I’m not sure why a Zeiss Telescope (“World’s Largest Portable”) is attached to this Ford (with what looks like a steel plate bolted to the roof) and parked on the west side of Vine Street in Hollywood (the building in the background is next to the Brown Derby restaurant) in 1936, but it sure makes for an interesting photo. Was the car driven around L.A. as advertising? I’m also interested in that Broadway Hollywood department store parking sign. What, do you suppose, was the difference between 15, 20, and 25 cent parking?
Zeiss Telescope parked on Vine Street, Hollywood, 1936
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Promo for the Griffith Observatory
https://griffithobservatory.org/exhibits/telescopes/zeiss-telescopes/
Ah! I figured somebody had to be promoting something!
The three parking prices are for choices in time the guest can park. The first two are for three and five hours, and the 25¢ MAY be all day or with in-and-out privileges; it’s hard to make out at the picture’s resolution.
Thanks, David!
Looks like “2 Hour Parking with $1 Purchase” to Patrons of Broadway. Then the other rates are probably general parking fees no matter where you go.
This was Shelly Stoody’s personal telescope. You can read about him here…
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2021/10/shelly-stoody-of-whittier-california.html
The telescope is now at Griffith Observatory.
“The addition of a 9½-inch Zeiss telescope in 1955, previously mounted for more than two decades on the roof of the car of Whittier amateur astronomer Shelly Stoody, aided Roques in the precise aiming and guiding needed for his photoelectric work.”
https://griffithobservatory.org/exhibits/telescopes/zeiss-telescopes/