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Know Your City No.138 Angled view of entrance of Children's Home Society of California at 3100 W Adams Blvd. Los Angeles, Calif.

Description:
ANSWER: It probably wasn't fair to show such a small portion of the place, but this is the Children's Home Society of California, a licensed adoption agency at 3100 W Adams Blvd. But, the portion that was pictured should have been readily recognized because it faces the busy intersection of W Adams Blvd. and Arlington Ave.
Date:
April 4, 1956
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Know Your City No.138 Angled view of entrance of Children's Home Society of California at 3100 W Adams Blvd. Los Angeles, Calif.

Know Your City No.201; Cityscape view looking west from the City Hall tower in Los Angeles, Calif., 1956

Description:
ANSWER: West. That's the way you were looking in the photo from the City Hall tower. That's the roof of the Hall of Records in the foreground. Over at the left is the Law Building and steel structure for the new County Courthouse. Beyond Temple St. at the right it the four-level interchange of the freeways and, way at the left, Beverly Blvd. goes over Belmont Hill. Hollywood and the Hollywood Hills are out there in the haze somewhere.
Date:
June 6, 1956
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Know Your City No.201; Cityscape view looking west from the City Hall tower in Los Angeles, Calif., 1956

Know Your City No.141 Entrance and façade of old Bimini Hot Springs and Bath Los Angeles, Calif.

Description:
ANSWER: Shown in the photo is the entrance to the old Bimini Hot Springs and Bath. Situated at 180 Bimini Place, just east of Vermont Ave., "Bimini" enjoyed years of great popularity as a health spot-- had mineral baths, steam baths and no less than three swimming pools.
Date:
April 7, 1956
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Know Your City No.141 Entrance and façade of old Bimini Hot Springs and Bath Los Angeles, Calif.

Know Your City No.3 View down alleyway at Angels Flight car Los Angeles, Calif.

Description:
ANSWER:The photo shows Angels Flight as it crosses over Clay St. ("It is here angels do not have feet of clay" -- wow!) And a nickel does give you a lot of pull here because the cost of a round-trip ticket on this, the city's smallest franchised railroad, is -- 5 cents. But you probably guessed it. That angular car was a dead giveaway
Date:
November 20, 1955
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Know Your City No.3 View down alleyway at Angels Flight car Los Angeles, Calif.

Know Your City No.31 Tower of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul Los Angeles Orphanage at 917 S. Boyle Ave

Description:
ANSWER: Framed in stately palms by the camera is the tower of the old and abandoned Los Angeles Orphanage at 917 S Boyle Ave. Operated by the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, this home for girls was opened in 1890 and in use until 1953 when it was finally closed and a new home, called Maryvale, was opened in South San Gabriel.
Date:
December 18, 1955
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Know Your City No.31 Tower of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul Los Angeles Orphanage at 917 S. Boyle Ave

Know Your City No.68 Close up of a pylon-tower on 6th Street Viaduct over the Los Angeles River, Calif.

Description:
ANSWER: While Sunday's picture in this series was of the looping steel girders of the 6th St. viaduct over the Los Angeles River, today's is of one of the pylon-like concrete towers on the east end of the bridge. And about the only thing that can be said of them is that no other bridge in town has anything like 'em.
Date:
January 24, 1956
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Know Your City No.68 Close up of a pylon-tower on 6th Street Viaduct over the Los Angeles River, Calif.

Know Your City No.197 Memorial for firemen of the Los Angeles Fire Department

Description:
ANSWER: The monument was erected in memoriam "to the fighting men of the Fire Department, city of Los Angeles, who met violent death while in performance of their duties." It stands in the little park on the south side of the City Hall, near the intersection of 1st and Spring Sts., and was dedicated Oct. 14, 1944.
Date:
June 2, 1956
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Know Your City No.197 Memorial for firemen of the Los Angeles Fire Department

Know Your City No.199; Cityscape view looking east from the City Hall tower in Los Angeles, Calif., 1956

Description:
ANSWER: East. That's the view from the City Hall tower. In the foreground the top of the new Police Administration Building. At lower right the intersection of 1st and San Pedro Sts. Slanting across the photo just above center the Los Angeles River. Three bridges are visible--1st St., 4th St. and 6th St.
Date:
June 4, 1956
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Know Your City No.199; Cityscape view looking east from the City Hall tower in Los Angeles, Calif., 1956

Know Your City No.1 Spring Street entrance to Los Angeles City hall

Description:
ANSWER: Sure, it's the Spring St. entrance to the City hall, the picture being taken from north to south to show the row of pillars from a seldom-seen angle. And how many of the thousands of persons who pass here daily have bothered to notice the fancy colorful tilework over this pillared portal?
Date:
November 19, 1955
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Know Your City No.1 Spring Street entrance to Los Angeles City hall

Know Your City No.195 Entrance to Times Boys Club at 2635 Pasadena Ave. Los Angeles, Calif.

Description:
ANSWER: Shown in the photo is the main entrance and a portion of the Times Boys Club at 2635 Pasadena Ave. As we said, many appreciate it, but few-other than the lucky kids who belong to it- would receives most of the benefits from the traditional Los Angeles Rams vs. Washington Redskins professional football game every August.
Date:
May 31, 1956
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Know Your City No.195 Entrance to Times Boys Club at 2635 Pasadena Ave. Los Angeles, Calif.

Know Your City No.19; William Mulholland Memorial Fountain in Los Angeles, Calif., 1955

Description:
ANSWER: Naturally, it’s the city's most colorful fountain, the memorial to William Mulholland, "father" of Los Angeles' water supply. Located at Riverside Drive and Los Feliz Blvd., the fountain's changing sprays are dramatically illuminated with varying colored lights. It was dedicated on 1940. And, yes as a boy, Mulholland lived in a ramshackle farm on this very spot.
Date:
December 6, 1955
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Know Your City No.19; William Mulholland Memorial Fountain in Los Angeles, Calif., 1955

Know Your City No.23 Vedanta Temple at 1926 Vedanta Place Los Angeles, Calif.

Description:
ANSWER: This is the delightfully unique Church of the Vedanta, the world's oldest philosophical and religious order. Located in its own little square at 1926 Vedanta Place and surrounded by dormitories for students of the Vedas, it is on a hill that overlooked Hollywood -- until the freeway zoomed practically past its front steps. Built in 1938, it was unseen by many until the freeway passed. And many of those who speed by did not know about this unique temple-- until now.
Date:
December 10, 1955
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Know Your City No.23 Vedanta Temple at 1926 Vedanta Place Los Angeles, Calif.