I’ve seen plenty of photos of the original Brown Derby restaurant at 3377 Wilshire Blvd on the Alexandria Ave corner, but I’ve never seen one with so many people gathered out front. The car on the right is a 1940 Buick, so this is circa early 1940s and I have to wonder what was going on that day. Everyone appears to be very nicely dressed—taking even more care than they normally did back then—so I’m wondering if it was Easter Sunday and Angelenos were doing their own version of the Easter parade. I have a photo taken farther along on Wilshire on Easter, 1941 – so maybe this photo was taken the same day. I’ll bet the Brown Derby did a roaring trade that day!