I don’t know what was going on in this colorized postcard photo when it was taken. It’s unusual to see traffic jams this thick but something was definitely going on—look at how crowded the sidewalk outside Bullocks Wilshire is. Given that this was circa early 1940s before America entered the war and gasoline went on strict rationing, this could well have been the last great pre-war L.A. traffic jam.
The same view in April 2019:
No “postcard.”
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