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Re: question of location



After checking out the web site (Lake Arrowhead gets 80 inches of snow
a year) I think Lake Arrowhead is the answer.  Thank you to everyone
who sent information about this - y'all are a wonderful resource!

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



----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Berry <tberry@WCNET.ORG>
To: <ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 9:57 AM
Subject: 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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