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Old Posted Mar 19, 2016, 3:23 AM
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Here's a tourist snapshot that we haven't seen yet on NLA.


Looking northwest from the southeast corner of Hollywood & Vine.[1948]


http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE1948-...IAAOSwx-9W0cUN

The seller is asking $399.99 for this photograph.




Just for fun, here are a couple enlarged details.



There's the keyhole shaped doorway we all love so much.................................

The lovely blonde woman is dabbing her nose.....or smelling a carnation? Her friend appears to be quite a looker.







The man at extreme left is wearing a 'tank-top' advertising Ken Murray's Blackouts, which was showing just up the street at the Vine Street El Capitan Theater.




-and what's the day's headlines? "NEW BALKANS BLOC PROPOSED BY TITO"


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I thought you wouldn't mind seeing this excellent photograph-postcard again.

Ken Murray's Blackouts of 1948 (the same year as the snapshot) at the El Capitan.


eBay / http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=9861


More on Ken Murray's Blackouts here:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=9861

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