Quote:
Originally Posted by CityBoyDoug
This was when car shows were really exciting. Today, they're a bore. My father took me to the Pan Pacific Motorama 1956...it was dazzling. You could see a vision of the near future. Sadly, that future didn't pan out the way we thought it would.
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Wondering about the imposing structure that resembles a water tower, or guard/observation tower. I am guessing it was an attempt to disguise a score board. Or maybe it was the floating garage of the future.
1954
http://jpg1.lapl.org/00105/00105783.jpg
1953
http://jpg1.lapl.org/00105/00105781.jpg
1958
http://jpg1.lapl.org/00105/00105819.jpg
1939
http://jpg1.lapl.org/00105/00105775.jpg
1939 - Streamlining perfection (per original caption).
http://jpg1.lapl.org/00105/00105798.jpg
1935 - Rug owner rethinks placement? It will wash out.
http://jpg1.lapl.org/00105/00105796.jpg
1935
http://jpg1.lapl.org/00105/00105795.jpg
1935
http://jpg1.lapl.org/00105/00105793.jpg