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Pershing Square panorama, downtown Los Angeles, 1920s
This sweeping photograph of Pershing Square and the Biltmore Hotel give us an idea of what the center of downtown LA looked like pre-1930. (The Title Guarantee Building at 5th and Hill opened in 1930.) It’s a nice reminder of … Continue reading
The Garden of Allah Hotel as seen from Sunset Blvd, circa late 1940s
This circa late 1940s photo gives us a pretty good idea of what the front entrance of the Garden of Allah Hotel looked like from the north side of Sunset Blvd. The car in the lower right corner looks like … Continue reading
Panoramic photograph looking north across Hollywood, California toward the Hollywood hills, circa 1930s
In this panorama photograph of Hollywood circa 1930s shows us a number of buildings that are still around. From left to right, we can see the Roosevelt Hotel, Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, El Capitan Theatre, Hollywood United Methodist Church and the … Continue reading
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The Beverly Wilshire Hotel around the time of its opening in 1928
In this shot, we can see the Beverly Wilshire Hotel at the corner of Wilshire Blvd and Rodeo Drive taken at around the time of its opening in 1928. These days, this corner is always very busy with drivers, shoppers, … Continue reading
Hollywood panorama, 1910
Hollywood is virtually unrecognizable in this aerial photograph taken in 1910. In fact, I’d be hard-pressed to even recognize it at all if it wasn’t for the Hollywood Hotel. The street at the bottom with the line of trees is … Continue reading
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View of Wilshire Blvd. looking west at Lafayette Park toward the Town House Hotel, circa 1935
In a sprawling, dynamic town like Los Angeles, it’s not often you can come across a photo from more than 80 years ago and realize the view isn’t a whole lot different today. This is Wilshire Blvd looking west from … Continue reading
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Hollywood Hotel, Hollywood Blvd, 1915
I love finding new vintage photos of the Hollywood Hotel on Hollywood Boulevard. It opened in 1903 and this photo was taken in 1915, by which time the place would have become a familiar sight to people like those three … Continue reading
Life around Hollywood in the very late 1920s
These screen-shot photos are taken from a home movie shot in the very late 1920s and gives us a rare glimpse into life going on around Hollywood before the roof fell in and the Depression kick-started the 1930s.
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The Beverly Hills Hotel amid undeveloped Beverly Hills in the year it opened, 1912
This bucolic scene could be pretty much anywhere in the countryside…except for the newly opened Beverly Hills Hotel smack dab in the middle of it. This photo was taken in 1912, the year the hotel opened as a rural get … Continue reading
Officers and Cadets Club of Los Angeles, Ambassador Hotel, Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, circa 1940s WWII
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