Tag Archives: Los Angeles
Looking at the lights of Hollywood, circa 1926
I may be reading more into this photo that was intended, but this photo of a flapper gazing at the lights of Hollywood circa 1926 seems almost like a quintessential Hollywood photo. A pretty girl drives to a spot up … Continue reading
Disney’s ALWEG monorail system proposed to the City of Los Angeles, late 1950s
Instead a of piece LA history, today’s photo is a piece “LA history that never was.” After completing the monorail system around Disneyland in 1955, the ALWEG Company approached the City of Los Angeles to propose a monorail system for … Continue reading
Prohibition-era photo showing the lengths people went to in order to smuggle booze.
Alerted by the smell of a broken bottle of liquor, Federal Agents inspect a “lumber truck” – Los Angeles, 1926.
Inside the home of murdered director William Desmond Taylor at 404 S. Alvarado St, Los Angeles
Okay, so this one is probably for the more hardcore Los Angeles/Hollywood history nerds. This photo takes us inside the home of popular and respected movie director William Desmond Taylor at 404 S. Alvarado St. For a while in 1922, … Continue reading
Union Station at night, downtown Los Angeles, 1956
It’s atmospheric photos like these that makes it easy for us to see how the whole film noir thing came into being. This is Los Angeles’ main railway terminus, Union Station, one foreboding night in 1956. I’m almost surprised we … Continue reading
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Tagged Downtown Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Night photo, Trains and Railways
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Griffith Observatory, Spring 1962
This photo is one of those “slice of life” shots I like to post once in a while. This was taken at the Griffith Observatory in spring of 1962. Nothing special was going on that day, nobody famous is in … Continue reading
Aerial view looking north along Fairfax Ave at the intersection of Wilshire Blvd, showing Chaplin Airfield and DeMille Airfields, and oil wells, circa 1920
In this circa 1920 aerial shot, we’re looking north along Fairfax Ave where it intersects with Wilshire Blvd (where the May Company would build its iconic department store 20 years later, soon to become the Academy museum.) At this time, … Continue reading
Pacific Goodrich Rubber Company at Olympic and Goodrich Boulevards, Los Angeles, circa 1936
Who’d have thought a tire company would construct a building that prized aesthetics over efficiency? This is the Pacific Goodrich Rubber Company building, which stood at the corner of Olympic Blvd (back then known as 9th Street) and Goodrich Blvd. … Continue reading
Esther’s Beauty Salon and Baths, 1769 N. Cahuenga Blvd, circa 1920s
It looks like Esther’s Beauty Salon and Baths at 1769 N. Cahuenga Blvd. was around in the 1920s. I rarely come across photos of what we would now call a day spa, so this one stood out. The two signs … Continue reading
Pan Pacific Auditorium as the Algonquin Dog Park in MGM’s “Johnny Eager” (1941)
Here’s an instance where LA reality meets Hollywood fantasy. Last night I was watching MGM’s “Johnny Eager” (1941) starring Robert Taylor and Lana Turner (who has never looked more gorgeous.) Taylor plays a gangster who opens a dog-racing park. Cut … Continue reading
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