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Re: question of location



Lynn,

My guess is Lake Arrowhead, in the mountains northeast of Los Angeles. The
wordplay in the last slogan hints that the place is near L.A., and trhe
elevation is about 5,100 feet. Here's a link to the visitor center's
website:

http://www.lakearrowheadvisitors.com/area.htm

Best wishes,

Thomas Berry, Archivist (and California native, though not from that end of
the state)
Historical Construction Equipment Association
11623 Liberty Hi Road
Bowling Green, Ohio 43402
Phone 419-352-5616
Fax 419-352-6086
tberry@wcnet.org
http://www.hcea.net



----- Original Message -----
From: "Lynn E. Pritcher" <lynn.pritcher@DUKE.EDU>
To: <ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 9:12 AM
Subject: question of location


> Hello all -
>
> I am working on a slide project that deals with outdoor advertising
> (billboards).  We have slides from all over the country, and are
> putting them into better housing and creating a database for increased
> access.
>
> We have usually been able to figure out what various references are
> within the billboard signs.  However, we've come upon a bit of a
> stumper, at least for me being an East Coast person.  We have four
> billboard signs, created either in the 70s or early 80s (as far as we
> can tell), and they reference an L.A. that is not _the_ L.A. - Los
> Angeles.  I'm assuming this city/town/etc. is near the West Coast
> because they reference Los Angeles in the one of the billboards (I've
> listed the slogans below).
>
> Perhaps some of y'all would remember the slogans, or at least be able
> to help me with where L. A. is.  All I could think of is Los Alamos
> and I don't think that applies here.  Thanks for all of your help!!
>
>
> L.A. is lush and green (at least when it doesn't snow)
>
> L.A. has no freeways
>
> L.A. is stocked with trout
>
> L.A. is 5,280 feet above L.A.
>
>
> Lynn
>
> *************************************************
> Lynn Eaton Pritcher
> Technical Services Archivist,
> John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History
> 212 Perkins Library
> PO Box 90185
> Duke University
> Durham, NC  27708-0185
> 919-660-5913
> lynnp@duke.edu
>
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