The May Co. department store at the corner or Wilshire Blvd and Fairfax Ave became an instantly iconic landmark (which it remains to this day now that the building houses the Academy museum.) But most photos of it are taken, understandably, of the outside. An interior photo is quite rare, so I was glad to find this one of the entrance to the beauty salon. I love the back-lit sign over the doorway. This photo was captioned “circa 1941” which is only a year after the store opened, and explains why everything still looks so pristine.

** UPDATE ** – A couple of people have said that this is the beauty salon in the Broadway department store at the corner of Hollywood and Vine, but I couldn’t find it on Google Image Search or TinEye to verify that.