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Originally Posted by BifRayRock
This is a 1935 image of Santa Monica. Looks like a southern view of California 101. Could be a detour due to construction - possibly related to a certain tunnel.  Structures in background include . . . Roberts Public Markets.
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/single...coll2/id/30391 |
That's the future site of Sears on the right. Here's a similar view from 1955 which shows the "overpass" and the Roberts Public Markets building. The overpass is still there, but the Roberts Public Markets building has gone.
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Originally Posted by HossC
Here's the store in an aerial from the 1955 blimp series which I've used many times before. It looks like it would have been highly visible from the nearby intersection.
Detail of picture in USC Digital Library |