In the 1950s, Boyle Heights was racially and ethnically diverse, with Jews, Mexican Americans, Russians, Serbs, Croatians, Portuguese, and Japanese Americans living in the neighborhood.
ANSWER: Shown in the photo is the E Building at the Hollenbeck Home for the Aged. Situated at 573 S Boyle Ave., the home is on a site that once was the residence of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Hollenbeck. That was in the 1860s. In 1895, more than 20 years before her death, the widowed Mrs. Hollenbeck founded and endowed the home. The building shown in the photo was built in 1918.
At left, ambulance driver Charles W. Clendening appears to either punch in or punch out of work at the Los Angeles County General Hospital. He wears a white uniform and cap. He stands in profile, facing right, and operates a punch clock that sits on a counter. Behind and to the right of him, L. C. Laurie, chief ambulance driver, wears a suit as he speaks on the telephone.
This photograph is likely related to the article, "Suspect in Fresno Case Checked Up: Youth Held Here in Murder Fingerprints Not Similar to Those Found in House of Stammer Girl Youth Questioned Here in Fresno Murder Case," Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 1935: 1
Two cooks remove a pan from an oven in the Los Angeles County General Hospital's kitchen while an administrator watches. A cook at left holds onto a peel while standing behind a table. Behind and to the right of him, an administrator stands beside the wall oven and peers towards a tray of food. The oven is inset into the wall at center. Another cook stands to the right of the oven and guides the pan of food out of the oven and onto the peel. Behind him, at right, several pans of food sit on a shelving unit. Subway tiles surround the oven and line its wall.
Cooks and other kitchen staff at the Los Angeles County General Hospital pose beside a food delivery cart in the hospital's kitchen. They are viewed from a slightly elevated angle. The cart faces camera and sits off-center to the right. Plates and other dining utensils line its open shelves. Five kitchen staff stand around the cart. The kitchen stretches across the background. Employees stand around the carts that sit in rows in the background at left.
Three butchers prepare animal carcasses in the Los Angeles County General Hospital kitchen. One of the butchers stands at the butcher block table at left and prepares a shank. Behind him, another butcher begins to carve into one of the several animal carcasses hanging from hooks on an elevated track. The line of carcasses stretches across the image towards the right. The third butcher stands at right and holds his knives as he assesses the carcasses.
ANSWER: Sure, it's the lake in Hollenbeck Park , the photo being made near the Boyle Ave. entrance. The park acquired its name for the very logical reason that most of its acreage was given to the city by Mrs. J.E. Hollenbeck. (Correction: It was erroneously reported that most of the acreage for the park was donated by Mrs. J.E.Hollenbeck. Actually, two-thirds of the property was donated by Mr. and Mrs. William H. Workman and it was their suggestion that the park be named for J.E. Hollenbeck, a close friend.) correction from 12/31/1955 paper