u/Bulldogbobbrownmark

Found this beauty in an old scrapbook at an estate sale! Truly a work of art!

Edit: to answer a few questions. No, I didnt buy these, unfortunately they were already sold. Did the phone work? It had no dial tone but it was plugged into a small box in the wall. (Discovered these today at an estate sale up in the hills of Los Angeles at a beautiful mid-century home.)

Found this photo in an old family scrapbook at an estate sale. It appears as if this photo was sent to them because this is the only photo of "The Fochts".

The parents would probably be in their mid to late 80's now...

The boys would be in their mid to late 60's ... probably still alive.. probably have kids and grandkids... maybe they'll see this, who knows?!

Unfortunately, the odds are against the sweet dog still kicking....

The back of the photo simply said "Jeff"

Rescued this AMAZING photo from an old scrapbook. The inscription on the back read "Mickey 1955"

Found in an old scrapbook at an estate sale! They still have 2 locations in the San Jose, CA area

Found this beauty in a box of old slides at a garage sale !

Found in Los Angeles, at an estate sale.. the family had kept all the photos but I found this beauty in a folder full of old papers! SCORE!!!!

I acquired this photo from an estate. Thanks to the nice people over at r/whereisthis for tracking down the location! The approximate location of the camera would have been 1599 Hermosa Ave, Hermosa Beach, CA

Cleaning out an old basement and I stumbled across this beauty! I love it! Written on the back :Death Valley 1939

Not affiliated w/her in anyway... discovered her through Leo Sidrans podcast (which is great by the way, especially if you like to listen to people talk about Jazz!)

I checked out her new album and this song really stood out to me. I cant stop listening to it! Here's a LINK to the podcast episode as well

Found in a $1 bin at a vintage store!

Got these at an estate sale... the family was from PA, eventually settling down in California. The kid on the right just passed away last month. He had become a successful doctor in Los Angeles.

Hello friends, this is what I know....This information is based on various letters/papers I acquired from a recently deceased man's estate in Los Angeles, CA . These 3 photos were among the papers. He was in the movie import business. He would import movies from Mexico to the United States, and he seemed to primarily do business in Southern California, New Mexico and Texas.

I've done extensive searching on Cinematrasures.org with no luck.

Clues:

• The Ritz name. There were ALOT of theaters with this name. Unfortunately there aren't photos available of every RITZ for comparison. Of the ones that do have photos, I couldn't find a match. On the CT website there are 0 Ritz listed in New Mexico, 9 listed in California (none match) , and Texas has a whopping 51 Ritz, though none matched and others have no photo. All together, CT lists 392 Ritz Theaters in the United States! Of the ones that had photos, I could not find a match.
• The Palm Trees: This is a big clue... I spent a lot of time investigating Van Nuys Blvd. in Van Nuys, CA as it's lined with palm trees and the store fronts look similar, but there is no record of a Ritz in that area. I even walked the Blvd. investigating what I thought was a match! Palm Springs, CA was another idea but there is no record of a Ritz there either. Looking at 100's of old photos of "main street usa" types, palm trees just aren't that common. This fact pulls me to California though other clues pull me away!
• BUTTS DRUGS- in the second photo you can see "Butts Drugs". Searching for this will take you to a BUTT Drugs in Indiana, which is not the same. I did find a court case from 1934 of a lady suing a Butts Drugs in New Mexico, but there is no city or address. This was the ONLY thing I could find online for Butt's Drugs (though there was a Butts Dry Goods in Thorndale, TX that closed in 2014, but the photos don't match)
• Mac Kenzi'es Ready To Wear- couldn't find a dang thing about this place.

So my dear reddit friend, I am at my witts end! Ive spent many hours trying to track this down, to no avail! (not complaining, this is what I love to do!) I hope you've found this interesting and/or maybe feel inclined to do some investigating of your own. If you have any ideas/tips/leeds, please leave them in the comments!