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My guess is that those ''drawers'' at the right actually hold those old fashion telephone books. Remember those huge beasts? Each household had a stack of them.

''Classified'' means the classified ads book.
I'm sure you're entirely correct, CBD, but I'm not going to let your facts and logic dissuade me from my "spy desk" fantasy .


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Designed by AC Martin Partners, St Vincent's Church at Adams and Figueroa has been mentioned a couple of times on NLA, but I didn't find any pictures. Here are three that Julius Shulman took in 1949. It's "Job 587: St. Vincent's Church (Los Angeles, Calif.), 1949".



Here's a great close-up of the dome.



And finally, one of the interior. The patterning was on the original.



All from Getty Research Institute

Considering that today's subject is a church, it's not surprising that it hasn't changed.


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I don't recall ever seeing this photograph of Marilyn Monroe.

"The first professional modeling photographs of Norma Jean in 1945."


https://www.pinterest.com/pin/406801778818493389/

So where is she?

Obviously she's high up in the Pacific Palisades, but is she at a private residence or in Palisades Park?

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Here's a close-up of the engraving. (it appears to be some sort of winged creature)


detail

....it's marble, but the area she's sitting on looks like concrete.

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Another shot from the Marilyn sitting, showing the balustrades better. Not that their shape is at all unique to the Villa Leon, but for comparison, the second pic was taken from a larger one known to have been shot there more recently:





A little Villa Leon pre-history: The Leon in question's earlier house, once on South Alvarado and later moved to 3986 Wilshire Boulevard:

http://wilshireboulevardhouses.blogs...e-see-our.html



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Old Posted Jan 20, 2016, 9:25 PM
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The Villa Leon is so magnificent.


http://www.experiencingla.com/2010/10/not-getty.html


It appears part of the grounds have collapsed.


http://www.experiencingla.com/2010/10/not-getty.html

So who lives there..... or is it unoccupied?_

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Would any of you wonderful rail fans like to explain what's going on here.

"Los Angeles 1960 Union Pacific"


http://www.ebay.com/itm/Photograph-R...AAAOSwbdpWabwq

note the men getting something out of the trunk of that Mustang.

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Would any of you wonderful rail fans like to explain what's going on here.

"Los Angeles 1960 Union Pacific"


http://www.ebay.com/itm/Photograph-R...AAAOSwbdpWabwq

note the men getting something out of the trunk of that Mustang.

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Here are the two trains in the background.



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Old Posted Jan 20, 2016, 10:47 PM
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I found this awhile back on eBay.



"Supt's Home, Inglewood Park Cemetery Cal."

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The sup't's house is presumably somewhere in this aerial. The gates seen closeup above are near the lower right of the grounds.... One of the original investors in Inglewood Park was George Henry Letteau, who developed the Entwistle Tract I think we've seen here before. Letteau lived in Fremont Place-- the house's story and Letteau's real-estate development history is here: bit.ly/1ZCuion
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I don't see the superintendent's house yet, but I wonder what that sunken diamond shape (square, if you tilt your head ) is
in the middle of that orange grove. If it's a little reservoir it's bone dry.

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When at first glance at the negs I thought maybe these were images of dancin' girls, be still my heart! But no devils, just angels:



If someone knows who this guy is, that might help in dating the images...

I'm guessing this is California Angels player Ed Kirkpatrick. He was 23 in 1967.
Played with the Angels from 1962-1968, but he had a much better career afterwards;
five years with the Kansas City Royals and 5 years with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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It was great to see your 8th street negatives Beaudry. Your post reminded me of this curious matchbook.

I never thought the Golden Gopher was in any way connected to the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers, until I happened across this matchbook.


1940s?

eBay



note the M

Could this possibly be a special matchbook printed for the Rose Bowl Game?
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*I just looked it up..... the only time Minnesota played in the Rose Bowl was 1961 and 1962. -and I believe the matchbook is much older than that.

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Is that an airplane motor and propeller on the wall?

I thought it was just a piece of abstract art until I zoomed in. Hoss is right. It's a cut-a-way view of a motor & propeller.


detail






below: Did you notice that the lamp shades match the curtains? (pleats and all)


originally posted by HossC

This was a classy place.

