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Northwest corner of Wilshire Blvd and Western Ave, Los Angeles, 1927
Yesterday, I posted a photo of the corner of Wilshire and Western in 1939. This photo is from 12 years earlier when—at least not as far as I can see in this photo—that intersection didn’t even have traffic lights. Good … Continue reading
Double-decker bus at Olive St & West 7th St, Los Angeles, 1937.
In this photo, we’re at the corner of Olive Street and West 7th Street, downtown Los Angeles in 1937. We often see those semaphore traffic lights in old movies, but I don’t recall seeing double-decker buses with the open-air top … Continue reading
Casino Card Room at Ocean Park Pier, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, 1937
This photo was taken at the Ocean Park Pier in Santa Monica in 1937. I keep expecting someone like Edward G. Robinson to emerge from the “Casino Card Room” after a rough round of Texas Hold ‘Em and bump into … Continue reading
American Storage Building at the intersection of Beverly Boulevard and N Virgil Ave, Los Angeles, 1928.
In this 1928 photo, we’re looking at the intersection of Beverly Boulevard and N Virgil Ave. What I find amazing here is that the gorgeously ornate high-rise on the left is the American Storage Building. All that gorgeous architectural eye … Continue reading
A 150-foot electric street light at Main and Commercial Streets, downtown Los Angeles, circa 1882
In the early 1880s (this photo is circa 1882) the city of Los Angeles installed seven electric street lights. This one is at the corner of Main and Commercial Streets in downtown LA. For some reason, they were 150 feet … Continue reading
List of Los Angeles nightclubs and bars from a telephone book, circa 1940s or 1950s
B & R Cafe Bal Tabarin Cafe Samba Club Band Box Cafe Billy Berg’s Billingsley’s Bocage Room Tom Breneman’s Holllywood Restaurant Burgundy Room Cafe Angelo Caliente Cafe Earl Carroll Theatre-Restaurant Casablance Happy-Hacker Ciro’s Club Algiers Club Babalu Club Cobra Club … Continue reading
McDonnell’s drive-in restaurant No. 6 at Sunset Blvd and La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, mid 1930s
I was recently contacted by a woman who is researching her family’s history. In 1935, her parents borrowed $25 and drove from Kansas to Los Angeles, where her father worked at several McDonnell’s restaurants, eventually becoming manager at McDonnell’s No. … Continue reading
Pershing Square with lawn and fountains, circa mid to late 1950s
Pershing Square in the heart of downtown Los Angeles has had numerous names and incarnations since it was established in 1870. I don’t know when this photo was taken but I suspect it was mid to late 1950s after the … Continue reading
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Streetcar on Third Street west of Hill Street, Los Angeles, circa 1900s
I think of this as a companion photo of the one I posted a couple of days ago of the corner of Third and Hill Streets in downtown Los Angeles. In this one, Third Street now had one of those … Continue reading
Corner of 3rd and Hill Streets, downtown Los Angeles, circa 1890s
I don’t have any great desire to have experienced life during the horse-and-buggy days (I suspect the smell must have been less-than-delightful) but seeing photos like this of downtown L.A when it was well developed with genteel Victorian mansions and … Continue reading