Color photo of a Southern Pacific truck transporting Chevrolets stops at Sunset Blvd and El Centro Ave, Los Angeles, circa early 1950s

Color photo of a Southern Pacific truck transporting Chevrolets stops at Sunset Blvd and El Centro Ave, Los Angeles, circa early 1950sThis is the sort of photo I’m always thankful for that someone with a camera thought to take a snap of what was happening in front of them. On this day, the photographer was standing on Sunset Blvd, across the street from the Hollywood Palladium, when a Southern Pacific Railroad truck transporting Chevrolets stopped at the El Centro Ave corner. Whoever it was whipped out their camera and froze a moment that would have been a common sight back then, but for us captures a circa early 1950s memory that so few of us have, and yet so many of us cherish.

** UPDATE ** – This album was recorded on November 23, 1953 so maybe that’s when this photo was taken.

This is roughly that same view in June 2022. The Hollywood Palladium is still there, but sadly Ray Anthony is no longer playing there. (Ray is, however, still alive at the age of 102!)

 

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5 responses to “Color photo of a Southern Pacific truck transporting Chevrolets stops at Sunset Blvd and El Centro Ave, Los Angeles, circa early 1950s”

  1. Paula says:

    How great to hear about Ray Anthony!

  2. Bill Lally says:

    I don’t suppose anyone has pictures of the restaurant and lounge called Friars that was on the northeast corner of Washington and Lincoln in the 60s and 70s?
    That’s where I met my wife,Sunni”. She was a singer there. She just passed away after 54 years together ❤️

  3. Al Donnelly says:

    Information here on Southern Pacific Trucking subsidiaries referencing Pacific Motor Transport & Pacific Motor Trucking (PMT) with mention of auto hauling down in the over-the-highway section: https://splives.org/trucking-subsidiaries-of-southern-pacific/

    The trailer here seems to be dedicated to Chevrolet service (sign on the side) and blue was not the normal PMT color scheme (red or red&orange) which seems to support this possibility.

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