[マイルズ]

Originally Posted by HossC

マイルズ, you may be interested to know that Heinz also used these "57" adverts on the hills around Los Angeles. The subject has come up a few times on the Noirish Los Angeles thread:

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

Thank You for these links, HossC! If you have Google Earth, you can actually view one of the 57s that were placed on hillsides across California. If you go to the Carquinez-Strait Bridge in Crokett, California, then go back in time to 1938, there will be a 57 placed to the right of the bridge looking north.



Here's what it looks like to today:



If you can't read the coordinates, here they are.


The Baldwin Hills 57:


At Night:





Here's the 'Original' Heinz 57 Hillside. This 57 was placed along the Allegheny River near Pittsburgh in Mr. H.J. Heinz's Backyard.


Here's the 57 next to the Carquinez Strait Bridge that can be seen from Google Earth. It's hard to see, so I put an arrow above it.