This postcard is from 1905 so the color was obviously hand-tinted but it does give us a glimpse into what turn-of-the-century Hollywood Boulevard (then called Prospect Ave) looked like: pretty much like every sleepy country town. But this one had no idea it would soon become world-famous. Those trees in the foreground were pepper trees that once littered Hollywood’s streets—as well as many Southern California towns. Unfortunately, they were susceptible to a parasitic insect called the black scale that posed a serious threat to the vast orange tree groves so out they came.