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The beacon at the top of Los Angeles City Hall shines over downtown Los Angeles into a misty night, circa 1930s
In this gloriously atmospheric night shot, we’re seeing the beacon at the top of Los Angeles City Hall shining over downtown LA. I don’t know if there was a filter over the camera lens over Maynard Parker’s lens or if … Continue reading
Night shot of the Southern Pacific Starlight service between Los Angeles and San Francisco (undated)
I don’t have a date for this remarkable shot, but here’s what I can tell you: Southern Pacific Railway inaugurated their Starlight service, an overnight train between Los Angeles and San Francisco on October 2, 1949. It started with chairs … Continue reading
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Tagged California, Glendale, California, Night photo, Trains and Railways
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Screen-grabs of the Sunset Strip as seen in MGM’s “The Strip” (1951)
Last night I was watching an old movie on TCM (which is news that I can’t imagine surprises anyone) called “The Strip.” Produced by MGM in 1951, it starred Mickey Rooney, William Demarest, with Louis Armstrong and his orchestra, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Ciro's nightclub, Night photo, Nightclubs, Restaurants, Sunset Blvd
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A nighttime view of the newly finished Los Angeles City Hall 200 North Spring St, downtown Los Angeles, 1928
What a magnificent view of Los Angeles City Hall lit up at night. Standing at 200 N. Spring St in downtown, the building’s dedication ceremony took place on April 26, 1928. The caption for this photo pegged the date as … Continue reading
Night view looking west past the Warner Hollywood Theatre, 6433 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, 1937
We’re looking west along Hollywood Blvd toward the Warner Theater, which opened in 1928. The movie featured on the marquee is “Dead End” which was the United Artists picture that spawned the well-known “Dead End Kids.” Those two spotlights blazing … Continue reading
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Tagged Hollywood, Hollywood Blvd, Movie Premiere, Night photo, Warner Bros.
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A bright pink 1957 Lincoln Premiere pulls up outside Ciro’s nightclub, 8433 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, circa late 1950s
From the early 1940s to the late 1950s, Ciro’s at 8433 Sunset Blvd in the heart of the Sunset Strip was the premier nightclub in all of Los Angeles. In this photo, a bright pink 1957 Lincoln Premiere pulls into … Continue reading
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Tagged Advertisement, Ciro's nightclub, Color photo, Night photo, Nightclubs, Sunset Blvd
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Night shot of the Bell & Howell building, 716 N. La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, 1936
Bell & Howell was one of the top manufacturers who serviced the motion picture industry. TheY began with projectors, and then expanded their product line tp cameras, film printing and perforators (does anyone know what perforators did?) And it was … Continue reading
Looking east along Hollywood Blvd at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre during the spectacular premiere of Howard Hughes’s “Hell’s Angels,” Hollywood, May 27, 1930
At Grauman’s Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Blvd, there have been movie premieres, and there have been lavish movie premieres, but I can’t think of any that have topped the spectacle Howard Hughes put on for the opening of his $2.8 … Continue reading
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Hamburger’s department store lit up at night, 801 S. Broadway, downtown Los Angeles, 1909
I was recently sent this photo asking if I could confirm it was Hamburger’s department store at 801 S. Broadway in downtown Los Angeles in 1909. Using Google image search and TinEye, I could find it posted nowhere else. Hamburger’s … Continue reading
Night photo looking east along Wilshire Blvd from Fairfax Ave past the May Co department store, Los Angeles, March 1949
Thanks to this Life magazine photographer, we get an idea of what it was like to drive east along Wilshire Blvd from the May Co department store on the northeast corner of Fairfax Ave. We can see the sign for … Continue reading