CAPITOL'S 1ST AND 2ND OFFICES ON VINE STREET
Capitol's 1st office at 1483 Vine Street, Hollywood, CA. The entry is highlighted in blue. Detail from a photo by Otto Rothschild.

Capitol's 2nd office at 1507 Vine Street, Hollywood, CA. The offices took up the entire 2nd floor above Glenn Wallichs' Music City. Detail from a photo by Gene Lester.


Here's a rarity. This is the back of Music City from a proof by Sid Avery from the estate of Fred Rice, Capitol's National Merchandising Development Manager, who was with the company from 1946-1973.For those interested, there's also the back of the photo with Avery's contact info stamp.

I recreated the neon sign with help from a few photos and the cover of Capitol's 1946 catalog. I'd appreciate it if anyone can advise me of the true colors used. I uploaded it as an animated .gif file but it doesn't seem very animated. It was working when I viewed it on its own before uploading to the blog. Any help on what to do would be appreciated.