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Originally Posted by HossC
The 1942 CD lists the Rainier Brewing company at 4433 E 49th Street. If that's what e_r's picture shows, then the tower belongs to the Central Manufacturing District Terminal building. I've arrowed what I think may be the Rainier building on this 1957 view. My guess assumes that the white building under the arrow was added after e_r's picture was taken. The 4433 E 49th Street address would be for the opposite end of the building.
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Thanks for your help
Hoss...
but I'm not sure that I'm 100% convinced yet. Even if the photograph was taken on the far right end of the building that you pointed out, the angle of the 'tower' is a bit off (in my opinion)
To me, it seems the building in question (rainier/tacoma) would almost have to be on the opposite side of the street (red line, below)
because we see the side of the Central Manufacturing Warehouse in the original photo (the side that's parallel to the red line)
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but I certainly think you're in the right ballpark
Hoss.
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Oh, one more thing: (my Columbo impersonation
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Doesn't the tower appear too close to the end of the building...instead of in the middle where it should be.
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Or is it just a matter of perspective?
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re: The garage next to the Huntington Park Sign Shop
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Originally Posted by GaylordWilshire
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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