These days, the people who live near the Hollywood sign actively discourage tourists walking through the Hollywood Hills trying to get to the sign. They have people traipsing up and down their streets all day long trying to find the perfect angle for the perfect selfie, so I don’t blame them. These three women had no such concerns as they were hiking up the bare canyons toward the sign that back then still read “Hollywoodland.” The caption for this photo dates this as circa 1938.

My thanks to Gary H. who supplied this photo he recently took of roughly the same place: