{"id":20032,"date":"2020-04-23T07:04:41","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T14:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/?p=20032"},"modified":"2020-04-23T07:04:41","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T14:04:41","slug":"mcdonnells-drive-in-restaurant-corner-of-la-brea-ave-and-beverly-blvd-los-angeles-1930-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2020\/04\/23\/mcdonnells-drive-in-restaurant-corner-of-la-brea-ave-and-beverly-blvd-los-angeles-1930-2\/","title":{"rendered":"McDonnell’s drive-in restaurant, corner of La Brea Ave and Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, 1930"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20033\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2020\/04\/23\/mcdonnells-drive-in-restaurant-corner-of-la-brea-ave-and-beverly-blvd-los-angeles-1930-2\/mcdonnells-drive-in-restaurant-corner-of-la-brea-ave-and-beverly-blvd-los-angeles-1930\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/McDonnells-drive-in-restaurant-corner-of-La-Brea-Ave-and-Beverly-Blvd-Los-Angeles-1930.jpg?fit=793%2C1023&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"793,1023\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"CanoScan LiDE 600F","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1268238626","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"McDonnell’s drive-in restaurant, corner of La Brea Ave and Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, 1930\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/McDonnells-drive-in-restaurant-corner-of-La-Brea-Ave-and-Beverly-Blvd-Los-Angeles-1930.jpg?fit=233%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/McDonnells-drive-in-restaurant-corner-of-La-Brea-Ave-and-Beverly-Blvd-Los-Angeles-1930.jpg?fit=640%2C826&ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20033\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/McDonnells-drive-in-restaurant-corner-of-La-Brea-Ave-and-Beverly-Blvd-Los-Angeles-1930.jpg?resize=640%2C826&ssl=1\" alt=\"McDonnell's drive-in restaurant, corner of La Brea Ave and Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, 1930\" width=\"640\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/McDonnells-drive-in-restaurant-corner-of-La-Brea-Ave-and-Beverly-Blvd-Los-Angeles-1930.jpg?w=793&ssl=1 793w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/McDonnells-drive-in-restaurant-corner-of-La-Brea-Ave-and-Beverly-Blvd-Los-Angeles-1930.jpg?resize=233%2C300&ssl=1 233w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/McDonnells-drive-in-restaurant-corner-of-La-Brea-Ave-and-Beverly-Blvd-Los-Angeles-1930.jpg?resize=768%2C991&ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>McDonnell\u2019s was a mini chain of around half a dozen drive-in restaurants around Los Angeles in the first half of the 20<sup>th<\/sup> century, when many places like this had very tall towers to help them stand out. This one was at the corner of La Brea Ave and Beverly Blvd and when I looked at the signage, I thought \u201cI love the retro font they used.\u201d But then I realized this photo was taken in 1930, so the font wasn\u2019t retro at all — it was current!<\/h4>\n<h4>I also love the cover of their menu:<\/h4>\n<h4><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8932\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2014\/09\/09\/mcdonnells-drive-in-restaurants-color-night-photo-and-menu\/mcdonnells-drive-in-menu\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/McDonnells-Drive-In-menu.jpg?fit=513%2C780&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"513,780\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"McDonnell’s Drive-In menu\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/McDonnells-Drive-In-menu.jpg?fit=197%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/McDonnells-Drive-In-menu.jpg?fit=513%2C780&ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8932\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/McDonnells-Drive-In-menu.jpg?resize=513%2C780&ssl=1\" alt=\"McDonnell's Drive-In menu\" width=\"513\" height=\"780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/McDonnells-Drive-In-menu.jpg?w=513&ssl=1 513w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/McDonnells-Drive-In-menu.jpg?resize=197%2C300&ssl=1 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 513px) 100vw, 513px\" \/><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>McDonnell\u2019s was a mini chain of around half a dozen drive-in restaurants around Los Angeles in the first half of the 20th century, when many places like this had very tall towers to help them stand out. 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