This very film-noir-esque night shot of the Mark C Bloom gas station at the corner of Sunset Blvd and El Centro Ave was taken in April 1942. It looks like he was a one-stop shop: gas, motor oil, car wash (69 cents), tires, and parking. It’s pretty impressive that he was open 24 hours a day back then, although this was during the early days after Pearl Harbor, so I’m surprised he was allowed to keep the lights on. I guess this was before or after the authorities introduced black-outs and dim-outs.
Amazingly, that corner is still home to a tire store (May 2019):
To Jack C..that photo you mentioned of Actress Coleen Gray is how I ende up on this site..She was quite an Actress in the 40’s n 50’s working alongside such greats as Tyrone Power and John Wayne. You should catch a couple of her films
This very film-noir-esque night shot of the Mark C Bloom gas station at the corner of Sunset Blvd and El Centro Ave was taken in April 1942. It looks like he was a one-stop shop: gas, motor oil, car wash (69 cents), tires, and parking. It’s pretty impressive that he was open 24 hours a day back then, although this was during the early days after Pearl Harbor, so I’m surprised he was allowed to keep the lights on. I guess this was before or after the authorities introduced black-outs and dim-outs.
the car wash Price didn’t Change much, from 69 only another nine was added…:-)
Coleen Gray was a hwd babe in the 50s.
If you Google her name, there’s a photo of her in front of a Mark Bloom auto parts store.
Interesting.
To Jack C..that photo you mentioned of Actress Coleen Gray is how I ende up on this site..She was quite an Actress in the 40’s n 50’s working alongside such greats as Tyrone Power and John Wayne. You should catch a couple of her films