Nostalgia & History > Sort of O.T. But railroady somewhat

This photo turned up in our archives at the PRS' Museum in San Dimas, CA.
I know its is a bar and has off-sale liquor and it is in the 1960s.
We can''t make out the License plate numbers, but it looks like California.

Any takers on where we are ??

--Jim Baker

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HAMM'S is on the door ...

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We're Hamm's and Coors beers sold in California in the early '60's?

Dave

DavidP Wrote:
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> We're Hamm's and Coors beers sold in California in
> the early '60's?
>
> Dave

Oh yeah!

Cheers,
Jack

Jim, the car in the background is a 1956 Nash Rambler Super Sedan. I would try a search of San Dimas area business directories for that period.

Cheers,
Jack



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/30/14 22:04 by africansteam.

I wonder if "off sale" relates to the deal they had in Oregon back in the 1960s or so. I seem to recall that either only State-owned stores could sell booze, or maybe they just had really restrictive selling hours. Sorry I don't remember the details better; I'm not a booze drinker and it was only explained to me once as I was passing through the state back in the early 70s.

lwilton Wrote:
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> I wonder if "off sale" relates to the deal they
> had in Oregon back in the 1960s or so. I seem to
> recall that either only State-owned stores could
> sell booze, or maybe they just had really
> restrictive selling hours. Sorry I don't remember
> the details better; I'm not a booze drinker and it
> was only explained to me once as I was passing
> through the state back in the early 70s.


According to Google, "off sale" means for consumption off site, i.e. no drinks served on the premises.

There's a lot of interesting architectural details in that building. High Lead! Very strange!

Fun and more fun galore! What more could you ask for? Oh, a Piano

......And Burgie! Hadn't heard that brand name in years. Somewhere in Colorado?

1956 Nash. No Nash (or Hudson) after 1957.

Take a lok at his web site:

https://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Nash+Rambler&ei=UTF-8&fr=moz35

--Jim Baker

I don't recall ever seeing the term "off sale" on a store sign in California. Just like I only heard the term "package store" in beer commercials during nation wide sports broadcasts back in the "radio days".

cracker41 Wrote:
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> 1956 Nash. No Nash (or Hudson) after 1957.

You are quite correct. My bad (typing)!

Cheers,
Jack

DavidP Wrote:
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> We're Hamm's and Coors beers sold in California in
> the early '60's?
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> Dave

The HAMM's brewery was in San Francisco, right across the street from the old SEALS baseball stadium of the Pacific Coast League.

KRK

From being a kid and teenager in the 1950s and 1960s I remember seeing beer commercials on TV, though the product didn't have much interest for me. I remember Hamms being advertised in So Cal "forever" (that is, since before I first noticed that sort of thing). But I also remember that first there wasn't and Coors ads, and then there were. I have to conclude that it was introduced in the California at some point between about 1956 and 1970, but I can't get it much closer than that. I vaguely recall that an ICC deregulation occurred about the same time that drastically reduced the prices on a lot of stuff west of the Rockies, and I think I recall being told that Coors appearing was also a result of an ICC rule change that allowed it being sold in the west. Whether that is really true I don't know, but I remember being told that.

KeyRouteKen Wrote:
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> DavidP Wrote:
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> > We're Hamm's and Coors beers sold in California
> in
> > the early '60's?
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> > Dave
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> The HAMM's brewery was in San Francisco, right
> across the street from the old SEALS baseball
> stadium of the Pacific Coast League.
>
> KRK

Wasn't there a big neon sign which featured a pour that fills the glass....in fact, overflows, I think? Good to see you back, Ken....and congratulations on your retirement. AA

Stanford White
Carmel Valley, CA

I'm a little late to the party, but it looks like 426 2nd Street in Eureka, CA:

https://www.google.com/maps?q=426+2+Street,+Eureka,+CA&hl=en&ll=40.804361,-124.166437&spn=0.001533,0.00327&sll=40.496693,-124.102866&sspn=0.00154,0.00327&oq=426+2+street,+eureka&t=h&hnear=426+2nd+St,+Eureka,+California+95501&z=19&layer=c&cbll=40.804373,-124.166841&panoid=uN6q9toaAvt4TJAvS6_J3A&cbp=12,218.58,,0,0.54

Wow! That answers that! The only thing that has changed is the booze store is now a book store, and the "no stopping" (or whatever it is) road sign in front of the building has been removed. You can still see the hole in the pavement where it once was.