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Pacific Ready Cut Kit Homes

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Pacific Ready Cut Kit Homes. Pacific Ready Cut Kit Homes. The complex do-it-yourself kits, sold from the Wish Book were shipped to the buyer along with a 75-page instruction book that told the builder how all those pieces went together. Kit home companies promised that a man of average abilities could build his own kit home in about 30-90 days. A downloadable PDF file with images removed). Location, location, location? When I was taking pictures of the homes along North Carson Road, I was stopped by an o...

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Helen Hosmer

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Helen Hosmer and the Raymond Chandler connection. Who is Helen Hosmer and how does she connect to Raymond Chandler? 6 Degrees of Separation. Six degrees of separation refers to the idea that, if a person is one step away from each person he or she knows and two steps away from each person who is known by one of the people he or she knows, then everyone is no more than six steps away from each person on Earth. (from Wikipedia). As an aside, while researching Chandler's father on Ancestry.com. Hosmer: Well...

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Chandlerisms - quotes

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Photo credit: UCLA Special Collections. Quotes from Raymond Chandler's writing. In my humble opinion, this is the best short story beginning ever, perhaps the best opening in all literature. Red Wind (Opening paragraph). The light went out. The room was as black as Carry Nation's bonnet. I put a cigarette in my mouth and stared at her. She looked a little pale and strained, but she looked like a girl who could function under a strain. Tut, tut, I said. Come into my boudoir. His stiff eyebrows went up a l...

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Cirkut Camera

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The Cirkut Panorama Camera. What is a Cirkut Camera? Circa 1922 #8 Cirkut Camera I'm restoring. Panorama camera technology came into being in the mid 1800's. However, the Cirkut Camera, a rotating panoramic camera, wasn't patented by William J. Johnston until 1904. Cirkut cameras and attachments were designed to take panoramic pictures in various widths and lengths up to 360 degrees - although taking a full 360 degree panorama wasn't recommended. The lens used on the Cirkut Camera is 'convertible,' which...

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theplaydatekids

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Early childhood help books. The Playdate Kids Books Growing Up series. To buy any of The Playdate Kids books go to the store site. 2007 - 2014 Loren Latker. 2014 Dr. Annie Thiel.

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Los Angeles Then and Now Photo Archive

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Raymond Chandler's Shamus Town. Los Angeles Then and Now Photo Archive. Los Angeles Then and Now Photos. 1647 W 51 Place 1920s. 1647 W 51 Place 2007. Bel Air Bay Club 1930s. Bel Air Bay Club 2007. Casa Del Mar Hotel 1920s. Casa Del Mar Hotel 2006. Thelma Todd death garage 1927. Thelma Todd death Garage 2006. The Bryson before 1920. 1120 Orlando in 1935. 1120 Orlando in 2006. Los Angeles City Hall 1930s. Los Angeles City Hall 2006. Thelma Todd's Cafe 1935. Same building on PCH in 2007. The Malibu Inn, 2007.

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Raymond Chandler locations

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Location, location, location. Locations associated with Raymond Chandler. Places where Chandler lived. Follow the link above to a page listing all the locations in Los Angeles and Southern California where Chandler lived between 1912 and 1959. Locations Chandler wrote about. Looking North along the California Incline, Santa Monica's Linda Vista Park (now Palisades Park), toward the Port Los Angeles Pier, circa 1913. Highways and Byways Chandler rambled.

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Colophon

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Yiddish for Sexton, Beadle * of the Synagogue, the lighter taper used to light other candles on a Menorah, AND. From a List of Yiddish Words and Expressions. How Raymond Chandler used the term Shamus:. Sit down, pal. Breathe quietly, keep your voice down, and remember that a Carne operative is to a cheap shamus. Like you what Toscanini is to an organ grinder's monkey. Philip Marlowe, huh? You here on business? I'm in a great deal of trouble, shamus. She's a grifter, shamus. I taught third grade as well a...

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reunite Cissy & Ray

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Reuniting Pearl Cecily Eugenia and Raymond Thornton Chandler. JUMP to the 10/19/10 trip to San Diego. JUMP to the 12/29/10 trip to San Diego. JUMP to Valentine's Day event in San Diego. 56 and 54 years ago. Wassup? As the Real Estate people say, especially here in Southern California, location is everything! Or, location, location, location. Photo by Dr. Annie Thiel. The picture above is of the 100 year old Cypress View Mausoleum on the North side of Imperial Avenue (at 40th Street) between the 15 and 80...

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Mystery Map of Los Angeles

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Map of Chandler Fiction Locations. The Raymond Chandler Mystery Map of Los Angeles. Use arrow keys to scroll captions (large white text) of some pop-up images - after placing cursor in text. Raymond Chandler Mystery Map - - Courtesy of Aaron Silverman and Molly Maguire of Aaron Blake Publishers. Locations missing from the Raymond Chandler Mystery Map of Los Angeles.