noirish Los Angeles

[ethereal_reality]

From earlier.

I know that we're looking at the back of the building but I thought one of you sleuths might be able to figure it.



WE have the answer!

Originally Posted by Flyingwedge

That's the top of the Title Insurance and Trust Company building at New High and Franklin Streets. The pic below looks west at New High,
with the Hall of Records at right and the Title Insurance building to the left on the corner at 201 New High Street. As HH suggested, the
photographer of e_r's east-facing pic was probably at or near the top of Court Flight, the top of which is at the center of this c. 1925 image:



00018156 @ LA Public Library

Excellent sleuthing, Flywedge.

And thanks, everyone, for the follow-ups to victorian house photo.

And it looks like you were correct, HenryHuntington, about the photographer being at he top of Court Fliight.
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[ethereal_reality]

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I just happened upon his photograph and negative on eBay.


"1927 photo Negative Hollywood California Larry Darmour RARE Movie STUDIO Actors"

I don't believe I've ever heard of the Larry Darmour Production Company. . .and a quick search on NLA says we've never talked about it.


eBay

My Noirish Kingdom for the address.

[HossC]

Wikimapia has Larry Darmour Productions at 5813-5817-5821-5823 Santa Monica Boulevard. in Hollywood. The page has a few other photos of the building, although not very big ones. It lists several tenants over the years (Larry Damour was apparently there from 1927 to 1939) and says that the building "Sat vacant for decades and was finally razed in the 90s. Now a storage facility."

[riichkay]

Originally Posted by Snix

Great work. There's even a Pennsylvania birthplace for dad matching up with the Allegheny address the card was sent to?

What is the process for obtaining death certificates? You used to have to drive to Norwalk, right?

Snix, my research on Mrs. Downs, including the death certificate, was through the FamilySearch site, run by the LDS Church....the site is an invaluable resource for census data, death and marriage certificates, military enlistment papers etc....and registration is free, unlike sites like Ancestry.com.

[Beaudry]

Hey all!

Anybody recognize this guy?

[Godzilla]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

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I just happened upon his photograph and negative on eBay.


"1927 photo Negative Hollywood California Larry Darmour RARE Movie STUDIO Actors"

I don't believe I've ever heard of the Larry Darmour Production Company. . .and a quick search on NLA says we've never talked about it.


eBay

another view at approximately 1:19 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8sbELEX3Zg

[ethereal_reality]

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re: The location of Larry Darmour Productions.

Originally Posted by HossC

Wikimapia has Larry Darmour Productions at 5813-5817-5821-5823 Santa Monica Boulevard. in Hollywood. The page has a few other photos of the building, although not very big ones. It lists several tenants over the years (Larry Damour was apparently there from 1927 to 1939) and says that the building "Sat vacant for decades and was finally razed in the 90s. Now a storage facility."

THANKS, Hoss! I appreciate it.



Godzilla, you mean the building on the left?








Correct?

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[ethereal_reality]

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I believe we discussed this place before. . .



"Griffith Park Maternity Home, Los Angeles, Cook, Nurse+: 1960's 35mm Slides LOT x16"

. .but now I don't remember the address.





I'd like to see if that cool old sign is still in place.



Here are a couple of the other slides.










Any help would be appreciated.




or
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[Godzilla]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

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re: The location of Larry Darmour Productions.
Godzilla, you mean the building on the left. . .



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O'keefe & Merritt
https://www.antiqueappliances.com/product/1952-okeefe-merritt-gas-stove/

[HossC]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

I believe we discussed this place before. . .

"Griffith Park Maternity Home, Los Angeles, Cook, Nurse+: 1960's 35mm Slides LOT x16"

. .but now I don't remember the address.



I'd like to see if that cool old sign is still in place.

Any help would be appreciated.

The Griffith Park Maternity Home was at 1933 Griffith Park Boulevard. The current building at that address was put up in 2019, but the old StreetView images don't appear to show anything of the maternity home.

[rick m]

Originally Posted by Snix

The Hammer museum screened four amateur short films made by the "Gay Girls Riding Club" last night. "Always on Sunday" (1962) appears to have been shot inside one of their hangouts, the Brownstone bar. There's a Brownstone in the 1961 CD at 8167 W. 3rd St. That address was demolished in 1962. I also noted a 1956 remodel permit listing the contractor as famed tiki designer Cliff Sawyer of Palm Springs.

(YouTube)

(GSV)
Same spot?
https://youtu.be/XdgOC_slaqY?si=WYYKUX233ivTQiul&t=492
Didn't the ONE archives have a database of gay bars?

Thanks for this new place to add to QUEER TERRAINS on the One Archives collections page---

[ethereal_reality]

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Thanks, Snix, I had never heard of The Gay Girls Riding Club (GGRC) until you mentioned them the other day.

I had also never heard of the Brownstone Bar - and I haven't been able to find any information on it. :-(


Here's a bit more about this ecletic group.

