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Color photo of The Mod Hatter hat shop the Skyway station at Disneyland, Anaheim, California, 1968
I don’t remember going to The Mod Hatter hat shop at Disneyland, but I sure do remember always enjoying my ride on the Skyway attraction. You rode in a gondola up to 60 feet above Disneyland, where you got to … Continue reading
Color photo looking east along the north side of Hollywood Blvd from around Cherokee Ave, Hollywood, circa mid 1960s
There’s nothing like a vivid Kodachrome photo to bring yesteryear Hollywood to life. In this circa 1960s shot, we’re looking east along Hollywood Blvd. Around the center of the photo, we can see the blade sign for the Vogue Theatre … Continue reading
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View of the television studio crew and audience for during the production of “I Love Lucy,” Los Angeles, circa 1950s
Have you ever wondered what Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, and William Frawley were looking at when they were shooting “I Love Lucy”? I have very little information to share about this, and I’m not even sure it’s a … Continue reading
Color photo of a 1959 Rambler station wagon parked out front of Dino’s Lodge restaurant, 8524 Sunset Blvd on the Sunset Strip, West Hollywood
On March 21, 1958, Dean Martin along with a business partner and freshly split from Jerry Lewis, opened Dino’s Lodge in the building where a failed restaurant called The Alpine Lodge used to operate. Serving Italian food, evidently (and somewhat … Continue reading
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Color photo looking past a 1949 Buick across Hollywood Blvd to Grauman’s Chinese Theatre
Here’s an image that I don’t think has been posted online before. I glimpsed it while watching a reel on Instagram about a guy who discovered a box of old slides. I took a screenshot, enhanced the image and this … Continue reading
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Color photo looking east through the intersection of Sunset Blvd and Vine St, Hollywood, circa early 1950s
I do love coming across an image in vibrant color, especially if it depicts Hollywood in its heyday. Extra points if it was taken with Kodachrome, which I’m fairly sure this was. We’re looking east through the intersection of Sunset … Continue reading
Early photograph of the Tam o’ Shanter Inn, 2980 Los Feliz Blvd, Los Angeles, circa mid-1920s
And from the Storybook school of architecture comes the charming Tam o’ Shanter Inn at 2980 Los Feliz Blvd, Los Angeles. There’s lots to love about this place, but my favorite detail are those crooked—I don’t even know what to … Continue reading
Color photo looking west along Wilshire Blvd from around Cloverdale Ave, Los Angeles, circa 1950s
There’s something so striking about those old Kodachrome photos. The colors burst from the image so vividly that you almost feel as though you could jump right in. We’re looking west along Wilshire Blvd from around Cloverdale Ave, circa 1950s. … Continue reading
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Color photo of three cars parked out front of CBS Radio’s Columbia Square studios, 6121 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, circa mid-1950s
These three cars are parked out front of CBS Radio’s Columbia Square studios, which opened at 6121 Sunset Blvd to much fanfare on April 30, 1938. It was home to CBS’s Los Angeles radio and television operations until 2007, which … Continue reading
Color photo of the Pantages Theatre, 6233 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood when “Divorce Italian Style” was playing in 1965
This vibrant Kodachrome color photo is of the Pantages Theatre (back then the “RKO Pantages”) at 6233 Hollywood Blvd half a block east of Vine St. The billboard and marquee advertises movies from three different years: Divorce Italian Style (September … Continue reading