Comments from kencmcintyre

Here is a 1979 photo from the LA Library:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics50/00059975.jpg

Here is an undated photo from the Chula Vista library:
http://tinyurl.com/kjwqu

The proprietor of the buffet lunch at the US Hotel was Max Vogel. Any connection, Joe?

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.

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

The sign just says “Theatre”, which doesn’t help.

I posted some interior photos last November, from the LAPL.

Here is another interesting photo from 1910:
http://tinyurl.com/jp32e

Some of the USC links have expired, so here is Joe’s 1928 photo again:
http://tinyurl.com/jp6rz

You can see the Follies on the left in this 1924 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/rroxy

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

Here is a 1920 interior photo:
http://tinyurl.com/h54j2

That’s what I was referring to, Joe. As this is a 1908 photo, that may have been a live theater.