That would be REPETTI bail bonds in Pasadena... Still has the same number just area code changed to 626
A mixture of Red Cars and Yellow Cars on the same street meant that a third rail must be present as Yellow Cars were Narrow Gauge and Red Cars Standard Gauge.
"Red Riots" in the 30's were not uncommon in L.A. in the 30's. Depression was main cause and fueled by agitators.
Library of Congress is a great photo resource. The following are from LofC. c.1910 means the photo was copyrighted in 1910, not necessarily when photo was taken. Beverly Hills c.1929 Long Beach pier c.1907 Long Beach, Calif., Oct. 7th, 1911
Im curious as to the meaning of the term "Red Riots"? Very good thread by the way. Thanks all for contributing.
Yeah, it was Frank Repetti then, if I recall correctly. Nah, just lived some. I managed the old Cherry Pit on Rosemead for a bit in my early twenties, 'bout as near a "sawdust" bar as LA had to offer. Repetti was the bar's bondsman, only had to call'im once for myself, cute story though ....... Hired this one really sharp chick as a floor girl there. She later stood up a Sheriff once and he took it out on me, busted me at closing the night before Christmas Eve on a weapons charge (perfectly legal with the amount of money I was carrying). Court dropped it of course but not 'til they opened again after Christmas (as he damn well knew). So I spent that Christmas in County, on the freeway as they were already booked for the season. Pissant cop got me twice really, I married the girl, my first wife. At least the processed turkey was good.
That's it. I looked for a photo showing the pontoon section but no luck. I can still remember crossing it going and coming back from Long Beach when it was foggy.
Red Riots were Communist inspired riots. L.A. was plagued with many of these and formed a squad called the "Red Squad' to control and combat them.
How about gangster Bugsy Seigel, father of Las Vegas as we know it. He was murdered in his beverly hills home.
more of Los Angeles Passenger Terminal Union Station, etc. built in 1939...terminal for Amtrak and the light rail system interior is "as new", beautiful woodwork and tile... 1989...celebrating 50 year anniversary of the station the General Motors locomotives that replaced the steam engines... Redondo Junction, south of the station about 3 miles. Thats the L.A. river bed, used in countless movies and the scene of illegal street racing through the 1950's... the restored Santa Fe motor, #3751, in use since 1991, restored by volunteers after sitting in a public park since the 1950's when it was retired. Now stored at Redondo Junction, which is nowhere near Redondo Beach That's a big ass wrench
[/IMG] Aww Bugsy in the 40's in Vegas..But who is this guy in 1939 breaking ground for the 91 Club???? next photo I post I will answer...
The fellow on the left is the same as the person with the shovel in 1939 breaking ground for his gambling club. This person, while not very much is heard about him, is truly the Father of Las Vegas gambling..Guy McAfee rose to the rank of Captain of the Vice Squad in L.A. When the recall election cleaned L.A. of corruption, vice and gambling, Guy decided to high tail it to Vegas as he was the one who you went to if you wanted to have gambling in the back room of your night club. Guy had interest in many of the Hotels to be built in Vegas. It is said he coined the term "The Strip", used to identify the area where hotels were being built on L.V. Blvd., it reminded him of the Sunset Strip he said.
Los Angeles International Airport ahhh, when air travel was a luxury...when men wore a suit and tie, just to travel and the stewerdess's were all women, all rather attractive....unlike today, where air travel is less comfortable than a bus...ugh
I have no idea how many planes land in a day at LAX, but it's a bunch. The flightline is a corridor of constant noise, as would be expected. On a bit of personal experience...September 11, 2001 I left the house for a photography job at 6AM. As I left the house the radio announced that there were reports of an airplane that crashed into one of the Twin Towers. I phoned home a to tell my wife to turn on the TV news. I thought it must have been an accident. But the time I got into Pasadena, the second plane struck the other tower. My photography job was just east of LAX and I was to meet my assistant at 7:15-7:30. Of course, my whole trip of some 30 miles was consumed by the radio announcers trying to make sense of the news from New York City. Then the unconfirmed reports of the Pentagon and the field in Pennsylvania. Just like with all of you, I was getting news reports, none of which told the story as the story was yet to unfold. Just bits and pieces, combining to make a real life horror film. When I got to the photo location, my partner and I leaned against our cars with the radio on as the first tower fell.....then the second tower. We met with our clients and cancelled the shoot...life had changed and we wouldn't be working that day. Now, here's the tie-in with LAX. My partner and I were standing in the street and he said..."no noise"....I said "huh?".....We looked up and nothing, no noise, no planes, no nothing. We had no idea, but all flights were grounded, planes ordered on the ground regardless of location. All aircraft down at the nearest airport. Something was going on with the jets, but we didn't know what. Here we were in the flight pattern for LAX, and no aircraft. It had to have been the first time since Mines Field Airport occupied the site in the late 1940's when there might have been a lull for awhile with no planes, no noise, no nothing. The neighborhood across the street, all of a sudden, everyone came outside and just stood there looking at the empty blue sky. Many in the street had never, ever seen the skies in their neighborhood empty...ever. I would be like that for several more days. That's my 9/11 morning. Every person here has a story of their morning, all different and all the same.
It certainly was an event of a lifetime. Really fabulous to see how partisanship was immediately forgotten. Funny, I had always figured that we would all pull together under dire circumstances. It was tremendously satisfying to actually see it, although at a dear price. Had not occurred to me about the once-in-a-lifetime quiet airports, just adds to the otherworldliness of the whole experience. Have not yet figured out how to get these spectacular panoramas from the Library of Congress to post in their enlarged size with great detail. HOLLYWOODGRAHAM says I should use a different web service, and I believe he's right. Will try that soon. Meanwhile, try this. Al Malaikah, Los Angeles, CA. 1923 Sure wish I knew the story Hollywood 1942 Hollywood 1942 Hollywood 1942
Inglewood, California<WBR>. Interior view of the engine assembly department of North American Aviation, Inc., show long lines of mounted Allison motors for the B-51 fighter planes and Wright motors for the B-25 bomber planes (distant) 1942 1942 A war housing trailer made by Western Trailer Company of Los Angeles is backed into place at a Lompoc, California project. The long, long lines of trailers are homes for war workers' families. Wooden horses are used to support the trailers and save tires for use on other trailers. 1942 A woman airplane engine mechanic at the Long Beach, California<WBR>, Douglas Aircraft Company.
Don't know if some of these Lib of Cong photos are worth it. These that I'm posting are the highest resolution available. Worth it? Hollywood enlists its typewriter<WBR>s for war. Hollywood studios have answered the nation's call for typewriter<WBR>s for the armed services. Picture shows a load of machines released by 20th Century Fox studies to two Uncle Sam's Waves. The schools and private owners to sell one out of every four machines to obtain 600,000 typewriter<WBR>s urgently needed by the armed services. New production ceased October 31. Typewriter manufactur<WBR>ers are now producing war materials. 1942
George "Randy" McCraw decorating a Vega Ventura bomber. Every ship that rolls off the line carries a cartoon aimed at the Axis. 1942
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