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Hotel Hollywood, Hollywood Blvd at Highland Ave, 1906
I found this one on Dave DeCaro’s ever-interesting website. It shows us the Hollywood Hotel in its very early years – 1906, which means the place had only been open for 3 years, before the hotel underwent its westward expansion … Continue reading
Construction of Hollywoodland sign, 1923
A photo like this doesn’t seem particularly interesting—a steam shovel, a couple of workers, and some guy on a horse—until you learn that they’re from the Crescent Sign Company and are building the Hollywoodland sign in 1923. As we can … Continue reading
Horseless carriages outside the Hollywood Hotel, 1903
Here we can see the Hollywood Hotel in the year it opened, 1903, when the most common form of transport up and down Hollywood Boulevard – then called Prospect Blvd – was still probably a horse and carriage. It’s hard … Continue reading
Carriage drawn by six horses in front of the Hollywood Hotel, circa 1910
In this 1910 photograph, we can see the Hollywood Hotel at the corner of Hollywood and Highland, only 7 years into its 53-year run. I wonder if those people in that horse-drawn carriage are doing a tour. Maybe it’s the … Continue reading
Hollywood Boulevard looking east from a point west of Highland Avenue, 1905
Yesterday’s photo of Hollywood Boulevard (then Prospect Boulevard) was taken in 1904, and today’s was taken a year later. This is the stretch we’re more familiar with—the blocks west of Highland Ave, but none of us saw it when it … Continue reading
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Panoramic photograph of the Hollywood Hotel, corner Hollywood and Highland
Most photos of the Hollywood Hotel at the corner of Hollywood and Highland only show a part of the hotel so it’s hard to get a good idea of how big the place was. This panoramic shot shows us how … Continue reading
Aerial view of the Hollywood Hotel, circa early 1920s
Most photos I come across of the Hollywood Hotel (corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Ave) are from ground level, so I was pleased to come across this circa 1930s aerial shot, which affords a view of whole hotel and … Continue reading
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The Hollywood Hotel at the corner of Hollywood Blvd and Highland Ave, 1915
It’s hard to believe that Hollywood really was a sleepy little town once upon a time. This photo was taken 100 years ago, in 1915, so this would have been around the time those shameless movie people were starting to … Continue reading
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Hollywood Blvd & Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, circa 1930
I assume that this bird’s eye view of Hollywood Blvd and Grauman’s Chinese Theatre (circa 1930) was taken from the roof of the nearby Roosevelt Hotel. From this angle, we can see the shape of Grauman’s forecourt, as well as … Continue reading
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Hollywood Hotel at the Hollywood Blvd and Highland Ave in the 1940s
What a shame we no longer have this grand old lady to behold. This is the Hollywood Hotel, which stood at the corner of Hollywood Blvd and Highland Ave from 1902 to 1956. This shot was taken some time in … Continue reading