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A searchlight shoots into the sky for the world premiere of “Trapeze” at the Fox Wilshire Theatre, 8440 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, May 29, 1956

It looks like United Artists pulled out all the stops when it held the world premiere of “Trapeze” at the Fox Wilshire Theatre at 8440 Wilshire Blvd in Beverly Hills on May 29, 1956. Behind that huge spotlight shooting into … Continue reading

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Color night shot of a Texaco gas station on 3237 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, circa early 1930s

Imagine driving home one night along Wilshire Blvd, you realize you need to fill the tank, and the next gas station in your headlights has red tiles in a striking geometric pattern and a dome that looks like it had … Continue reading

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Night view looking southeast past the Hollywood Cross down the Hollywood Freeway into Hollywood (undated)

This undated image (which I assume is a from a postcard) is a night view looking southeast past the Hollywood Cross down the Hollywood Freeway into Hollywood. Outside of a Cecil B. DeMille epic, perhaps, religion and Hollywood are rarely … Continue reading

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A night shot of Vons Market and See’s Candies, 1311 Wilshire Blvd, Santa Monica, California, 1940

Yesterday, Jeffery M commented on my photo of See’s Candies said that they moved from that location on Santa Monica Blvd to Wilshire Blvd in a Vons supermarket. And so I went looking to see if I could find a … Continue reading

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Angelenos gather outside the Las Palmas Theater, 1642 Las Palmas Ave, Hollywood on the night of June 7, 1951

I spent ten minutes looking for information on a 1951 movie called “Hocus Pocus (all I could find was the Disney one starring Bette Midler) when it finally dawned on me that the Las Palmas Theater, pictured here at 1642 … Continue reading

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Night shot of Frank Sennes’s Moulin Rouge nightclub, 6230 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, November 11, 1954

In 1953, Frank Sennes, former manager of the Hollywood Gardens nightclub, took over the famed Earl Carroll’s at 6230 Sunset Blvd and relaunched it as the Moulin Rouge. In a smart move, he kept the iconic “Most Beautiful Girl in … Continue reading

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Color night photo of Pick’s coffee shop, 11925 Santa Monica Blvd, West Los Angeles

I don’t have a lot of information on this coffee shop, but I find this image so evocative of 1950s LA coffee shops that, for me, at least , it’s enough. This color night photo is of Pick’s coffee shop … Continue reading

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A night shot of Berkel’s Music Store, 446 S. Broadway, downtown Los Angeles, July 1, 1914

I don’t know when George Berkel opened his music store at 446 S. Broadway in downtown LA, but this photo was taken on July 1, 1914. So George, quite sensibly, decided to feature his most popular product in the biggest, … Continue reading

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Night shot looking east along Hollywood Blvd from Highland Ave, past Hollywood Theatre, Hollywood, circa 1939

We’re looking east along Hollywood Blvd from Highland Ave on what looks to be a dark and inky night. I love how the Hollywood Theatre is lit up like a beacon tempting moviegoers. They probably didn’t have to try very … Continue reading

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The lights of theaters illuminate the night looking north up Broadway from near 6th Street, downtown Los Angeles, 1916

I do like an atmospheric shot with loads of lighting illuminating the night—and this is a doozie. We’re looking north up Broadway from near 6th Street. It’s probably just the slow aperture of the camera lens to let in as … Continue reading

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