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Old Posted Mar 6, 2014, 9:33 PM
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We've seen the Heinz 57 sign near Culver City before, but today I found that the Huntington Digital Library has these much higher resolution pictures. Going by the caption, the first was taken from Adams Street on Dec 10, 1916.


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This close-up shot shows the lighting rig in front of the sign. The horse in the other field gives a good idea of scale. I'm assuming that the "AirLine" in the caption refers to the Pacific Electric Santa Monica Air Line which opened a few years earlier. For some reason it took the photographer a day to get a field closer!


Huntington Digital Library

And finally, let there be light ...


Huntington Digital Library


Previous posts about various Heinz 57 signs around Los Angeles:

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=7700

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=8993

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=8995

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=16696
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