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Originally Posted by BifRayRock
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Clues:
1. Family lived in Pasadena.
2. Was there a Famous Department Store in Pasadena in 1945? If so where?
3. Distinct profile of the Sears building.
What are the groups of 4 raised traffic bumps in the street for? I see 2 maybe 3 sets of these. I was using them as clues to judge how far a block was.
Looks like 268 East Colorado in Pasadena was the address for Famous Department Store in 1933. Sears was 530 East Colorado.
The Pasadena Digital History collection
Famous Department Store, 268 East Colorado, Pasadena. 1933.
The palm tree, and details of the two buildings look very similar.
Similar angle today, maybe a block closer to the distant Sears building and church steeple. Using the known addresses doesn't provide the proper perspective. If I look east from Famous Department Store I cannot see the Sears building and church steeple. Probably due to the wide angle lens of the Google Earth camera.
GE
In 1928 the Sears Building was the Pasadena Furniture Company.
The Pasadena Digital History collection
Today:
GE