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Looking west along Hollywood Blvd from Highland Ave, Hollywood, Christmastime, 1946
If this photo is anything to go by, the holiday season in Hollywood must have been such a charming time of year. The city put up metallic Christmas trees along Hollywood Blvd and—here’s something I’ve never noticed before—alternated them between … Continue reading
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Looking west along Hollywood Blvd toward the Vine Street intersection, Hollywood, 1957
We’re looking west along Hollywood Blvd toward Vine Street. This was when the American Airlines office was still on the northeast corner and Hody’s restaurant was on the northwest. In fact, Hody’s had only been there a couple of years … Continue reading
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Looking east along Hollywood Blvd from around Highland Ave, at night, circa 1950
This night photo looking east along Hollywood Blvd from around Highland Ave is a buffet of neon lights. We can see: a travel ticket office, the Vogue Theatre, Warner Bros. Theatre and radio towers, Equitable building, Pantages Theatre, Taft building, … Continue reading
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National Kanteen and Magnus Root Beer restaurant and Texaco gas station, 766 Vine St, Hollywood, circa late 1920s
Although 766 Vine Street is in the heart of Hollywood (just south of Waring Ave), I love how small-town-local this photo feels. It’s probably from the very late 1920s, and shows us a two-pump Texaco gas station teamed with a … Continue reading
Melody Lane restaurant at night, corner of Hollywood and Vine, Hollywood, circa 1940s
The graininess of this photo adds to the atmosphere it captured when someone took a nighttime photo of the Melody Lane restaurant on the northwest corner of Hollywood and Vine some time during the 1940s. The Melody Lane was there … Continue reading
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Looking east along Hollywood Boulevard at the Highland Ave corner, Hollywood, circa 1952
Yesterday’s photo of three unchanged buildings on Sunset Blvd contrast with these ones along Hollywood Blvd circa 1952. The Bank of America building on the southeast corner of Highland Ave is now a Ripley’s Believe It Or Not attraction and … Continue reading
Looking west along Hollywood Blvd from Vine Street, Hollywood, circa 1961
The photographer who took this photo of dusk settling over Hollywood Blvd would have been standing just east of the Vine Street intersection. All the lights along the street have turned on: Broadway department store, American Airlines, Hody’s coffee shop, … Continue reading
Approaching the intersection of Hollywood Blvd and Vine St, Hollywood, circa mid 1960s
I doubt that I shall ever tire of finding new vintage photos of Hollywood and Vine. This was taken by someone (with color film—thank you!) standing near the southwest corner looking north past the American Airlines office in the Equitable … Continue reading
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Brown Derby restaurant, 4500 Los Feliz Blvd, Los Angeles, circa early 1940s
The fourth and final Brown Derby restaurant opened at 450 Los Feliz Blvd (not far from the famous Greek Theatre) in 1940, and this photo was probably taken the following year. Unlike the others, this version of the Brown Derby … Continue reading
Looking north up Vine Street from around La Mirada Ave past the Filmarte Theatre, Hollywood, 1937
In this photo we’re looking up Vine Street, Hollywood, from around La Mirada Ave. In the far background we can see the still-intact Hollywoodland sign on the hills. In the foreground, we can see the Maison Gaston French restaurant (at … Continue reading