Title supplied by cataloger. Architect Samuel B. Bird designed the 1925 Spanish Colonial Revival style El Patio Ballroom, which could house up to 10,000 patrons. The amusement center, located at 245 South Vermont Avenue was later known as the Rainbow Gardens and finally the Palomar. The building burned down on October 2, 1939. Looking north across the intersection of Vermont Avenue (foreground) and 3rd Street. A man is about to board a Pacific Electric Yellow Car; also seen are two service stations, a Foster and Kleiser billboard advertising scotch, the Palomar and the sign for the Belmont Theatre. Photograph dated June 16, 1939.
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Palomar (Restaurant : Los Angeles, Calif.) Belmont Theatre (Los Angeles, Calif.) Standard Oil Company Pacific Electric Railway Company Streets--California--Los Angeles Automobiles--California--Los Angeles Pedestrians--California--Los Angeles Street-railroads--California--Los Angeles Street-railroad tracks--California--Los Angeles Billboards--California--Los Angeles Electric railroads--Cars--California--Los Angeles Stop signs--California--Los Angeles Electric lines--Poles and towers Lampposts--California--Los Angeles Signs and signboards--California--Los Angeles Advertising--Alcoholic beverages--California--Los Angeles Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.)--California--Los Angeles Restaurants--California--Los Angeles Stores & shops--California--Los Angeles Service stations--California--Los Angeles Whiskey Architecture--California--Los Angeles--Spanish influences Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles Vermont Avenue (Los Angeles, Calif.) Third Street (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Photographers Collection photographs Blackstock Collection photographs
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