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Doormen waiting out front of the Mocambo at 8588 Sunset Blvd
It looks like the night is yet young at the Mocambo. The doorman peers up Sunset Boulevard ready to greet the rich, the famous, and the soon-to-be-inebriated. I wish we could better see the decoration etched (or painted, maybe?) into … Continue reading
Preview at the Crest Theatre, Los Angeles, 1946.
This shot was taken on a night in 1946 when some big preview (at least five searchlights worth) was going on at the Crest Theater on Westwood Boulevard, just south of UCLA. Amazingly, the Crest is still around and if … Continue reading
1948 opening of Picwood Theater at 10872 W. Pico Blvd, Los Angeles.
This shot was taken of the 1948 opening of the Picwood Theater at 10872 W. Pico. Blvd. Looks like it opened with MGM’s “The Three Musketeers” starring Gene Kelly. With all that neon, this place must have been striking at … Continue reading
Los Angeles City Hall on the night of its dedication in 1928.
One of the most iconic and recognizable buildings in Los Angeles is our city hall. I like to think that it’s not just because it played the role of “Daily Planet Building” on TV’s “Superman” (even though it probably is) … Continue reading
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Pomona Bowling Center and Fountain Grill, Pomona, California, circa 1940s
This striking vision of neonness was a bowling alley called the Fountain Grill. I can’t find much information about it, other than it was in Pomona in the 1940s. I don’t know what Pomona looked like in the 1940s, but … Continue reading
Stan’s Drive-In restaurant, at the corner of 16th and K Streets, Sacramento, California, 1958
*** UPDATE *** – It appears this Stan’s was not in Sacramento (see comments) but I have left the text in this post intact until the actual location can be positively identified. Stan’s Drive-In restaurant stood at the corner of … Continue reading
A lone figure stands atop the Hollywood hills contemplating the flickering lights of Hollywood Boulevard, 1957
How chillingly film noir is this? A lone figure, silhouetted in shadow, wearing a hat and trench coat and pulling on a pipe, stands atop the Hollywood hills contemplating the flickering lights of Hollywood Boulevard as it stretches eastward toward … Continue reading
Carpenter’s Drive-in restaurant, corner of Sunset Blvd and Vine St, Hollywood, 1930s.
This is Carpenter’s Drive-in restaurant, which stood on the corner of Sunset Blvd and Vine St, Hollywood in the 1930s. This is back when you could get a sirloin steak sandwich for 25 cents and a fried oyster sandwich for … Continue reading
Los Angeles City Hall backlit by nuclear explosion, May 7, 1952.
This photo of Los Angeles City Hall at what looks like dawn seems like nothing out of the ordinary … until you learn that it’s actually night time and the City Hall is being backlit by a nuclear weapon test … Continue reading
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Nancy’s, 6366 Hollywood Boulevard, a few blocks west of Vine Street.
A reader recently emailed me to ask if I’d ever come across a store on Hollywood Boulevard called Nancy’s, which she remembers going to with her mother. I hadn’t so I went looking and found this photo. Nancy’s was at … Continue reading
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