1960DesotoAdventurer - 2012-03-17 8:35 PM

Dolores Drive In,Hollywood Ca 1959

Doctor DeSoto - 2012-03-17 7:54 PM

When I was a kid, I-5 had yet to be built, and what are now the northbound lanes were
the four lane US 99. Waddles sat right there looking pretty much like it does in this photo.
Somewhere in the same area was the diving woman in the bathing suit, advertising Jantzen
Beach. Both lasted into the 80's. I remember seeing them when in Po'land for the swap
meet.

1960DesotoAdventurer - 2012-03-18 9:19 PM
Did you ever get to go inside "Waddles" or see it lit up at night? That duck with the neon "rays" behind it sure is cool looking!

Doctor DeSoto - 2012-03-17 11:24 PM



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Affirmative on both. I am drawing a blank on whether or not I liked the food. Must
not have been too impressive. By the time I noticed both the Jantzen girl and Waddles,
the traffic through that tight spot was a clusterfxck. The on-off "ramps" to get there were
deathtraps, with 20' to get up to highway speed in ALWAYS heavy traffic. The growth of that
corridor doomed Waddles as it was originally built ... just too close in to the major traffic
that made someone build it there in the first place !

Doctor DeSoto - 2012-03-18 8:06 AM

Bernie,

Do you have a street name to go with those Seattle shots ? One looks like it *might*
have the VA hospital in the background, but I can't be sure. I am left wondering why
the house is being moved. Is it related to the sewer line going in ?

1960DesotoAdventurer - 2012-03-19 12:25 AM Stardust

wizard - 2012-03-19 9:57 AM

Careful posting that kind of photos up here, some old gentlemen might get a hernia from them. That said, no camel toe there :)

hemidenis - 2012-03-19 5:16 PM

Neil. Just saying that seems a very tight outfit for the time and kind of event. My oldest aunt, at 73 told me NO WAY she would wear that back then.