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Originally Posted by BifRayRock

This photo is marked "Bellflower." (Listings for Reinke's or Seelig in LA CD? )

The sidewalk near Reinke's garage looks like it has an early gas pump. Before Ethyl!

Somerset Street - early - mid '20s
http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...YKRQV8U5AD.jpg

I've had no luck with the City Directories, but I did find this slightly wider shot on Ebay. I've stretched and tweaked the photo a bit to try and make it clearer.


Ebay

USC also have a picture of the same section of Somerset Street looking in the opposite direction. Theirs is dated 1929, so Sam Seelig should now be Safeway.


USC Digital Library

This close-up shows the sign for Reinke's Garage behind the utility pole of the right. The picture isn't clear enough to tell for sure, but it looks the Sam Seelig sign is still in place. In the distance, the word "Bellflower" is suspended over the street.


Detail of picture above