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19 June 2012

Los Angeles in the 1940s- beautiful photos by Ansel Adams.

post by: BoringPostcards at: 06:54 | 14 comments

Neat. Hey, LA had an incline(funicular)? Is it still there?

posted by octothorpe 19 June | 07:03

Love these. Also love these photos of black cat auditions I spotted on the sidebar there.

posted by altolinguistic 19 June | 08:14

Wow. I remember seeing a lot of these scenes when I was a kid. There are still parts of LA that I absolutely love.

posted by danf 19 June | 09:43

Neat. Hey, LA had an incline(funicular)? Is it still there?

Yep.

posted by danf 19 June | 09:45

The Children's Paradise name looks to be a bit optimistic.

posted by arse_hat 19 June | 10:07

Fantastic, thanks Beeps.

posted by Senyar 19 June | 12:22

Gorgeous yet gritty, like the best film noir movies.

posted by bearwife 19 June | 15:55

I always love seeing pictures of the Brown Derby. It's just so preposterous yet so cool.

posted by Thorzdad 19 June | 16:45

Those car lots make me yearn.

posted by fleacircus 19 June | 16:52

I would really love to know more about the sign that begins "I speak for a patient, persistent, intelligent, long-range attitude toward peace" and has other words too small for me to read. No help from Google really.

posted by Miko 19 June | 17:48

I spy, in the far distance in this photo, the Griffith Observatory.

I was trying to read the words on the sign and saw the Observatory in the distance. The "bell" to the right and slightly in front of the sign is probably one of the signs indicating El Camino Real.

And so ends your California history lesson.

posted by deborah 19 June | 20:02

I always have trouble wrapping my head around knowing that LA is a big city and the pictures I see of it that seldom look very urban.

posted by octothorpe 19 June | 21:45

Except for downtown it's a collection of suburbs...but one could say that of PGH as well.

posted by brujita 19 June | 23:39

What a time capsule. I love that May Co bldg (#34).

posted by chewatadistance 21 June | 12:19

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