Summary

DescriptionRandy's donuts1 edit1.jpg	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.
Date	2005
Source	Photographs of buildings in Los Angeles, California and the surrounding area   This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID pplot.13725. This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing. العربية ∙ беларуская (тарашкевіца) ∙ বাংলা ∙ čeština ∙ Deutsch ∙ English ∙ español ∙ فارسی ∙ suomi ∙ français ∙ galego ∙ עברית ∙ magyar ∙ Bahasa Indonesia ∙ italiano ∙ 日本語 ∙ lietuvių ∙ македонски ∙ മലയാളം ∙ Nederlands ∙ polski ∙ português ∙ português do Brasil ∙ română ∙ русский ∙ sicilianu ∙ slovenčina ∙ slovenščina ∙ Türkçe ∙ українська ∙ 简体中文 ∙ 繁體中文 ∙ +/−
Author	Carol M. Highsmith (b. 1946)
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Camera location	33° 57′ 42.2″ N, 118° 22′ 12.83″ W	View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap	33.961722; -118.370231

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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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