Thanks for posting Shulman's McCulloch Motor Corp. photographs Hoss. They were really impressive.
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[QUOTE=ethereal_reality;7306606]Would any of you wonderful rail fans like to explain what's going on here.

"Los Angeles 1960 Union Pacific"


http://www.ebay.com/itm/Photograph-R...AAAOSwbdpWabwq

note the men getting something out of the trunk of that Mustang.

ER, I can't help explain what's going on in the photo but the first Mustangs came out in mid 1964 so the date is off by a bit. Sorry but that's all I got.
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originally posted by Beaudry


I never thought the Golden Gopher was in any way connected to the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers, until I happened across this matchbook.


1940s?

eBay

Could this possibly be a special matchbook printed for the Rose Bowl Game?
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*I just looked it up..... the only time Minnesota played in the Rose Bowl was 1961 and 1962. -and I believe the matchbook is much older than that.
This is the first instance of the Golden Gopher I could find:

1942 LA City Directory @ LAPL -- http://rescarta.lapl.org/ResCarta-We...004%2f00000001


1942 LA City Directory @ LAPL -- http://rescarta.lapl.org/ResCarta-We...004%2f00000001

I didn't check on Mr. Howe, but the 1940 census shows Jack Dusenka and his wife Ann were Minnesota
natives. He was 60 and she was 57. The census and the 1942 City Directory both show that the Dusenkas
lived at 825 W. 8th Street.

A restaurant started in Minneapolis by Mr. Dusenka in 1933 is still open. Its current website refers to him
but does not mention him by name: http://jaxcafe.com/

However, there are older references still on the Internet that do:
http://jaxcafe.com/files/menu/JaxEventMenu_092012.pdf

http://www.startribune.com/restauran...dles/17421009/
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Would any of you wonderful rail fans like to explain what's going on here.

"Los Angeles 1960 Union Pacific"


http://www.ebay.com/itm/Photograph-R...AAAOSwbdpWabwq

note the men getting something out of the trunk of that Mustang.

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This is the Union Pacific's display train that toured Southern California in 1969 on it's way to the Golden Spike Centennial ceremony at Promontory, Summit Utah. Home of the present day Golden Spike National Historic Site. Neither of the locomotives were actual Union Pacific historic artifacts, the "Jupiter" having been built for the famed Virgina & Truckee Railroad in Nevada as the "Inyo" in 1875. It became part of the display along with the "119", another V&T locomotive - the "Dayton", (built in the Central Pacific shops at Sacramento in 1873), until two accurate, operating replicas were built by O'Conner Engineering Laboratories, a manufacturer of motion picture camera equipment in 1979.

The photo was taken at the UP's East Los Angeles yard and shop facility.

For more pix see: http://www.trainorders.com/discussio...php?11,2164673

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I don't know if there was more than one of these Golden Spike Centennial Expo cars, but I've found quite a few photos of this example. From the link below the picture:

"This appears to be an old passenger car that has had its windows removed and the openings closed with metal plates welded in place. It was evidently used as a special display car during the Golden Spike Centennial in 1969."


www.waymarking.com

It's currently at Ogden Union Station in Utah, and appears to have been there for some time.


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The Villa Leon is so magnificent.


http://www.experiencingla.com/2010/10/not-getty.html


It appears part of the grounds have collapsed.


http://www.experiencingla.com/2010/10/not-getty.html

So who lives there..... or is it unoccupied?_
Villa Leon...

Villa Leon interior. Built in 1926 and contains 35 rooms. Here is some history of the villa and more excellent photos of the original interior. ....https://paradiseleased.wordpress.com...ream-realized/ ..


