Tag Archives: Kodachrome
Color photo looking west along Wilshire Blvd from around Cloverdale Ave, Los Angeles, circa 1950s
There’s something so striking about those old Kodachrome photos. The colors burst from the image so vividly that you almost feel as though you could jump right in. We’re looking west along Wilshire Blvd from around Cloverdale Ave, circa 1950s. … Continue reading
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Color photo looking south down 7th St from Flower St, downtown Los Angeles, June 10, 1957
It takes some imagination to picture a building like this existing in downtown Los Angeles, but thankfully we have this Kodachrome photo taken on June 10, 1957 to remind us what the heart of LA looked like once upon a … Continue reading
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Color photo of Gold Star Recording Studios, 6252 Santa Monica Blvd, Hollywood, 1957
With its rather inconspicuous storefront, you’d think Gold Star Recording Studios was just a local place where people could lay down a few tracks if they wanted. But you’d be wrong. Opening in October 1950, it offered custom-designed recording equipment … Continue reading
Vibrant color photo of the Rose Parade moving down Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, California, January 1st, 1962
Here we have a gorgeously vibrant photo of the annual New Year’s Day Rose Parade (aka Tournament of Roses) as it makes its way along Colorado Blvd, Pasadena. I don’t know if attendance is still this big, but look at … Continue reading
Color shot of the lower station of the Angels Flight funicular railway at the corner of Hill St and Third, downtown Los Angeles, circa 1950s
I don’t know who decided that vermilion was the right color to paint the two stations of the Angels Flight funicular railway at the corner of Hill St and Third in downtown LA, but they knew what they were doing. … Continue reading
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Tagged Angels Flight, Color photo, Downtown Los Angeles, Kodachrome, Trains and Railways
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A vividly colorful billboard advertises Oreo cookies somewhere in Los Angeles, circa mid-1950s
Some photos just pop with almost blinding color, don’t they? I assume this one is a Kodachrome, because they tend to be the most vivid. I have virtually no information on this image other than my friend at the Petersen … Continue reading
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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Color photo of CBS Columbia Square, Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, circa early 1950s
In April 1938, CBS Radio opened its Columbia Square broadcasting facilities on Sunset Blvd just west of Gower St. NBC Radio opened their studios at Sunset and Vine in October, making that stretch of Sunset Blvd the center of radio … Continue reading
Color photograph of Ralphs supermarket, 240-248 South San Fernando Road, Burbank, circa late 1930s
** UPDATE ** – I was later told that this photo is from 1948. In this gloriously atmospheric color shot from circa late 1930s, we’re looking at the Ralphs supermarket that used to stand at 240-248 S. San Fernando Road … Continue reading
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Tagged Burbank, Color photo, Kodachrome, Night photo, Stores and Shopping
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Color photo of a 1956 Dodge Custom Royale parked in front of Disneyland, Anaheim, California, circa mid 1950s
From the always-interesting Shorpy website comes this color-popping shot of a 1956 Dodge Custom Royale parked directly in front of the entrance to Disneyland. Disney’s theme park opened in 1955 so it was still fairly new when this shot was … Continue reading