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Originally Posted by BifRayRock
Prior post examined a photo of Vermont Ave and Fourth Street.
Returning to that image I noticed what appears to be a large Ford Dealership, " Sam Bennett Ford." Have there been any other posts of this dealership? Note the sign for the Fox Carthay.
 
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Interesting in that the building started out as a Durant dealership--a mighty ambitious project for a small car company that had just had a two-year suspension of sales. Anyway, neither Durant's tenancy or the car would last too long.
LAT Dec 16, 1928/March 6, 1929. The "FIRE" reference is to the big car-show fire we've seen here a few times before. Hard to find the original, but a 2011 post by
FredH included this link:
Full LAT story:
http://framework.latimes.com/2011/11...929-auto-show/
Sam Bennett is listed in L.A. Ford dealer advertising at 237 S Vermont as early as January 1931. Looks like he'd moved from another Mediterranean-style building at the s/e corner of Beverly and Juanita. (It's gone too.)
LAT March 15, 1931/Feb 13, 1927