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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
I came across this yesterday afternoon on eBay.
"1939 Slot Machines Marble Games Confiscated Destroyed Police Photo Los Angeles CA"
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 Does anyone have an idea where this photograph might have been taken? The biggest clue is the bridge (viaduct) in the upper right corner.
Think what those machines would be worth today. hint: A fortune! |
The 'large, empty lot' is right there to the right in Hoss' photo. The houses between Macy Street and Clara Street were torn down in 1925. Think Bubonic Plague. Pics of the area being leveled have been posted on NLA. Look at the left edge of the school building and the viaduct tunnel. Their alignment indicates we're on the north side of Macy which runs down the left edge of the pic behind that fence. (Also notice no Vignes Street up here in 1921)
Los Angeles Baist, 1921, sheet 5