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Old Posted May 11, 2019, 6:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Lorendoc View Post

Who knew the LAPD staged large spectacles in the 1930s culminating with giant 4 hour shows at the Coliseum? Not me. Tax dollars at work?

The caption at calisphere/UCLA is "Trucks in the L.A.P.D. parade heading towards the Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1937."



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At the upper right of the photo, next to a decaying house, a sign says “It’s in the” and nothing more.
That was the top half of the "It's in the Examiner" sign above the Broadway Tunnel.

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality View Post

I've gone back through the thread and I believe this is a new image in the usc archives of the enormous Examiner sign and the wctu building.


usc digital archive

I love the Examiner sign..I bet the arrow flashed in brilliant red.
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