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Semaphore light signal at the corner of Hollywood & Vine, 1938
This photo seems to sum up the whole classic Hollywood era. Taken in 1938, a guy in a fedora walks past one of those old semaphore traffic signals at the corner of Hollywood and Vine. In other words, it’s me … Continue reading
Hollywood and Vine lit up like a Christmas tree, 1950
The corner of Hollywood and Vine is all lit up like a Christmas tree…with electric Christmas tress for the holiday season of 1950.
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Advertisement for Sardi’s restaurant on Hollywood Blvd, circa mid-1930s
Sardi’s was a chic restaurant at 6315 Hollywood Boulevard, near Vine Street. It opened in 1932 by the Montmartre’s Eddie Bandstatter, and was destroyed in a fire on November 2nd, 1936, so I’m guessing this ad appeared circa mid-1930s. For … Continue reading
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Color aerial shot looking north up Vine Street, Hollywood
Aerial color photo looking north up Vine Street toward the Plaza Hotel (where Clara Bow and her husband had the It Café) and The Broadway department store. If you look REALLY closely at the bottom right hand corner, you can … Continue reading
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Vine Street Brown Derby’s Bamboo Room entrance, Vine Street, Hollywood, 1937.
Here’s a classic Hollywood photograph if every I saw one. It’s the Vine Street Brown Derby restaurant, just down from the Hollywood and Vine corner. I love the glow of the “Brown Derby Bamboo Room” sign, but here’s detail I’ve … Continue reading
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Vine Street looking north from Selma Ave to Hollywood Blvd, 1960
Here we have a view at dusk of Vine Street looking north from Selma Ave toward the Hollywood and Vine corner, in 1960. We can see the Plaza Hotel (where Clara Bow once had her “It Café”), the Broadway department … Continue reading
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Traffic jam at the corner of Hollywood Blvd and Ivar Ave, Hollywood, 1933
Whoever said that the traffic was much better back in the early days, obviously forgot about this day. I don’t know what was going on that day in 1933, but this is the most traffic I’ve ever seen photographed on … Continue reading
Mirror Theater, 1615 Vine Street, Hollywood, 1932
When the Vine Street Theater opened at 1615 Vine St, just south of the Hollywood and Vine corner, it was a legitimate live theater. In March, 1931 it became a cinema called the Mirror, under the direction of Howard Hughes’ … Continue reading
Interior Melody Lane restaurant, corner of Hollywood & Vine, Hollywood, circa 1940s
The northwest corner of Hollywood and Vine has been many things over the years. From 1932 to 1940 it was the CoCo Tree Café. From 1940 to 1955 it was a Melody Lane, and from 1955 to 1969 it was Hody’s. It’s … Continue reading
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Looking north on Vine Street toward Hollywood Blvd, 1954 (color)
This particularly vibrant color photo is of Vine St. looking north toward the Hollywood Blvd corner. It was taken in 1954, so the restaurant on the northwest corner would still have been the Melody Lane—it didn’t change to Hody’s until … Continue reading
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