noirish Los Angeles

[ethereal_reality]

I just found this advertisement for Troy Laundry (from the Los Angeles Herald April 25, 1890).


http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lc...ed-1/seq-3.pdf
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[Graybeard]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

found on ebay



The Troy Laundry building today. -I wasn't sure until I compared the 2nd floor windows.


gsv




below: detail of the 14th Street side.


gsv
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The fact that the 1930 drawing is way out of scale doesn't help in identifying it.

[tovangar2]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

It certainly doesn't look like a duplex. Does anyone have more information on this house?

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It is a cleverly disguised duplex with four garage spaces:


google maps


zillow

And a very Happy Equinox (equal night) to everyone. The first day of spring in the US and mid-spring in Britain and Europe and elsewhere. The full moon (on the 27th) after the Vernal Equinox is the Planting Moon/Easter. (Christians delay celebrations until the first, or second, if one's Orthodox, Sunday after that.) Worldwide events are happy excuses for over-doing it and nice reminders of our commonality :-)

[ethereal_reality]

The Los Angeles Herald March 17, 1910


http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lc...rRange&page=13





gsv
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[Chuckaluck]

Originally Posted by Flyingwedge

Finally, some Brownstein-Louis souvenirs:


Rivited -- http://segui-riveted.blogspot.com/20...1_archive.html

Fascinating write-up. Wondered if I hadn't seen Stronghold Steve before, although he does look like he could be related to Saving Sam. He shows little sign of aging . . . . .


2007 - "Stronghold Merchants Mart, Abbot Kinney St. Venice CA"
http://www.flickr.com/photos/74761448@N00/1465889312/

http://vivianwashere.blogspot.com/20...tronghold.html

[ethereal_reality]

I didn't see your post until after I posted my measly ad below.

Originally Posted by Flyingwedge

Rivited -- http://segui-riveted.blogspot.com/20...1_archive.html

Very interesting earlier post Flyingwedge. I found this Stronghold ad this afternoon.


http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lc...rRange&page=13
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[MichaelRyerson]

Felix Chevrolet Chevy in Broadway Arcade Building, Southern California, 1926

USC digital archive/Dick Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987

[Chuckaluck]

Originally Posted by MichaelRyerson

Estelle Ettere & Goodrich Silvertowne grease guns, Southern California, 1931

Sometimes it takes a gooseneck to reach the squeak.
USC digital archive/Dick Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987




Meter-ice with Thora Waverly, Southern California, 1931

I wish I had more information on this but we'll just have to be satisfied that Thora's a pretty girl and that's a dandy refrigerator.

USC digital archive/Dick Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987

The lubrication equipment looks like what I imagine Drs. Wheeler and Brinkley might have kept on their kitchen operating tables. Maybe just as clean too.



Pretty sure I once used a Zerozone, but it had even less usable storage space than Thora's demo model and required constant defrosting.

Thora Waverly appeared in the 1930 "Vagabond King," featuring Warner Oland. Is it possible that title is on a marquee in one or two photos in this thread? Thora reminds me of actress Judy Greer.
Ebay https://www.google.com/search?q=judy...95%3B218%3B150

[tovangar2]

It was the ballyhoo of The All-Year Club of Southern California that Danny Devito's voice-over was debunking during the title sequence of "L.A. Confidential". The All-Year Club was in overdrive for decades, publishing ads, brochures, maps, etc.. Read too much of this stuff at once and risk a diabetic coma.

All-Year Club 1941 ad:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1941-Ad-All-...p2047675.l2557
(click the link for a legible copy)

1929:
http://www.amazon.com/Southern-Calif.../dp/B0067QS5R6

1936:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vieille...es/4009045446/

1958:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1958-All-Yea...item2328d6ef24

Nathan Masters has more:
http://www.kcet.org/updaily/socal_fo...ummerland.html

[GaylordWilshire]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

The Los Angeles Herald March 17, 1910


http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lc...rRange&page=13


gsv
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ER: A post right up my alley. It's great to see the house and its clinker brick seemingly unchanged after 113 years.

[Flyingwedge]

Originally Posted by Chuckaluck

Wondered if I hadn't seen Stronghold Steve before, although he does look like he could be related to Saving Sam. He shows little sign of aging . . . . .

2007 - "Stronghold Merchants Mart, Abbot Kinney St. Venice CA"
http://www.flickr.com/photos/74761448@N00/1465889312/

Good eye, Chuck! Steve looks like he's either holding his breath or getting ready to spit out a mouthful of water.

[MichaelRyerson]

Originally Posted by Chuckaluck

The lubrication equipment looks like what I imagine Drs. Wheeler and Brinkley might have kept on their kitchen operating tables. Maybe just as clean too.



Pretty sure I once used a Zerozone, but it had even less usable storage space than Thora's demo model and required constant defrosting.

Thora Waverly appeared in the 1930 "Vagabond King," featuring Warner Oland. Is it possible that title is on a marquee in one or two photos in this thread? Thora reminds me of actress Judy Greer.
Ebay https://www.google.com/search?q=judy...95%3B218%3B150

wow, they do a lot alike. could be related, even.

[Mr.Swink]

ER, since I live close by to the La Marquise I thought I snap a few better resolution shots.

[ethereal_reality]

Oh man, that's so great Mr. Swink! Thank you

[tovangar2]

Gorgeous Mr Swink! As the Marquise was built in '31 that could be Malibu Tile. And what an outstanding front door! Great entry. Wonderful photos :-)

[GaylordWilshire]

LAT


LAT

[tovangar2]

Still standing and still connected. Nice.


gsv

[Chuckaluck]

Nice trunks! Non-native eucalyptus?



1939 - Shangri-la
CalStLib


1940 -Shangri-La
http://www.jacksonfineart.com/Julius-Shulman-3503.html



'58
http://digital.smpl.org/cdm/singleit.../id/2050/rec/5

[AlvaroLegido]

For Noirishers who want to feel like being in Old Chinatown, ask for :

YouTube
Stan Laurel Mandarin Mix up 1924


In the last scene of this silent movie, we are in Apablaza Street - just east after the first alley (without name ?) which goes up to the downtown railroad depot. We are looking west, with the trees and the roofs of the houses of the Plaza higher than the houses on Apablaza. We even see a car driving south on Alameda. And it lasts for several minutes ! What a discovery ! (to me at least...)

[MichaelRyerson]

Originally Posted by AlvaroLegido

For Noirishers who want to feel like being in Old Chinatown, ask for :

YouTube
Stan Laurel Mandarin Mix up 1924


In the last scene of this silent movie, we are in Apablaza Street - just east after the first alley (without name ?) which goes up to the downtown railroad depot. We are looking west, with the trees and the roofs of the houses of the Plaza higher than the houses on Apablaza. We even see a car driving south on Alameda. And it lasts for several minutes ! What a discovery ! (to me at least...)

Thanks, that was fun. always vaguely disappointed in how the old ones don't age all that well, some cringeworthy moments in here but some nice business, too. interesting to see people (and vehicles) moving through streets we've spent so many hours studying in static photographs. eerie even. found myself surfing around some of the other Stan Laurel shorts, looking in the background set-ups for familiar buildings, hills and horizons. I think there may be enough material to do another post of screen captures.