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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
Does anyone know what this mystery thingy is at Griffith Observatory, c.1983 Slide.
I am surprised by its prominent location.
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It's obviously some kind of transmitter, right?
Do you think that old pedestal is a hold over from WWII 
Free night out at the Cocoanut Grove for any noirisher who can find a second photo with this mystery thing. (I tried) I FAILED  |
I haven't found any more pictures of the antennae from the original photo, but these two have the same platform on a column, only with some sort of dish on it. I've included insets of the platform. The original images (links below) are much larger.
Wikimedia Commons by Empirerobison
Wikimedia Commons by Empirerobison
I still have no idea why it was there!