DO YOU REMEMBER … The “Smog Suit Man”?
Any OLL Alumni that walked past the old “TRADING POST” store on the corner of Temple Street and Glendale Boulevard will remember the “Smog Suit Man” who stood guard outside the store from the late 1950’s to the early 1970’s. The “Smog Suit Man” was an old WWII diving suit but when the sign “Smog Suit” was added to the mannequin … well a legend was born. Now if you were even more observant you will remember the “Smog Suit Man’s” dedicated girlfriend … the “Fortune Teller” who stared out from in front of the “Trading Post” along side her boyfriend in the Smog Suit for years. I think it cost a nickel to get your fortune read by the lady of fortune but in those days I and most everyone I knew never had a nickel to spare. Anyway, many fond memories remain and 35 years later we are still remembering the “Smog Suit Man” and his girlfriend.
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March 28, 2007 at 2:31 am
I believe the Hardware Store removed Mr. “Smog Suit Man” from the front of the store about 6 years ago.
December 13, 2008 at 4:57 am
I remember the smog suit for years in the 40’s when we passed it on the streetcar. I moved in 1949 and it had been there for several years. I understand it is featured in a movie made in or before 1950. I often have wondered what happened to it.