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Description
Order Number
00030204
Title
Wilshire
Brown
Derby
Restaurant
Collection ID
Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession
HE
box
7110-Brown
Derby
Restaurant
;
HE-002-025
4x5
Date
1937
Physical Description
1
photographic
print
:b&w
Historical Data
Built
in
1926
and
generally
referred
to as the "
Wilshire
Brown
Derby
" the
restaurant
was
designed
in
part
by
J.R
.
Davidson
. This was the
only
structure
of the
four
Brown
Derby
restaurants
that
resembled
a
bowler
hat
; the "
derby
"
measured
28
feet
in
diameter
and
17
1/2
feet
in
height
. Its
first
location
was
3427
Wilshire
Boulevard
,
across
the
street
from the
Ambassador
Hotel
, but
it
was
later
moved
one
block
over
to
3347
Wilshire
Boulevard
. In
1975
, the
restaurant
was
closed
and
sold
.
After
the
structure
was
demolished
in
1980
, the
shell
of the
hat-shaped
dome
was
restored
and
incorporated
into the
design
of the
Brown
Derby
Plaza
, a
strip
mall
at
3377
Wilshire
Boulevard
.
Description
The
Brown
Derby
Restaurant
as
seen
from the
rear
,
looking
towards
Wilshire
Boulevard
. The
sign
atop
the
derby
reads
, "
Eat
in a
hat.
" The
Ambassador
Hotel
is
partially
visible
on the
right
.
Photograph
dated
June
9
,
1937
.
Subject
Brown Derby Restaurant (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Ambassador Hotel.
Restaurants--California--Los Angeles.
Hotels--California--Los Angeles.
Electric lines--California--Los Angeles.
Wilshire Lanterns.
Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs.
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
Format
Photographic prints
Reproduction Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at
http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html
for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
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