[QUOTE=HossC;6370081]I haven't found any photos of the original deco signage, but here are some more pictures of Shipwreck Joey's. The first is from 'To Live & Die In L.A.'.
www.seeing-stars.com
This one is dated 1979/80.
Smithsonian American Art Museum/John Humble
Aerial from 1980 showing Shipwreck Joey's in the center.
Historic Aerials
The site is now on the south-west corner of Wilmington Waterfront Park (formerly known as the Harry Bridges Boulevard Buffer Project). The picture below is looking west, so Shipwreck Joey's was in the top left corner of the green area.
Around 1943 my family lived in Coast Guard housing in Wilmington...wondering if anyone had info/pictures of the area.