Originally Posted by gsjansen (Post 4845497)

i have always enjoyed Mimetic architecture for greasy spoons and ice cream joints. Los Angeles certainly has had it's fair share of em.

the Mother Goose Pantry, located at 1951 East Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena - 1928

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 7369705)

We've seen the Sphinx on NLA.

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 7731339)

'mystery' location #3

"Black Sunday Billboard, Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles 1977"

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I like the blimp.

Originally Posted by BifRayRock (Post 7731699)

Casablanca Club around the bend.
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Originally Posted by HossC (Post 7633702)

The tiled building behind the service station was probably the same one that housed the Casanova Club in 1936. It was at 8383 Sunset Boulevard.

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Originally Posted by westcork (Post 6044218)

1928-1929
A car is set up for broadcasting with microphones on the roof and above the driver's head. On the truck are the call letters of KEJK radio station of the MacMillan Petroleum Co., and the name Freeman Lang. Lang was the chief engineer of the station, which he founded in 1927 under the call sign of KRLO. He sold the station in February 1928 to Ernest J. Krause, who changed the call letters to fit his initials, KEJK. Just two months later, KEJK was sold to R.S. MacMillan Petroleum Company of Beverly Hills, which owned KEJK when this photo was taken. They would change the call letters on March 14, 1930, to KMPC to fit the company name.
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Originally Posted by HossC (Post 6578842)

USC has this picture dated December 1, 1932. It shows the Hoegee Sporting Goods Store, the Weil Block, and the Hotel Yorke on the corner.

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Originally Posted by BifRayRock (Post 7731735)

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More images of Wilshire from the unsorted LIFE magazine files and a surprise (or two).

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Originally Posted by Martin Pal (Post 6494897)

GW, loved your pictures of Zamboanga and Chuckaluck, yours of the Singapore Spa!





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It's my belief that the self-service station can be found in this aerial if you look under the word “Beverly.” In the close-up photos you can see 8 rows of gas pumps in each photo. In the aerial you can see what look to be those same eight rows of pumps. It’s set off the street which would also coincide with the street-level photos and the large “serve yourself” sign seen in the pictures, along with the pay station booth. From that location looking west (the night photo) you would also see the “Herbert’s” tower in the background and the Fairfax Theatre sign off to the right.

As for expecting “far more volume/sales than the solitary station,” that location with Gilmore Field, Gilmore Stadium, the Farmer’s Market, Fairfax Theater, Gilmore Drive-In and the Pan-Pacific Auditorium, surely would have provided that more than any other location I could think of in the city at the time!

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 7731865)

Today's first billboard photo isn't a mystery (the location was given in the description), but it's quite interesting non-the-less.

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"Imperial Whiskey billboard at Olympic and Crenshaw in Los Angeles circa 1951"

I haven't checked to see if the building is still there. I've gotta' rush to an appointment.

Originally Posted by CityBoyDoug (Post 7732029)

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 7731333)

1959
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Anyone heard of Almquist?

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 7732483)

I found Almquist's Jewelers in the 1956 city directory.

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But I haven't figured out which building it is exactly (numerous building have recently been torn down)

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Originally Posted by HossC (Post 7208333)

That's the Mesa Vernon Market. It appears that the Dick Whittington image has been mirrored. I've posted details of this photo before (during my Citizens Bank round-up) - it dates from March 29, 1930.

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Detail of picture in Huntington Digital Library

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 7731333)

"Hills Bros. Coffee Billboard, Los Angeles 1959

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 7732498)

Here's this afternoon's 'mystery' location.

"Various billboards along Santa Monica Blvd near Beverly Hills, 1977"

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This is a few years before I moved to L.A..........I don't recall a r.r. bridge with those large cylindrical cement 'supports'.

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Originally Posted by BifRayRock (Post 7038167)

Originally Posted by HossC (Post 7732555)

Do you think that the billboard in the 1959 image is mounted on the old "MARKET" tower? I think it's a match.