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Visit 1940’s Los Angeles in this Vintage Video

4:34 PM PDT on July 23, 2014

    This video from the 1940s gives you a nice tour, including going inside the original Von's on Olympic Blvd. Another interesting stop is a drive-through shoe repair business! Here's the full list of locations visited:

    Olvera Street - City Hall - Union Station - Hotel Rosslyn - Hotel Clark, The Biltmore Hotel, Town House Hotel, Ambassador Hotel - May Company - La Brea Tar Pits - Farmers Market - Ralphs - Von's Olympic - interior grocery market - grocer with fruit - Van de Kamps - shoe drive-in repair - drive-in fast food - Aimee Semple McPherson Temple - palm trees - Echo Park Lake - Griffith Park Planetarium / Observatory - tennis - harbor San Pedro or Long Beach - San Diego county building - Hotel San Diego - Hotel Grand - cities - travel - landmarks

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