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Oil derrick as Christmas tree, Huntington Beach, 1939
Huntington Beach is a lovely ocean-side community just south of Long Beach but back in the 1930s it was dotted with oil wells pulling from the large reserves that lay underground. It can’t have been a very pretty landscape so … Continue reading
Color photograph looking east along Hollywood Blvd from around Hudson Ave, Christmas 1945
I guess that people from the northern and north-eastern states must look at the metal Christmas trees with the painted-on snow that used to dot Hollywood Boulevard during the holidays and think “What on heck…?” But when you live in … Continue reading
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Hollywood Blvd looking west from Cherokee Ave, Hollywood, Christmas 1958
We’re looking west down Hollywood Boulevard from Cherokee. This shot was taken at Christmastime 1958 so everybody was singing along with Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree.” At the New View Theatre, “April Love” and “The Three Faces of … Continue reading
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“Beneath the 12-Mile Reef” plays Grauman’s Chinese Theater, Hollywood Blvd, Christmas 1953
CinemaScope was big news in 1953 when Twentieth Century-Fox’s released its third widescreen movie, Beneath the 12-Mile Reef at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, where it played a very decent run of six weeks starting on Christmas Day 1953. (Note the fake-snowy … Continue reading
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Looking north on Broadway from just north of 10th Street (later Olympic Blvd), Christmas, 1930
This shot looking up Broadway in downtown Los Angeles from 10th Street (later Olympic Blvd) is from Christmas 1930. The streetcar and its tracks are gone, but is Texaco is still with us. Nobody needs a “Radio Supply Co” any … Continue reading
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Christmas comes to Hollywood Blvd, circa 1950s
I would love to have seen Hollywood Boulevard decked out in those metal Christmas trees with their golden lights aglow. From the look of the cars and the fact there’s still streetcar tracks down the boulevard, I’d say this is … Continue reading
“Goldfinger” plays Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, circa late 1964
007’s popularity was in full swing when Goldfinger came to Grauman’s Chinese Theatre on Christmas Day, 1964. It came in after the 17-week run of Mary Poppins which must have been a hard act to follow. Mind you, the movie … Continue reading
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Sunset Plaza Drive on the Sunset Strip, Los Angeles, circa 1940s
In the Hollywood Blvd versus Sunset Strip Christmas decoration stakes, I think Hollywood Blvd wins, if this photo is anything to go by. It’s circa 1940s like the other ones I’ve posted this week, but one rather bare Christmas tree … Continue reading
Hollywood Boulevard at night during Christmas, circa 1950
The third in my triptych of Hollywood Boulevard during the holidays photos shows us the view looking west past the Pantages Theater from the Argyle Avenue corner where the Vallera Italian Kitchen restaurant stood. In this shot, it looks like … Continue reading
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Christmas on Hollywood Boulevard, 1946
Yesterday I posted a wonderful photo of Hollywood Boulevard in the 1940s during Christmas at night. This one is almost the same view, taken in 1946, but during the daytime. What a shame the boulevard is no longer decorated with … Continue reading