{"id":24989,"date":"2022-06-24T07:15:15","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T14:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/?p=24989"},"modified":"2022-06-24T07:15:15","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T14:15:15","slug":"cars-line-up-at-the-el-patio-auto-laundry-and-gas-station-260-s-vermont-ave-los-angeles-1927","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2022\/06\/24\/cars-line-up-at-the-el-patio-auto-laundry-and-gas-station-260-s-vermont-ave-los-angeles-1927\/","title":{"rendered":"Cars line up at the El Patio Auto Laundry and Gas Station, 260 S. Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, 1927"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"24990\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2022\/06\/24\/cars-line-up-at-the-el-patio-auto-laundry-and-gas-station-260-s-vermont-ave-los-angeles-1927\/cars-lined-up-at-the-el-patio-auto-laundry-and-gas-station-260-s-vermont-ave-los-angeles-1927\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cars-lined-up-at-the-El-Patio-Auto-Laundry-and-Gas-Station-260-S.-Vermont-Ave-Los-Angeles-1927.jpg?fit=736%2C574&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"736,574\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Cars line up at the El Patio Auto Laundry and Gas Station, 260 S. Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, 1927\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cars-lined-up-at-the-El-Patio-Auto-Laundry-and-Gas-Station-260-S.-Vermont-Ave-Los-Angeles-1927.jpg?fit=300%2C234&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cars-lined-up-at-the-El-Patio-Auto-Laundry-and-Gas-Station-260-S.-Vermont-Ave-Los-Angeles-1927.jpg?fit=640%2C499&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24990\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cars-lined-up-at-the-El-Patio-Auto-Laundry-and-Gas-Station-260-S.-Vermont-Ave-Los-Angeles-1927.jpg?resize=640%2C499&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Cars line up at the El Patio Auto Laundry and Gas Station, 260 S. Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, 1927\" width=\"640\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cars-lined-up-at-the-El-Patio-Auto-Laundry-and-Gas-Station-260-S.-Vermont-Ave-Los-Angeles-1927.jpg?w=736&amp;ssl=1 736w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cars-lined-up-at-the-El-Patio-Auto-Laundry-and-Gas-Station-260-S.-Vermont-Ave-Los-Angeles-1927.jpg?resize=300%2C234&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>We\u2019re so used to the word \u201ccar wash\u201d that I think I just assumed they were always called that. But this photo from 1927 shows that they were also called an \u201cauto laundry.\u201d Or, at least, that\u2019s what the El Patio Auto Laundry and Gas Station at 260 S. Vermont Ave called it, and I think I like their version better. It was called \u201cEl Patio\u201d because of the large building with the ornate towers on the left. It was the very popular El Patio Ballroom, which was later known as <a href=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2014\/09\/30\/rainbow-gardens-ballroom-vermont-between-2nd-and-3rd-streets-los-angeles-1930s\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Rainbow Gardens<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>These days, that site is a supermarket parking lot. This image is from February 2021.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"24991\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2022\/06\/24\/cars-line-up-at-the-el-patio-auto-laundry-and-gas-station-260-s-vermont-ave-los-angeles-1927\/feb-21-16\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/feb-21.png?fit=720%2C213&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"720,213\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/feb-21.png?fit=300%2C89&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/feb-21.png?fit=640%2C189&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24991\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/feb-21.png?resize=640%2C189&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/feb-21.png?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/feb-21.png?resize=300%2C89&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re so used to the word \u201ccar wash\u201d that I think I just assumed they were always called that. But this photo from 1927 shows that they were also called an \u201cauto laundry.\u201d Or, at least, that\u2019s what the El &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2022\/06\/24\/cars-line-up-at-the-el-patio-auto-laundry-and-gas-station-260-s-vermont-ave-los-angeles-1927\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5XK3w-6v3","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24989"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24992,"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24989\/revisions\/24992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}