Pop quiz: Anyone care to guess the exact vantage point for the opening panorama shot?
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Views of old Los Angeles
Views of old Los Angeles, compiled by Larry Harnisch...
Pop quiz: Anyone care to guess the exact vantage point for the opening panorama shot?
Pop quiz: Anyone care to guess the exact vantage point for the opening panorama shot?
Friday, January 1, 2010
Year of the palm?
Will 2010 be the year that I can finally tell the whole story of the Longstreet palms in West Adams? Here's hoping! I've kind of come to an impasse in my own research, unfortunately, as I do not live in the Los Angeles area and so do not have access to the libraries and archives which likely hold the answers I seek.
In the meantime, I recently obtained this unusual "double postcard" of the palms which dates to around 1907. The detail in the enlarged card is remarkable, I think. In this picture, I can distinctly see the Singleton Court gateway in the distance all the way from Adams Street.
Interesting caption on the card. Palm Drive is referred to as being "famous," and the palms "historical" for being "planted by Gen. Longstreet."
Makes me wonder when (and why) the Longstreet palms stopped being famous and became all-but-forgotten relics of Los Angeles's past.
In the meantime, I recently obtained this unusual "double postcard" of the palms which dates to around 1907. The detail in the enlarged card is remarkable, I think. In this picture, I can distinctly see the Singleton Court gateway in the distance all the way from Adams Street.
Interesting caption on the card. Palm Drive is referred to as being "famous," and the palms "historical" for being "planted by Gen. Longstreet."
Makes me wonder when (and why) the Longstreet palms stopped being famous and became all-but-forgotten relics of Los Angeles's past.
Read the final installment in the saga of the Longstreet Palms: 'Palms puzzle finally solved'
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