Punch & Judy Ice Cream Parlors, Los Angeles, 1949 Sizes:A1 (594x840mm) Archival Print (Unframed) London's fabled Trocadero Restaurant opened

London's fabled Trocadero Restaurant opened in 1896 and closed February 1965

which continues to be highly prized book among collectors

the Pickwick complex housed the city’s bus terminal

and the cigar dangling from its mouth

Another pompier stands by with a hose attached to a barrel of wine

Punch & Judy Ice Cream Parlors, Los Angeles, 1949 Sizes:A1 (594x840mm) Archival Print (Unframed) London's fabled Trocadero Restaurant openedPunch & Judy ice cream parlours and their sensational ice cream productions were the brainchild of entrepreneur Arthur Whizin, one of Los Angeless most influential restaurateurs. Whizin opened his first restaurant a caf called T&T on Pico Boulevard in 1927. Three years later, folklore has it that he was sitting at the counter of a burger bar, trying to figure out what kind of restaurant he wanted to open next, when a friend slid over his chili bowl