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English: Randy's Donuts, colloquially known as "The Big O", is a donut shop in Los Angeles, California.
  • Made famous by the 32.5-foot (9.9 m) donut on its roof. The building opened in 1954. It is recognizable due to its many appearances in movies, music videos, and television.
  • Courtesy of the Historic American Buildings Survey, Library of Congress, Washington, D. C.
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Photographs of buildings in Los Angeles, California and the surrounding area

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under the digital ID pplot.13725.
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Author Carol M. Highsmith (b. 1946)
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Camera location33° 57′ 42.2″ N, 118° 22′ 12.83″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.


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 This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications: color balance, convert to sRGB, selective noise reduction. The original can be viewed here: Randy's donuts1.jpg: . Modifications made by Mfield.

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    • 2009-03-12T21:38:30Z Durova 3503x4330 (14740371 Bytes) "Randy's Donuts", Los Angeles, California [[w:Historic American Buildings Survey|Historic American Buildings Survey]] *[[w:Novelty architecture|Novelty architecture]] {{PD-USGov-Interior-HABS|LC-HS503-532}} photographer, d

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current04:22, 13 March 2009Thumbnail for version as of 04:22, 13 March 20093,503 × 4,330 (10.67 MB)Mfieldrework from User:Durova's restoration TIF- same edits as before (convert to sRGB, color balance correction) + selective noise reduction
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