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Screenshots from “Hollywood Sights” (1939)
I recently came across this 7.5 minute video taken around the streets of LA in 1939, when Hollywood film making was experiencing what we now call “Hollywood’s Greatest Year.” It’s an interestingly candid and unfiltered look at what things … Continue reading
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Looking south down Vine Street past the Hollywood Blvd corner, at night, 1958
In this rather film-noir-ish night photo, we’re looking south down Vine Street through the Hollywood Boulevard intersection. Even at this distance, the derby-shaped neon sign of the Brown Derby restaurant is unmistakable. However, I am surprised to see that the … Continue reading
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Looking west toward the intersection of Wilshire Blvd and South San Vicente Blvd, Los Angeles, 1940
In this photo, were looking west to where Wilshire Blvd meets San Vicente Blvd. The year is 1940 so those motorists are blissfully unaware of the gasoline restrictions that will fall into place after Pearl Harbor. It was clever for … Continue reading
Looking east along Wilshire Boulevard from the top of the Town House Hotel, Los Angeles, circa 1940s
In this glorious 1940s view looking east from the top of the Town House Hotel we can see where Wilshire Blvd bends at Lafayette Park. In the lower right corner is Simon’s drive-in restaurant at the Hoover St corner, which, … Continue reading
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The Mushrooms, a mushrooms-and-toadstools-themed cafe at 3500 W Olive Ave., Los Angeles, 1928
Los Angeles being the home to Hollywood, the city of imagination, it’s little wonder that it’s had a treasure trove of mimetic architecture over the years. I’d love to have seen this one in person: The Mushrooms looked like a … Continue reading
Maxwell House Coffee and Mayflower Doughnuts at Broadway and 8th Street, downtown Los Angeles, 1937
I do love me a shadow-soaked, neon-drenched LA noir photo. This one is of the Maxwell House Coffee and Mayflower Doughnuts at Broadway and 8th, downtown Los Angeles in 1937. All that blazing electric light looks like a beacon to … Continue reading
Pantages Theater at the corner of Hollywood Blvd and Argyle Ave, Hollywood, the year it opened, 1930
The Pantages Theater opened on 1930, as part of the Pantages Theatre Circuit, which was a vaudeville circuit. But as the Depression ground on, Alexander Pantages hedged his bets by alternating first-run movies with vaudeville acts. This photo is dated … Continue reading
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Hollywood Blvd looking west from Cherokee Ave, Hollywood, Christmas 1958
We’re looking west down Hollywood Boulevard from Cherokee. This shot was taken at Christmastime 1958 so everybody was singing along with Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree.” At the New View Theatre, “April Love” and “The Three Faces of … Continue reading
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A Los Angeles Railway bus passes a Van de Kamp’s Bakery at Wilshire Blvd and Tower Drive, Beverly Hills, 1940
In this photo, we see a couple of things we no longer see around LA: a Los Angeles Railway bus and a Van de Kamp’s Bakery with its iconic windmill. This one stood at 8328 Wilshire Blvd at the corner … Continue reading
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Brown Derby restaurant, Vine Street, Hollywood, 1949
Here we have the Brown Derby on Vine Street just south of Hollywood Boulevard in 1949, which means it would have been celebrating its 20th anniversary that year, having well established itself as an anchor of Hollywood’s social life. The … Continue reading