Tag Archives: Los Angeles
Los Angeles timeline – 38,000 BC to 2013
Los Angeles timeline Circa 38,000 BC – Los Angeles has been pulling in visitors for tens of thousands of years, as a future fossil is trapped inside what are now the historical La Brea Tar Pits. Circa 8000 BC – … Continue reading
Mack Sennett Bathing Beauties over the Hollywoodland sign
Apparently these two lovely lassies are a pair of Mack Sennett Bathing Beauties. It looks like the Hollywoodland sign is still being built or just finished (which would make this photo from 1923) so this is probably a publicity stunt. … Continue reading
Spend New Year’s Eve December 31, 1960 at the Ambassador Hotel
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La Brea Tar Pits and oil derricks, Wilshire Blvd, 1924
In stark contrast to how it looks today, this is the La Brea Tar Pits and neighboring oil derricks along Wilshire Blvd in 1924. I can see one house on the corner of Stanley Ave…and that’s about it!
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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MacArthur Park (Westlake Park), looking west from Wilshire & Alvarado, circa 1930s.jpg
This spectacular view is MacArthur Park looking west from the Wilshire Blvd and Alvarado St intersection, circa 1930s. Back then it was called Westlake Park and wouldn’t be renamed until General Douglas MacArthur became a war hero during WWII. From … Continue reading
Advertisement for Pacific Electric Railway’s Trolley Tours through Sunny Southern California, 1914
from the September, 1914 issue of “Sunset” magazine.
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The Richfield Tower as seen from the Flower Street reflecting pool of the Los Angeles Central Library, 1950s.
One of the greatest losses of the downtown L.A. skyline was the razing of the glorious Richfield building at 555 South Flower Street in 1969. And this is one of my favorite views of it—caught in the reflecting pool outside … Continue reading
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Interior of the Los Angeles Theater, 615 S. Broadway, downtown Los Angeles, October 4th, 2015
The Los Angeles Theater on Broadway in downtown Los Angeles opened in January 1931 with the premiere of Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights. Said to have been modeled after the Hall of Mirrors in Versailles, it features a crystal fountain at … Continue reading