Take a look at these two photos. The first is from 1907, and the second is from 1917. I posted the second one a while ago, but the link expired. The buildings on South Main between 5th and 6th are the same, but the Optic sign has not yet been added to the theater building. Presumably the building pre-existed the theater. There is a sign on the Optic building, but I can’t make out what it says.
I work near the Pike. All of the restaurants and theaters are new. There are a few old buildings remaining, including a tattoo museum set to open in the future.
I posted the photo on the Roosevelt page. You may want to post your theory about the address on that page as the photo caption says Spring and Temple.
This may be the Roosevelt in 1936:
http://tinyurl.com/zwah2
Take a look at these two photos. The first is from 1907, and the second is from 1917. I posted the second one a while ago, but the link expired. The buildings on South Main between 5th and 6th are the same, but the Optic sign has not yet been added to the theater building. Presumably the building pre-existed the theater. There is a sign on the Optic building, but I can’t make out what it says.
http://tinyurl.com/g6ctx
http://tinyurl.com/mr7fo
Here is a 1918 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/fs956
The sign just says “Theatre”, which doesn’t help.
Here is a 1931 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/pyw7u
I posted some interior photos last November, from the LAPL.
This December 1984 photo probably was close to the demolition date:
http://tinyurl.com/k4d9h
Here is another interesting photo from 1910:
http://tinyurl.com/jp32e
Here is a 1905 picture:
http://tinyurl.com/hfdjv
Some of the USC links have expired, so here is Joe’s 1928 photo again:
http://tinyurl.com/jp6rz
Here is a 1928 photo. You can see the Dalton’s advertisement on the side of the building:
http://tinyurl.com/gl5lw
You can see the Follies on the left in this 1924 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/rroxy
OK, thanks.
I work near the Pike. All of the restaurants and theaters are new. There are a few old buildings remaining, including a tattoo museum set to open in the future.
Here are two 1925 photos of the State:
http://tinyurl.com/fsewm
http://tinyurl.com/gaye6
What theater was at Temple and Spring in 1936? Any ideas?
http://tinyurl.com/zwah2
Here is a 1920 interior photo:
http://tinyurl.com/h54j2
Good eye, LM. I didn’t see that before.
That’s what I was referring to, Joe. As this is a 1908 photo, that may have been a live theater.
Here it is, gentlemen:
http://tinyurl.com/lac4x
Here is the back end of Hoyt’s in 1925:
http://tinyurl.com/madt5
Could the Rivoli have been the Mission in 1929? I don’t see any other listings for Long Beach Blvd or American Avenue:
http://tinyurl.com/qklue
Here is a 1932 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/rpyk6
Here is a 1922 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/owsk7
Here is a 1926 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/rbra4