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Los Angeles City Hall in color, circa 1941
Judging from the reddish Ford in the left foreground, which was probably a brand new 1941, this photo of Los Angeles City Hall is circa early 1940s. Isn’t it amazing how the simple addition of color in a vintage photo … Continue reading
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Looking up Spring St to Los Angeles city hall, circa early 1930s
In this photo from sometime in the 1930s, we can how Los Angeles City Hall dominated the LA skyline for so long. Nothing even comes close. We’re looking up Spring St with the Lyceum Theater in the foreground. It had … Continue reading
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Los Angeles City Hall and the Civic Center District as seen from Bunker Hill, 1940s
Angelenos nowadays are used to a largely flattened downtown but twas not always thus. As we can see from this 1940s shot, the huge outcropping of rock known as Bunker Hill rose sharply and steeply at the top end of … Continue reading
Goodyear blimp hovers above Evening Herald building to pick up newspapers for a special delivery to Los Angeles City Hall, November 5, 1931
Who knew that the Goodyear blimp made special delivery runs? This shot was taken on November 5, 1931, which was the 20th anniversary of the Los Angeles Evening Herald. On that day, a Goodyear blimp named “The Volunteer” hovered over … Continue reading
Nighttime view looking northeast showing City Hall as seen from Bunker Hill, circa 1929
It looks like every available light was trained on the Los Angeles City Hall for this nighttime shot taken in 1929. The building had only opened the previous year and was a pretty big deal. From then until 1973, it … Continue reading
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The Los Angeles Times building and Los Angeles City Hall at night February 4, 1969
Most photos taken of downtown Los Angeles look like the opening scene from a film noir picture where some weary gumshoe is about to encounter a shady femme fatale with shenanigans on her mind. But I thought this photo of … Continue reading
Looking east from the Bradbury Mansion widow’s walk during the construction of Los Angeles City Hall, 1928
Here’s an unusual angle we don’t often get to see. It’s the view looking east from the Bradbury Mansion widow’s walk, while Los Angeles City Hall was being built in 1928. Lewis L. Bradbury was hugely successful real estate developer … Continue reading
Looking southwest from the City Hall tower toward The Los Angeles Times building, circa 1954
I do love coming across nightscape photos of Los Angeles, especially from up above where we can get a bird’s-eye view of a city that looks pretty at night, but whose shadows hide a labyrinth of secrets. This view is … Continue reading
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The old Los Angeles County Courthouse, with City Hall in the background, downtown Los Angeles, late 1920s
Here we have a great photo taken in downtown Los Angeles in the late 1920s. In the foreground is the majestic old Los Angeles County Courthouse, which we lost in 1936 after it was seriously damaged in the Long Beach … Continue reading
Los Angeles City Hall at night, circa 1951
Most photos of the Los Angeles City Hall show us the front view, so I like that this photographer chose to shoot it from the rear, probably from some vantage point along Los Angeles Street. This shot was taken in … Continue reading
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