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Category Archives: Photography
Found on EBay – Angels Flight
Postcards of Angels Flight are fairly common, but I can’t say I have ever seen one taken from this perspective on 3rd Street. Bidding starts at $6.89.
Posted in Downtown, Photography, Transportation
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Found on EBay – L.A. Times Thermometer
Here’s how The Times advertized itself in 1907, using a giant thermometer stuck in the sand at Long Beach. This postcard has been listed on EBay for $7.
Posted in 1907, Photography
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Found on EBay – Lemuel S. Ellis
This picture of a century plant by early Los Angeles photographer Lemuel S. Ellis (d. 1902) has been listed on EBay. Ellis was working for C.C. Pierce & Co. at the time of his death, having come to Los Angeles … Continue reading
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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]
Los Angeles Times file photo [Update 2: Lawrence Dobkin portrays an unsuspecting heavy in the "Prairie Elephant" episode of "Rawhide" in a photo published Nov. 12, 1961.] [Update: Please congratulate RJ for identifying our mystery guest! … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Hollywood, Mystery Photo, Photography
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Found on EBay — Mystery Postcard [Updated]
[Update: What’s wrong with this postcard? Notice City Hall way down the block? Please congratulate Cat Murray for recognizing this as Broadway, not Spring Street. ] This postcard of downtown Los Angeles has been listed on … Continue reading
Posted in Downtown, Mystery Photo, Photography, Transportation
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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]
Los Angeles Times file photo [Updated 2: Please congratulate Mary Mallory for identifying our mystery fellow as Maurice Schwartz! This is Schwartz (d. 1960) in a photo stamped April 9, 1963.] [Update: So far, nobody has … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Hollywood, Mystery Photo, Photography
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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]
Los Angeles Times file photo [Update 2: This is indeed Eddie Quillan (d. 1990) in an undated photo from his Mack Sennett days, stamped March 5, 1984, by The Times library.] [Update: Please congratulate Mary Mallory, … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Hollywood, Mystery Photo, Obituaries, Photography
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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]
Los Angeles Times file photo [Update: June 11, 1936 — Franchot Tone and Robert Greig in a comedy sequence in MGM's "The Unguarded Hour," directed by Sam Wood. Loretta Young plays the heroine in the Lawrence … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Hollywood, Mystery Photo, Photography
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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]
Los Angeles Times file photo [Update: Aug. 22, 1937 — Franchot Tone and Virginia Bruce caught in a tender moment of MGM's "Between Two Women." In the motion picture, Tone marries Miss Bruce, although in love … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Hollywood, Mystery Photo, Photography
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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]
Los Angeles Times file photo [Update: Nov. 12, 1947: Franchot Tone and Lucille Ball in "Her Husband's Affairs.”] And for Friday, another mystery companion!
Posted in Film, Hollywood, Mystery Photo, Photography
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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]
Los Angeles Times file photo [Updated: July 1, 1955 — Ida Lupino and Franchot Tone comprise the entire case of "Award," the powerful tale of a Hollywood actress who has to prove herself capable of sincere … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Hollywood, Mystery Photo, Photography
13 Comments
Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]
Los Angeles Times file photo [Update: April 18, 1958– Eva Le Gallienne and Franchot Tone head a star-studded cast in Screen Gems' "Bitter Heritage" for CBS Television’s "Playhouse 90." Miss Le Gallienne makes her telefilm debut … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Hollywood, Mystery Photo, Photography
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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]
Los Angeles Times file photo [Update: May 1, 1958 — Expressions of principals testify to strain of hearing as Mrs. Jean Wallace Wilde, near tears, leaves court with actor husband Cornel Wilde after ex-husband Franchot Tone, … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Hollywood, Mystery Photo, Photography
9 Comments
Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]
Los Angeles Times file photo [Update: Aug. 23, 1959 — Franchot Tone is seen as gentle father torn between vastly different sons, Cameron Mitchell, left, policeman, and Dennis Hopper, tough guy, in drama on "Reckoning" series.] … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Hollywood, Mystery Photo, Photography
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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]
Los Angeles Times file photo [Update: I call Daily Mirror readers the Brain Trust and here’s why. Mike Hawks and Don Danard (via email) independently identified our mystery woman and Wednesday’s mystery companion. This still is … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Hollywood, Mystery Photo, Photography
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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]
Los Angeles Times file photo [Update: This is Dorothy Mackaill (d. 1990) in an undated photo! ] We’re off to a late start on this week’s mystery photo. It turns out that our mystery guest was … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Hollywood, Mystery Photo, Photography
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Daily Mirror Readers — ‘The Brain Trust’
Photo courtesy of Howard Decker Most Daily Mirror readers know him as Fibber. His real name is Howard Decker, and here’s a picture of him covering the Spade Cooley trial. He’s the fellow in the background on the right. Howard … Continue reading
Posted in #courts, 1961, Crime and Courts, Film, Hollywood, Homicide, Photography
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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]
Los Angeles Times file photo This post has been corrected. See the note at the bottom for details [Update 3: This is Madeleine Carroll and her husband Philip/Phillip Astley in a photo published Nov. 7, 1936]. … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Hollywood, Mystery Photo, Photography
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Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]
Los Angeles Times file photo [Update two: This is Mabel Todd (sometimes spelled Mable in The Times).] [Update: Please congratulate Dewey Webb, Mike Hawks, David Thompson and Eve Golden for identifying our mystery gal! NOTE: If … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Hollywood, Mystery Photo, Photography
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Daily Mirror Readers — The ‘Brain Trust’
Los Angeles Times file photos The back of yesterday’s photo. Notice that there’s no publication date. Very annoying! Here’s why I call the Daily Mirror’s readers “the brain trust.” You may recall … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Hollywood, Mystery Photo, Photography
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