This is supposed to be an 1899 photo from the CA state library. The view is Seventh & Grand, looking north. The sign appears to say Grand Avenue Theatre, as far as I can tell, so it could be a predecessor: View link
This is a 1985 photo from the same source. The demolition must have been recent. The San Carlos hotel has been replaced by an office building, which also took out the old German church next to the hotel on Olive: View link
This is a 1954 photo from the CA state library. The theater is already showing Japanese films. It looks like the marquee is in place that is seen in the 1940 photo above. I can’t make out the name of the theater on the marquee, though: View link
I don’t know what to make of this picture. Perhaps they are implying that the photographer was standing behind the robber at the moment of the crime. It could be a re-enactment, or maybe they’re referring to the ticket prices: http://tinyurl.com/yvc5vm
The Galway was showing adult films in 1977, per the LA Times, at 514 S. Main. My guess would be that the theater was a storefront in the larger building seen in the above photos.
The LA Times had advertisements for a television/radio shop at 1082 N. Western for years, through the fifties and sixties. The first ad for the Flick was in March 1969. In 1977, the theater was called “Le Sex Shoppe” and was owned by Henry Glassman. There are no more references after September 1977.
If you look at this 1924 photo, the building that says “public market” was probably torn down and replaced by the Tiki’s current structure: http://tinyurl.com/ynv2dx
Here are five photos from the CA state library:
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Here is the Fox-West Coast office in the sub-basement, from the CA state library:
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Here is a photo from the CA state library:
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Here are two photos from the CA state library:
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Here are the photos I tried to post in May:
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The Fox is on the right in this undated photo from the CA state library:
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This is supposed to be an 1899 photo from the CA state library. The view is Seventh & Grand, looking north. The sign appears to say Grand Avenue Theatre, as far as I can tell, so it could be a predecessor:
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This photo is dated 1975, which is about the time the theater was being used by the church. Hard to tell from the marquee, though:
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Here is a 1925 photo from the CA state library:
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Here are three interior photos from the CA state library:
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This is a 1985 photo from the same source. The demolition must have been recent. The San Carlos hotel has been replaced by an office building, which also took out the old German church next to the hotel on Olive:
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Here is a rather bucolic photo from 1907, via the CA state library:
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This is a 1954 photo from the CA state library. The theater is already showing Japanese films. It looks like the marquee is in place that is seen in the 1940 photo above. I can’t make out the name of the theater on the marquee, though:
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There are quite a few photos on the site. Here is a better view of the entrance:
http://tinyurl.com/2rduty
This is an undated photo from the Library of Congress:
http://tinyurl.com/39ptu6
I don’t know what to make of this picture. Perhaps they are implying that the photographer was standing behind the robber at the moment of the crime. It could be a re-enactment, or maybe they’re referring to the ticket prices:
http://tinyurl.com/yvc5vm
The theater is visible in this 1965 photo by William Reagh:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/spnb1/00017489.jpg
Here is a portable ad circa 1920s from the LAPL:
http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics26/00062874.jpg
Here is an undated architect’s sketch from the LAPL:
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics50/00044623.jpg
Here are some additional photos and an architect’s sketch from the LAPL:
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics50/00044621.jpg
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics50/00044624.jpg
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics50/00044622.jpg
The Galway was showing adult films in 1977, per the LA Times, at 514 S. Main. My guess would be that the theater was a storefront in the larger building seen in the above photos.
The LA Times had advertisements for a television/radio shop at 1082 N. Western for years, through the fifties and sixties. The first ad for the Flick was in March 1969. In 1977, the theater was called “Le Sex Shoppe” and was owned by Henry Glassman. There are no more references after September 1977.
I believe that the building farthest north on the right is the one I photographed in July:
http://tinyurl.com/yu9q3y
If you look at this 1924 photo, the building that says “public market” was probably torn down and replaced by the Tiki’s current structure:
http://tinyurl.com/ynv2dx
The Wilshire theater is on the left in this 1924 photo from the USC archive:
http://tinyurl.com/ysyfpx