In the early 1960s, Los Angeles' gay bar patrons knew of the Gay Girls Riding Club (GGRC) as the producer of hilarious camp satires of popular movies. Less known was the fact that the GGRC was primarily a social group that got together on Sundays for horseback riding and brunch. Their first film venture appropriately titled Always on Sunday was such a hit that they eventually made three more films: The Roman Springs on Mrs. Stone, What Really Happened to Baby Jane?, and All About Alice. Rarely seen today and never widely shown outside Los Angeles' gay bars, these films, made at a time when our lives were universally portrayed as tragic, remain a unique affirmation of the pleasure and joy gay people take in their lives. Titles for this evening's program include: Always on Sunday, The Roman Springs on Mrs. Stone, and What Really Happened to Baby Jane?.


Here's the trailer for What Really Happened to Baby Jane.

• Video Link

It must have been a laugh-riot to be a member of their group. They were definitely ahead of their time.

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[ethereal_reality]

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I happened upon this photograph yesterday on eBay.

Los Angeles, circa 1890s

!5 oranges for 10 cents!




I did me sum cipherin', that comes to $3.47 in today's money.

The young man wearing the beret-like hat looks a bit like Jean-Paul Belmondo.
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[HossC]

The large building in the background looks like the 6th Street side of the Pacific Electric Building at 6th and Main, but that didn't open until 1905, so could the 1890s date of the photo be wrong? If so, we're looking along S Los Angeles Street from somewhere near 5th Street.

[Snix]

An eBay seller named "Peahix" has listed some GORGEOUS 1950s 3-D slides, including a bunch of great Disneyland stuff, Knott's Berry Farm, and some very nice L.A. hotspots including Ciro's, Beverly Hilton/Robinson's Beverly Hills, the Ambassador Hotel and Sunset & Vine.




eBay
https://www.ebay.com/str/peahix

[HenryHuntington]

Snix, thanks for these images! The Ciro's shot is especially artistic.

FWIW, the license plate on the midnight blue Pontiac crossing Selma Ave. in the first image dates it to 1953.

[HenryHuntington]

Originally Posted by HossC

The large building in the background looks like the 6th Street side of the Pacific Electric Building at 6th and Main, but that didn't open until 1905, so could the 1890s date of the photo be wrong? If so, we're looking along S Los Angeles Street from somewhere near 5th Street.

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Concur that it's the PE 6th & Main Sts. station. The first segment of the elevated platform that crossed above Los Angeles St. was built in 1910, and I don't see any trace of it in the background, so we have about a 5-6 year window in which this photo could've been taken.

I'll take e-r's Belmondo comparison at face value. (ducks, runs away...)

[HossC]

Originally Posted by HenryHuntington

Concur that it's the PE 6th & Main Sts. station. The first segment of the elevated platform that crossed above Los Angeles St. was built in 1910, and I don't see any trace of it in the background, so we have about a 5-6 year window in which this photo could've been taken.

That's very modest of you not mention that it was also known as the Huntington Building.

[rick m]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

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Thanks, Snix, I had never heard of The Gay Girls Riding Club (GGRC) until you mentioned them the other day.

I had also never heard of the Brownstone Bar - and I haven't been able to find any information on it. :-(


Here's a bit more about this ecletic group.

In the early 1960s, Los Angeles' gay bar patrons knew of the Gay Girls Riding Club (GGRC) as the producer of hilarious camp satires of popular movies. Less known was the fact that the GGRC was primarily a social group that got together on Sundays for horseback riding and brunch. Their first film venture appropriately titled Always on Sunday was such a hit that they eventually made three more films: The Roman Springs on Mrs. Stone, What Really Happened to Baby Jane?, and All About Alice. Rarely seen today and never widely shown outside Los Angeles' gay bars, these films, made at a time when our lives were universally portrayed as tragic, remain a unique affirmation of the pleasure and joy gay people take in their lives. Titles for this evening's program include: Always on Sunday, The Roman Springs on Mrs. Stone, and What Really Happened to Baby Jane?.


Here's the trailer for What Really Happened to Baby Jane.

• Video Link

It must have been a laugh-riot to be a member of their group. They were definitely ahead of their time.

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All About Alice was their James Bondesque parody-- Scenes inside and out used another early hangout-- the 632 on La Cienega--

Pat Pocco shot some early ones at the Satellite on Melrose and at the Vallihaus on Ventura Blvd

[rick m]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

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Thanks, Snix, I had never heard of The Gay Girls Riding Club (GGRC) until you mentioned them the other day.

I had also never heard of the Brownstone Bar - and I haven't been able to find any information on it. :-(


Here's a bit more about this ecletic group.

In the early 1960s, Los Angeles' gay bar patrons knew of the Gay Girls Riding Club (GGRC) as the producer of hilarious camp satires of popular movies. Less known was the fact that the GGRC was primarily a social group that got together on Sundays for horseback riding and brunch. Their first film venture appropriately titled Always on Sunday was such a hit that they eventually made three more films: The Roman Springs on Mrs. Stone, What Really Happened to Baby Jane?, and All About Alice. Rarely seen today and never widely shown outside Los Angeles' gay bars, these films, made at a time when our lives were universally portrayed as tragic, remain a unique affirmation of the pleasure and joy gay people take in their lives. Titles for this evening's program include: Always on Sunday, The Roman Springs on Mrs. Stone, and What Really Happened to Baby Jane?.


Here's the trailer for What Really Happened to Baby Jane.

• Video Link

It must have been a laugh-riot to be a member of their group. They were definitely ahead of their time.

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Oops-- Spy On The Fly was Bondesque spoof using the 632!