Judging from those two motorcars parked out front of 8947 Sunset Blvd, this photo of a furniture store on the corner of Hilldale Ave was probably taken around 1936. What struck me about shot isn’t the building but the empty land around it. These days, every square inch of that land is super-valuable but back then I can see only three houses and the closest one isn’t too impressive. I wonder if it even saw the end of the 1930s.

Happily the building is still there and is currently home to a pizza place. This image is from April 2019: