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Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Kodachrome color, June 1948
Here we have a vivid Kodachrome shot of Grauman’s Chinese Theater in June of 1948, when the double bill was “The Street with No Name” and “Here Comes Trouble.” As far as I’m concerned, any time when it was possible … Continue reading
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Tagged Color photo, Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood, Hollywood Blvd, Kodachrome, Theaters
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J C Penney and Chandler’s Shoes, Westwood, 1940s
As much as I love vintage black-and-white photos, it’s the vivid Kodachrome ones that really bring this bygone era back to life. This shows the J C Penney and Chandler’s Shoes stores in Westwood during the 1940s. Makes me wonder … Continue reading
Sontag Drug Store on the northeast corner of Hollywood Blvd. and Cherokee Avenue, 1940s
*sigh* Doncha just love Kodachrome? This shot of the Sontag Drug Store on the northeast corner of Hollywood Blvd. and Cherokee Avenue was taken in the 1940s but with such vivid color, the life on the Boulevard seems to be … Continue reading
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Tagged Color photo, Hollywood, Hollywood Blvd, Kodachrome, Stores and Shopping
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Looking north up Vine Street from Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, circa 1940s
Yesterday, I was writing a scene where Marcus and Kathryn leave the Vine Street Brown Derby in a hurry and run down Vine toward Sunset. So I went looking for a photo that showed me what Vine Street looked like … Continue reading
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Tagged Brown Derby, Color photo, Hollywood, Hollywood and Vine, Kodachrome, Restaurants, Stores and Shopping, Sunset Blvd
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Corner of Sunset Blvd and Vine St, Hollywood, mid-1950s
Of all the intersections in Hollywood, it’s the corner of Sunset and Vine that seems to have been photographed the most—and I’m not complaining, especially when the photographer thought take it in glorious Kodachrome. This is from the mid-1950s, and … Continue reading
Kodachrome of upper Angels Flight station, Bunker Hill, 1960.
There’s just something about those old Kodachrome photographs, isn’t there? So eye-catching – especially when it’s of something as colorful as these two buildings. This is the upper Angels Flight funicular station, in its original Bunker Hill location. Next to … Continue reading
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Tagged Color photo, Downtown Los Angeles, Kodachrome, Los Angeles
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NBC radio studios, corner of Sunset Blvd & Vine St, Hollywood (in Kodachrome color)
In my next novel – “Searchlights and Shadows” – there are a couple of scenes that take place at the NBC radio studios on the corner of Sunset and Vine. So I’ve been particularly on the look out for photo … Continue reading
Richfield Building, downtown Los Angeles (color)
Kodachrome postcard of the Richfield building, downtown LA. Can there be any doubt that this amazing jewel was Los Angeles’s single most grievous architectural loss of the 20th century?
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Tagged Color photo, Downtown Los Angeles, Kodachrome, Richfield Tower
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