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View of Hollywood Blvd during atom bomb blast, 1951
I was so focused on marveling at how empty Hollywood Boulevard looked in this 1951 shot (as well as the empty lot next to Grauman’s and how the Hollywood Hotel is lit up) that I failed to noticed the light … Continue reading
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KMPC radio, Beverly Hills, California, circa mid-to-late 1930s
Here we can see the tower of radio station KMPC shining its lights over Beverly Hills some time in the mid-to-late 1930s. In the early 1930s, the station changed ownership, locations, and dial positions many time, but eventually became KMPC … Continue reading
Union 76 gas station at Crescent Dr and Santa Monica Blvd, Beverly Hills
This Union 76 gas station was built in 1965, so it doesn’t really qualify for the golden-era Hollywood photos that I usually focus on, it’s so damned dramatic—especially at night—that I feel compelled to post this arresting photo anyway. It … Continue reading
Larchmont Theater, Los Angeles, showing “It Happened One Night” (1934)
For most of us, the movies from Hollywood’s golden era are just something we watch on TV and it can be easy to forget that for a different generation, these were the movies they got dressed up for and went … Continue reading
Ravenswood Apartments with the revolving ‘R’, Rossmore Ave, Hollywood, 1934
If you drive south on Vine Street in Hollywood, it eventually becomes Rossmore Ave, which is home to a number of delightfully old-school apartment buildings. The most famous of them is the Ravenswood, mainly because of its celebrated residents: Clark … Continue reading
Carpenter’s drive-in restaurant, 6290 W Sunset Boulevard at Vine St, Hollywood, circa early 1930s
Harry Carpenter’s drive-in restaurant opened at 6290 W Sunset Boulevard on the corner of Vine Street in the early 1930s and was one of the earliest “drive-in” restaurants in the U.S. It’s where Dick Powell’s character worked in 1937’s “Hollywood … Continue reading
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Premiere of “Show Boat” at the Pantages Theater, Hollywood Blvd, 1936
Thank goodness Life magazine was on hand to record so many wonderful moments. In this shot, I almost feel like we’re part of the crowd gathered across Hollywood Boulevard from the Pantages Theatre as Universal Pictures hold a whiz-bang premiere … Continue reading
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Simon’s Drive-In at Wilshire Blvd and Roxbury Dr., Beverly Hills, 1943
I’m a sucker for a well-lit drive-in at night, but those concentric neon circles on the underside of the roof just do me in. This is Simon’s Drive-In at Wilshire Blvd and Roxbury Drive in Beverly Hills in 1943. If … Continue reading
Brown Derby Restaurant, Los Feliz Blvd, Los Angeles, circa 1947
Two of my favorite types of vintage Los Angeles photos are of a Brown Derby restaurant and of a terrific use of neon light. So finding this one makes my heart go pitty-pat. This is the Brown Derby restaurant we … Continue reading
“Hotel Hollywood” at night, Hollywood Blvd, 1936
Here is a wonderfully atmospheric shot of the Hollywood Hotel captured by a Life magazine photographer in 1936. Interestingly the hotel’s sign across the front reads “HOTEL HOLLYWOOD” rather than the other way around. In the second photo below, we … Continue reading
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