-damn, you're fast....47 minutes
HossC 
-kudos! -and you located both Hotel New King
and Victor Clothing Co.
-so Santa hadn't wandered very far at all...he was right in front of the store.
Los Angeles Railway streetcar near the old Selig Zoo gates, 1954.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/metrol...ve/2931568457/
Is that a
Tilt-A-Whirl?
below: Detail of my favorite photograph of the Selig Zoo gate. (love the girl with the sunglasses)
1930s
ebay
See the complete photograph here (there's even an elephant!!)
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=9430
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