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Looking south down a wet Broadway toward the Los Angeles Theatre, downtown Los Angeles, 1939
Having endured three months of torrential rain, instant hailstorms, and atmospheric rivers (whatever they are) all us Angelenos can identify with the raincoated traffic cop in this photo looking south down a wet Broadway toward the Los Angeles Theatre in … Continue reading
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Corner of Broadway and 5th St, downtown Los Angeles, circa early 1920s
From the look of the cars, I’m guessing this photo of the corner of Broadway and 5th St was taken circa early 1920s. And from the decorations suspended above the intersection and those two white decorative ice castles (is that … Continue reading
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Mullen and Bluett department store at Broadway and Sixth Sts, downtown Los Angeles, circa mid 1930s
Mullen and Bluett was a mid-level department store with a number of locations, including Wilshire Blvd and Hollywood Blvd. The one shown in this photo was at Broadway and Sixth St in downtown Los Angeles. I love the oh-so Art … Continue reading
A horse-drawn cart wait outside the Los Angeles Examiner Building, 509 Broadway, downtown Los Angeles, circa 1906
I really love the simplicity of this photo. It was taken circa 1906 and shows us the first building that housed the Los Angeles Examiner newspaper at 509 Broadway in downtown Los Angeles. William Randolph Hearst started the paper in … Continue reading
Looking north up a very crowded Broadway from 5th Street, downtown Los Angeles, circa 1923
I don’t know what was going on in downtown Los Angeles on that day in circa 1923, but the sidewalks of Broadway (shown here looking north from 5th Street) were shoulder-to-shoulder packed. And look at the crowd trying to sardine … Continue reading
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Looking south down Broadway at the Tower Theater on 8th St, downtown Los Angeles, circa 1928
In this photo, we’re looking south down Broadway in downtown LA, with the aptly named Tower Theater at 8th Street on the left. This photo is circa 1928, which means it had only been open for a year or so. … Continue reading
One of Los Angeles’s first cable streetcars travels north along Broadway as the photographer faces south from 2nd Street, downtown Los Angeles, 1893
Before Los Angeles’ famous streetcar network became electrified, the city ran cable-driven streetcars much like the ones up in San Francisco. In this 1893 photo, we seeing one of LA’s first cable cars as it runs northward up Broadway at … Continue reading
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View of Broadway from high up the United Artists Building, 933 S. Broadway, downtown Los Angeles, 1937
Here’s a view of downtown LA’s Broadway that we don’t often see. The photographer would have been leaning out of the window of around the 10th floor of the United Artists building at 933 S. Broadway, and pointed his camera … Continue reading
Night shot of the entrance to Wonderland, 315 S. Main St, downtown Los Angeles, 1912
I love this wonderfully atmospheric nighttime shot from 1912 of the entrance to a place called Wonderland, at 315 S. Main in downtown Los Angeles. Opening on February 4, 1908, it was a combination moving picture theater, music hall, waxworks, … Continue reading
The crazy busy intersection of Broadway and 7th St, downtown Los Angeles, 1916
I read somewhere that in 1924, the downtown L.A. intersection of 7th St and Broadway was the busiest in the world with 504,000 people crossing those streets each day. I knew it was a busy intersection, but “busiest in the … Continue reading