This still from a 10-minute sort called “Suspense” (directed by Lois Weber, Universal Studios, 1913) affords us a glimpse of what Sunset Boulevard looked like in the early days when West Hollywood was still called Sherman. That car is on Sunset approximately where it bends to the left at Cory Ave. If we kept going west, we would hit the Beverly Hills Hotel, which had just opened the year before. But in between, we would have driven though miles of open fields and cheap real estate.
The same view in May 2019:
Aerial shot of Sunset Blvd in 1913:
In the 1913 aerial, it is interesting to see the Doheny ranch, at the upper left side of the picture, that would later become Trousdale Estates.