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Giant Easter Bunnies stand outside Desmond’s department store, 5514 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, 1947
Until I posted a photo last December of a lit Christmas tree outside the May Co. department store on Wilshire Blvd in 1963, I didn’t know those decorative trees had even existed. Similarly, until I found this photo of giant … Continue reading
Aerial photo of the intersection of Fairfax Ave and Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, 1954
This aerial photo gives us a wonderful bird’s-eye view of the busy intersection of Fairfax Ave and Wilshire Blvd in 1954. The May Co. department store, which opened in 1940 on the northeast corner, dominated the corner then as it … Continue reading
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Aerial photo looking west along Wilshire Blvd at Rogers Airport on Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, 1922
The land around the corner of Wilshire Blvd and Fairfax Ave is so densely developed these days that it’s hard to imagine it was once home to an airport. This aerial photo was taken in 1922 looking west along Wilshire … Continue reading
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McDonnell’s Fairfax restaurant near the corner of Wilshire Blvd and Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, 1941
In the 1930s and 40s, McDonnell’s was a chain of more than 15 restaurants around Los Angeles. This one was called McDonnell’s Fairfax restaurant and stood near the corner of Wilshire Blvd and Fairfax Ave (which puts it near the … Continue reading
Bomb shelter sales display, 6135 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, circa 1940s
Here’s a very 1950s photo: Get your bomb shelters right here! A couple of doors west of the Wilshire Blvd/Fairfax Ave intersection (where the May Company department store stood) was this sales display for bomb shelters, which were going for … Continue reading
Fred W Klein Realtor, 6111 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles (undated)
Yesterday, I posted a 1944 photo of the May Co store at Wilshire Blvd and Fairfax Ave. What caught my eye was a green-and-white Art Deco building a couple of doors to the west. I’d never noticed it before so … Continue reading
Looking south down Broadway from the corner of Ninth Street, downtown Los Angeles, circa 1912
In this photo we’re treated to a pre-automobile Los Angeles. It’s the corner of Broadway and Ninth Street, where your choices of transportation were: streetcar, horse-and-buggy, bicycle, or your legs. (Note the full-length dress suit on the woman at the … Continue reading
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Coulter’s department store window display celebrates “10 Years of Progress on Miracle Mile”, 5600 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, October 7, 1948
In 1948, Coulter’s department store celebrated its 10th anniversary with this display window entitled “10 Years of Progress on Miracle Mile.” The two dueling Streamline Modern department stores—The May Company and Coulter’s Dry Goods—both opened their flagship stores in the … Continue reading
Looking east along Wilshire Blvd toward the Fairfax Ave intersection, Los Angeles, 1929
In this photo, we’re treated to a view looking east along Wilshire Boulevard. The intersection in the middle is Fairfax Ave, which means the northeast corner where the billboard (for Newmark’s Mountain Grown Coffee) is the future site of the … Continue reading
Simon’s Sandwiches Drive-In, northwest corner of Wilshire Blvd and Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles 1939
This shot of Simon’s Sandwiches Drive-In was taken at the northwest corner of Wilshire Blvd and Fairfax Ave where the Google-style Johnie’s Coffee Shop now stands. By the looks of this photo, I’d say that Simon’s lot took in the … Continue reading