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Old Posted Jul 27, 2016, 8:09 PM
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'mystery' location

J. Howard's Horticultural Establishment, Los Angeles Calif.*


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Actually, it's the Paul J. Howard's Horticulture Establishment (Paul is cut off in the tourist snapshot)



This 1930 booklette gives the address as 250 S. La Brea Ave.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/1930-Flowerl...-/380878683395


the address is in the inside cover




And yet this ad/pamphlet gives the address as 11700 National boulevard.



With the two different addresses, I'm not sure where the fine looking building in the snapshot was located.

Here's a closer look at the 'mystery' building.


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*I just realized Godzilla posted a whole series of photographs showing Flowerland (but the building in the faded tourist snapshot doesn't appear in any of them)

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=24583


GW posted this:

"At Barrington and National was Paul J. Howard's Flowerland Nursery. It was a huge and beautiful nursery.
Mr. Howard had moved his nursery from 3rd and La Brea to this location as he felt there was a great future here in the outskirts of Los Angeles....

'Colonial Corners' was the name given to the intersection of National and Barrington when Howard's Nursery started in 1940."


So I think it's safe to say, my 'mystery' building was probably located at the earlier address, 250 S. La Brea Avenue.



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