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Title
Roberts Drive-in
Alternative Title
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
Circa 1948
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Wayne McAllister was the architect of this circular, Streamline Moderne drive-in. It has a neon-trimmed roofline and advertising pylon and neon rings around the underside/overhang of the roof. A whimsical ball and neon detail are on top of the pylon.
Cars parked at Roberts Drive-in Restaurant at Olive and Victory in Burbank.
Type
Image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00044921
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Burbank-Buildings; S-008-074 4x5
CARL0000049143
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/101712
Subject
Roberts Drive-in Restaurant
Drive-in restaurants--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Automobiles--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Lost architecture--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Mountains--California, Southern
McAllister, Wayne,1907-2000
Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Verdugo Mountains (Calif.)

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