In 1920, the Muller brothers, Frank and Walter, opened a gas and tire business at 6380 Sunset Blvd in Hollywood. To attract the attention of prospective customers, at some point (this photo is circa mid-1930s) they constructed a very tall stack of tires on top of which they placed a mannequin. I can’t imagine there was another place in LA with anything that looked like this, so I tip my hat to the Mullers for their promotional savvy. Especially seeing as how it looks as though you could avail yourself to their 25-cent special while they fit you with new and/or used tires.
Jack F. in Facebook posted this colorized photo from a different view:
This photo suggests there was nothing inside the tower of tires keeping them up! (We can see Robert’s drive-in in the background on the far right.)
The Mullers gas and tire (and 25-cent special) business stood on the same site that the Cinerama Dome complex now stands. This image is from June 2022.
Hey, neon! Bye, bye bulbs.
What the heck is that building with the three tall smokestack (?) things?
I was too busy looking at the Chop Suey sign to notice! It doesn’t look familiar at all.
I noticed that Chop Suey sign, too! Gotta love those!
Hollywood Laundry.They moved north a bit when the property went over for the next thing…which ended up being Roberts Bros. Drive-In about 1939. (It changed names somewhere between 1952 and 1956.) The Texaco station came in during 1959.
Two of the three stacks are visible in the first view just below the right half of the Sandwiches sign. The third is out of view behind the support post.
Thanks for the info, Al, and for noticing that those stacks weren’t part of something holding up that sign!!!