Tag Archives: Hollywood and Vine
Map of Los Angeles published by Al Levy’s Tavern, Vine St, Hollywood
Al Levy’s Tavern was at 1627 North Vine St, across from the Brown Derby and just south of the Hollywood and Vine corner. Although generally accurate, this map wouldn’t have been much use to the typical tourist to Los Angeles, … Continue reading
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Corner of Sunset Blvd and Vine Street, Hollywood, mid 20th century
Yesterday, I posted a photograph of the corner of Sunset and Vine in 1900. This is that same corner approximately 50 years later, showing Tom Breneman’s Hollywood restaurant, the Plaza Hotel, The Broadway Hollywood department store. On the right hand … Continue reading
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VJ Day near the corner of Hollywood and Vine, 1945
Oh, what a day this must have been. The news of VJ Day, signaling the end of fighting in World War II, breaks out and people took to the streets of Hollywood in celebration outside the Pantages Theater near the … Continue reading
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Vine Street, Hollywood, looking south in 1942
Vine Street, Hollywood at night in 1942, looking south with the Ravenswood visible in the distance. Apparently the wartime brown outs weren’t in effect yet.
Interior shot of Vine St Brown Derby showing celebrity caricatures by Vitch, 1951
A great shot of the Vine Street Brown Derby showing the famous celebrity caricatures by Vitch. Oh, and look who’s dining there in the foreground – it’s George Burns and Gracie Allen!
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WWII-era solider on the corner of Hollywood and Vine
An iconic photograph of old Hollywood if ever there was one. The corner of Hollywood and Vine, with a semaphore stop sign, and a WII soldier. I wonder if he was in search of the Hollywood Canteen. All he needed … Continue reading
Night postcard of Vine Street, Hollywood, circa 1944
This is a postcard from 1944 showing a night shot of the corner of Sunset and Vine looking north up Vine Street. You can see it all in this shot: the NBC radio studios, the Vine Street Brown Derby, the … Continue reading
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Vine Street, Hollywood at night
In this very “film noir” shot of Vine Street in Hollywood (complete with streets slick with rain) we can see another of the six Schwab’s Pharmacies (the most famous one being, of course, on Sunset Blvd opposite the Garden of … Continue reading
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Melody Lane Café on the northwest corner of Hollywood and Vine, circa 1950s
A color shot of the Melody Lane Café on the northwest corner of Hollywood and Vine during the summer of 1944. I also love that you can still see the streetcar tracks along Hollywood Boulevard, and the semaphore traffic light … Continue reading
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A night shot of the Capitol Records building and neon lights at Hollywood and Vine in 1956.
A night shot showing the (still-new) Capitol Records building and the neon lights at the corner of Hollywood and Vine and back when the corner diner was called Hody’s in 1956.
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