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Title
Roundhouse Cafe´
Alternative Title
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1929
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
Exterior view of the Roundhouse Cafe´, located at 250 N. Virgil Avenue. This photo shows the main entrance, with a large "Cafe´" sign above the door, and the front end of a locomotive peeking out from a "stall"; a large engine 'shed' is at the rear of the restaurant. The building is brick with a solid color roof, possibly red, which has a circular "Round House" sign on top. On the left, a 'railroad crossing' signal reads: "Stop. Look. Eat". Another sign below that advertises chicken, steaks, and ham. The operating hours are 5 P.M. to 2 A.M. Photo dated: 1929.
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00068647
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Architecture-Programmatic; A-011-950 5x7
CARL0000071557
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/106840
Subject
Roundhouse Cafe´ (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Restaurants--California--Los Angeles
Mimetic architecture--California--Los Angeles
Roundhouses (Railroads)--California--Los Angeles
Virgil Avenue (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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