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Originally Posted by 3940dxer
Following up on my recent Santa Fe Avenue post, here are a few more shots from that weekend. Presented in monochrome, to capture the Noir mood.
Acme Wiping Materials Co. Filtering waste and sterilized wiping -- why settle for less? 1327 Palmetto Street.
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Excellent eye (or eyes)!
Coincidental to your posting I had noticed a confusing (to me) sign for "Sterilized
Wiring." Your post clarified things. ( When it comes to waste,
why settle for more? )
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1315/...04009f81bd.jpg
These "color" photos do far less justice than yours. As you are probably well aware, the building is available for filming, inside and out.
http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1220/1...d6d_z.jpg?zz=1
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Also, thank you (and Lorendoc) for exploring Laurel Canyon's mountain jungles and the Santa Fe trail, er um Avenue. Please be careful, because many of us look forward to more of your camera safaris. Just remember to "Bring 'em back alive!"
Something a little off base, for you or anyone else familiar with the various "passes" between LA proper and the Valley. Aside from Cahuenga Pass, did any of the other passes have street cars - on tracks? (
Not referring to America's first Trackless Trolley.) The question is prompted by an "Elder's" recollection of street car traffic either on Benedict, Coldwater, or Franklin Canyon. I have consulted the usual maps, but do not see any of the passes (except for Cahuenga) marked. That doesn't mean the trolley traffic wasn't tried, even experimentally, but I don't recall seeing anything about this.
There might be a slight "sliver" of truth to this thought because there are references to a Coldwater Canyon Line and evidence of what looks like a spur line to the mouth of Coldwater, but not clear there were tracks that led "
up and over".
Due to size, link here:
http://i.imgur.com/8KKWO.jpg
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Home built for Thomas and Udora Thorkildsen in 1912. Later purchased by oilman Kirk B. Johnson, and in the 1930s, it came to be known as the Keith Estate. Demolished in the '60s for subdivision.
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics40/00054610.jpg
Undated image of Coldwater, or at least that's what the LAPL says.
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics40/00054518.jpg
1920 - Coldwater and surrounds, including Summit Drive (mentioned several times on this thread.)
http://jpg1.lapl.org/00075/00075010.jpg