Author Archives: Martin Turnbull
Angelenos gather outside the Las Palmas Theater, 1642 Las Palmas Ave, Hollywood on the night of June 7, 1951
I spent ten minutes looking for information on a 1951 movie called “Hocus Pocus (all I could find was the Disney one starring Bette Midler) when it finally dawned on me that the Las Palmas Theater, pictured here at 1642 … Continue reading
Court Flight funicular running between Broadway and Hill St, downtown Los Angeles
While Angels Flight is LA’s most famous funicular, it wasn’t its only one. Court Flight began operating on September 24, 1905 on a hillside between Broadway and Hill St, between Temple and First. It was even more needed than Angels … Continue reading
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Announcement of the opening of Schwabs men’s store, 6358 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, March 26, 1926
Whenever we hear the name “Schwab’s” we immediately think of Schwab’s Pharmacy, which is understandable because it was the most famous drug store in Los Angeles. But this image reminds us that there was another Schwabs (no apostrophe) that opened … Continue reading
Looking west along the south side of Hollywood Blvd from Vine St, Hollywood, circa 1920s
The building on the southwest corner of Hollywood and Vine has been there so long (nearly 100 years: opened in 1928 as the Dyas department store before switching to the Broadway-Hollywood in 1931) that it can be easy to think … Continue reading
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Rexall drug store at the northwest corner of N. Verdugo Rd and Honolulu Ave, Montrose, California, 1942
I strongly suspect I’m not the only one who wishes he lived in a world where his corner drug store looked like this. I know they cost more to build, and the ball on top of that tower reaching into … Continue reading
Looking east along Hollywood Blvd from around Hudson Ave, Hollywood, circa 1940
Yesterday’s photo of stores along Hollywood Blvd in the late-20s/early-30s made me think of this shot looking east along Hollywood Blvd from around Hudson Ave. On the north side of the boulevard, I can see seven different stores, each with … Continue reading
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Line of stores along Hollywood Blvd near Wilcox Ave, Hollywood, 1928
In this shot we have of a line of stores along Hollywood Blvd near Wilcox Ave: a cut-rate drug and sundries store, a men’s shop (clothing I assume), a billiards and snooker hall, a magic shop, and a circulating library … Continue reading
Night shot of Frank Sennes’s Moulin Rouge nightclub, 6230 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, November 11, 1954
In 1953, Frank Sennes, former manager of the Hollywood Gardens nightclub, took over the famed Earl Carroll’s at 6230 Sunset Blvd and relaunched it as the Moulin Rouge. In a smart move, he kept the iconic “Most Beautiful Girl in … Continue reading
Color photo looking east across the Original Farmer’s Market from the corner of Third St and Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, circa mid-1950s
In this image (probably a postcard) we’re looking at the Original Farmer’s Market facing east from the corner of Third St and Fairfax Ave. If you ignore the huge Grove outdoor shopping mall that now stands next door, you can … Continue reading
The Windsor Apartments building, 3198 7th St at S. Catalina St, Los Angeles, 1927
Following on from yesterday’s 1929 view of the William Penn Hotel, comes this similar building, the Windsor Apartments. This place was built in 1926 and this photo was taken a year later in 1927, when tree shade was meager but … Continue reading