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ethereal_reality · #**2621** Posted **Oct 7, 2026, 7:28 PM**

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THANKS for figuring out the 'Ferrari' mystery location, sqoon!

I appreciate it.

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ethereal_reality · #**2622** Posted **Oct 7, 2026, 8:03 PM**

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A mystery vantage point!

eBay

This slide is currectly on eBay but it seems somewhat familiar. (if I've already posted it pretend I haven't)

I really like the mid-century modern low-level ALCOA building.

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ethereal_reality · #**2623** Posted **Oct 7, 2026, 8:11 PM**

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. . mystery location & construction site....

eBay

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Lwize · #**2624** Posted **Oct 7, 2026, 8:37 PM**

Bonus points for identifying the silverware?

HossC · #**2625** Posted **Oct 7, 2026, 8:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

How about one more mystery before I call it a night.

A mystery vantage point that is.

eBay

We're looking roughly south down the Harbor Freeway (not the 101 Hollywood Freeway claimed by the eBay seller) from somewhere around W 8th street/Hartford Avenue. A lot of buildings in this area have changed since the photo above, so I not sure of the exact one it was taken from, but I've tried to duplicate the view as closely as possible.

Google Maps

HossC · #**2626** Posted **Oct 7, 2026, 9:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

. . mystery location & construction site....

eBay

The Penny-Owsley Music Company building at 3324 Wilshire Boulevard.

GSV

ethereal_reality · #**2627** Posted **Oct 7, 2026, 11:27 PM**

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Excellent Sleuthing, HossC.

Thank you so much.
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ethereal_reality · #**2628** Posted **Oct 7, 2026, 11:32 PM**

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Mystery negative I

eBay There are hints on eBay

I'm pretty sure this is new to NLA.

Feel free to turn it into a positive.

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ethereal_reality · #**2629** Posted **Oct 7, 2026, 11:34 PM**

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This one sort of looks familiar but I'll post it anyway.

Mystery negative II

eBay ..There are hints on eBay.

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ethereal_reality · #**2630** Posted **Oct 7, 2026, 11:48 PM**

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Orig 1952 Muscle Beach Santa Monica CA Kodachrome Photo Slide

I'm surprised there's a cliff in the background.

Just for fun let's take a closer look.

eBay

Does anyone know if the white building and yellow house are still standing?

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sqoon · #**2631** Posted **Oct 8, 2026, 2:11 AM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

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Mystery negative I

eBay There are hints on eBay

I'm pretty sure this is new to NLA.

Feel free to turn it into a positive.

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Looks like this was posted a year back. HossC was correct: This is 5059 of Eagle Rock Boulevard, and a gas station is there today.

(Eagle Rock Sentinel - Mar 4, 1948)

(ERS - Feb 14, 1952)

Alkapone · #**2632** Posted **Oct 8, 2026, 2:55 AM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

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Ferrari Dealership & Repairs mystery location.

1970 Los Angeles Area / FERRARI Parts & Service Slide Photos Transparency Lot

eBay

Note the street number.

Clear as day.

eBay

eBay

I imagine the location is Beverly Hills but I don't have any proof.

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Racing poster on the back wall of shot #2 is for Laguna Seca Can-Am while still sponsored by Castrol. I’d guess from 1970 and showing a McClaren M8 series car (#5 driven by Denny Hulme), possibly the M8D. A copy of that rare poster is shown here: https://www.antiquesnavigator.com/d-2874...-am-road-racing-poster-vg-condition.html

Best I could get…

sourced from antiquesnavigator site as linked above.

Flyingwedge · #**2633** Posted **Oct 8, 2026, 2:59 AM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

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A mystery vantage point!

eBay

This slide is currectly on eBay but it seems somewhat familiar. (if I've already posted it pretend I haven't)

I really like the mid-century modern low-level ALCOA building.

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We must be looking N/NE from the Mayfair Hotel at 7th and Witmer toward Good Samaritan Hospital. At the extreme lower left corner
of the ebay photo is a bit of 1241 Ingraham, which was still standing as of a year ago.

Here's an aerial view of the same area. The Mayfair is in the lower left corner, and the hospital is at upper right. Just left of dead center
is 1241 Ingraham, painted pink:

Google

Alkapone · #**2634** Posted **Oct 8, 2026, 3:03 AM**

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Originally Posted by sqoon

Looks like this was posted a year back. HossC was correct: This is 5059 of Eagle Rock Boulevard, and a gas station is there today.

(Eagle Rock Sentinel - Mar 4, 1948)

(ERS - Feb 14, 1952)

As I recall it, one of those became an antiques/collectables store in the late ‘60’s-early ‘70’s and had a Red Ryder BB rifle with box propped up on display. This was years before A Christmas Story brought attention to those.

HenryHuntington · #**2635** Posted **Oct 8, 2026, 3:06 AM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

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This one sort of looks familiar but I'll post it anyway.

Mystery negative II

eBay ..There are hints on eBay.

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LAMTA 3107 is turning from Monroe St. onto southbound Vermont Ave. c.1960.

HossC · #**2636** Posted **Oct 8, 2026, 12:39 PM**

Also posted about a year ago. I posted a "now" picture of the Marietta Apartments at 802 N Vermont Avenue here.

Lwize · #**2637** Posted **Oct 8, 2026, 2:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

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Orig 1952 Muscle Beach Santa Monica CA Kodachrome Photo Slide

I'm surprised there's a cliff in the background.

Just for fun let's take a closer look.

eBay

Does anyone know if the white building and yellow house are still standing?

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Please note that this is the Original Muscle Beach in Santa Monica, not the current MB in Venice.

All the buildings are gone.

riichkay · #**2638** Posted **Oct 8, 2026, 5:21 PM**

Flickr user Howard Gribble posted this photo dated May 1974, no location info....re the double Ralphs signs, I assume the idea was signage exposure to both n/s and e/w traffic.

To me this looks like the Valley.

Alkapone · #**2639** Posted **Oct 8, 2026, 6:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by riichkay

Flickr user Howard Gribble posted this photo dated May 1974, no location info....re the double Ralphs signs, I assume the idea was signage exposure to both n/s and e/w traffic.

To me this looks like the Valley.

If that don’t wurk ouwt, try a look around Franklin just east of Western looking south by west. The Hollywood Boulevard store shifted over there across from Immaculate Heart and their store became Pier 1. What’s that huge apartment building by the rows of old Palms at the top?

BDiH · #**2640** Posted **Oct 8, 2026, 6:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by HossC

The Penny-Owsley Music Company building at 3324 Wilshire Boulevard.

GSV

I worked fort G. Schirmer Music in the Penny Owsley building on Wiltshire in the mid-1960s. The Schirmer music store, where I also worked, was on Westwood Boulevard near Le Conte and went out of business in the late 1960s.

Schirmer's was a staple in Westwood Village back in the day. It's clients included the old guard of the film industry, including Nelson Eddy, Johnny Mercer, Robert Taylor, Lloyd Bridges, Robert Stack, Rod Serling, Charles Bronson, Jeffrey Hunter and many more. It was a small shop with high end service. Westwood Village closed down around 5 pm, with only a few businesses staying open late, such as the theaters and a couple of restaurants. After the Free Press Bookstore and Westwood Kazoo opened in 1968, the Village was transformed into a hot night spot destination.