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Looking north up Vine St from Selma Ave toward Hollywood Blvd
These days, Vine Street between Sunset and Hollywood Boulevards is so packed and built up, it can be hard to remember this was once really just a busy local shopping street with a department store, a bowling alley, a theater, … Continue reading
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Brown Derby on Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, circa early 1940s
I’m a sucker for a good Brown Derby shot, especially if it’s the original on Wilshire Blvd. And thank goodness for cars to help us date photos like these. The car in the foreground is a 1937 Pontiac, darker car … Continue reading
Brown Derby restaurant, Vine St, Hollywood, 1929
The Hollywood Brown Derby on Vine Street changed over the years it was open (1929 to 1987) so it’s nice to able to see what it looked like when it first opened. This was taken sometime during that first year, … Continue reading
Brown Derby Hollywood in color with 1956 Thunderbird
I’m not sure which I’m enjoy more – the discovery of a crisp color photo of the Brown Derby, or the sight of that 1956 Thunderbird parked out front, or the idea of finding a parking spot on Vine Street … Continue reading
Wilshire Boulevard at dusk, Los Angeles, circa early 1960s
Here we have a circa-early-1960s shot of Wilshire Blvd at dusk. On the left we can see the pylon for the Ambassador Hotel, and opposite it, the original Brown Derby. Interesting, I see it’s got an awning to the sidewalk—I … Continue reading
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The original Brown Derby on Wilshire Blvd across the street from the Ambassador Hotel, 1957
This sepia-tinged photo of the original Brown Derby on Wilshire Blvd, cross the street from the Ambassador Hotel is from 1957 and is now one of my new most favorite photos of one of my most favorite places of Hollywood’s … Continue reading
Interior of the Brown Derby restaurant, Beverly Hills
Of all the photos I’ve come across of the Beverly Hills Brown Derby, I’ve never seen one that shows us its interior. It’s kind of how I imagined it—the low-backed booths (good for seeing-and-being-seen) with caricatures on the walls (although … Continue reading
Driving north on South Rodeo Dr, heading toward the Brown Derby, Beverly Hills, circa early to mid 1950s
Oh, those krazy kids! There are at least eight of them packed into (and onto) an MG (this a mid-50s “TF” model, so I assume this is a mid-50s photo) heading up South Rodeo Dr. in Beverly Hills. They’re probably … Continue reading
Parking lot for the Brown Derby, Broadway department store, and Al Levy’s Vine St, Hollywood, 1938
To me, this photo says “Night on the town in 1938” – a parking lot, a block south of the Hollywood and Vine corner where people could park for the Brown Derby, Broadway department store, and Al Levy’s (a popular … Continue reading
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Tagged Brown Derby, Hollywood, Hollywood and Vine, Night photo, Nightclubs, Restaurants, Stores and Shopping
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Wilshire Boulevard at dusk, Los Angeles, 1959
In this photo taken of Wilshire Blvd at dusk in 1959, we can see the column at the end of the Ambassador Hotel driveway, and the neon signs for the Brown Derby and the Chapman Park Hotel. A little way … Continue reading
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