McDonnell's Drive-in, Los Angeles, 1940s Sizes:A1 (594x840mm) Archival Print (Unframed) Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali

and was an all-weather

A hundred years ago

ascending a grand marble staircase

It was renamed Times Square Hotel in 1923 and had one floor reserved for women

McDonnell's Drive-in, Los Angeles, 1940s Sizes:A1 (594x840mm) Archival Print (Unframed) Muhammad Ali"Rusty" McDonnell operated a chain of drive ins in the Los Angeles area during the 30s and 40s, long before the fast food behemoth McDonalds came on the scene. His restaurants, designed by the revered architect Wayne McAllister, were fabulously kitsch and garish and customers could spot their huge neon signs from miles away. McDonnell employed a local artist to sketch whimsical interpretations of the car hops or waiters that served cokes, hamburgers