1940s Art Deco Simon’s Drive-In LA CA, 8 pp Menu w/ Girl Car Hop on Front Cover

Description

E-58. [Vintage Diner - Restaurants Collectibles]. “Simon’s Drive-In” Menu. (Los Angeles and Southern California area). 8-page Menu counting the covers. SIZE is 5-1/2 x 9-1/2 inches. Staple binding. Front cover shows a Girl Car Hop standing in the middle of 1930s & ‘40s cars and holding a tray of food in her left hand… Prices for scores of menu items range between 10 and 25 cents. The back cover has a list of the many other Simon’s Drive-Ins, Coffee Shops, Dairy Bars, etc. in Los Angeles and nearby locations.
From the Internet: “
In the 1930’s the world went Deco-crazy, and the American Drive-In reached its pinnacle. Swirling, modernistic, futuristic lines and colors dominated. Drive-Ins became fantastical, even outlandish: some were octagonal or cylindrical; others were imbued with silly themes (like windmills or airplanes).  Women became valued workers, often clad in campy uniforms and roller skates. Menus were expanded to include fish, vegetables, and desserts. So popular were drive-ins that at one point there were over 200 in greater Los Angeles alone! Wayne McAllister was a Los Angeles-based architect who was a leader in the Googie style of architecture that embraced the automobile and the Space Age. Inspired by tail fins and gleaming chrome, he elevated the drive-in restaurant to futuristic works of art. He created iconic circular drive-in restaurants in Southern California, including Simon's, Herbert's, Robert's, and McDonnell's in the 1930s.”
“The first Simon’s Drive-In was built in 1935. At one time Simon's Drive-Ins dominated the Southern California drive-in restaurant craze. The Simon brothers had operated a chain of successful dairy lunch counters in downtown Los Angeles, and in 1935 decided to capitalize on the growing car culture of Los Angeles by opening auto friendly locations in the emerging commercial centers of Wilshire Boulevard, Sunset and Ventura Boulevards.”
Condition: Slightly rusty staples. Very minor corner and edge wear. NO writing other marks. Super nice very collectible Restaurant Menu in FINE condition.
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