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Tag Archives: John Held Jr.
Big Architects, Small Commissions – Gordon B. Kaufmann Does A Little Shopping (Center) in Glendale
In the acting profession there’s an old axiom that goes something like “no small parts only small actors.” The same is just as true for architects. In the hands of a talented architect even the most innocuous little building, be … Continue reading →
Posted in Architects, Big Architects Small Commissions, Glendale, Then & Now
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Tagged 1638 North Cherokee Avenue, 301 North Brand Boulevard, Benjamin Platt, Chamberlain & Procter, Crofton Shoe Store, Gordon B. Kaufmann, J.W. Procter, John Held Jr., McMullen Studio of Interior Decorating, Platt Music Co., Selah Chamberlain, Servel Electric Refrigerators, Woman's Specialty Shop
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The Hollywood Plaza – Hollywood’s Forgotten Luxury Hotel
When Jacob Stern rented half of his barn to Cecil B. De Mille in December of 1913 so the enterprising young easterner could make a movie, he could not possibly have known that it was a decision that was to … Continue reading →
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Tagged A.E. Hanson, A.E. Heinsbergen, Al Jolson, Babe Ruth, Barney Oldfield, Burr McIntosh, Carrol Graham, Cecil B. DeMille, Charles Ogle, Charley Grapewin, Chief Little Bison, Cinnibar, Clara Beranger, Clara Bow, David Edstrom, Death Valley Scotty, Don Eugenio Plummer, Doris Day, Dr. H.A. Barrett, Eddie Rickenbacker, Edgar Payne, Edna Purviance, Edward Everett Horton, Eleanor Roosevelt, Enrico Caruso Jr., Ernest Hemingway, F.W. Cuprien, Frank McGlynn, Frank Sinatra, G. Albert Landsburgh, Garrett Graham, George Burns, George G. Benedict, George Weidler, Gilda Gray, Gracie Allen, Hanson Puthoff, Harry E. Werner, Helen Ferguson, Herbert M. Baruch, Herbert Rawlinson, Hollywood Plaza Hotel, Howard Hughes, It Cafe, Ivan Lebedeff, Jackie Coogan, Jacob Stern, Jason Robards Sr., jimmie Dolittle, Joe Di Maggio, John Davis Lodge, John Held Jr., John Wexley, Josef Swickard, Klemtner's Blue plate Cafe, Lawrence H. Lee, Lee Shippey, Marilyn Monroe, Mary Nolan, Max Baer, Menahem Pressler, Montagu Love, Murray Choitner, Paul Lauritz, Porter Hall, Prince Heinrich of Schaumburg-Lippe, Ralph Spence, Richard M. Nixon, Roald Amundsen, Ronald Reagan, Roscoe Turner, Ruth Chatterton, Ruth St. Denis, Sir Gilbert Parker, Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom, Thelma Ritter, Tommy Dorsey, Walker & Eisen, Walter Lang, William Dolivet, William Russell
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