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The California Limited train stops at the Santa Fe depot in Pasadena, California, en route to Chicago, circa 1900
I do like the way this photographer has framed this shot. It’s a circa 1900 photo of the California Limited train during its stop at the Pasadena depot of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway en route to Chicago. … Continue reading
Human billboard for MGM’s “Hollywood Revue of 1929” at Wilshire Blvd and Shatto Place, Los Angeles, circa June 1929
Some bright spark in MGM’s publicity department decided that a great way to garner attention for the movie “Hollywood Revue of 1929” (the studio’s second feature-length musical, and one of their earliest sound films) was to create a huge billboard … Continue reading
Hill Street Pacific Electric Station, downtown Los Angeles, circa early 1920s.jpg
This is an early 1920s shot of the Hill Street station for Pacific Electric, which was the railway company that ran the streetcars known as Red Cars. I’m not entirely sure, but I think this station was on the west … Continue reading
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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
Promotional postcard advertising the 1939 DeSoto 4-door sedan (supposedly) in front of the Carthay Circle Theatre, 6316 San Vicente Blvd, Los Angeles.
To advertise their 1939 4-door sedan, DeSoto decided to go with the height of Hollywood glamor – a movie premiere at the Carthay Circle Theatre. In December 1939 it would host the mother of all Hollywood premieres: “Gone with the … Continue reading
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Advertisement for the Garden of Alla(h) Hotel, Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles in Film Spectator magazine, June 11, 1927
The central setting for my Hollywood’s Garden of Allah series of novels is a hotel on Sunset Boulevard called the Garden of Allah. For most of its 32-year life, the “Allah” was spelled with an “h” but when the hotel … Continue reading
Women’s Christian Temperance Union Building at Broadway and Temple Street, downtown Los Angeles, 1939
Six years after Prohibition ended in 1933, the Women’s Christian Temperance Union were still holding firm to their ideal that, as it says on their billboard, “Prohibition: the Best Method Against Liquor Traffic” that stood atop their building at Broadway … Continue reading
Looking east along Hollywood Boulevard toward Carl Laemmle’s building on the Vine Street corner, 1931
This is a screen-grab from a British short called “Round About Hollywood” which travels around Hollywood in 1931 in a two-color process known as Cinecolor. As the camera approaches the Hollywood and Vine intersection, it passes that building on the … Continue reading
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Tagged Advertisement, Color photo, Hollywood and Vine, Hollywood Blvd, Movie Stars, Restaurants, Universal Studios
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Giant arrow at Leimert Business Center, Los Angeles, circa late 1920s
Leimert Park is a section of Los Angeles southwest of downtown L.A. These days, of course, it’s fully developed with every square inch built on or planted with lawns and trees. But back in 1928, when this photo was taken, … Continue reading
Lytton Plaza on the former Garden of Allah site on Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, 1966
This collage of photos gives us an idea of what the corner of Sunset Blvd and Crescent Heights Blvd looked like in 1966. It had been the site of the Garden of Allah Hotel, but in the summer 1959, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Advertisement, Hotels, Sunset Blvd, The Garden of Allah Hotel
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