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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
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Programmatic Architecture / And mystery location.
"Igloo Ice Cream, Paper 'Tintype' Photo Los Angeles CA 1920s"
Newly listed on eBay..Asking $269.41
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Originally Posted by GaylordWilshire
The Igloo was at the swc of Pico and Victoria. We've seen it here before.... Looks like it was taken just after school let out--LA High is not far to the north.
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Originally Posted by HossC
That was my first thought too GW, but here's a picture of the one on Pico.
Exterior view of The Igloo, an igloo-shaped ice cream parlor, located at 4302 W. Pico St. The igloo is attached to a huge "ice berg," on top of which sits a stranded ship. Two polar bear flank the entrance. To me, the iceberg is a slightly different shape, and the ship is definitely different. Could e_r's picture be an earlier incarnation (the ship looks simpler) or another location? Maybe I'm imagining it, and maybe the original ship was stolen and replaced.
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I think the igloo in
e_r's ebay picture was located at 4315 Beverly Blvd, close to the NE corner with N. Kingsley Dr.
John Withington operated two ice cream outlets - one at 4302 W. Pico and the other on Beverly Blvd.
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The Beverly Blvd. igloo fits with the buildings in close proximity that we see in the ebay picture.
I think this is it, center of red circle, on a 1928 aerial.
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The igloo on Pico stood isolated on it's corner for most if not all of it's time there. Seen here also in 1928.
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