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Aerial view of the Gaylord Apartments, 3355 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, circa 1925
Most of the focus on the 3000 stretch of Wilshire Blvd get swallowed up by the Ambassador Hotel at 3400 Wilshire, but opposite it, at 3355 Wilshire is worth remembering too—especially as it has survived the years longer than the … Continue reading
Cars crowd Wilshire Blvd perhaps to watch an air show at DeMille Field (Rogers Airport) at Wilshire and Crescent Ave (Fairfax Ave), Los Angeles, circa early 1920s
It looks like something big was going on at DeMille Field (later known as Rogers Airport) that covered a vast expanse of land anchored at the corner of Wilshire Blvd and Fairfax Ave, which was known back then as Crescent … Continue reading
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Aerial shot of the back lot set for “Lost Horizon” (1937) at the Columbia Ranch on Hollywood Way, Burbank, California
I suspect that some enterprising photographer took an aerial shot of the back lot set for “Lost Horizon” (1937) on the Columbia Ranch on Hollywood Way in Burbank because at the time, the Lamasery (upper right corner) was the largest … Continue reading
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Looking past the Hollywoodland sign on the Hollywood Hills to Burbank in the San Fernando Valley, circa 1924
In this aerial shot of the Hollywoodland sign, we can see the farmland of Burbank in the San Fernando Valley on the north side of the Hollywood Hills. This was taken circa 1924, so the sign would only have been … Continue reading
Aerial photograph of Farmers Market at Third St and Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, circa 1940s
Until I came across this circa-1940s aerial photograph of the Farmers Market at Third and Fairfax, I didn’t the roof was painted green (and still is.) This shot also reminds us that the area was also home to the Gilmore … Continue reading
Aerial view of Wilshire Boulevard at La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, 1922
Thank goodness for those magnificent men in their flying machines (in case you don’t know, I’m quoting the title of a Twentieth Century-Fox movie from 1965) otherwise we’d never have spectacular aerial photos of LA like this one taken in … Continue reading
Looking north along North Orange Drive toward the Magic Castle and the Bernheimer Estate, Hollywood hills, Los Angeles, circa 1916
We’re looking north up N. Orange Dr. just a couple of houses north of Hollywood Blvd (then called Prospect Ave), circa 1916. At the end of the street, hidden by the trees is the Rollin B. Lane house (now the … Continue reading
Aerial view of the Ambassador Hotel, Wilshire Blvd, 1940
Most photos I come across of the Ambassador Hotel on Wilshire Blvd are, naturally enough, taken at street level so it’s a nice change to see what the property looked like from the air. This was taken in 1940, with … Continue reading
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Metro Pictures studio lot, 6300 Romaine St, Hollywood, Hollywood, circa 1924
Though mainly remembered now for being the first name in the three-way merger that became the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer behemoth in 1925, Metro Pictures was a reasonably big deal in the early 1920s, especially after Marcus Loew bought it in 1919 to … Continue reading
Aerial shot of Goldwyn Studios, Washington Blvd, Culver City, 1918
In this aerial shot from 1918, we can see the movie studios formally known as Triangle Studios (because of the triangular lot) which was renamed Goldwyn Studios when Samuel Goldwyn bought it. It didn’t last long. By 1922, Goldwyn was … Continue reading