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Looking west along Hollywood Blvd from Vine St as a motion picture camera crew shoots outside the CoCo Tree Café, Hollywood, 1936
Filming on the corner of Hollywood and Vine would be a lot more complicated these days, but back in 1936, when this photo was taken, all it seemed to take was a couple of cops. I’m exaggerating, of course, but … Continue reading
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Tagged Hollywood, Hollywood and Vine, Hollywood Blvd, Restaurants, Universal Studios
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Menu from a Sontag Fountain Grill, circa 1940s
Someone recently sent me photos of a Sontag lunch counter menu in which I spotted an item called a “Chocolate Mondae.” Is it an ice-cream sundae you have to get over the Monday blues? ** UPDATE ** – Gregory H … Continue reading
Color photo of Hollywood Plaza Hotel, 1633 Vine St, south of Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, circa late 1950s
Here we have a crisp color photo of the Hollywood Plaza Hotel taken from the eastern side of Vine St, south of the famous Hollywood and Vine intersection. The black and white car parked out front is a 1955 Plymouth … Continue reading
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Tagged Color photo, Hollywood, Hollywood and Vine, Hotels, Restaurants
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Grand opening photo for Buckley’s Good Food Drive-In, 5101 S. Figueroa St, Los Angeles, April 10, 1937
I don’t know if Buckley’s at 5101 S. Figueroa St, south of downtown LA actually served the good food as advertised on their neon sign, but from the looks of their opening night on April 10, 1937, they gave it … Continue reading
A 1933 Pierce-Arrow is parked in front of Simon’s Restaurants, 830 S. Broadway, downtown Los Angeles, circa mid-1930s
Simon’s Restaurants were a large chain of LA restaurants in the 30s and 40s. I found this photo on a blog post by Alison Martino in which she said this one was near the Orpheum Theater in downtown LA. I … Continue reading
Color photo looking north up Vine St from the Brown Derby restaurant to the Hollywood Blvd intersection, Hollywood, circa mid-1950s
I do love a Kodachrome color photo that pops with color. But I especially love it if it’s looking north up Vine St from the Brown Derby restaurant to the Hollywood Blvd intersection. Those two blue cars turning into the … Continue reading
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Tagged Brown Derby, Color photo, Hollywood, Hollywood and Vine, Hotels, Kodachrome, Restaurants
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Looking west along the south side of Hollywood Blvd when “Hawaii” was playing at the Egyptian Theatre, Christmas 1966
From the angle of this photo, I’d say it was taken from the top of the building on the northeast corner of Hollywood Blvd and Las Palmas Ave looking west along the south side of the boulevard. We can see … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, Egyptian Theatre, Hollywood, Hollywood Blvd, Night photo, Restaurants, Theaters, Trains and Railways
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Van Nuys Blvd packed with Saturday night cruisers in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, 1972
Ever since I first saw the movie “American Graffiti” I knew that cruising up and down one of the boulevards in the San Fernando Valley part of Los Angeles was a popular Saturday night ritual. But I never quite realized … Continue reading
Looking north up Vine St from Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, the night of July 27, 1948
In this atmospheric nighttime shot, we’re looking north up Vine St from Sunset Blvd. It was taken on the night of July 27, 1948, and we can see all the neon signs that greeted Angelenos at the time: Broadway-Hollywood department … Continue reading
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Tagged Capitol Records, Hollywood, Hotels, Night photo, Restaurants, Stores and Shopping, Sunset Blvd
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Color photo of Brown Derby restaurant with Record Room, Vine St, Hollywood, circa early 1950s
I’m always up for a photo of the Vine St Brown Derby in Hollywood—especially if it’s color. It went through various stages, but we can date this to around early 1950s because around then, two things happened. The restaurant was … Continue reading