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Stanley Kubrick filming a scene from “Spartacus” above Cahuenga Pass, Los Angeles, 1959
While watching Stanley Kubrick’s “Spartacus” I’m kind of glad I didn’t know that they shot part of the movie on the Cahuenga Pass. It made sense, though. They needed a hillside and the Pass is maybe a 10-minute drive from … Continue reading
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The Cahuenga Pass section of the Hollywood Freeway leading into the San Fernando Valley part of Los Angeles, 1949
The Cahuenga Pass section of the Hollywood Freeway connects Los Angeles with the San Fernando Valley. With so little traffic, I thought perhaps this was a shot of the day it opened on June 15, 1940. But turns out this … Continue reading
A handful of automobiles and a trolley car travel the Cahuenga Pass en route to Hollywood, circa 1920
If the caption for this circa 1920 photo hadn’t told me this was taken in the Cahuenga Pass I might not have guessed—even though that sign on the right says “This is Hollywood.” These days the Hollywood Freeway that connects … Continue reading
Snow on the Cahuenga Pass, Los Angeles, February 7, 1948
Looking at LA’s weather these days, you’d be excused for thinking that Southern California never sees snow. And it doesn’t anymore but up until the 1960s, LA got a snowstorm about once a decade. This photo was taken on February … Continue reading
A Pacific Electric Red Car travels through the Cahuenga Pass, Los Angeles, 1940s
As much as I love the old-fashioned feel of black-and-white and sepia photos, there’s something so alive and real about color vintage photos. In this one from the 1940s, we’re treated to a glimpse of a Pacific Electric Red Car … Continue reading
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Cahuenga Pass looking south from the San Fernando Valley into Los Angeles, circa 1928
In this photo we’re looking south along the Cahuenga Pass as (not very many) motorists make their way out of the San Fernando Valley. Before the advent of the Hollywood freeway in the 1950s, the road through the Cahuenga Pass … Continue reading
Cahuenga Pass near the Hollywood Bowl, 1928
This shot of the Cahuenga Pass near the Hollywood Bowl was taken in 1928. These days, unless you’re driving down there first thing in the morning, that area can be a bit of a nightmare, traffic-wise. But if the traffic … Continue reading
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Aerial vista looking north across the Hollywood Bowl and the Pilgrimage Play Theatre on the other side of Cahuenga Pass, Los Angeles, circa 1940
In this circa 1940 photo, the Hollywood Bowl punctuates the open land of the Cahuenga Pass. Behind it, that diagonal line is the newly opened Hollywood Freeway (then known as the “Cahuenga Pass Freeway” with Pacific Electric Railway trolleys running … Continue reading
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Red Car streetcar in the middle of the Hollywood Freeway 101 at Cahuenga Pass 1948
I live near the Hollywood Freeway (the 101) and only recently discovered that it used to have a streetcar line running down the middle of it. This photo was taken in 1948, as a Red Car was heading into the … Continue reading
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A red car on the Cahuenga Pass, 1952
The Cahuenga Pass connects Hollywood with the San Fernando Valley. This is how it looked back in 1952. See? There was plenty of room for both automobiles (four lanes in each direction) AND public transportation in the form of red … Continue reading
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