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Hollywood Hotel, Hollywood Blvd (the, Prospect Blvd), 1906
I found this photo of the Hollywood Hotel on Dave DeCaro’s Davelandweb site. It’s dated 1906, which makes it one of the earliest photos of the hotel that I’ve seen. There wasn’t much around back then, so a building this … Continue reading
Hollywood Blvd, Grauman’s Chinese Theater, and Hollywood Hotel color photograph, 1939
This (rare color) photo from 1939 shows the stretch of Hollywood Boulevard between Grauman’s Chinese theater and Highland Ave. These days, it’s where you’ll find the Hollywood & Highland mall, but back then, there was a city street, which has … Continue reading
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Hollywood Blvd as seen from the roof of the Roosevelt Hotel, December 1953
This is Hollywood Blvd as seen from the roof of the Roosevelt Hotel, December 1953. The place on the left with all the trees is the Hollywood Hotel, which was doomed for the wrecking ball not long after this photo … Continue reading
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Hollywood Hotel, interior, Hollywood Blvd
We’ve seen any number of photos of the exterior of the Hollywood Hotel so I was pleased to see this rare interior shot. The rugs rather surprised me – they look more like something out of Santa Fe.
Photograph taken from the front porch of the Hollywood Hotel, 1956
All the photos I’ve ever come across of the Hollywood Hotel have been taken on or near Hollywood Boulevard or sometimes the Hollywood and Highland corner, where the hotel sat for decades. But this is the first one I’ve ever … Continue reading
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Hollywood Hotel, Hollywood Boulevard (corner of Highland Ave), Hollywood
During Hollywood’s heyday, the three biggest hotels actually in Hollywood/West Hollywood were the Garden of Allah, the Chateau Marmont, and this one, the Hollywood Hotel, which stood on the corner of Hollywood and Highland, where the mall now stands. What … Continue reading
Out front of the Ambassador Hotel on Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, 1950s
A great color shot of Wilshire Blvd in (I guessing) the 1950s. These people were out the front of the still-then-glamorous Ambassador Hotel, and across the street is the original Brown Derby.
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Rare color photograph of the Hollywood Hotel, at Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Ave
Rare color photograph of the Hollywood Hotel, at Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Ave, near Grauman’s Chinese Theater. For a brief history of the Hollywood Hotel, see: Spotlight on…the Hollywood Hotel
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El Capitan theater on Hollywood Boulevard being built in 1926.
A rare photo of the El Capitan theater on Hollywood Boulevard (opposite what was then the Hollywood Hotel and is now the Hollywood and Highland mall) being built in 1926. It opened on May 3, 1926, billed as “Hollywood’s First … Continue reading
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Hershey Arms Hotel, 2600 Wilshire Blvd, two blocks west of MacArthur Park.
Almira Hershey, owner of the Hollywood Hotel which used to stand on the corner of Hollywood and Highland, also built the first hotel on Wilshire Boulevard, the Hershey Arms Hotel, which opened in 1902. It stook at 2600 Wilshire which … Continue reading