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A party hosted by the columnist Sidney Skolsky crowds Schwab’s Pharmacy, 8024 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, 1946
My goodness but it was a busy night at Schwab’s Pharmacy on Sunset that night in 1946 when columnist Sidney Skolsky hosted a party there. (Skolsky had a column in Photoplay magazine called “From A Stool at Schwab’s”) As we … Continue reading
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Schwab’s Pharmacy and Crescent Heights Market, Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, 1947
When the Schwab’s brothers (for the record, they were Bernard, Leon, Jack, and Martin, and two sisters, Lena and Yetta) opened their pharmacy at 8024 Sunset Blvd next to the Crescent Heights Market in 1932, I can’t imagine they’d ever … Continue reading
At the corner of Crescent Heights and Sunset Boulevards, driving east, circa 1960
I love finding casual across-the-hood shots. Somebody was driving east along Sunset Boulevard and took this photo when they were crossing Crescent Heights Boulevard. On the right we can see the iconic Googie Coffee Shop with the black-and-white stripped roof, … Continue reading
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Schwab’s Pharmacy, 8024 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, 1949
I recently came across this 1949 photo of Schwab’s Pharmacy at 8024 Sunset Blvd and found it was the clearest one I’d seen which shows us what was in the window. It reminds us that you could get everything at … Continue reading
Snapshot of Schwab’s Pharmacy and Googies Coffee Shop, Sunset Blvd, circa early 1950s
Oh, this snapshot. How I love thee. Let me count the ways: We can see the legendary Schwab’s Pharmacy and it’s kooky neighbor, Googies Coffee Shop. I love the blur of 1950s car zooming down Sunset Blvd, and the fact … Continue reading
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Googie’s Coffee Shop at Sunset Blvd and Crescent Heights, West Hollywood
Here’s a pocket of LA history I wish I hadn’t missed out on: the corner of Sunset Blvd and Crescent Heights at the time when the southeast corner was home to both Schwab’s pharmacy and the Googie’s Coffee Shop whose … Continue reading
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Screenshot of Schwab’s Pharmacy in Sunset Blvd from “It’s a Great Feeling” (1949)
Finding a photo Schwab’s Pharmacy on Sunset Boulevard isn’t so hard, but finding a color one? That’s trickier. So I was happy to find this shot. Actually, it’s a screen shot from a Doris Day film, It’s a Great Feeling … Continue reading
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A movie director reading The Hollywood Reporter outside Schwab’s Pharmacy
This is about as Hollywood as a Hollywood photograph can get: Movie director Edward Dmytryk (“The Caine Mutiny” (1954)) is reading “The Hollywood Reporter” outside Schwab’s Pharmacy on Sunset Blvd.
Schwab’s Pharmacy and its new neighbor Googies Coffee Shop still under construction, August 11,1949
We often see pictures of Schwab’s Pharmacy on Sunset Boulevard (around the corner from the Garden of Allah Hotel) but it’s rare that the photographer thought to pull back and show the Crescent Heights Market next door. This photo was … Continue reading
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Schwab’s Pharmacy from “Sunset Boulevard” (1950)
The other night I felt an urge to watch “Sunset Boulevard” for what was probably the gazillionth time. I watched it on my laptop so I was able to take some screenshots. This one is my favorite – when Max … Continue reading
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