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Color photo looking north up Vine St from the Brown Derby restaurant to the Hollywood Blvd intersection, Hollywood, circa mid-1950s
I do love a Kodachrome color photo that pops with color. But I especially love it if it’s looking north up Vine St from the Brown Derby restaurant to the Hollywood Blvd intersection. Those two blue cars turning into the … Continue reading
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Tagged Brown Derby, Color photo, Hollywood, Hollywood and Vine, Hotels, Kodachrome, Restaurants
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Sports event on the grounds of Hotel Green near the Santa Fe Railroad station Pasadena, California, circa 1900s
According to the caption on this photo, some sort of sporting event was happening on the grounds of the Hotel Green, a large and luxurious hotel that opened in 1893 in Pasadena, where it quickly became a social hub. In … Continue reading
Looking north up Vine St from Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, the night of July 27, 1948
In this atmospheric nighttime shot, we’re looking north up Vine St from Sunset Blvd. It was taken on the night of July 27, 1948, and we can see all the neon signs that greeted Angelenos at the time: Broadway-Hollywood department … Continue reading
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Tagged Capitol Records, Hollywood, Hotels, Night photo, Restaurants, Stores and Shopping, Sunset Blvd
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Looking west along Hollywood Blvd from Highland Ave, Hollywood, circa mid 1910s
In this hand-tinted postcard we glimpse what one of Hollywood’s main intersections – Hollywood Blvd and Highland Ave – looked like back in its early days. Following the annexation of Hollywood by the city of LA in around 1910, Prospect … Continue reading
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Tagged Color photo, Hollywood, Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood Hotel, Hotels, Streetcars
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Looking east down 4th Street from Hill St toward the Grant Hotel, downtown Los Angeles, circa 1890
In this one, we’re looking east down 4th Street from Hill St toward the U.S. Grant Hotel on the corner of Broadway in downtown Los Angeles. The photo was taken circa 1890, and as we can see the three modes … Continue reading
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Tagged Broadway, Downtown Los Angeles, Horses, Hotels, Streetcars
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Screenshot of a video showing the demolition of the Hollywood Hotel at the corner of Hollywood Blvd and Highland Ave, Hollywood, August 1956
Here is a screenshot I took while watching a YouTube posted by Vidstorical Films called “H.J. Whitley – The Father of Hollywood.” It caught my eye because the shot wasn’t just standard footage of the Hollywood Hotel, but it was … Continue reading
Angelenos crowd the Olive Street sidewalk outside the Biltmore Hotel to see presidential hopeful, Alf Landon, downtown Los Angeles, 1936
So many Angelenos turned out to see presidential hopeful Alf Landon that I wonder how many of these people actually saw the man who lost the most lopsided election in over 100 years. These people crowded the Olive Street sidewalk … Continue reading
Night shot looking south down Vine St from the Plaza Hotel, Hollywood, circa 1930s
I don’t have a date for this night shot looking south down Vine St from the Plaza Hotel, just south of Hollywood and Vine, but from what I can see of the cars, it looks to be circa 1930s. But … Continue reading
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Tagged Brown Derby, Hollywood, Hollywood and Vine, Hotels, Night photo
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Warner Club dinner dance in the Biltmore Bowl at the Biltmore Hotel, downtown Los Angeles, February 17, 1940
Click on image for a larger view Happy 100th anniversary to the Biltmore Hotel! It opened 100 years ago on October 1, 1923 opposite Pershing Square in the heart of downtown Los Angeles, where it still stands today. Nicknamed ‘the … Continue reading
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Tagged Biltmore Hotel, Downtown Los Angeles, Hotels, Warner Bros.
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Looking east along E. Ocean Blvd toward the Villa Riviera Hotel, Long Beach, 1934
In this photo, we’re looking east along E. Ocean Blvd toward the 16-story Villa Riviera Hotel in Long Beach. At one time, Joseph M. Schenck of 20th Century-Fox studios and his movie-star wife Norma Talmadge, owned the hotel. The photo … Continue reading