A tall stack of tires advertises the Muller Brothers gas and tire business at 6380 Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, circa mid-1930s

A tall stack of tires advertises the Muller Brothers gas and tire business at 6380 Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, circa mid-1930sIn 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:

Muller Brothers tower of tires, Sunset Blvd, Hollywood (colorized)

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.)

Muller Brothers tower of tires coming down (with Robert's drive-in restaurant in the background)

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.

 

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7 responses to “A tall stack of tires advertises the Muller Brothers gas and tire business at 6380 Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, circa mid-1930s”

  1. Al Donnelly says:

    Hey, neon! Bye, bye bulbs.

  2. Martin Pal says:

    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.

    • Al Donnelly says:

      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.

      • Al Donnelly says:

        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.

        • Martin Pal says:

          Thanks for the info, Al, and for noticing that those stacks weren’t part of something holding up that sign!!!

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