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Order Number	00007305
Title	Nightime at Simon's Drive-In
Collection ID	Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession	L.A.-Restaurants-Drive-In-Simon's; S-000-074.8 5x7; S-000-074.7 5x7
Date	Circa 1937
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w
Historical Data	In the 1930s, Wayne McAllister, the originator of the circular drive-in, designed circular Simon's Drive-in Restaurants in the Streamline Moderne style with a three-layer roof and neon advertising pylon; this style was copied throughout the country.
Description	Simon's, located at 5171 Wilshire Boulevard, is well lit for outside drive-up customers. Cars are parked all around the round-shaped restaurant. The marquee advertises sandwiches, hamburgers, barbecue, and fountain, and signs with prices for food items are hung in a line all across the windowtops.
Subject	Simon's (Restaurant : Los Angeles, Calif.). Restaurants--California--Hancock Park (Los Angeles). Drive-in restaurants--California--Hancock Park (Los Angeles). Automobiles--California--Los Angeles. Art deco (Architecture)--California--Hancock Park (Los Angeles). Lost architecture--California--Hancock Park (Los Angeles). Night photographs McAllister, Wayne,1907-2000. Hancock Park (Los Angeles, Calif.). Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Coverage	1931; 1932; 1933; 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939; 1940
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	Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection