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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
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Here's yet another slide from the same eBay seller.
I'm a bit embarrassed to admit that this one gave me a woody.
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Would anyone like to wager a guess on this location? I haven't a clue.
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First of all, woodies are beautiful things.
The house at left is 658 S Bronson Avenue; to its right are 666 and 672, all of which still stand. (Apparently the owners of 666 have not had Ron & Nancy's superstitions.)
658 was built in 1913 by Allan W. Black, who in 1907 had built 4128 Wilshire Boulevard to the left of 658 on the corner, having hired Frederick Soper to design both. More on Black's houses is
here.
And of course there's a little noir in the story: "By 1930 [4128 Wilshire] had become an illicit club described by the
Los Angeles Times after a raid as "an ornate replica of a Tia Juana gambling house."
GSV