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Originally Posted by HossC
Here's a Herald Express pickup I found in a 1940 photo, although this one says Bakersfield underneath.
Detail of picture below.
The full picture shows the 1925 Petroleum Building at Olympic and Flower. In 1940 it housed the General Motors Acceptance Corporation and Security First National Bank on the first floor.
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Behind the Petroleum Building was a another Associated gas station. It's now a parking lot.
Detail of picture above.
Today, the Petroleum Building and the Standard Oil Building (behind the camera) are probably the only surviving buildings that would have been visible from this intersection in 1940. From this angle, the Ritz-Carlton is just out of sight.
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The last remaining twin version of the Olympic Special that's actually on Olympic Blvd can be seen in the GSV. Sadly, the streetlight has been disfigured with HPS Cobra Heads.
There are two more Olympic Special twins, but not on Olympic. One is on Los Angeles Street, between Temple & First. That one has big, ugly glass balls grafted onto it. The other is in the Vermonica exhibit, thankfully with its original decorative teardrops.
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