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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
Just for fun, I've also been trying to figure out which downtown street this photograph was taken.
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"LAPD Officer Voy Kay Apt in 1920's ticketing Santa."
Again, there aren't that many clues. There is the blade sign at left (S E D...B R I C K?)
And if those boys are newsies, maybe they're in front of the Los Angeles Examiner building (or one of the other newspaper co.)
...also there are the other two signs on the right (one ends in King)
oops. I almost missed the obvious. There's the advertisement on Santa's bag with an address...V A _O R(?) Clothing Co. entrance 214 So.' Broadway.
(of course Mr. Claus could have wandered several blocks from the store he's been paid to advertise) |
The "SED BRICK" lettering is part of the "L.A. PRESSED BRICK CO" sign on the C H Frost Building at 2nd and Broadway, seen here around 1924.
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The "KING" on the right belongs to the Hotel New King at 206½ S Broadway. You can also see the entrance of the Victor Clothing Co, as advertised on Santa's bag.
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