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HossC Jun 1, 2020 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 8938156)

I believe I spotted the crater using Bing Maps.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/Bwq41S.jpg

I saw that crater in a meme a few weeks ago. The caption said something about how close the meteor came to hitting the visitor center. ;)

Scott Charles Jun 1, 2020 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by HossC (Post 8938480)
I saw that crater in a meme a few weeks ago. The caption said something about how close the meteor came to hitting the visitor center. ;)

:haha:

CityBoyDoug Jun 1, 2020 1:37 PM

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 8938177)
You're in for a treat, BDiH, because I just found a 2nd slide from 1963 that also shows the Nobby Knit Shop. . .& this time the sign is lit up!


https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/u6jSiz.jpg
eBay


As you can see; four lovely ladies are walking down the street (two with a guitar and one with a purse) & judging by the people lining the street I'd say they were part of a parade of some sort.

- - -a parade would help explain the twin dudes, with the hats and leis, from the earlier slide.



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Why aren't the guitar ladies wearing leis? Maybe they forgot them at the hotel? [wearing leis and hats means you have just watched a parade.]

ethereal_reality Jun 1, 2020 10:53 PM

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mystery location

This Photograph, currently on eBay, is labeled Hollywood - Sept. 1949.

"Original Black White Snapshot Photo--Hollywood CALIFORNIA 1949 Indian Curio Shop."

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/bPieQB.jpg
eBay


My only guess, as to the exact location, is. . .umm. . .where N. Rossmore turns in to Vine Street. ....Otherwise, I don't think this is Hollywood at all.

I don't recognize the large building (hotel) on the left.


the reverse
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/AKcq6k.jpg

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ethereal_reality Jun 1, 2020 11:28 PM

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I don't recall if we have seen one of these U.S.O. cards on NLA.

This is no doubt the Figueroa Hotel

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...924/zA5Av5.jpg
eBay


Take a look at all the activities!

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/V5DaYc.jpg

Plastics..... . .as in plastic explosives?






I'm kidding
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Martin Pal Jun 2, 2020 1:46 AM

I don't recall seeing this 1937 photo before:

The Players Club and the Chateau Marmont. The Players (lettering reversed) looks like it has parking up the hill somewhere, I can't imagine. (Roxbury Rd. street sign at right.)

http://hollywoodhistoricphotos.com/images/chatm37.jpgHollywoodHistoricPhotos.com/index.php

The billboard appears to be showcasing Victor Vincent (?) in the Playroom.

CityBoyDoug Jun 2, 2020 9:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Martin Pal (Post 8939455)
I don't recall seeing this 1937 photo before:

The Players Club and the Chateau Marmont. The Players (lettering reversed) looks like it has parking up the hill somewhere, I can't imagine. (Roxbury Rd. street sign at right.)

http://hollywoodhistoricphotos.com/images/chatm37.jpgHollywoodHistoricPhotos.com/index.php

The billboard appears to be showcasing Victor Vincent (?) in the Playroom.

NO COVER~ NO MINIMUM
This is still the Depression era and people had very little money. When WW II happened, people had money but few places to spend it. In the late 1940s you had to wait hours to get a table in a restaurant. The boom-time came in the 1950s.

ethereal_reality Jun 2, 2020 8:27 PM

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Currently on eBay


Two photographs of 1515 Blake Ave. Los Angeles - California



https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/8pruuE.jpg
eBay





https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/9MI4lB.jpg
eBay

I believe this quaint little abode, and the one next door, might still be standing but it's a bit difficult to tell for sure.....

Check it out at GSV


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CityBoyDoug Jun 2, 2020 8:37 PM

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 8940320)
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I believe this quaint little abode, and the one next door, might still be standing but it's a bit difficult to tell for sure.....

Check it out at GSV


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House still there. :tup::tup::tup::tup::tup:

rick m Jun 2, 2020 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by robeach11 (Post 8936808)
Gee, you may be right! A story I accepted as gospel. So much for being an Anna May Wong Super Expert.
Related... we've seen aerial and long distance photos of the Wong's Figueroa laundry. I refuse to believe there aren't better pics out there somewhere. Newspapers, magazines, fans knew of the place. NO ONE took a clear, up close shot??

I have only found the Wong Laundry on WPA street survey with its line drawings- WPA Los Angeles maps (c. 1935) Mine all loaned to Prudent Beaudry. So he could tell which sheet # this is located on..... Some detail, but very simple wooden 2 story structure----- near 2nd Street on west side.

odinthor Jun 3, 2020 12:23 AM

I don't believe NLA has seen the Cafe Martan before:


https://i.postimg.cc/k4Ww8VN2/214-W1st-Her-2-17-12.jpg
LA Herald, 2/17/1912


https://i.postimg.cc/fRbHFRsP/214-W1st001.jpg
odinthor collection


It was soon replaced by:


https://i.postimg.cc/T1997Z4G/214-W1st-Her-7-17-13.jpg
LA Herald, 7/17/1913


which endured for several years; but then, its successor establishment had an adventure characteristic of the era:


https://i.postimg.cc/9FLbGH9Y/214-W1st-LAT-11-7-20.jpg
LA Times, 11/7/1920


Time brings changes; the Wheel of Fortune at length brought a perhaps unexpected successor in the form of a temporary office for the Chief of Police:


https://i.postimg.cc/YCj3RDfK/214-W1st-LAT-6-24-30.jpg
LA Times, 6/24/1930

. . . while the site 214 W. 1st would in due course be covered by the new building of the Los Angeles Times.

ethereal_reality Jun 3, 2020 12:25 AM

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:previous: Interesting post, odinthor.... So was the Cafe Martan in the Nadeau Hotel?

