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Originally Posted by rcarlton
"Ornate street lights -- relics of gingerbread era -- H.J. Lindhardt, Bureau of Street Lighing, examines fixtures." -- Examiner clipping attached to verso, dated 4 October 1959.
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Can't quite put my finger on it, but your photo reminds me of the Jack in the Box restaurant chain that is so prevalent in the So Cal Area. I believe its roots go back to San Diego in '51.
J in the B in Los Angeles
http://american-business.org/2477-fa...staurants.html
Not that there is any direct relationship, but there was a restaurant on the 9000 Block of West Sunset that went by the name of "Hamburger Jacks.")
1937 (??)
Lapl
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...&postcount=917
More fast food potpourri:
Undated
Somewhere in El Monte - Undated
CalStLib
1970 "Jack and Hy" on Olive Street
1986 the same "Jack and Hy."
CalStLib
May 25, 1962 - Another orb-related eatery. Don's "future" Dugout on Oxnard Street in Van Nuys
Lapl