In this photo we’re looking west along Sunset Blvd from Highland Ave, right in the heart of Hollywood. This was taken in 1922 when apparently the city saw no need to paint traffic lines on the road. What could possibly go wrong? That building on the right hand side is Hollywood High School. The school is still there but the building itself has been replaced. But look at the right-hand curb of Sunset Blvd. Do you see the large bell? I wonder if it was part of the El Camino Real Mission Bell Marker system of 450 bell markers that used to stretch from San Diego to Sonoma.

**UPDATE** – A possible reason why there are no painted lanes is that in 1922, Sunset Blvd might not have been paved over yet.

Susan says: “I think the bell shaped sign, was an ad sign to indicate there was a public telephone on the location to the right. We used to have all kinds of little road signs that were placed low on the road sides. There are 2 shown across the street advertising something else. It was common to see these little low signs along the roadways advertising everything from Kiwanis meeting places to brands of gas stations that were located in the adjacent property. little road signs used to be helpful back then, especially before we had all the neon and strip mall signs. A lot of the public telephones back then were not located outside where you could see them. They were not all that weatherproof. Many were located inside roadside businesses.”

Roughly the same view in December 2020