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Wilshire Blvd in color – Ambassador Hotel and Brown Derby, circa 1950s
I love a long shot down LA’s boulevards—they give us a sweeping look at life frozen at a specific moment. This is Wilshire Blvd caught in living color some time in the 1950s when everyone is nicely dressed and actually … Continue reading
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View of Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, looking east from the Brown Derby, 1936
This is a quintessential 1930s LA view if ever I saw one. This is Wilshire Boulevard in 1936 in which we can see the Brown Derby, the entrance to the Ambassador Hotel, the Gaylord Apartments, and in far, far distance, … Continue reading
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Wilshire Blvd, Brown Derby, Zephyr Room and the Cord-Auburn automobile dealership…and more…in color!
This is one of my favorite photos I’ve come across recently. It shows us the stretch of Wilshire Blvd that the Ambassador Hotel (where the palm trees line the street) looked out on. We can see Brown Derby restaurant, the … Continue reading
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Looking north up Vine Street, Hollywood, from the Sunset Boulevard corner, 1958
Here we have a view looking north up Vine Street, Hollywood, from the Sunset Boulevard corner in 1958. From left to right we can see the American Broadcasting Company’s radio studios, the ticket office for the Santa Fe railways, The … Continue reading
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Tagged Brown Derby, Color photo, Hollywood, Restaurants, Sunset Blvd
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Sightseeing and stars homes map of Los Angeles and Hollywood, 1940s
If this were 1940 and you wanted to take yourself for a drive around Beverly Hills to gawk at all the stars homes (not that you would do that, of course because that would be so gauche, wouldn’t it . … Continue reading
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Tagged Beverly Hills, Brown Derby, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Maps, Stores and Shopping, Sunset Blvd, Wilshire Blvd
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Gloria Swanson in front of the Brown Derby on Wilshire Blvd, circa early 1960s
I don’t know when this shot was taken of Gloria Swanson in front of the Brown Derby on Wilshire Blvd, but judging by her clothes, I’m guessing the 1960s.
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Color photo of the original Brown Derby restaurant on Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles
I wish I had a date of this glorious color photo of the original Brown Derby restaurant on Wilshire. At some point the sign on the top changed from “EAT IN THE HAT” to “THE BROWN DERBY” but I don’t … Continue reading
The Brown Derby in Beverly Hills as taken from the Beverly Wilshire Hotel
Here we have a shot of the Brown Derby in Beverly Hills as taken from the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. This is the Derby that was busiest on Thursday nights which was the traditional “maid’s night off.” This Brown Derby sat … Continue reading
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Tagged Aerial photographs, Beverly Hills, Brown Derby, Restaurants, Wilshire Blvd
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Looking north up Vine Street from Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, circa 1940s
Yesterday, I was writing a scene where Marcus and Kathryn leave the Vine Street Brown Derby in a hurry and run down Vine toward Sunset. So I went looking for a photo that showed me what Vine Street looked like … Continue reading
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Tagged Brown Derby, Color photo, Hollywood, Hollywood and Vine, Kodachrome, Restaurants, Stores and Shopping, Sunset Blvd
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