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.
Huntington Digital Library
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