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https://i.postimg.cc/xC59v5F2/WSQSIr...t1-USETHIS.jpg RE:..The business card with the school desk. "The wooden one-arm chair was a characteristic feature of the “quick lunch” type of eating place which became the popular choice for businessmen around the turn of the last century. The chairs were unattractive and uncomfortable but considering that prior to their introduction patrons seeking a speedy lunch often ate while standing at a counter, they offered relative luxury. Solitary seating made sense in a café where businesspeople usually came in alone and spent little more than 10 or 15 minutes at their meal before rushing back to the office or store." https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/n7B6HN.jpg https://restaurant-ingthroughhistory...ne-arm-joints/ I don't believe this is a 'Globe Dairy Lunch' spot but it's interesting to see the arm-chairs in situ. (pun intended) . |
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A mystery street. 35mm negative listed on eBay. 1940s LOS ANGELES street scene classic cars - 35mm Film NEGATIVE https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/AbHLQC.jpg eBay I can't decide if that's a civic building or a hospital in the distance. note the wig-wag. . |
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Another mystery street. This time in living color. 1950's Woman with Ford Thunderbird in California, Orig. Kodachrome Slide https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/924/O8LF9o.jpg eBay I love the different shades of blue in this photograph. . |
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Is anyone in the mood for another mystery street?..I thought so! 1949 Lincoln Car, Los Angeles Area California, mid 1950's Kodachrome 2 Slides #1 https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/lS7ynM.jpg eBay A closer look at the business down the street. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...922/tKGXTD.jpg Detail And here's the same wrecked car looking in the opposite direction. #2 https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/8OMBjH.jpg eBay Good luck! :superwhip . |
I believe the not-so-hot-rod Lincoln is parked in front of 1328 N. Elm Ave in Long Beach. The two apartment buildings across the street and a bit north remain today. Major clue was the backside of the Glenn E. Thomas Dodge dealership that then fronted on Long Beach Blvd. née American Ave. The license plate dates the photo to c1956.
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That karate school with the distinctive plastic backlit sign we saw on Sepulveda was built by Ed Parker, the kenpo karate trainer who opened the first commercial karate studio in America and taught Elvis Presley martial arts.
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/--qeArB5DN...Bwest%2Bla.jpg https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pZl8ZK9db.../west%2Bla.jpg http://kenponotes.blogspot.com/2015/ https://blackbeltmag.com/media-libra...=0%2C0%2C0%2C0 https://blackbeltmag.com/ed-parker-a...n-kenpo-master https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...88133087_z.jpg https://www.facebook.com/edparkersr/...2086490228750/ There were additional schools, including the one at 1705 Walnut Street in Pasadena which has been closed for some time, but remains for the moment. https://americankenpokarate.net/wp-c...npo-Karate.jpghttps://americankenpokarate.net/2019...na-california/ https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...091292dd_n.jpg GSV Quote:
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And what about the blurred out customers and employee? I thought that only happened on Google Street View. Or are they ghosts? |
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JMR, the figures are blurred because they moved while the camera shutter was open for a long exposure. Now, about that baptismal font. . |
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e_r, I believe that's a spittoon on a column. Here's a more elegant version: https://i.postimg.cc/j2K4cQmK/Spittoon.jpg eBay Elevated spittoons/cuspidors of this sort are most familiar from dentist's offices--"Rinse, and spit!"--though I'd say it has been twenty or thirty years since I've seen one in use in a dentist's office. I used to find the sound of the swirling water to be soothing (but of course the kind in the lunch room didn't have running water in it). |
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Thanks for figuring out the recent mystery locations, HenryHuntington...I appreciate it. :) _____________________________________________________ I didn't know Pioneer Pigeon Chicken had a mascot. (who, for some reason, looks very Italian) Doug Davis Photo, "Pioneer Takeout" Los Angeles, 1969 https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/922/g86Dhm.jpg eBay If I were the advertising agency I might have gone with a. . . .PIONEER! .. :duh . |
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Does anyone know if this is a legit ad from back when phone numbers had letters? And were they really advertising "dance lessons?" :haha: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...6c54a224_b.jpg Source unknown |
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I preferred Pioneer Chicken to KFC.
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sopas, here's their ad (bottom) amongst those of some competitors. It was apparently a "thing" in 1941. https://i.postimg.cc/wM24mTF6/2523-W...-1941-6-15.jpg LA Times, 6/15/1941. |
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