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The Villa de Leon was named after wealthy wool magnate and entrepreneur, Leon Kauffman, who purchased six elevated lots in the 1920s in the new Castellammare (Castle by the sea) area on the Malibu coast, North of Sunset Boulevard and high above what would soon become Roosevelt Highway, predecessor of the Pacific Coast Highway.
Kauffman selected architect Kenneth MacDonald in 1926 to design this 12,000-square-foot palazzo in the Beaux- Arts European tradition. This imposing structure features 35 rooms, including nine bedrooms, 11 bathrooms, a huge grand salon (32’ x 64’), a library, a circular dining room, a butler’s pantry, an elevator and a seven-car garage. The construction price of $1 million (that was a lot of money in the late ‘20s!) included a first-ever central vacuum, several hand-made crystal chandeliers, Italian tiles, imported marbles, hand-carved wooden beams, mahogany paneling from Thailand, magnificent wrought-iron gates, even gold grouting for the Italian tiles.


On the market and listed for $10M....? link: http://www.randyfreeman4realestate.c...ades-ca-90272/

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Interesting details CBD.

While trying to learn more about the collapse of the slope at the Villa Leon I happen upon some interesting details.

"The landscaping plan included formal gardens around the villa itself, and an elaborate Chinese garden on the slope between the home and the coast highway.
There were bonsai trees, walks, pavilions, WATERWAYS WITH MINIATURE BOATS and a collection of rare birds in round lacquer cages.
Today, due to landslides,
this is only a memory."

It makes me wonder if the "waterways with miniature boats" helped undermine the steep slope. My kingdom for a photograph.
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Not to be confused with the near by Bernheimer's Oriental Garden (below)


http://www.image-archeology.com/bern...sidence_ca.htm









Villa Leon information from http://www.efgidley.net/history/port...book/index.htm

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A restaurant started in Minneapolis by Mr. Dusenka in 1933 is still open. Its current website refers to him
but does not mention him by name: http://jaxcafe.com/

However, there are older references still on the Internet that do:
http://jaxcafe.com/files/menu/JaxEventMenu_092012.pdf

http://www.startribune.com/restauran...dles/17421009/
Ah, Jax Cafe. Hoisted many a beer there when we lived in Minneapolis. About 10 blocks from where I worked. And that part of town is pronounced "Nordeast." :-)

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While trying to learn more about the collapse of the slope at the Villa Leon I happen upon some interesting details.

"The landscaping plan included formal gardens around the villa itself, and an elaborate Chinese garden on the slope between the home and the coast highway.
There were bonsai trees, walks, pavilions, WATERWAYS WITH MINIATURE BOATS and a collection of rare birds in round lacquer cages.
Today, due to landslides,
this is only a memory."

It makes me wonder if the "waterways with miniature boats" helped undermine the steep slope. My kingdom for a photograph.
This circa 1932 shot of a "Birdseye view of the Santa Monica shoreline north from Castellammare Drive" shows the Villa Leon in the distance.


USC Digital Library

The intact semi-circular wall is visible in this close-up, but there's no sign of "waterways with miniature boats".


Detail of picture above.
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I don't know if there was more than one of these Golden Spike Centennial Expo cars, but I've found quite a few photos of this example. From the link below the picture:

"This appears to be an old passenger car that has had its windows removed and the openings closed with metal plates welded in place. It was evidently used as a special display car during the Golden Spike Centennial in 1969."


www.waymarking.com

It's currently at Ogden Union Station in Utah, and appears to have been there for some time.


Bing Maps
Hoss, this is a one-off car built from a 1942 UP passenger coach. "To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the completion of the first transcontinental railroad, U.P. rebuilt 1942 chair car #5338 into a mobile exhibition car which contained artifacts associated with the early days of the U.P. The trucks used underneath this car were of a unique design never otherwise used."

Based on that information, Volume 14 of The Official Pullman-Standard Library, referencing the order that included 5338 indicates:

"In March of 1941, the Union Pacific Railroad ordered fifteen 48 seat coaches for service in the Challenger and other trains. These cars were delivered in February and March 1942 as lot 6663, plan 7468. ... The cars rode on unique triple-bolster trucks provided by LFM Atchison Company with Timken or SKF roller bearings." Quote from Trainorders member up421, aka Bob.

The car is presently at Utah State Railroad Museum in Ogden. The museum is adjacent to the Ogden Union station as shown on your Google Maps screen capture.

Here some additional photos from the Trainorders including some interior views. http://www.trainorders.com/discussio...php?11,1753798

Cheers,
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