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ethereal_reality · #**63381** Posted **Nov 25, 2025, 9:02 PM**

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Someone posted this on reddit and I thought it was interesting.

They titled it..

Angelyne is secretly building up an army.

Link...Taken during the recent rain(s).

If you look closely they all have Angelyn license plates with slight differences. (except perhaps the one at far left) - shown above.

I read through the comments on reddit: I see that Angelyn charges $ 20 dollars to ride with her around the block.

Toot!...Toot!
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ProphetM · #**63382** Posted **Nov 26, 2025, 2:17 AM**

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Originally Posted by Noir_Noir

It's National Avenue, San Diego.

Harvey J. Neitz had a barber shop at 2309 National - the premises to the left of Bill's Place in the ebay picture.

sandiego.gov

It appears to have lasted as a barber shop location until 2019.

GSV

Thank you Noir_Noir for tracking it down!

With this info I was able to narrow down the photo date. As your directory picture shows, Mr. Neitz had a barber shop at 2309 in 1934. But in the 1935 city directory, Mrs. Retta B Neitz is listed as a widow, still residing at that address, while the business is the barber shop of a C.S. Flisher.

Meanwhile, at 2309 1/2, presumably the site of Bill's Place in the photo (even though it's on the wrong side of 2309):
In 1934, David W. Sneath has the restaurant as shown in Noir_Noir's clipping. But in 1935, a B.A. Cooper is listed - potentially a Bill for Bill's Place. Mr. Cooper lived just a block away at 2240 National.

At 2303, shown vacant in 1934, a restaurant by Felix Le Comte (wife Yvonne) appears in 1935. Mr. Le Comte was in the 1934 directory elsewhere, with a restaurant under the heading of Delmare & Le Comte at 908 S. 26th.

So the photo may be on or around the occasion of the Felix Cafe's opening in late 1934 or early 1935.

Le Comte at 2303, and Flisher at 2309 along with the widow Neitz, continue in the city directories of 1936 through at least 1939. While Cooper continues at 2309 1/2 in 1936, in 1937 the restaurant changes to E.H. Gischler, which I would presume means it's probably no longer called Bill's Place. In 1938 and 1939 it holds a confectioner named H.C. Rand.

I haven't found a match for the car yet, but there were a lot of humpback sedans in 1935. Most did not have a split rear window.

And I still don't know what "SIXPO___" might be.

HossC · #**63383** Posted **Nov 26, 2025, 5:27 AM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

I have a mystery location to brighten up your Monday (night).

It's a snapshot that I came across recently on eBay

"c1940 Los Angeles dance hall “Felix Café” w/prewar Chevrolets – California photo."

This one.

eBay

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Originally Posted by ProphetM

I haven't found a match for the car yet, but there were a lot of humpback sedans in 1935. Most did not have a split rear window.

How about a 1937 Dodge 4-door?

ProphetM · #**63384** Posted **Nov 26, 2025, 5:45 AM**

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Originally Posted by HossC

How about a 1937 Dodge 4-door?

That is closer than anything I was able to find! But it doesn't quite make sense when comparing the visible business names vs. their city directory appearances. I wonder if the 1935s looked the same.

Noir_Noir · #**63385** Posted **Nov 26, 2025, 10:51 AM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

"c1940 Los Angeles dance hall “Felix Café” w/prewar Chevrolets – California photo."

eBay

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Originally Posted by ProphetM

I'm also wondering about the big letters on the Felix Cafe building: "SIXPO". Autocomplete suggestions from Google are mostly 'sixpoint' in reference to a 21-year-old brewery in NY called Sixpoint Brwery, which itself is a reference to the six point 'brewer's star'. If the building in the photo is symmetrical, it does imply 3 more unseen letters which fits with "SIXPOINT".

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Originally Posted by ProphetM

And I still don't know what "SIXPO___" might be.

Maybe it was the "Six Point Restaurant" because you had a choice of six points of direction to head after eating there?

Martin Pal · #**63386** Posted **Nov 26, 2025, 4:07 PM**

Love it!

AlvaroLegido · #**63387** Posted **Nov 26, 2025, 5:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by Noir_Noir

Maybe it was the "Six Point Restaurant" because you had a choice of six points of direction to head after eating there?

This post is a gem of NLA

ethereal_reality · #**63388** Posted **Nov 26, 2025, 6:54 PM**

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I found this amazing photograph in one of my old files last night. I might have posted it sometime over the last 15 years. .but maybe not.

The Westlake Park Hotel.

. . .which was located at 720 S. Westlake Ave.

For novices:..Westlake Park is today's MacArthur Park.
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riichkay · #**63389** Posted **Nov 26, 2025, 7:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

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Thank you so much, odinthor. I'm working my way through the newspaper articles as I type.

Good news, noirishers! ..I have a mystery location that doesn't concern fountains.

This one.

"1889 Photographic Print Of Los Angeles Country Home In California - Rare History"

eBay

Does anyone know where-near Long Beach- A.J. Spencer lived?..I would just about die if it's still standing.

Is it too soon to use the whip emoji again?
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A.J. Spencer, with a residence in Long Beach, turns up in the 1887 CD....

Here's his partner, W.B. Davis....

The photo caption adds "Esq.", a courtesy title for an attorney, to Spencer's name ....Spencer and Davis was likely a law firm.

ethereal_reality · #**63390** Posted **Nov 26, 2025, 9:30 PM**

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Excellent information, riichkay.

I really appreciate it.

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ProphetM · #**63391** Posted **Nov 27, 2025, 4:45 AM**

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Originally Posted by riichkay

The photo caption adds "Esq.", a courtesy title for an attorney, to Spencer's name ....Spencer and Davis was likely a law firm.

Eventually tiring of the law, they later merged into a single person and started a rock band.

ethereal_reality · #**63392** Posted **Nov 27, 2025, 5:16 AM**

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Here's an amazing photograph that recently turned up on eBay.

"1890s Cabinet Photo LOS ANGELES Flower Street Downtown Victorian Home"

eBay...1368 S. Flower St.

Most cabinet cards/photographs have minimal information or no information at all.

Well, the person who owned the home took a different route & wrote down almost everything they could think about the photo. (see below)

At first I thought the last line was, "Francine's in the basement."..

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ethereal_reality · #**63393** Posted **Nov 27, 2025, 11:04 AM**

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MYSTERY Location.

"Los Angeles Street Scene Cars Buildings Signs 35mm Slide 1980s Kodachrome"

eBay

I believe that's a motel along this side of the large white building.

& that seems like an odd spot for a book store.

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ethereal_reality · #**63394** Posted **Nov 27, 2025, 11:18 AM**

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MYSTERY Location II.

"Vtg 1961 35mm Slide - Los Angeles Area Street View Bridge, Industry - Kodachrome"

I'm thinking this might be a movie studio.

eBay

My first thought was Warner Brother but now I'm not so sure. I've been trying to decipher the large sign -in the dstance, on the right. (just above the walking man) . . . but try as I might it's simply too blurry.

See what I mean....

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Noir_Noir · #**63395** Posted **Nov 27, 2025, 1:05 PM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

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MYSTERY Location.

"Los Angeles Street Scene Cars Buildings Signs 35mm Slide 1980s Kodachrome"

eBay

I believe that's a motel along this side of the large white building.

& that seems like an odd spot for a book store.

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This is the south side of the 3000 block of Wilshire Blvd. Santa Monica.

The building to the left at 3020 Wilshire was Gregg's Motor Hotel in the late 1940s through the 1950s.

GSV