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Color photo looking north up a tall palm-tree-lined Taft Ave, Hollywood, circa 1950s
This view facing north toward the Hollywood Hills along a street lined with (what I presume are) Mexican fan palm trees strikes me as being a quintessentially LA photo. We’re looking up Taft Ave between Hollywood Blvd and Franklin Ave … Continue reading
The Hollywoodland sign under construction in the Hollywood Hills, circa late 1923
Here we have some Hollywood history in the making: the soon-to-be world famous Hollywoodland sign mid-construction. The thirteen 50-foot letters were built in November and December 1923, and were illuminated for the first time on December 8 (originally the sign … Continue reading
A 1933 Ford Victoria drives through a largely empty Hollywood Hills toward a lone house under construction overlooking Los Angeles in 1936
I could find very little information on this photo, but here’s what I could piece together: It was taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt for Life Magazine in 1936. That’s a 1933 Ford Victoria going for a drive in what I presume … Continue reading
Early view of Sunset Blvd near Fairfax Ave when it was still just a dirt road, Los Angeles, circa 1900
Before it became one of Los Angeles’s vital east-west arteries, Sunset Blvd was nothing more than a dirt track. This circa 1900 photograph, reportedly taken near what would become the intersection of Sunset and Fairfax, captures that simpler time. At … Continue reading
The original Hollywood High School building at the corner of Sunset Blvd and Highland Ave, Hollywood, circa 1905
In this photo we’re looking at the original building that housed Hollywood High School at the corner of Sunset Blvd and Highland Ave. We’re looking north and in the background we can see the Hollywood Hills. This incarnation of the … Continue reading
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An early motorist takes in the panoramic view at the top of Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, 1913
How different the view from the top of Laurel Canyon in the Hollywood Hills looks today – with urban development as far as the eye can see – compared with when this early (and adventurous) motorist made his way to … Continue reading
Three women hike up a trail that leads to the Hollywoodland sign, Los Angeles, circa 1938
These days, the people who live near the Hollywood sign actively discourage tourists walking through the Hollywood Hills trying to get to the sign. They have people traipsing up and down their streets all day long trying to find the … Continue reading
Panorama photograph looking across the Hollywood Hills toward the Hollywoodland sign, Los Angeles, circa late 1920s
Click this photo for a larger version, then click again to enlarge. I don’t have a lot of information on this panorama photograph looking north across the Hollywood Hills toward the Hollywoodland sign. The sign went up in late 1923 … Continue reading
Dramatic black-and-white photo taken by Ted VanCleave from behind the Hollywood sign, 2015
My focus has always been vintage photos of Los Angeles, usually up to the late 1950s, sometimes into the 60s and 70s if the subject is interesting or the image is extraordinary. But yesterday I came across one of the … Continue reading
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Aerial photograph looking south across orange groves of what is now Studio City and Sherman Oaks in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, 1919
These days, the areas of the San Fernando Valley known as Studio City and Sherman Oaks are wall-to-wall suburban development. But for the first few decades of the 20th century, and even up to WWII, most of that was carpeted … Continue reading
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