PC-000-534

Picture postcard of the entrance to Oscar's Drive-In with cars parked in front, El Cajon Boulevard in San Diego, California

 

ca 1947

 

MWM, Aurora, Missouri, US

Exterior of Oscar's Drive-In at 4751 El Cajon Boulevard (southeast corner of Euclid) in San Diego, California. The reverse of the postcard states that the restaurant was "on U. S. 80," which means that this view has to represent the period circa 1945 to 1953, when Highway 80 traversed El Cajon Boulevard. This is a linen picture postcard that may have been hand colored, also stating on the back that there were branches of Oscar's "in Coronado and National City" (just west and east of San Diego). This drive-in restaurant, like its predecessor at the same location (Topsy's, opened in 1941), had "car hop" service. The car hops for this restaurant wore western hats and neckerchiefs in 1967. A photograph taken by Larry Booth in 1947 shows the same configuration of the restaurant and the same vintage of cars. In 2013 this site is a Jack in the Box restaurant, a fast-food chain for which San Diego is headquarters.

Drive-in restaurants; Restaurants; Oscar's Drive-In; San Diego; El Cajon Boulevard; US Highway 80

4751 El Cajon Boulevard

California - San Diego

 

 

MS-0008

English

 

Postcard

3.5 inches x 5.5 inches

No

 

 

 

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