I do love coming across an image in vibrant color, especially if it depicts Hollywood in its heyday. Extra points if it was taken with Kodachrome, which I’m fairly sure this was. We’re looking east through the intersection of Sunset Blvd and Vine St, Hollywood. I love how the sign for Music City on the northwest corner is advertising Magnavox television sets. Across the street on the northeast corner are the NBC studios. By the time this photo was taken, they had converted to TV. Channel 4 first went on the air as KNBH on January 16, 1949. That two-toned car on the right is a 1951 Chevrolet convertible, so let’s call this circa early 1950s.
This is roughly how that view looked in February 2021.
Once again, whenever I see a photo of streets from the 1950’s, I am compelled to note the number of Studebaker automobiles on the road. They are always there, and this shot has two of them! How did a company seemingly so successful ever go out of business?
Wallach’s Music City. Ahhhh. Customers could select SEVERAL albums, or 45 rpms, go into a sound proof (?) booth with a turntable and preview the entire record with no commitment to buy. Now, that’s putting the customer first.