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Looking north up Vine Street from the Huntington Hartford Theatre, Hollywood, 1955
This photo was taken on a clear, sunny L.A. day looking north up Vine Street toward the Hollywood and Vine corner from Huntington Hartford Theatre (now The Montalbán) in 1955. I’m so glad that this shot is in color because … Continue reading
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A slice of life at the corner of Hollywood Blvd and Vine St, Hollywood, 1940
I’m always grateful for photographers who take slice-of-life photos like this. Nothing special was happening on the southeast corner of Hollywood and Vine outside the Owl drugstore that day in 1940, but the photographer captured the moment anyway. The postal … Continue reading
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Looking west along Hollywood Blvd toward the Vine Street intersection, Hollywood, 1957
We’re looking west along Hollywood Blvd toward Vine Street. This was when the American Airlines office was still on the northeast corner and Hody’s restaurant was on the northwest. In fact, Hody’s had only been there a couple of years … Continue reading
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Aerial photo of the Hollywood and Vine intersection, Hollywood, 1931
Most photos of the famed intersection of Hollywood and Vine are taken at the street level. This aerial shot from 1931 shows us a bird’s eye view. We can see the Equitable, Taft and Broadway buildings in the lower right … Continue reading
Corner of Hollywood and Vine, looking south down Vine Street, Hollywood, nighttime, circa late 1940s
The person who took this photo was rather bravely standing in the middle of the Hollywood and Vine intersection at night, pointing his camera southward. We can see the hat-shaped neon Brown Derby sign on the left, and farther down … Continue reading
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Melody Lane restaurant at night, corner of Hollywood and Vine, Hollywood, circa 1940s
The graininess of this photo adds to the atmosphere it captured when someone took a nighttime photo of the Melody Lane restaurant on the northwest corner of Hollywood and Vine some time during the 1940s. The Melody Lane was there … Continue reading
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Looking east along Hollywood Blvd to Vine Street, Hollywood, 1948
The photographer who took this photo of the Hollywood and Vine intersection in 1948 was probably standing on the 2nd or 3rd floor of the 12-story building at Hollywood and Ivar. We’re looking east toward Vine where we can see … Continue reading
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Looking west along Hollywood Blvd from Vine Street, Hollywood, circa 1961
The photographer who took this photo of dusk settling over Hollywood Blvd would have been standing just east of the Vine Street intersection. All the lights along the street have turned on: Broadway department store, American Airlines, Hody’s coffee shop, … Continue reading
Approaching the intersection of Hollywood Blvd and Vine St, Hollywood, circa mid 1960s
I doubt that I shall ever tire of finding new vintage photos of Hollywood and Vine. This was taken by someone (with color film—thank you!) standing near the southwest corner looking north past the American Airlines office in the Equitable … Continue reading
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Approaching the intersection of Hollywood and Vine along Hollywood Blvd heading west, circa mid 1950s
If you’ve ever wondered what it might have been like to cruise through the intersection of Hollywood and Vine in the mid 1950s, here’s the closest you ever likely to get. It looks like traffic was heavy that day—or least … Continue reading
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