Posted on 05/01/2016 11:44:39 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative
Okay folks on the left coast, help me out. Whilst rummaging through a antique shop I found a really neat photo. It is a photo of a combination drive through florist shop and restaurant in Los Angeles. Based on the cars in the shot, It could be from anywhere from 1948 to 1952 (sorry, I don't have the ability to post pictures). The sign on the business says "McEldowneys". From my research it was owned By JK McEldowney, a LA businessman who went on to make the classic 1951 film "The River". He died in 2004 at the age of 97. Up to now I have never heard of the business or the film. But it was such a beautiful period piece of automobilia that I bought it and I am putting it up in my den, which is car themed. Has anyone else ever heard of this business, or one like it?
LOL your tagline :>)
Carpe Versum
“Home of the Nutburger”
And I looked at it with a magnifying glass.
CC
You’re welcome.
If I left you out I apologize. there are a lot of interesting pics. on shorpy that i will be looking into in the future. Thank you.
CC
No problem. Yes, shorpy is a great place to see old photos.
Now I have to put sunflower seeds or something in my next hamburgers.
With the flower shop at hand maybe they experimented with petals or leaves as lettuce replacements :<}
http://articles.latimes.com/2004/jan/16/local/me-passings16.2
Obituaries | PASSINGS
J.K. McEldowney, 97; Florist Made Movie After Wife Dared Him
You never had the original “Hot Brown” in Louisville, Ky, invented by one of the chefs at the Brown Hotel. The bar also had a secret escape route for Al Capone behind the bar. He used to hang out in Louisville quite a bit, so they say. I wasn’t born at the time.
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