Carpenters Drive-In Sunset and Vine 1940 Hello, The photo of Carpenter’s Drive In Restaurant and Diner has been shown plenty of times. It was one of the early restaurants in the Los Angeles areas. We missed it by years by the time we were driving age. But, the surrounding part of the city was where we used to drive to impress the person sitting next to us on late night cruises or actual “Hollywood” movie night. So Cal had theaters in most cities. As nice as the community cities had their own theaters, if one wanted to see a “first run” movie, we had to drive into Hollywood to stand in line and then see a First Run movie. It was an exclusive thing that those movies play in the theaters of Hollywood areas first. Then after several weeks or sometimes months, they started to get shipped to the outlying community theaters. So, as classic teenagers that wanted to get the jump on the majority of the other folks in the local communities and of course, high school, it was a long drive to Hollywood, but well worth it. North on Vine St. NBC Studios While making the supreme effort to drive into Hollywood for the movies, there were places that our So Cal areas did not have. Being in Los Angeles area, the drive-in restaurants were plentiful and then as progress moved along, they started to disappear and the other popular buildings came into being… one being the popularity of TV studios for audience participation and watching shows being filmed live. Jnaki Do you remember drinking Ben-Hur coffee anywhere? Most home coffee home servers/makers were the aluminum two level pots that had the coffee in a twist on cup under the hot water area. Then it dripped down into the bottom area, prior to serving. If one wanted to keep the pot of coffee hot, placed back on the low setting of the flames usually did the job. Drip coffee? Much better than percolating... Way ahead of its time? No longer using the percolation process, but a simple hot water dripping down through the waiting coffee grounds started the whole concept of “Drip Coffee,” today.
As a kid I remember these. If I'm not mistaken they were made by American LaFrance. Always liked the sleek lines of it.
Looks mighty uncomfortable for all with the driver in the center. The passengers have to sit on a 45 degree angle for steering wheel room. Four passengers in the back look squashed also.
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