Here’s a very California scene for you. This photographer was standing in the middle of Manhattan Beach Boulevard looking down the hill and along the pier. It’s odd not seeing the palm trees that are there now—I assumed they’d been there long before the 1950s, when this photo was taken. But I think my favorite part of this photo is the woman on the right wearing what looks like a poodle skirt. Those competing drug stores across the street from each other are gone but the pier and the structure at the end are both there.

The same view in January 2018: