on this last day of vintage socal ephemera items i'm remembering old restaurants mostly ~
toxic's favorite was farrell's ice-cream parlor where she not only went for birthdays, but mostly before or after a movie at the cerritos mall.. a cheese hotdog & fries, followed by a chocolate soda, this was like heaven on earth ~
on the way to or from school she also often stopped in the local bob's big boy for a donut or other times a bob's big boy combo with a chocolate shake in silver goblet.. i still remember the weird booth dividers that were like plastic with macaroni & beans embedded in designs.. lol ~
toxic is a native of long beach, which is in los angeles county, i spent 40 years of my life there & the house toxic grew up in there has now housed 7 generations of family ~
long beach 1916 ~
my grandmother is the little girl in the middle, here with her parents & cousin etc :) ~
long beach is home to the queen mary, where toxic spent many 4th of july nights seeing the fireworks off her bow.. & her folks talked alot about the pike, an old lb themepark with a cool funhouse & vintage louff carousel, her favorite episode of the little rascals was filmed inside.. the pike was finally reopened not long ago ~
besides all the great themeparks & beaches, la had countless places to visit ~
toxic visited olvera street many times, often for the blessing of the animals event ~
chinatown & hollywood ~
here's a few souvenir ashtrays, coasters & matchbook from the famous brown derby restaurant ~
oldschool phone number style :D toxic's number was GA (garfield) followed by 5 numbers ~
the famous hollywood wax museum ~
not so vintage san diego zoo book ~
opening day long beach aquarium of the pacific ephemera ~
napkin & placemat from woody's wharf in newport beach & northern california brochure ~
p.s. this post is sprinkled with links to more vintage lb & la images..
bren
Comments