For the photographer who took this shot in 1922, this would have been an ordinary street scene, with a streetcar he would have seen a dozen times a day, and cars that pretty much all looked the same. But for us, it’s a glimpse into what the streets of LA—in this case the intersection of Franklin and Bronson Avenues in Hollywood—looked like 100 years ago.
Stanley G says: “The triangular metal sign hanging from the span wires says ‘Car Stop.'”
See also: Looking north across Franklin Ave at Bronson Ave, Hollywood, 1930
This is that same view on Bronson looking south to Franklin. At least some of those trees are still there. The drug store is long gone, but it’s still a commercial corner. This image is from August 2022.
I wasn’t aware that a trolley went along Franklin Ave. The drug store became Victor’s Market in later years and, what was behind the hedges along the south side of the street before that property became the Chateau Elysée in 1927?
Seeing the trolley car surprised me too.
Don’t remember where I got my starter Twinkie from, but that market was the source of the first Hostess Snowball I ever ate. No one was thinking of Zombieland in those days.
How crappy the new photo is. The old photo is so tranquil. When is that time machine going to be invented????
All those ugly overhead wires!
Love these photos of old Hollywood. So sad that we lost our streetcars. Too many autos on the streets now, that’s for sure.
There is one known b/w image which captured the entire block of buildings between Bronson & Tamarind (with the Carlotta building just beyond) which defines the group now known as Franklin Village. At the west end was the lone two-story building which should not be confused with the double set of this style found starting at Bronson and flowing east…that set was the one later demolished for the Mayfair supermarket site. One of the first places serving “health food” took up space at that Tamarind end of the Village block…the sandwiches were fantastic…but that was long ago. Examination of street signs in these photos clearly shows that Martin has the locations correct [seems to be be some argument over at the Facebook postings] and there can be no doubts.