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Old Posted Jun 14, 2017, 12:58 PM
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re: The garage next to the Huntington Park Sign Shop

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Well, USL was a brand of car batteries--I think the sign says "Auto Electric Service" at top. I thought I might have found the building at at 1409 S Santa Fe, Coon's Auto Electric in this period...but no.


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I see what you're saying GW. (does the 'service' you mentioned appear at the very bottom of the sign or directly beneath 'electric'?)

I certainly didn't know USL was a type of car battery.

& I was just going to mention that the last letter might be a D instead of L
Unless it's just my imagination; there's a spotlight, or something, on the top end of the Delco sign that could be blocking part of the letter.

The lower horizontal part of the L has always looked too curved (upward) to me.
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There serifs are pretty pronounced on the USL logo letters, accounting for the upswing on the "L"... also, I think it says SERVICE in both places--the clue might be in the too-fuzzy part just above "USL".... Well, there's a drugstore down the street, but its name is also too blurry.
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