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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
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Here is another Ida Wyman photograph. ....I find this one especially interesting.
"A man selects a song on the jukebox at the Vera Cruz Cafe in Los Angeles, 1950."
Monroe Gallery of Photography
So was the Vera Cruz Cafe in the Vera Cruz Hotel?
1942 Directory / LAPL
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416 N. Main is the address of the Masonic Lodge Building next to the Pico House.
Michael Ryerson made a post about the Vera Cruz Cafe 7 years ago, but the link is gone :[
Someone posted his image on Pinterest, though, so here it is:
But, wait, there's more:
News-Pilot 6/29/57 via newspapers.com
Since this was a San Pedro newspaper, the address of the cafe in the ad would be there, not DtLA
Here's a Sanborn:
lapl.org
A block from the waterfront, a rough neighborhood dive one would imagine...