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...923/gAumMf.jpg
originally posted by odinthor






Here's another eBay slide of Hollywood Blvd. [1965]

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/Cnjgdy.jpg
eBay

I was surprise to see the marquee for the Haunted House as early as 1965.... Was it there in 1965?

Yes, yes it was. (I looked it up)

EDIT:
The seller has the slide dated 1963....I could have sworn it said 1965.





As a reminder: You can see the Haunted House marquee lights in this video from 1967. [at 1:16]

Video Link






But wait. . . the photographer wasn't finished. Here's a second slide from the same spot. (but slightly to the right)


https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/HEWSos.jpg
eBay

This slide has 11 bids! (actually both slides have 11 bids) ...I wonder if it's because of the cars - - - > ....like the mustang and the odd cream colored car behind it.




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odinthor Jun 3, 2020 5:12 AM

:previous:

Yep, e_r, the site was along the 1st St. side of the Hotel Nadeau. Fortunately, an image from LAPL shows it (I added the arrow):

https://i.postimg.cc/6Q7TMgQZ/Nadeau-LAPL-Arrow.jpg
LAPL

Amazingly, the view is unchanged today:

https://i.postimg.cc/hvZHZyvJ/LATimes.jpg
gsv

"Unchanged" in that there are still a corner, two streets, and a sidewalk!

Undoubtedly the doors to the left in the below detail led directly into the Nadeau's main lobby, for the convenience of its guests:

https://i.postimg.cc/NjC57BQY/Cafe-Martan-Door.jpg
detail from earlier image from odinthor collection

Between being a cafe and being the temporary headquarters for the Police Chief, the location served as . . .

https://i.postimg.cc/cC1Sbtcz/214-W1st-Her-11-9-21.jpg
LA Herald, 11/9/1921

ScottyB Jun 3, 2020 7:16 AM

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 8940612)
But wait. . . the photographer wasn't finished. Here's a second slide from the same spot. (but slightly to the right)


https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/HEWSos.jpg
eBay

This slide has 11 bids! (actually both slides have 11 bids) ...I wonder if it's because of the cars - - - > ....like the mustang and the odd cream colored car behind it.




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1955 Nash Rambler Series 10, perhaps? And that mustang's a beauty.

[https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...08ed06ba_c.jpg

Scott Charles Jun 3, 2020 8:14 AM

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 8940612)
Here's another eBay slide of Hollywood Blvd. [1965]

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/Cnjgdy.jpg
eBay

But wait. . . the photographer wasn't finished. Here's a second slide from the same spot. (but slightly to the right)


https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/HEWSos.jpg
eBay

This slide has 11 bids! (actually both slides have 11 bids) ...I wonder if it's because of the cars - - - > ....like the mustang and the odd cream colored car behind it.

E_R, I couldn't resist turning those two photos into a single panoramic image:

https://i.imgur.com/psMJm1L.jpg

I removed the watermarks from my personal copy, but kept them visible for the forum, out of respect for the eBay seller.

If anyone wants the version with the watermark removed, just ask and I'll PM it to you.

:)

GaylordWilshire Jun 3, 2020 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 8940320)
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Currently on eBay

Two photographs of 1515 Blake Ave. Los Angeles - California

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/8pruuE.jpg
eBay

I believe this quaint little abode, and the one next door, might still be standing but it's a bit difficult to tell for sure.....

Check it out at GSV
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The two houses are still there...

https://i.postimg.cc/cLM16mSD/1515blakewide-bmp.jpg

Prah Jun 3, 2020 4:05 PM

Hey!

Unsure if this has been posted here before but here's a cool drive-in from the 1950s known as "The Track". Anyone who can guess why? ;)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EZmWb0KV...g&name=900x900
(@InterurbanE, Twitter)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EZmWVt9V...g&name=900x900

I wonder where this was located? And for how long was it in business?

ethereal_reality Jun 3, 2020 6:26 PM

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Starlet, and former Miss Pasadena, Jo Morrow holds an egg (Huh?) as she enters Superior Court to sign a contract with weight restrictions.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/bjLvDj.jpg
eBay


https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...924/och7ja.jpg


sidenote: Today is National Egg Day. (June 3rd)
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GaylordWilshire Jun 3, 2020 11:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Prah (Post 8941147)
Hey!

Unsure if this has been posted here before but here's a cool drive-in from the 1950s known as "The Track". Anyone who can guess why? ;)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EZmWb0KV...g&name=900x900
(@InterurbanE, Twitter)

I wonder where this was located? And for how long was it in business?


Everything you need to know about The Track is here:

https://losangeleshistory.blogspot.c...n-history.html

ethereal_reality Jun 4, 2020 12:26 AM

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i could use some help reading the hand-written annotations on this aerial of United Artists Studio in Hollywood. (note the gas-o-meter at extreme left)

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/924/1tVNfb.jpg

I can't definitely read "Gym" & I'm impressed by how large it is. I wonder if Douglas Fairbanks had some input on the gym's size do to his noted physicality.
I see that the 'cutting rooms' are along one the side of the gym but I can't make out what is on the other side.
I can read "Pickford Bungalow" but I can't make out what is written on each side of it. I see that "Administration" and "Publicity" is in the large building behind her bungalow.


Asking price: $100.00 ....Link




Quote:

Originally Posted by Prah (Post 8941147)
Hey!

Unsure if this has been posted here before but here's a cool drive-in from the 1950s known as "The Track". Anyone who can guess why? ;)

Hi Prah.

We pretty much covered "The Track" in the early years of the thread but it's always good to see it again. :) Thanks for your post.



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