A couple of days ago, I posted a photo of Hollywood Blvd in which I noticed for the first time that the streetlights in the 1960s each had five gold stars on them. And now I find this one from around the same time that also shows streetlights with the same decoration. This one is outside the famous/infamous Frederick’s of Hollywood. It opened in 1947 in the old Kress department store building by Frederick Mellinger, whose big claim to fame was that he invented the push-up bra. The store sold bras, panties, corsets, bedroom slippers, a vast array of hosiery, bridal lingerie, special occasion lingerie, and more. They also did a huge mail order business.
This image of the Kress building and the blue-tiled one next door is from April 2019:
My girlfriend worked as a bookkeeper in the basement back in the 70’s. All the high class call girls & cross dressers bought their undergarments there.
A couple of days ago, I posted a photo of Hollywood Blvd in which I noticed for the first time that the streetlights in the 1960s each had five gold stars on them. And now I find this one from around the same time that also shows streetlights with the same decoration. This one is outside the famous/infamous Frederick’s of Hollywood. It opened in 1947 in the old Kress department store building by Frederick Mellinger, whose big claim to fame was that he invented the push-up bra. The store sold bras, panties, corsets, bedroom slippers, a vast array of hosiery, bridal lingerie, special occasion lingerie, and more. They also did a huge mail order business.
My girlfriend worked as a bookkeeper in the basement back in the 70’s. All the high class call girls & cross dressers bought their undergarments there.
Oh my! I bet she saw a lot of real life there – even if she was sitting in the basement most of the time.
Known as the “Hollywood Special ”
https://youtu.be/WDvEWFCy1sQ?t=540
They can still be seen at Streetlight Museum.
http://bsl.lacity.org/museum.html
That store used to be the only place I saw 4- and 5-inch heels. Now they’re everywhere.
They have one of the streetlights on display at the “Streetlight Museum.”
https://bsl.lacity.org/museum.html
It can be seen in the video
https://youtu.be/WDvEWFCy1sQ?t=540
Oh wow, look at that! Thanks, Yuma!