Here’s a story about the Hollywood sign I never knew. Back in the early 1940s, the sign’s caretaker, Albert Kothe lost control of his car (the guy was drunk!) and drove into the sign, destroying both his 1928 Ford Model A and the 50-foot letter H. This is a newspaper photo from 1947 featuring a model asked to pose precariously the still-crumpled “H” that wasn’t repaired until 1949!
wow! I read somewhere that the H had been blown down in a storm in 1944. It must have been a cover-up story for the real fact! Great picture.
The model was radio star Jane Webb.