http://imgzoom.cdlib.org/Converter?i...0&w=1030&h=643
Borrowing from HGraham's '33 or '39 empirical observation, I am inclined to agree with the '33 crowd.
The prime indicator of date (for me) might be a contemporaneous newspaper ad, review or playbill of the "world premier." It may be far from common for a live performance to be one show only, but it has been known to happen on Broadway and plenty of High Schools, so why not Ocean Ave? For all we know, the show was preempted when the Navy unexpectedly canceled all shore leave. Come to think of it, Long Beach's world premier could have had a loose but novel plot line involving three sailors on 24 hour shore leave. With just the right musical numbers and a
different Port City, it might have inspired . . . ? Well never mind.
Respecting license plate dates, I assume the conclusion is based on shape rather than issuing numbers and possibly color, since previous Long Beach imagery has included many out-of-State plates. Bus shapes are not necessarily determinative of date.
If the image is from '33, there is no obvious earthquake damage. Either it has been quickly swept up or this area escaped with easily remedied damage. It is also possible that the photo was taken pre-March 10, even though this includes a world premier banner for an event many weeks in the future.
Another observation concerning one photo's caption of the Bank being open. For those keeping score, the '33 LBQuake struck on a Friday at approximately 5:55 PM. That date was also part of a 3-day bank Holiday declared by the Gov. It has been said that the bank Holiday may have spared a few Long Beach'ers who might have been conducting banking or spending their money at other businesses - from serious injury or worse. We will never know.
http://ladailymirror.com/2011/08/26/...ch-quake-1933/
If anyone's interested, "Of Mice and Men" was released in - 1939
http://www.pacificelectric.org/wp-co...ch-4-18-39.jpg
http://www.worldlicenceplates.com/jp...S_CAXX_GI2.jpg
http://www.atticpaper.com/prodimages.../greyhound.jpg