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1237 on the 8 line on February 16 1947.
A viewer commented that they liked the Bugs Bunny traffic signal (did they really go clang when they changed?) In fact, they did make an acoustic bell noise.
This was the quintessential Los Angeles traffic light for years.
When I was a paper boy, selling on a street corner, I discovered how to short them in the STOP position for the street on which I was selling (the Herald-Express, I think it was).
This allowed me to accost many more drivers than I otherwise might have. My papers were delivered, incidently, by a person driving a Ford Model B.
Wish I had one of those now.
Caption comment from Ken Harrison; Bob McVay photo courtesy the Joe Testagrose collection
