The Hollywood Bowl opened on July 11, 1922, but three months before that, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra played for worshipers at the Easter sunrise service in what looks to be empty land. The event attracted around 50,000 Angelenos who, if this photo is anything to go by, either just stood around, or sat on the ground in what seems to be organized groups with aisles between them.

Douglas S. says: “It’s impossible to keep a line of people occupying an exact space in a row. Those are rows of benches with overflow on the ground in front.”

Christ O. say: “In the 1910s, people would sit on the ground and eventually folding chairs were used. By the 1920s, benches had been installed. You can see the layout a bit better in this photo.”