I was kinda stunned to see BifRayRock's photo of the two Brown Derbys on Wilshire.
I was under the impression that the first one (1926) lasted until 1932 when it was torn down to make way for LA Olympics athletes housing, which then became the Chapman Park Hotel. Meanwhile Brown Derby moved to 3927 Wilshire in the Bilicke Building at Wilshire & Gramercy (which soon became the short-lived Hi-Hat and later Perino's) Then in 1937 the second Brown Derby on Wilshire was built.
But none of that can possibly be now that the ever-surprising BifRayRock has conjured this image.
Explanations? Theories? Ideas?
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More images of Wilshire from the unsorted LIFE magazine files and a surprise (
or two).
In this remarkable image, there are
two Brown Derbys. Assumed the bowler was was reassembled. But this picture disproves that notion and the hat was resized - for more headroom..
(You saw two Brown Derbys. Remember to tell your friends.)
