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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
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Here's an interesting snapshot showing a large billboard for Max Barish Chrysler - Plymouth located at 444 So. So. LaBrea Ave.
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As you can see the Mona Lisa restaurant is next door. I believe this is the Wilshire Blvd. location.
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Here's the Mona Lisa building from the east (from my
Wilshire After Its Houses survey):
and an interesting colorized version of the other end:
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Max Barish (left)
Per the LAPL: "Photograph caption dated April 30, 1958 reads, "Newest Valley automotive dealer is Barish Chrysler Imperial Agency at 5109 Van Nuys Blvd. Opening tomorrow, Barish Chrysler is one of few dealerships in America awarded Chrysler's 'Quality Dealer' emblem. From left are Max Barish, Howard 'Bud' Barish, president; Marvin Donelly, manager. New, modern facilities have nearly 25,000 square feet and addition to new cars will offer large stock of top quality trade-ins." (The car they're behind is a '57 Chevrolet...and it looks like there's now a Burger King at 5109 Van Nuys Blvd.)
Max with his wife Etta, from a very interesting article from
Forward recounting Max's response to the infamously anti-semitic Henry Ford:
444 S La Brea today--remodeled façade but you can seem the classic arched-roof of a car dealer....
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Late '50s Chrysler and Plymouth logos flanking his name...
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