Title supplied by cataloger. In the 1930s, Wayne McAllister, the originator of the circular drive-in, designed circular Simon's Drive-in Restaurants in the Streamline Moderne style with a three-layer roof and neon advertising pylon; this style was copied throughout the country.; Since 1955, a Googie-style structure, occupied by Romeo's Times Square and later Johnie's Coffee Shop, has been present on the northwest corner seen here. Looking northwest across the intersection of Fairfax Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard, showing a Simon's drive-in restaurant on the northwest corner. Next door, to the right, is a Foster and Kleiser billboard promoting Adohr milk. Various businesses and structures are visible along Fairfax Ave. (upper right). Photograph dated July 11, 1950.
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1 negative :safety ;13 x 18 cm. Photographic safety negatives
Simon's (Restaurant : Los Angeles, Calif.) Adohr Stock Farms Streets--California--Los Angeles Automobiles--California--Los Angeles Billboards--California--Los Angeles Drive-in restaurants--California--Los Angeles Restaurants--California--Los Angeles Advertising--Milk--California--Los Angeles Commercial buildings--California--Los Angeles Stores & shops--California--Los Angeles Signs and signboards--California--Los Angeles Lampposts--California--Los Angeles Sidewalks--California--Los Angeles Neon signs--California--Los Angeles Art deco (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.) Fairfax Avenue (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Photographers Collection photographs Blackstock Collection photographs Cityscape photographs McAllister, Wayne,1907-2000
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