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Originally Posted by Tourmaline
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Slight correction, Tourmaline...this photo is at N. Orange Drive, Orange Grove and Sunset is further west near Fairfax Ave.
I wondered what the chalk marks were for and following your link discovered that we have this marvelous photo because of a motorcycle accident that took place there.
Currently at this location:
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In-N-Out Burgers, 7009 Sunset Blvd.
A source says this opened in 1994, but I could've sworn it was there a lot longer ago than that. (Now I wonder what was there previously.
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The In-N-Out chain began in 1948 in a space barely 10 feet square at Francisquito and Garvey in Baldwin Park. It was demolished when the Interstate 10 (then U.S. 60/70/99, the Ramona Freeway) San Bernardino Freeway was built from downtown Los Angeles to the San Gabriel Valley. The freeway runs over the original location.
Crossed palms...
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Notice the two "crossed palm trees" in this photo? Most In-N-Out's have a pair of crossed palm trees out front, because the founder got the idea from the film It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. In the film, the characters race to find treasure located under palm trees in the shape of a W, and Harry Snyder, the founder of In-N-Out, wanted to mark each restaurant as his own treasure.