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A sole Angeleno braves LA’s worse smog attack at the intersection of First and Olive Streets, downtown Los Angeles, September 13, 1955
During the week of August 31 to September 7, 1955, Los Angeles experienced its worst-ever heatwave, reaching a record peak of 110° on September 1st. And then on September 13 (69 years ago today!), this spell of hot weather and … Continue reading
A night shot of Berkel’s Music Store, 446 S. Broadway, downtown Los Angeles, July 1, 1914
I don’t know when George Berkel opened his music store at 446 S. Broadway in downtown LA, but this photo was taken on July 1, 1914. So George, quite sensibly, decided to feature his most popular product in the biggest, … Continue reading
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Streetcars and automobiles and pedestrians jam the intersection of Broadway and 6th Street, downtown Los Angeles, June 1919
Here’s some gridlock I’m glad I wasn’t caught up in. A couple of Pacific Electric streetcars (the front one is heading to Glendale) block the intersection of Broadway and 6th, downtown Los Angeles. The motorist in the center of the … Continue reading
The lights of theaters illuminate the night looking north up Broadway from near 6th Street, downtown Los Angeles, 1916
I do like an atmospheric shot with loads of lighting illuminating the night—and this is a doozie. We’re looking north up Broadway from near 6th Street. It’s probably just the slow aperture of the camera lens to let in as … Continue reading
Pickford/Fairbanks’ “The Taming of the Shrew” plays the United Artists Theatre, 929 S. Broadway, downtown Los Angeles, circa late 1929
On October 26, 1929, “The Taming of the Shrew” starring Hollywood’s original power couple – Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks – opened at the United Artists Theatre, 929 S. Broadway in downtown LA. It was the first sound version of … Continue reading
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“The Best Years of Our Lives” has its Los Angeles premiere at the Palace Theatre, 630 S. Broadway, downtown Los Angeles, December 25, 1946
In this shot, we’re seeing the premiere of 1946’s highest grossing motion picture, “The Best Years of Our Lives.” It took place at the Palace Theatre at 630 S. Broadway in downtown Los Angeles on December 25, 1946. I wouldn’t … Continue reading
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A three-wheeled Kelsey Motorette outside the Automobile Club of Southern California’s headquarters at 8th and Olive Sts, downtown Los Angeles, 1912
I have to tip my hat to this pair of intrepid motorists. The vehicle they’ve parked outside the headquarters of the Automobile Club of Southern California is a circa 1911 Kelsey Motorette. I don’t know why these guys thought a … Continue reading
Reuben G. Simons / Wiltcie B. Ames home at 2433 S. Flower St, downtown Los Angeles, 1910
Like most downtown areas of large cities, downtown LA is a jungle of high rises, offices, stores, and parking lots. It’s nice to be reminded every now and then of how it used to be, and this photo gives us … Continue reading
Looking north up a bustling Broadway from 5th St, downtown Los Angeles, circa 1908
This photo looking north up Broadway from 5th St shows that circa 1908 downtown LA was a lively and bustling place—and also a bit dangerous. Ducking around the streetcars are those new-fangled horseless carriages on roads with neither lanes nor … Continue reading
Looking at the Los Angeles Times building at First and Spring Sts from the grounds of LA City Hall, downtown Los Angeles, on May 4, 1939
When this photo was taken on May 4, 1939, the Los Angeles Times building at the corner of First and Spring in downtown Los Angeles had been open for four years. The Art Deco building had quickly become an iconic … Continue reading