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Interior photos of Bugsy Siegel’s Castillo Del Lago home in the Hollywood hills
A while ago, I posted a photo of the exterior of Bugsy Siegel’s Castillo Del Lago mansion up in the Hollywood hills. I’ve seen a number of exterior photos of the place, but never any interior shots…until this week when … Continue reading
Corner of 7th St and Broadway, downtown Los Angeles, May 1942
This Life magazine photo is one of those “slice of regular life” shots that I always enjoy coming across. Here we can see the corner of 7th St and Broadway, in downtown Los Angeles, circa early 1942. The streetcars are … Continue reading
Gilmore Drive-in theater as seen from the top of the screen, Los Angeles, 1949
In photos of drive-in theaters, we usually see photos of the screen. But in this shot from Life magazine in 1949, we see what drive-ins looked like from the point of view of the screen! This is the Gilmore Drive-In, … Continue reading
Desmond’s department store on Broadway, next to Palace Theatre and Schaber’s cafeteria in downtown LA, circa 1929
In this photo taken on Broadway around 1929, we can see three popular spots of downtown LA: Desmond’s department store, next to Schaber’s cafeteria, next to the Palace Theatre. Oh, and I love those two Ford Model A’s parked out … Continue reading
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Bugsy Siegel’s bar at 250 Delfern Dr, Holmby Hills
What we’re looking at here is the bar in Bugsy Siegel’s house at 250 Delfern Dr. in Holmby Hills. Check out the one-armed bandit to the left. Oh, the butts that must have sat on those bar stools!
Early view of the 3rd Street Tunnel and Angels Flight, downtown Los Angeles, circa 1910
In this shot, we go way, way back to a turn-of-the-century downtown Los Angeles that none of us would recognize. Back then, Bunker Hill really was a hill. Here we see the 3rd Street Tunnel and Angels Flight railway — … Continue reading
H.R. Gillingham Co., DeSoto dealership, 611 South La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, July 1929
They sure don’t make car showrooms like this anymore. This was the DeSoto dealership located at 611 South La Brea Ave, built circa 1927, photo dated July 1929. The detailing on the front of the building really is quite exquisite—the … Continue reading
Nighttime View of Slapsy Maxie’s, 5665 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, 1947
Yesterday I posted a photo of a movie-star mural at the Wilshire Bowl, a nightclub at 5665 Wilshire Boulevard. The Wilshire Bowl later became “The Louisiana,” and then in 1943 became Slapsy Maxie’s, named for fighter and sometime bit part … Continue reading
Los Angeles Theatre, Bullocks Department Store, Kress Five Dime, on Broadway in downtown Los Angeles, 1931
Here’s a wonderful snapshot of life in Los Angeles in 1931, featuring three things that Angelenos at the time would all have known, but whose names are largely forgotten nowadays: the magnificently palatial Los Angeles Theatre (opened in 1931 with … Continue reading
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Four soldiers out front of Hollywood Canteen, Los Angeles, WWII
Here is a rare color photo of four soldiers out front of Hollywood Canteen on Cahuenga Boulevard, just south of Sunset. It looks like they’ve got themselves a lady driver in that wonderful red car. I wonder if they got … Continue reading