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Color night shot looking west from Highland Ave along Hollywood Blvd decorated for the holidays, circa 1950
Yesterday’s photo showed a closer daytime view of the electrified Christmas trees that used to decorate Hollywood Blvd for the holidays. This one give us an idea of how they looked all lit up at night. I’m so glad this … Continue reading
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Glamour girls “helping” to put up electrified Christmas trees on Hollywood Blvd across from Grauman’s Chinese Theater, Hollywood, late 1945
This photo of glamour girls “helping” to put up electrified Christmas trees on Hollywood Blvd illustrates something I don’t think I ever quite realized: how big those holiday season decorations were. With actual humans for comparison, they were much bigger … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood, Hollywood Blvd, Theaters
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A 1933 Ford Victoria drives through a largely empty Hollywood Hills toward a lone house under construction overlooking Los Angeles in 1936
I could find very little information on this photo, but here’s what I could piece together: It was taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt for Life Magazine in 1936. That’s a 1933 Ford Victoria going for a drive in what I presume … Continue reading
Richard Conte steps out of La Rue restaurant at 8631 Sunset Blvd on the Sunset Strip as seen in the movie “Hollywood Story”, Los Angeles, 1951
Yesterday, Alison Martino added this photo to her Facebook page. It’s a screengrab from a 1951 movie called “Hollywood Story” which is worth watching for its many Los Angeles locations. In this shot, Richard Conte is coming out of a … Continue reading
Beverly Hills City Hall, 451 N. Crescent Dr. at Santa Monica Blvd, Beverly Hills, circa 1936
This photo is a reminder that not everything to come out of the Great Depression was drab and dreary. Beverly Hills City Hall at 451 N. Crescent Dr. at Santa Monica Blvd, seen here circa 1936, was constructed in 1931 … Continue reading
Early view of Sunset Blvd near Fairfax Ave when it was still just a dirt road, Los Angeles, circa 1900
Before it became one of Los Angeles’s vital east-west arteries, Sunset Blvd was nothing more than a dirt track. This circa 1900 photograph, reportedly taken near what would become the intersection of Sunset and Fairfax, captures that simpler time. At … Continue reading
Glen-Holly Hotel on the southeast corner of Ivar and Yucca Sts, Hollywood, circa 1890
The bucolic building we’re seeing here is Hollywood’s second hotel. The first one, the Sackett Hotel, was on the southwest corner of Hollywood and Cahuenga Blvds. This one was called the Glen-Holly Hotel, and it opened 7 years after the … Continue reading
The first Christmas tree is set up on the stage of the Hollywood Bowl, 1921
This rather forlorn Christmas tree is actually quite historical. It was set up on the stage of the Hollywood Bowl before the Bowl even had a shell. Although the Bowl officially opened on July 11, 1922, a number of performances … Continue reading
Color photo of The Mod Hatter hat shop the Skyway station at Disneyland, Anaheim, California, 1968
I don’t remember going to The Mod Hatter hat shop at Disneyland, but I sure do remember always enjoying my ride on the Skyway attraction. You rode in a gondola up to 60 feet above Disneyland, where you got to … Continue reading
Color photo looking east along the north side of Hollywood Blvd from around Cherokee Ave, Hollywood, circa mid 1960s
There’s nothing like a vivid Kodachrome photo to bring yesteryear Hollywood to life. In this circa 1960s shot, we’re looking east along Hollywood Blvd. Around the center of the photo, we can see the blade sign for the Vogue Theatre … Continue reading
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