is going to hate to leave. Somehow it makes me smile to know she was having a good time. |
For some reason I'm interested in the Carlton Motor Lodge.
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It really captures the "cheese" of the era and the kid on the bicycle displaying his pubescent curiosity just dieing to know what's going on inside. (You're not missing much kid) There was a whole genre of films and themes spawned by an idea that goes back who knows how far. Here's an early depiction from some WWI propaganda: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...version%29.jpg The film Ingagi "a 1930 Pre-Code exploitation film" really got the ball rolling. (Can anybody find a copy? "Son of Inagi - 1940" is ubiquitous) I would almost bet that Ingagi is what's being shown at the joint in the photo, "Post-Code". It might have been the "Deep Throat" of it's day. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi.../7a/Ingagi.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ingagi.jpg Then came King Kong in 1933: http://theinvisibleagent.files.wordp...ters.jpg?w=460http://theinvisibleagent.wordpress.com/2008/11/ |
A flightless Third and Hill
I don't remember ever seeing this image before. I hope it's not a repeat.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8011/7...fb6be65b_b.jpg Third and Hill, 1902LAPL 3rd Street, looking west, with a close-up view of a streetcar near the 3rd Street Tunnel in Bunker Hill. The conductor stands outside on the streetcar steps as a woman carrying a parasol and a young boy walk by. Edwin B. Crocker's mansion is seen above. Angel's Flight has not yet been built. |
Edit. After the first group of photographs were posted I discovered the recent LA Times article quoted below. It is uncertain whether all the photographs were the result of a single photographer, George Watson. A few of the source notes suggest that they may have also been part of a Popular Mechanics article.
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_________________________ _________________________ Photos labeled: "Clark, Hester, Mark Campbell, Wally Timm and others with airplane on top of Los Angeles building, 21Dec20" http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5034/6...27e87aec_b.jpghttp://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmar...n/photostream/ http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5232/6...19bd4109_o.jpghttp://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmar...n/photostream/ http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8163/6...6e5d0116_h.jpghttp://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmar...n/photostream/ http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7222/7...4b155c38_h.jpghttp://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmar...n/photostream/ http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8155/6...eca5cb65_h.jpg http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7275/7...0e6ec556_h.jpg "Taking off from the building": http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7074/6...9c46d7c7_b.jpg http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7121/6...cc242256_b.jpghttp://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmar...n/photostream/ 11th Street and Broadway, "Railway Building": http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8143/6...18ec14f2_b.jpghttp://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmar...n/photostream/ |
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