Hollywood nightclub, 1938. Photographer–Alfred Eisenstaedt.
source: Google Life Archive
Month: June 2017
The Hoover Building on Western Avenue (A40) in Perivale, West London. Is an example of Art Deco architecture designed by Wallis, Gilbert and Partners.
Frostie Freeze, Malibu in the late ‘70s.
The 21-foot tall staue was not an unusual sight around southern California at that time. Originally designed to promote body shops and auto parts stores, the “muffler men” were manufactured by a company in Venice beginning in the early 1960s.
Read more about muffler men here: http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/37422
The one in Malibu was retooled in 1988 into a guy with a moustache holding a taco.
There’s one in Escondido in San Diego County. The Joor Muffler Man has been at the corner of East Valley Parkway and Juniper for 40 years.
Noir By Night 