"slide 12 (time point) Boeing 707, TWA, November 1966 on the way to Los Angeles." Submitted by Ron Evans, Baltimore. Archive Room 114
"slide 02 LAX airport (looking for transportation) 11/66." Submitted by Ron Evans, Baltimore. Archive Room 114
"slide 06 Wilshire Blvd entrance to Ambassador (looking east) 11/66." Submitted by Ron Evans, Baltimore. Archive Room 114
"slide 03 Wilshire Blvd across the street from the hotel (looking west). If you look closely you can see the vertical "Ambassador" sign in this night shot, 11/66." Submitted by Ron Evans, Baltimore. Archive Room 114
"slide 04 Cocoanut Grove sign atop the hotel at night. There was a little monkey between the two green California Palm trees whose eyes flashed red, 11/66." Submitted by Ron Evans, Baltimore. Archive Room 114
"slide 05 There she is! The Ambassador in all her glory on this bright November 1966 morning. I remembered how many varieties of strange foliage there were on the grounds. Strange in that I had never seen those types of plants before." Submitted by Ron Evans
"slide 07 The Brown Derby at its original location direclty across the street from Wilshire entrance to the hotel, 11/66." Submitted by Ron Evans, Baltimore. Archive Room 114
"slide 08 The Capital Records building in Hollywood Land, 11/66." Submitted by Ron Evans, Baltimore. Archive Room 114
"slide 12 Graumins Chinese Theater 11/66." Submitted by Ron Evans, Baltimore. Archive Room 114
"slide 09 Some of the many han an footprint in the front of the theater, 11/66." Submitted by Ron Evans, Baltimore. Archive Room 114
"slide 13 The New Los Angeles Zoo (1965) had been open less than a year, 11/66." Submitted by Ron Evans, Baltimore. Archive Room 114
"slide 14 California Sealions in their new home (Los Angeles Zoo,) 11/66." Submitted by Ron Evans, Baltimore. Archive Room 114
"slide 15 The clipped waterfoul and penguins shared space in the new home (Los Angeles Zoo,) 11/66." Submitted by Ron Evans, Baltimore. Archive Room 114
"slide 07 The bear were still allowed to accept food from their visitors in 1966 (Los Angeles Zoo.)" Submitted by Ron Evans, Baltimore. Archive Room 114
"slide 18 I do not remember what those pavilions behind a very young me were.(Los Angeles Zoo, 11/66.)" Submitted by Ron Evans, Baltimore. Archive Room 114
"slide 19 The aviary was real nice as I remember. The birds were still getting used to their new space and had a good aim as many visitors found out that afternoon. Look closely and you will see a toucan bird near the center (Los Angeles Zoo.)" Submitted by Ron Evans, Baltimore. Archive Room 114
"slide 20 The Petting Zoo was brand new. You can see exactly what was going on here. The sheep got between the child and its mother while the goat grabs the ice cream cone; kid screamed - goat was gone with the prize! All while mom watches unable to do test text here test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test final
114 — Ron Evans, 17 Ektachrome slides from his journey in Los Angeles 1966.

In November of 1966 I was in Los Angeles passing through on my way to Camp Pendleton. Burning up some time between stops, I spent a night at the Ambassador... The Ambassador was indeed a Grand Hotel...

If I had ever dreamed that the old Ambassador would ever come down I would have taken more pictures of it but at the time it seemed "just there" and a nice place to stay. I traveled to Los Angeles in the mid nineteen eighties and stayed at the hotel again. Clean but getting seedy she was a proud building that stood the test of time well. You knew by her feel that "SHE HAD CLASS"!



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