Culver City Mugs
Inglewood Boulevard, Culver City, California by Mistah Wilson Mug
by The Street Sign Store
$13 $18
Description: Painting: Oil, Ink on Paper. In 2013, I explored the community of Culver City for my series, "California Fool's Gold." Culver City is a municipality in the Westside region of Los Angeles. You can read the piece, which includes this map, here: https://ericbrightwell.com/2013/09/18/all-roads-lead-to-culver-city-exploring-the-heart-of-screenland/
Description: Vintage 1950s style restaurant logo for the famous "Jack Rabbit Slim's" in Culver City, California. Complete with the cool rabbit mascot and the world-famous Twist Contest banner. A cult movie classic!
Jack Rabbit Slim's Culver City Retro Diner Mug
by Rust and Light Photography
$13 $18
Venice Boulevard & Tilden Avenue, Culver City, California by Mistah Wilson Mug
by The Street Sign Store
$13 $18
Tilden Avenue, Culver City, California by Mistah Wilson Mug
by The Street Sign Store
$13 $18
Sepulveda Blvd, Culver City, California by Mistah Wilson Mug
by The Street Sign Store
$13 $18
Description: Enigma Records (also known as Enigma Entertainment Corporation) was a popular rock and alternative American record label in the 1980s. Enigma Records launched as a division of Greenworld Distribution, an independent music importer/distributor, in 1981. Four years later, in 1985, Enigma severed ties with Greenworld and became its own company. Enigma was initially located in Torrance, California, then El Segundo, California and finally Culver City, California. Enigma was founded and run by brothers William and Wesley Hein.
Description: Pic 'N' Save Corporation (later MacFrugals) was at one time the second-largest closeout retail chain in the United States. William Zimmerman founded Pic 'N' Save Corporation in 1950 in Culver City, California. By 1985, it operated 90 stores in California and six other U.S. states. In 1991, the company changed its name to MacFrugals. It later expanded to the Southwest and into the South, but left both markets in the late '90s. In 1997, Consolidated Stores Corporation bought out the remaining MacFrugals stores for $995 million in stock and slowly began converting them to their closeout retail store brand.
Description: Storied racing engine builders Jim Travers and Frank Coon joined forces to found TRACO Engineering in Culver City, California in 1957. The name was a portmanteau of the two men's last names (TRAvers & COon), and when the two combined, they ended up building some of the most successful road racing engines in American history. TRACO built race engines for many segments of motorsports including midgets, Indy, Can Am, Trans Am, and even built powerplants to spec for the big boys in Detroit. TRACO Engineering continued doing their thing throughout the '90s, but ultimately closed up shop in 1999.
Description: TRACO Engineering: Pioneers of American Racing Engines** Discover the legacy of TRACO Engineering, founded in 1957 by racing legends Jim Travers and Frank Coon in Culver City, California. This powerhouse company built championship-winning engines for Indy, Can Am, Trans Am, midget racing, and even Detroit’s top automakers. Explore how TRACO’s high-performance engineering shaped decades of motorsport history until its closure in 1999.
