ATARI: Past Present Forever!
Apparently this poster hails from 2011. Currently from what I can see, the company is dwelling quite a bit on the past. Photo by Freedom.
Apparently this poster hails from 2011. Currently from what I can see, the company is dwelling quite a bit on the past. Photo by Freedom.
I gather it is an ad for a sore throat medicine. Photo by Speed Age.
You can read it online here! See the Peanut family tree from Peru to the US. One internal photo below.Photo by Grasons.
Before McDonald’s, there was McDonnell’s in the 30’s and 40’s. This site has some great photos of a number of early LA drive-in chains, including… Read More »McDonnell’s Drive-In (& Mt. Wilson)
Still in business in Chicago, but it looks like they haven’t been in LA for quite some time.Photo by MMD.
Photo by Right Path.
Photo by Grasons.
This Googie restaurant is not far from our house. It hasn’t been the Wich Stand for ages, but the building was refurbished and reopened as… Read More »The Wich Stand
TIL, after the LDS church vacated Nauvoo for Utah, the land was sold to a French utopian socialist community, the Icarians. The Icarians lasted there… Read More »Visit Keokuk, Nauvoo and the other delights of the Tri-state area
Despite the appearance of the Mercury dime, I think this probably is from a later period. It was a little book you put dimes in,… Read More »Bank of America Dime Saver