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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
People gather outside the home of producer Mike Todd and Elizabeth Taylor at 1330 Schuyler Drive, Beverly Hills, on the day his private plane crashed, March 22, 1958
Actress Elizabeth Taylor had only been married to film and theater producer, Mike Todd, for a year when his private plane, The Liz, crashed in New Mexico on March 22, 1958. This photo was taken that day outside their home … Continue reading
Farmers raising lima beans on the land that would later become Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills, 1888
During the last couple of decades of the 1800s, the land that would later become Beverly Hills was far enough from downtown Los Angeles to be considered agricultural. The main crop was lima beans. They provided a good, cheap, and … Continue reading
Color photo of the Roosevelt-Good department store, Beverly Hills, circa late 1940s
Until I came across this photo, I didn’t know Franklin D. Roosevelt’s youngest son, John, owned a store in Beverly Hills. Partnering with Leland Good, he opened Roosevelt-Good, a department store that mostly sold ready-to-wear women’s and men’s casual and … Continue reading
Color photo of a train and streetcar approaching the Beverly train station at Santa Monica Blvd and N. Canon Dr., Beverly Hills, 1954
Here are two things you don’t see passing through Beverly Hills anymore: a train and a streetcar. But back in 1954, when this photo was taken, locals were used to seeing both stop at the Beverly station on the southeast … Continue reading
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The soaring tower of Beacon Laundry, 9134 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, circa 1940
You’ve got to love a city where a dry cleaning business called Beacon Laundry (of course that’s what they called it) builds a 50-foot tower to bring attention to themselves. Earthquakes be damned! We have to let passers-by that we’re … Continue reading
Color photo looking west along Wilshire Blvd toward Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Beverly Hills, circa 1950s
In this photo, we’re looking west along the south side of Wilshire Blvd past the Melody Lane restaurant coffee shop, over Beverly Dr. to the Beverly Wilshire Hotel at the Wilshire and Rodeo Dr. corner. This photo was taken in … Continue reading
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Hollywood film industry luminaries drive through Beverly Hills en route to Rudolph Valentino’s West Coast funeral service, September 7, 1926
This image (I suspect it’s a still or a freeze-frame from video footage) shows us a tender moment in Hollywood’s history. The cars in this long cortege belong to various film industry luminaries as they head to the West Coast … Continue reading
Riding horses down the bridle path along Rodeo Drive north of Santa Monica Blvd, Beverly Hills (undated)
Oh, what a different Beverly Hills it must have been back when people could ride their horses along the bridle path that used to run down the center of Rodeo Drive, replacing an old Pacific Electric streetcar line that had … Continue reading
Looking north up Beverly Drive north of Santa Monica Blvd, Beverly Hills, 1923
It’s funny now to think that Beverly Hills ever looked like this sparse, but this photo was taken in 1923, the same year that Beverly Hills became an incorporated city. Maybe I shouldn’t be so surprised. After all, the official … Continue reading