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Stopped by to see Paul Bunyan on a quiet saturday afternoon. He still stands at this auto repair shop behind the iron fence, wearing his checkered shirt. It doesn't look like he has had a paint job or a cleaning since he was first reported. However he has acquired a nice collection of tools, parts and spray cans at his feet as well as a small sculpture of a lion.
[Joel Baker, 08/02/2011]Muffler Man - Sergio:- Address:
- 580 N. Mission Rd, Los Angeles, CA
- Directions:
- El hombre mofle stands on the triangle corner of Mission Rd and Gallardo St. in front of a business named Corte's Auto Glass. Just northwest of the junction of the San Bernardino and Santa Anna Fwys.
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
Saw a Paul Bunyan, possibly of the Muffler Man variety, while driving down Cesar Chavez Blvd. in Los Angeles last week (2/12/97). About 25 feet tall, in front of some sort of auto garage, possibly a tire place. Didn't have time to check for the hand up/hand down configuration. Looked very similar to the 35 ft. Bunyan here in Portland, OR.
[Wink Junior, 02/22/1997]- Los Angeles, California - Oran Z's Pan African Black Facts and Wax Museum
I talked with Oran Z yesterday (February 2014) and right now the museum has lost its lease and is temporarily closed. They are looking for a new space, but right now the collection can only be viewed online.
[Nikki Kreuzer, 02/09/2014]Oran Z's Pan African Black Facts and Wax Museum:- Directions:
- Santa Barbara Plaza, Santa Barbara Ave.
- Hours:
- Closed since 2011
- Status:
- Closed
- Los Angeles, California - Oran Z's Pan African Black Facts and Wax Museum
The Oran Z Pan African Black Facts and Wax Museum preserves and presents black wax figures, depicts scenes and eras with authentic clothes, uniforms and artifacts, featuring such characters as a Sojourner Truth, Malcolm X, Muhammed Ali, Harriet Tubman, Dr. Martin L. King, Jr., Ida Wells Barnett, Louis Armstrong, Thurgood Marshall, George Washington Carver and many more.
The museum also presents cultural artifacts from throughout the African world, black memorabilia, Blacks in advertising, Negro League baseball history, autographs, a reference library, thousands of artifacts and relics dating from before Christ, to rare and one-of-a-kind photographs dating from the beginning of America to yesterday's news. The museum is the winner of the prestigious 1997 "Martin Luther King Living the Dream Award" presented by the City of Omaha. The Oran Z Pan African Black Facts & Wax Museum has one of the world's largest collections of Black Americana artifacts including 1000's of postcards, sheet music, records, videos, books, stamps, coins, silverware, advertising, dolls, sculptures, signs, kitchen collections, baseball cards, first editions, quilts, African artifacts, slavery items, fine art, folk art, wax figures, autographs, cookie jars, salt shakers, pipes, games, toys, movies, jewelry, plaques, KKK paraphernalia, Adinkras and authentic antique Kente cloths.
[Chris Nichols, 11/07/2002]Oran Z Belgrave is inventor and marketer of the "World's Fastest Hair Weaver" and other hair products.
My wife and I found the fountain while visiting Los Angeles. Unfortunately it was not [operating that day].
[Sean, 09/11/2009]Fountain of Concrete Bedpans:- Address:
- Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA
- Directions:
- Mildred P. Flaggerty Bedpan Fountain, Around 3601 W. Sunset Blvd. in Silver Lake.
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Wink Junior's tip led to the pursuit and capture of another Muffler Man by the Roadside team. Turned out to be on Mission, 1 block North of Cesar Chavez, NE of downtown LA, and a half-mile south of the LA County Coroner's Gift shop. It's a Bunyan, all right, but with some Latin machismo. Here's a full view through the east LA-style siege fence. [March 29, 1997]