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The Hollywood Bowl with its first stage – wooden platform with a canvas top, 1922
The Hollywood Bowl sure has come a long way. Before the first shell was built for the official opening in July 1922, the stage consisted of nothing more than a simple wooden platform with a canvas ten over it. And … Continue reading
Easter Sunday service with Pilgrimage Play Theatre, Hollywood Bowl, 1933
I love the atmosphere caught in this 1933 shot of the Easter Sunday service taking place at the Hollywood Bowl. I love how the photographer went all the way past the trees at the very back to give us an … Continue reading
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Hollywood Bowl entrance at night, Hollywood, circa 1940s
Completed in 1940, this 22-foot granite sculpture stands at the entrance of the Hollywood Bowl. Its exquisite Streamline Moderne lines are especially evident in the way its lit at night. I already knew that it was sculpted by George Stanley, … Continue reading
Call to the Nations for Moral Re-Armament rally at the Hollywood Bowl, July 19, 1939
This is something I’d never heard of. Pictured here is a rally held at the Hollywood Bowl on the night of July 19, 1939. The rally was in support of a movement called Moral Re-Armament. It was an international moral … Continue reading
The first Hollywood Bowl shell designed by Lloyd Wright in 1927
Ever since it opened in 1922, the shell at the Hollywood Bowl has undergone several incarnations. For the first five years, there wasn’t any shell at all. Then, in 1927, Frank Lloyd Wright’s son Lloyd designed the shell we see … Continue reading
The Hollywood Bowl with fountains at the front, 1962
During most of the 1950s and 60s (this photo is from 1962) the Hollywood Bowl had fountains in front of the stage. I assume they only ran before the show started otherwise they’d get in the way of seeing the … Continue reading
Evening view of the Hollywood Bowl hillside seating area, without the shell, 1940
This aerial night photo of the Hollywood Bowl was taken in 1940 at time when there was no iconic shell. It’s an awe-inspiring shot that gives us an idea of the excitement of being at a packed-to-the-rafters night at the … Continue reading
Cahuenga Pass near the Hollywood Bowl, 1928
This shot of the Cahuenga Pass near the Hollywood Bowl was taken in 1928. These days, unless you’re driving down there first thing in the morning, that area can be a bit of a nightmare, traffic-wise. But if the traffic … Continue reading
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Aerial vista looking north across the Hollywood Bowl and the Pilgrimage Play Theatre on the other side of Cahuenga Pass, Los Angeles, circa 1940
In this circa 1940 photo, the Hollywood Bowl punctuates the open land of the Cahuenga Pass. Behind it, that diagonal line is the newly opened Hollywood Freeway (then known as the “Cahuenga Pass Freeway” with Pacific Electric Railway trolleys running … Continue reading
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The Los Angeles Philharmonic plays in the Daisy Dell at soon-to-be Hollywood Bowl, August 28, 1921
I was recently sent this photo from Bill Donaldson. It’s of the Los Angeles Philharmonic playing a concert at Daisy Dell on August 28, 1921. Within a year of this photo being taken, that temporary-looking stage those musicians are sitting … Continue reading