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Earliest-known photo of Los Angeles, looking east over the Los Angeles Plaza from Fort Moore Hill, circa 1862
Apparently this is the earliest-known photo of Los Angeles. Taken in around 1862, the anonymous photographer was standing on Fort Moore Hill, which is a block or two north of where the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels now … Continue reading
The William Fox Studio on Western Ave. near Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, circa early 1920s
These days we’re used to movie studios being surrounded by high walls and protected by a phalanx of security guys. But look at the front entrance of the William Fox Studios on Western Ave at Sunset Boulevard. It opens out … Continue reading
Marlon Brando visits Olvera Street, downtown Los Angeles, 1949
In 1949, Life magazine did a photo spread around Los Angeles with Marlon Brando. It’s hard to imagine the Brandon of latter years agreeing to something like that, but in 1949, he was still an up-and-comer, having slayed Broadway audiences … Continue reading
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P Line streetcar on First Street crossing Alameda St, downtown Los Angeles, 1918
In this photo, we’re seeing a Los Angeles Railway streetcar on the P Line, which ran along First Street in downtown L.A. (it’s crossing Alameda here) en route to Pico Blvd. This photo was taken in 1918, so that team … Continue reading
Ornate front door to the Fox Movietone Studios, West Los Angeles, circa 1930s
On November 6, 1925, William Fox bought the rights to the Movietone sound system, which became Fox Movietone on the 99 acres of land he bought from the Janss Company located between Santa Monica and Pico Boulevards on January 6, … Continue reading
Harry Carpenter’s restaurant take-out bag
Harry Carpenter’s Drive-Ins were at several locations around Los Angeles, including corner of Sunset and Vine, Wilshire and Western, Wilshire and Vermont, Pico and Vermont, Silverlake and Glendale, Sunset and Virgil.
Herald-Express Building, Georgia St, downtown Los Angeles, November 1937
It’s hard to imagine a contemporary newspaper taking the trouble to construct a building a beautiful as this. This is the (California Mediterranean style with Churrigueresque detailing) Herald-Express Building that used to stand on Georgia St, in downtown Los Angeles, … Continue reading
Los Angeles timeline – 38,000 BC to 2013
Los Angeles timeline Circa 38,000 BC – Los Angeles has been pulling in visitors for tens of thousands of years, as a future fossil is trapped inside what are now the historical La Brea Tar Pits. Circa 8000 BC – … Continue reading
Carpenter’s Drive-in restaurant, corner of Sunset Blvd and Vine St, Hollywood, 1930s.
This is Carpenter’s Drive-in restaurant, which stood on the corner of Sunset Blvd and Vine St, Hollywood in the 1930s. This is back when you could get a sirloin steak sandwich for 25 cents and a fried oyster sandwich for … Continue reading
Willards restaurant at Los Feliz and Hillhurst – “Far Famed Chicken Steak Dinners”
I found this photo interesting for a couple of reasons. I love how this restaurant – Willards (at the corner of Los Feliz and Hillhurst, near the entrance to the Greek Theater) – bills itself “Far Famed Chicken Steak Dinners.” … Continue reading