The Hollywoodland development opened for business in 1923, describing itself as a “superb environment without excessive cost on the Hollywood side of the hills.” But things didn’t take off like a firework. So then they built a sign, and interest developed. In this photo we can see nine people take a real estate development tour of Hollywoodland on a couple of jitneys in 1928. I wonder if any of them plunked their money down and regretted it when the stock market crashed the following year.
The Hollywoodland development opened for business in 1923, describing itself as a “superb environment without excessive cost on the Hollywood side of the hills.” But things didn’t take off like a firework. So then they built a sign, and interest developed. In this photo we can see nine people take a real estate development tour of Hollywoodland on a couple of jitneys in 1928. I wonder if any of them plunked their money down and regretted it when the stock market crashed the following year.
Clearly they mean business..wearing suits to tour the area!
I think they all dressed up like that back then. Or as they would have called it: “dressed.”