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Hollywood Boulevard looking west from the Vine Street corner in 1932
This is a shot of Hollywood Boulevard looking west from the Vine Street corner in 1932. This is when the café on the northwest corner was the Coco Tree Café. It went through many incarnations of the years—Melody Lane, then … Continue reading
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The old L.A. Times building in downtown Los Angeles lit up at night, possibly for Christmas?
The old L.A. Times building in downtown Los Angeles lit up at night, possibly for Christmas?
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Hollywood Boulevard looking east, Christmas 1945
Hollywood Boulevard looking east, Christmas 1945. I love the “snow” covered Christmas trees. No wonder Irving Berlin was dreaming of a white Christmas.
Beverly Hills Brown Derby restaurant, corner Wilshire Blvd and Rodeo Drive
This is the third Brown Derby to open. It stood on the corner of Wilshire Blvd and Rodeo Drive. And opened in 1931. It was more popular with the Beverly Hills crowd so it was busiest on Thursday nights which … Continue reading
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A glowing night shot of the Earl Carroll Theater on Sunset Boulevard.
I love this night shot of the Earl Carroll Theater! It stood on Sunset Blvd, just east of Vine, and opened on Christmas day, 1938 and featured with a cast of 60 girls as well as dazzling lighting made from … Continue reading
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Hollywood Boulevard, Christmas 1930, showing Warner Brothers’s radio station KFWB.
Hollywood Boulevard, Christmas 1930 showing the two radio towers that the Warner Brothers added to their Warner’s Hollywood theater roof when they started KFWB. In so many photos of this era, there hardly seems to be any traffic, or at … Continue reading
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Santa Claus and his reindeer crossing Wilshire Boulevard, Christmas 1937
Wilshire Boulevard looking east on Burnside, Christmas 1937. Is that . . . ? Is that . . . ? SANTA AND HIS REINDEER!?!?!
Hollywood Hotel and Red Car Streetcar on Highland Ave
Hollywood Hotel at the corner of Hollywood and Highland (now a shopping mall). The church to the right is still there—the Hollywood United Methodist Church and was a location used in “Back To The Future”, “Sister Act”, and has been … Continue reading
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