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Cyclists ridge eastbound on and unpaved Pico Blvd from Western Ave, Los Angeles, 1890
I wouldn’t want to try riding a bike down the middle of Pico Boulevard (from Western Ave) these days but this group of half-dozen cyclists don’t have to worry about dodging trucks and SUVs the way they would today. On … Continue reading
Man in ostrich-drawn cart gets traffic ticket on Pico Blvd near Harvard Blvd, Los Angeles, circa 1920s
Beginning in the 1880s, ostrich farms became “a thing” – almost like tourist attractions. People would come and visit an ostrich farm the way tourists to Florida might visit an alligator farm. So this photo taken some time in the … Continue reading
Van de Kamp’s bakery, corner of West Pico Blvd and Pelham Ave, Los Angeles, circa late 1920
We’re looking along Pico Boulevard from the Pelham Ave corner, not far from the Hillcrest Country Club. Judging from the cars parked outside the windmill-topped Van de Kamp’s bakery this shot was taken in the late 1920s when it must … Continue reading
Looking northeast from the corner of La Cienega Blvd and Pico Blvd, toward the Carthay Circle Theatre, Los Angeles, 1933
In the vintage photos I come across, I never fail to be amazed at the acres of empty land that is now completely filled in. In this photo from 1933, we’re looking northeast from the corner of La Cienega Blvd … Continue reading
Opening night at the Pacific Drive-In Theater, 10850 W. Pico Boulevard – the first drive-in theater in Los Angeles, September 9, 1934
Here we’re seeing the opening night of Los Angeles’s first drive-in theater, the Pacific Drive-in at 10850 W. Pico Boulevard, just south of Century City on September 9, 1934. We’re so used to drive-ins being part of our urban landscape … Continue reading
Joseph’s Royale Cafe corner of Pico Blvd and Norton Ave, Los Angeles, circa 1920s
There was a lot going on at Joseph’s Royale Cafe at the corner of Pico Blvd and Norton Ave, Los Angeles (just south of Koreatown.) It’s a café with 50-cent lunches and 85-cent dinners, a caterer, a confectioner, there’s dancing … Continue reading
A horse-drawn streetcar on Main Street, downtown Los Angeles, in front of Pico House, 1870
This is the earliest photo I’ve ever posted: A horse-drawn streetcar on Main Street, downtown Los Angeles, in front of Pico House, 1870. This is the year that Pico House—a 33-room hotel considered the most lavish hotel in Southern California … Continue reading
Fox Stadium Theatre, Pico Boulevard, 1931
Ah, the days of eye-catching movie theaters! This is the Fox Stadium Theatre at 8906 W. Pico Blvd. It was built in 1930 as and continued to be a cinema up until the 1960s. It closed around September 1961. By … Continue reading
1948 opening of Picwood Theater at 10872 W. Pico Blvd, Los Angeles.
This shot was taken of the 1948 opening of the Picwood Theater at 10872 W. Pico. Blvd. Looks like it opened with MGM’s “The Three Musketeers” starring Gene Kelly. With all that neon, this place must have been striking at … Continue reading
The first drive-in theater in California at 10850 W. Pico Blvd, 1934
The novelty of sitting in your car to watch movies arrived not too long after the novelty of hearing movies talk. The first drive-in theater in California was imaginatively called “The Drive-In Theater” and it opened September 9th, 1934 at … Continue reading