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May Company Department Store golden jubilee, 8th Street and Broadway, downtown Los Angeles, 1931
In 1931, the May Company Department Store celebrated its golden jubilee. I’m guessing (but it’s only a guess) that part of the P.R. was to dust off an old horse-drawn streetcar and give people rides on it. If this photo—taken … Continue reading
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Color photo of the May Company department store at Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles, 1941
The Academy Museum in the old May Company department store at Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue won’t open until 2019, so we still have quite a wait to see what they’ve come up with. But I’m very glad they haven’t … Continue reading
May Company department store, Wilshire Blvd, circa late 1940s
The “$795 BOMB SHELTER” billboard in this photo of the May Company department store at the corner of Wilshire and Fairfax caught my eye. I tend to think of bomb shelters as being a 1950s thing, but the 1948 Studebaker … Continue reading
Corner of Wilshire Blvd and Fairfax Ave before May Co department store (1939)
This is a corner we see photos of a lot of, but I’ve never seen it look like this before. It’s the northeast corner of the Wilshire Blvd / Fairfax Ave in 1939, just before worked started on the iconic … Continue reading
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May Company department store on Wilshire, looking south, 1940
There are lots of photos of the May Company department store on Wilshire Blvd floating around, but this is the first I’ve seen of the view from the May Company looking south across Wilshire. This was taken in 1940, the … Continue reading
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May Company Department store, corner of Wilshire Bvld and Fairfax Ave, 1948
I’ve seen plenty of shots of the May Company Department store on the corner of Wilshire Bvld and Fairfax Ave, but none quite so dramatic as this one (taken 1948.) Maybe it’s the stark black-and-white photography, but I looked at … Continue reading
May Company department store and Simon’s Drive-in, corner Wilshire & Fairfax, circa 1940s
This aerial shot of Wilshire Blvd facing east at the Fairfax Ave corner in the 1940s shows the then-new May Company department store which is in the process of being reinvented into the Academy museum. On the other side of … Continue reading
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May Company department store, corner of Wilshire & Fairfax, Los Angeles, 1940
In this aerial shot from 1940, we can see the May Company department store on the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Ave. It later became the Los Angeles County Museum of Art West building and will soon be transformed … Continue reading
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May Company department store, Wilshire Blvd, 1954
The May Co. Department store at the corner of Wilshire Blvd and Fairfax Ave taken in May 1954. It’s now part of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and become the home of the Hollywood history museum. “Miracle Mile” … Continue reading
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A special horse-drawn streetcar makes its way down Broadway at 8th St, downtown Los Angeles, 1931
The caption on this photo read: “May Company Department Store golden jubilee, 8th Street and Broadway, 1931” but the May Co was founded in 1877, so their golden jubilee would have been in 1927. So I’m not really sure when … Continue reading
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Tagged Broadway, Downtown Los Angeles, Horses, Stores and Shopping, Streetcars, Theaters
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