I’m rather concerned for the safety of this woman who is negotiating the rather chaotic corner of 4th Street and Vermont Avenue in what is now Koreatown. I’ve decided that she’s running for the streetcar because she had such a marvelous time at the Caliente Golf Park (note the sign in the background) that she lost all track of time and has to hurry home to her boarding house because Mrs. Garrett serves dinner promptly at 6PM and those who are tardy miss out. The streetcar has one of those protective scooper things in front so that if our heroine stumbles, she won’t miss out on Mrs. Garrett’s delicious tapioca pudding. (Photo dated 1931)
I’m rather concerned for the safety of this woman who is negotiating the rather chaotic corner of 4th Street and Vermont Avenue in what is now Koreatown. I’ve decided that she’s running for the streetcar because she had such a marvelous time at the Caliente Golf Park (note the sign in the background) that she lost all track of time and has to hurry home to her boarding house because Mrs. Garrett serves dinner promptly at 6PM and those who are tardy miss out. The streetcar has one of those protective scooper things in front so that if our heroine stumbles, she won’t miss out on Mrs. Garrett’s delicious tapioca pudding. (Photo dated 1931)
Love this! On trains we used to call the scooper in front “cow catchers”. Lou.