In the 1970s, Los Angeles took New York City’s place as pop music’s capital. Music styles developed due to a willingness to abandon the past, an easygoing attitude, the early stirrings of the personal development movement, and a new wave of young entrepreneurs. Architecture, clothing trends, and cultural movements pushed the boundaries of the status quo. Los Angeles County is home to architecturally and culturally significant sites associated with the decade.
The aerospace industry became the key to Los Angeles’ new fashionability and economic buoyancy after the Cold War. As a result of war production and migration, Los Angeles became an industrial and financial giant. Los Angeles began to assemble more cars than any other city, manufactured more tires than any other city except Akron, Ohio, made more furniture than Grand Rapids, Michigan, and stitched more clothes than any other city.
Here are some stunning vintage photos of Los Angeles in the late 1970s by John Margolies.
#1 Bob’s Big Boy statue sign, La Cienega Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, 1979
#2 Holiday Out Motel, Los Angeles, California, 1978
#3 Coca Cola Bottling Company, giant Coke bottle closer view, 14th & Central Avenue, Los Angeles, California, 1977
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Worked here for 12 years. Interior, as is the outside, is built just like an actual ship.
#4 Union Oil Gas, Sawtelle, Los Angeles, California, 1976
#5 San Pedro Drive-In Theater, angle from left, Gaffey Street, San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, 1979
#6 Coca Cola Bottling Company, overall diagonal view from right, 14th & Central Avenue, Los Angeles, California, 1977
#7 Giant Felix Used Cars, Los Angeles, California, 1976
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I bought a car from these guys in 1969.
#8 Maywood City Hall, Slauson & NE Fishburn, Maywood, Los Angeles, California, 1977
#9 Brown Derby Restaurant, Los Angeles, California, 1977
#10 Coca Cola Bottling Company, overall diagonal view from left, 14th & Central Avenue, Los Angeles, California, 1977
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I worked there for 12 years. The inside was built to be just like (as the outside looks), an ocean liner. Great building.
#11 Johnnies Fat Boy, Los Angeles, California, 1978
#12 El Grande Motel, Los Angeles, 1977
#13 Gates Tires, Washington Place and Grandview, Mar Vista, Los Angeles, California, 1977
#14 Sea Food Hut, Los Angeles, California, 1976
#15 Sanders Oldsmobile, La Brea & Wilshire, Los Angeles, California, 1977
#16 Giant Felix Used Cars, Los Angeles, California, 1979
#17 Fox Theater, Los Angeles, California, 1978
#18 Seaside Gas, Los Angeles, California, 1978
#19 Felix Chevrolet, Los Angeles, California, 1977
#20 Samson Auto Salvage, 8103 S. Alameda, Los Angeles, California, 1977
#21 McDonald’s Restaurant sign, Los Angeles, California
#22 Coca Cola Bottling Company, closer diagonal view from right, 14th & Central Avenue, Los Angeles, California, 1977
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More CCLA. Coca-Cola of Los Angeles
![Ruth [i.e. Roth] Draperies, Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, 1978](https://www.bygonely.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Los_Angeles_late-1970s_43.jpg)
Ate here with the “Big Boy” many times.
In the early 1980s, my friends and I stole one of those from the Bob’s on Sherman Way in Canoga Park.
I used to hear about this (different location) from my older sister. It must have been a regular occurrence
I… bought one of the replica piggy banks
I saw a half-submerged statue at the San Gabriel River wash in Long Beach after the ’97-’98 El Nino event.
i miss the one in torrance on hawthorne
That’s the one I used to visit. Also, I remember the one on PCH in Hermosa Beach.
chicken strips
Chocolate. Malts
Pappy Parker’s Fried Chicken
In many ways, the Big Boy never left. His high-quality meals have always been competitively priced.