OT: Hotel California Photo ID?

[sago]

The baby on the goat is supposed to be the Yellow Kid; right down to the bald head and long nightshirt. There is a cast iron toy by Kenton that the children are imitating. The stuffed animal in the photos is Felix the Cat.

[cubsguy1969]

Those are awesome photos. I'm an estate sale junkie and find old photos all the time. I'm fascinated by them. And depending on the image, they sell fairly well. Did you purchase them to sell? I imagine some of those would do fairly well on ebay.
Terrific images. Thanks for sharing.

[smokelessjoe]

Hey Cubsguy,

I am the same as you... I am fascinated by old photos etc. How it usually works for me - I will buy something with the intent to sell - Then I become enamored by the history etc. - Decide not to sell - Then find something new that occupies my time (researching, history etc.)... Collector****

Overtime I will probably sell these? But I say that all of the time

[slidekellyslide]

I had thought the creepy thing had resembled Felix The Cat, but was sure these photos are older than he was...I was wrong, wikipedia has him as being created in 1919. I always thought he was a 1930s creation.

I believe the stuffed animal is George Herriman's Krazy Kat. Krazy Kat was a popular comic strip in the pre-WWII era.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krazy_Kat

[slidekellyslide]

Oh you kid! I think you're 100% right Adam...that's Krazy Kat.

[Exhibitman]

The first 3 photos are Spring Street in downtown Los Angeles. If you look at the 1st image, the window advertisement advertises a business just opened on the 2nd floor on S. Spring Street. It was the heart of the garment center in L.A. At the extreme left of the 3rd photo you can see the distinct collonades of the lower floors of the Arcade Building, which still stands. The main buildings in the photos are gone; a parking lot is there now.