Author Archives: Martin Turnbull
Color shot of cars parked outside the Rose Bowl stadium, 1001 Rose Bowl Dr, Pasadena, California, 1954
The Rose Bowl is probably best known for its New Year’s Day parade, called the Tournament of Roses, but it’s a football stadium located in Pasadena, California, with capacity for nearly 90,000 screaming sports fans. It was also the track … Continue reading
Aerial photograph of the Disneyland parking lot, Anaheim, California, 1963
And from the “I Wish It Was Still Like This” file comes this 1963 aerial photograph of Disneyland and its parking lot. My first visit was in 1975, and I’m pretty sure it was like this. You drove up to … Continue reading
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Los Angeles Railway “M” streetcar at the corner of Broadway and 7th Street alongside a very crowded sidewalk, downtown Los Angeles, circa 1920s
I’ve read in a number of places that the intersection of Broadway and 7th Street in downtown Los Angeles was the city’s busiest intersection. I have not, however, been able to understand why that was. But when you see photos … Continue reading
Looking east along Wilshire Blvd from around Westmoreland Ave to Bullocks Wilshire department store, Los Angeles, circa late 1930s
I doubt that I shall ever tire of looking at vintage photos of the Bullocks Wilshire department store. It stood at 3050 Wilshire Blvd between Westmoreland Ave and Wilshire Place. The store opened on September 26, 1929 and at the … Continue reading
Looking west along Wilshire Blvd from around Figueroa St, Los Angeles, circa 1946
As an Angeleno who often finds himself stuck in traffic, I take a measure of satisfaction knowing that my fellow Angelenos from yesteryear had to deal with much the same thing. These poor drivers were stuck in a traffic jam … Continue reading
Angelenos swim in the Echo Park Community Pool, 1632 Bellevue Ave, Los Angeles, 1958
To my way of thinking, this photo is a quintessentially LA photo. There wasn’t much separating these Angelenos swimming at the Echo Park Community Pool from the Hollywood Freeway—just a triangle of grass and a wall. But for inner-city dwellers … Continue reading
Color photo of three cars parked out front of CBS Radio’s Columbia Square studios, 6121 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, circa mid-1950s
These three cars are parked out front of CBS Radio’s Columbia Square studios, which opened at 6121 Sunset Blvd to much fanfare on April 30, 1938. It was home to CBS’s Los Angeles radio and television operations until 2007, which … Continue reading
Fox Stadium Theatre, 8906 W. Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, 1931
And from the “They Sure Don’t Make ‘Em Like That Any More” file comes the Fox Stadium Theatre at 8906 W. Pico Blvd, Los Angeles. It opened on March 5, 1931. This photo was taken later that same year, so … Continue reading
Color photo of the Pantages Theatre, 6233 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood when “Divorce Italian Style” was playing in 1965
This vibrant Kodachrome color photo is of the Pantages Theatre (back then the “RKO Pantages”) at 6233 Hollywood Blvd half a block east of Vine St. The billboard and marquee advertises movies from three different years: Divorce Italian Style (September … Continue reading
Looking out across downtown Los Angeles at the Hall of Justice, Old County Courthouse, Hall of Records, and “new” City Hall, circa late 1920s
This image gives us an idea of what the view across the northern end of downtown LA looked like in the late 1920s. From left to right, we’ve got the Hall of Justice, Old County Courthouse (the corner of Temple … Continue reading