Title supplied by cataloger. Photographer's caption reads, "Johnny and Ronnie are the lot boys at Frank Corrente's Cadillac Corner. Johnny came to Hollywood at 25 from Atlanta partly for the weather, but mostly to meet his hero Sidney Poitier. He managed to meet Portier twice in person. Big boss Frank yells a lot, especially at Johnny. I see some of the yelling. Ronnie: "I don't cotton to that." Johnny goes out on the lot, lights a cigarette, and slumps against a Cadillac. But on the mural above the car lot, Johnny is in the driver's seat of a green Rolls Royce convertible, on top of the world."
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image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;24 x 36 cm. on sheet 26 x 38 cm. Photographic prints
General Motors Corporation.--Cadillac Motor Car Division Cadillac Motor Car Company Used car trade--California--Los Angeles Automobiles--California--Los Angeles Murals--California--Los Angeles Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Neighborhoods Collection photographs
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