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A Pacific Electric Red Car stops on the corner of Cañon Drive and Santa Monica Blvd, Beverly Hills, 1940

It’s hard for me to imagine a streetcar rattling through the sedate heart of Beverly Hills, but this photo shows the Beverly Hills station which stood on the corner of Cañon Drive and Santa Monica Blvd. The photographer was facing … Continue reading

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Beverly Hills City Hall with matching fountains and palm trees, Los Angeles, circa the year it opened, 1932

At first glance, it would be easy to think you’re looking at the forecourt of some French chateau and Italian palazzo. But nope. This is the forecourt of the Beverly Hills City Hall at 455 North Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills. … Continue reading

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Beverly Hills Waterworks building, 333 S. La Cienega Blvd, Beverly Hills, circa early 1940s

In 1927, the city of Beverly Hills opened its Water Treatment Plant No. 1 building at 333 S. La Cienega Blvd. And being Beverly Hills they didn’t just throw up some plain, utilitarian heap. Heaven forbid! No, they put up … Continue reading

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Beverly Wilshire Hotel, 9500 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, 1937

When the Beverly Wilshire Hotel opened at 9500 Wilshire Blvd in Beverly Hills on January 14, 1928, it was known as the “Beverly Wilshire Apartment Hotel” and operated as an apartment building not a hotel as we conceived hotels today. … Continue reading

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KMPC radio studios and transmitter, 9631 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, circa mid 1930s

We tend to forget (or at least I do) that in the early days of radio (the 1920s and 30s) there were all sorts of radio stations set up by all sorts of businesses and organizations that you’d never get … Continue reading

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Movie director Charles Brabin, his horse, and a Studebaker Special Six Duplex-Phaeton stand in front of the Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills, California, circa 1924

In the early years of the Beverly Hills Hotel (which opened in 1912), a popular pastime for hotel guests was to go horseback riding throughout the neighborhood. Back then, a number of Beverly Hills streets had bridle trails (you can … Continue reading

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Matchbook collection from 15 vintage Los Angeles restaurants and bars

Here’s a quick pop quiz for you: Of the 15 LA restaurants represented here in Tara Gordon’s photo, which ones have you (a) heard of, or (b) not heard of, or (c) visited personally? I’ve heard of them all but … Continue reading

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An atmospheric night shot of Lawry’s The Prime Rib restaurant, 100 La Cienega Blvd, Beverly Hills, circa late 1930s

This dripping-with-atmosphere night shot of Lawry’s The Prime Rib restaurant at 100 La Cienega Blvd in Beverly Hills is so pristinely lit that it almost looks like it’s from a movie. I love that backlit “THE PRIME RIB” signage, and … Continue reading

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Looking east along Wilshire Blvd past the Warner Bros Theater, during a parade through Beverly Hills, circa mid 1930s

One of Warner Bros.’ flagship theaters was the one that stood at 9404 Wilshire Blvd at Canon Dr. in Beverly Hills. This photo is looking east along Wilshire sometime around the mid 1930s when a parade was in progress. Or … Continue reading

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Panoramic view showing an almost completely undeveloped Beverly Hills in 1913

A couple of days ago, I posted a 1913 photo of the Colorado Street Bridge in Pasadena. Meanwhile, 15 miles west lay this bucolic vista of winding country roads, open fields, and groves of trees. In fact, we’d be hard-pressed … Continue reading

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