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Re: question of location
That would be Lake Arrowhead!!
Regards
Pam Arroues
MLIS candidate
Lake Arrowhead & Riverside, CA
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----- Original Message -----
From: Lynn E. Pritcher <lynn.pritcher@DUKE.EDU>
To: <ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 6:12 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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