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“Hollywood Cocktails” boxed book of cocktail recipes from 1933
My thanks to Steve T for sending me these photos of his wonderful find: a boxed book called “Hollywood Cocktails.” It’s from 1933 and proved so popular they did three printings in one month. Mind you, that’s the year Prohibition … Continue reading
Color photo of the Hollywood Hotel on the northwest corner of Hollywood Blvd and Highland Ave, Hollywood, 1954
The Hollywood Hotel stood on the northwest corner of Hollywood Blvd and Highland Ave from February 1903 to August 1956, and for most of those 53 years, it was a Hollywood landmark. But it was also a place that was … Continue reading
A Red Car streetcar travels east along Hollywood Blvd, stopping at Highland Ave, Hollywood, 1943
The photographer who took this photo in 1943 would have been standing under the trees outside the Hollywood Hotel on the north side of Hollywood Blvd when that eastbound Red Car was stopping at Highland Ave. He then could have … Continue reading
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Hotel Green, at the corner of Raymond Ave. and Green St, Pasadena, California, circa 1901
Back in the day (as in “1800s”) well-heeled Easterners would head west to escape the brutal winters. (And quite frankly, who would blame them?) One of the most popular places to spend the winters was Pasadena (it helped that there … Continue reading
Tally-Ho carriages in front of Los Angeles Pico House Hotel with guests about to leave for Echo Mountain, downtown Los Angeles, 1875
This photo was taken in 1875, making it one of the earliest I’ve ever posted. This is Pico House, which was considered LA’s first luxury hotel when it opened in 1870. Those people out front are probably guests of the … Continue reading
N Streetcar passes the Hotel Proctor at 1415 W. 9th St, Los Angeles, circa late 1940s
It wasn’t just the main LA thoroughfares like Hollywood Blvd and Santa Monica Blvd that had streetcars, it was regular local streets, too, like this one. This was the Los Angeles Railway’s N streetcar on 9th Street, just west of … Continue reading
Hotel Palomares, 344 North Garey Ave, Pomona, California, circa 1904
I wouldn’t have expected to find such an impressive hotel in late-1800s Pomona, but Hotel Palomares at 344 North Garey Ave opened its doors in 1897. By that stage, the city of Pomona had only been around for less than … Continue reading
Aerial photo of the Hollywood Bowl with the Franciscan Motel in the background, 1949
Photos of the Hollywood Bowl tend to draw the eye of the Bowl itself because…well…because it IS the Hollywood Bowl, after all. But this aerial photo from 1949 shows us that there was quite a large motel behind it. It … Continue reading
Screenshot of the opening credits to “Hollywood Story” (1951) showing the street signs for Hollywood and Vine
Recently, I was contacted by a guy name Ken who wanted to alert me to a Universal picture from 1951 called “Hollywood Story.” He said I might enjoy it because it was filmed on location all around LA. Whenever I … Continue reading
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Looking west along Colorado Blvd from Raymond Ave past the Hotel Carlton, Pasadena, California, 1887
It’s images like this that make me thankful someone thought to take a photo of what for them would have been a regular street scene, but for us is a snapshot into a place that no longer exists. We’re looking … Continue reading