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Vine Street, Hollywood, looking south to the Brown Derby restaurant
With that crowd starting to gather on the sidewalk, it looks like something’s a-happenin’ at the Vine Street Brown Derby. This photo looks too early for those guys out front to be paparazzi, so maybe they’re just movie fans and … Continue reading
Hody’s family restaurants
Hody’s family restaurant locations: Corner of Hollywood and Vine 3553 South La Brea Ave 3601 South La Brea Ave Lankershim at Oxnard, North Hollywood Corner Lakewood and Candlewood, Lakewood Center Pacific Coast Highway at Anaheim St and Clark Ave, Long … Continue reading
Van de Kamps coffee shop menu
5665 Wilshire Blvd, on the Miracle Mile, Los Angeles San Fernando Rd at Fletcher Drive, south of Glendale, Twin Drive-in 1696 E. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena 6261 Laurel Canyon, near Victory, North Hollywood
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
Front entrance of Mocambo nightclub on Sunset Blvd, circa 1941
The popular Mocambo nightclub on the Sunset Strip opened in January 1941, however those flags out front were added to the facade immediately after the Normandy invasion in 1944. A friend of mine who is a curator at the Petersen … Continue reading
Interior of Ciro’s nightclub on the Sunset Strip
To find an interior shot of Ciro’s nightclub on the Sunset Boulevard isn’t impossible, but it is rare, so naturally I jumped all over this one. The dance floor looks smaller than I imagined, but the tables are less crowded … Continue reading
Pirate’s Den, 335 N. La Brea Ave, Hollywood
Note Hitler, Tojo, & Il Duce in the Battle Gallery in the lower left corner of the above postcard. See also: http://historylosangeles.blogspot.com/2011/03/pirates-den.html
Interior Of The Brown Derby restaurant, Vine Street, Hollywood
There’s something about the Brown Derby restaurant on Vine Street that seems to encapsulate living and working in Hollywood during the studio system era. I think this shot gives us an idea of how wonderful it would have been to … Continue reading
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Hollywood glamour map, 1941
CLICK FOR LARGER VERSION, AND CLICK AGAIN FOR AN EVEN LARGER VERSION. Anyone who’s been following me for a while will know that I do enjoy a good Hollywood map. But a Hollywood GLAMOUR map from 1941? How could I … Continue reading
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Tagged Hollywood, Hollywood Blvd, Hotels, Los Angeles, Maps, Movie Studios, Nightclubs, Restaurants, Sunset Blvd, Wilshire Blvd
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