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Cahuenga Pass connecting Los Angeles with the San Fernando Valley, circa 1920
The Cahuenga Pass has long been one of the main routes connecting Los Angeles with the San Fernando Valley. This photo is circa 1920, after it had been expanded from a dirt track to a streetcar line running alongside a … Continue reading
Aerial view showing the Adohr Dairy farm at 18000 Ventura Blvd, Encino, 1925
Back in 1925, when the San Fernando Valley was still largely pastoral, one of the most well-known farms was the one that provided L.A. with a lot of its milk: Ahohr. (Named after the owner’s wife, Rhoda, but spelled backwards.) … Continue reading
The Trackless Trolley runs along an unpaved Laurel Canyon Blvd, Los Angeles, circa early 1900s
Laurel Canyon Blvd is one of the main (twisting, turning) roads that connect Los Angeles with the San Fernando Valley. These days it’s nearly always busy, but back in the early 1900s when this photo was taken, Angelenos’ main method … Continue reading
The Cahuenga Pass connecting Hollywood with the San Fernando Valley (undated)
The Cahuenga Pass connects Hollywood with the San Fernando Valley. These days, it’s got an always-busy 8-lane freeway plowing through it (plus the two-lane Cahuenga Blvd on each side, but minus the streetcar track that used to be there), but … Continue reading
Looking south at Hollywood Blvd and Highland Ave as a Red Car heads north toward Cahuenga Pass and the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, circa 1950
The photographer who took this shot in around 1950 was standing at the corner of Hollywood Blvd and Highland Ave with the Hollywood Hotel behind him. That Red Car was heading north into the Cahuenga Pass en route to the … Continue reading
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The Laurel Canyon Blvd eastbound off-ramp from the Ventura/Hollywood/101 Freeway, Studio City, Los Angeles, circa early 1960s
Right before the Ventura/Hollywood/101 Freeway opened in the early 1960s, photographer Leigh Wiener took this photo of his son Devik playing on the off-ramp to Laurel Canyon Blvd in Studio City. It was probably the first and last time any … Continue reading
Aerial photograph of Universal Studios backlot, Universal City, California, 1963
In this aerial photo taken by Life magazine, we get to see what a chunk of the Universal Studios backlot looked like in 1963. If you’ve not been to a movie studio backlot before, the castle in the bottom right … Continue reading
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Pacific Electric Red Car streetcar on one of its final runs from the North Hollywood depot in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, circa 1952
I’m glad that someone was on hand to capture this moment—and in color. This may not have been the very final run, but it’s certainly one of the final Red Car runs on Pacific Electric’s North Hollywood line from the … Continue reading
The 405 San Diego Freeway heading into the Sepulveda Pass in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, 1962
The 405 San Diego Freeway runs from the northern San Fernando Valley and skirts through the western side of Los Angeles down past Long Beach. It is also one of the most congested freeways in the US. This photo (facing … Continue reading
Cruising past Bob’s Big Boy restaurant, Riverside Drive, Burbank, circa early 1960s
I don’t know if that circa 1960 Thunderbird in the foreground of this photo was cruising Burbank on a Saturday night, but that sure is the vibe I’m getting from this image. Bob’s Big Boy with their “original double deck … Continue reading