Tag Archives: Aerial photographs
Aerial photo taken from a balloon looking north between Main St and Los Angeles St towards the plaza, downtown Los Angeles, 1850
**UPDATE** THIS IS ACTUALLY A PHOTO OF A MODEL OF WHAT 1850 LOS ANGELES WOULD HAVE LOOKED LIKE. (Scroll down for further info.) After posting a daily vintage photo of Hollywood/Los Angeles/Southern California for more than 10 years, I suspect … Continue reading
Aerial photograph of the part of Marina Del Ray known as Silver Strand, Los Angeles, February 4, 1959
Until I came across this aerial photo of Marina Del Ray, I’d never heard of a development called Silver Strand, which is what we are looking at here. It’s only 10 blocks long and 2 blocks wide, and stretches from … Continue reading
Aerial photograph looking west across Los Angeles International Airport from a circular Chevron gas station, 1963
What was formerly known as the Mines Field municipal airfield underwent a name change in 1941 to Los Angeles Airport, and then in 1949, it acquired the name we know today: to Los Angeles International Airport, aka LAX. In this … Continue reading
Aerial photo of Dodger Stadium under construction, Vin Scully Ave, Los Angeles, circa 1960
I’m no sports fan, but even I know that the LA Dodgers won the first game of the 2024 World Series at Dodger Stadium on Friday. Here we have an aerial photo of that stadium under construction. The project broke … Continue reading
Aerial photograph of the Disneyland parking lot, Anaheim, California, 1963
And from the “I Wish It Was Still Like This” file comes this 1963 aerial photograph of Disneyland and its parking lot. My first visit was in 1975, and I’m pretty sure it was like this. You drove up to … Continue reading
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Tagged Aerial photographs, Anaheim, Disney, Disneyland, Themeparks
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Aerial photo looking north from south of Sunset Blvd across Hollywood to the Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, 1932
In this remarkably crisp aerial shot from 1932, we’re looking north from south of Sunset Blvd across Hollywood to the Hollywood Hills. They were still sparsely populated with lots of room for more and more homes. The image is so … Continue reading
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Tagged Aerial photographs, Churches, Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood, Hollywood High School, Theaters
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Aerial view of an almost-completed Los Angeles City Hall, downtown Los Angeles, 1927
Click on the image to see a much larger, zoomable image. In this rather breathtaking aerial photograph, we’re treated to a view of Los Angeles City Hall. It opened on April 26, 1928 and this photo was taken (probably late) … Continue reading
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Aerial color photo of Victory Drive-in Theatre, 13037 Victory Blvd, North Hollywood, 1964
This aerial photo from 1964 reminds us of something that used to be ubiquitous, but is now quite rare: the drive-in theater. The one we’re looking at here in this 1964 aerial shot is the Victory Drive-in Theatre at 13037 … Continue reading
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Tagged Aerial photographs, Color photo, San Fernando Valley, Theaters
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Aerial photo of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie studios backlot No. 2, Culver City, Los Angeles, circa 1950s
Back in the 1950s, when this aerial photo was taken, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was still a force to be reckoned with in the film industry, but its peak was behind it. Starting 1947, its competitors, Paramount, Warner and 20th Century-Fox, started to … Continue reading
Aerial view of the Tara mansion from “Gone With The Wind” on the Desilu Forty Acres backlot, Culver City, summer 1958
The exterior set for Tara, the mansion from “Gone With The Wind,” was built in 1938 (principal photography began on January 29, 1939) and yet it was still standing 20 years later, when this aerial photo (I assume that dark … Continue reading
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Tagged Aerial photographs, Culver City, David O. Selznick, Movie Studios
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