In this color photo, we’re looking at a restaurant called Nibblers, which billed itself as a “family friendly diner” which sounds about right because “Nibblers” sounds like a place that served comfort food. It sat on the southeast corner of Spring and 1st Streets in downtown Los Angeles. And, as we can see, it was across the street from LA City Hall, which means they probably had a steady streams of customers who worked for the city. This photo is from 1955.
This is roughly how that view looked in February 2023. The building on the Nibblers site is now home to the LAPD headquarters.
Greenish car seems to have a tinted plasticky sun roof section…so, what a Merc or Lincoln line? And the yellow car crossing appears to be a like model from the details.
1954 Mercury Monterey Sun Valley Coupe with plexiglass.
That’s a blue Mercury Monterey 2 door coupe. We had one but without the plexiglass. I went with my dad to get it at Coberly Lincoln-Mercury downtown. I learned to drive and went on my first dates in that car. I loved that car. It had blue and white tuck’n roll upholstery. And look at the white sidewalls! Gorgeous car!
Hey Gordon, my dad also had one. His was red with a black top. I wasn’t around yet, but he always talked about it.