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Aerial photo of Dodger Stadium under construction, Vin Scully Ave, Los Angeles, circa 1960
I’m no sports fan, but even I know that the LA Dodgers won the first game of the 2024 World Series at Dodger Stadium on Friday. Here we have an aerial photo of that stadium under construction. The project broke … Continue reading
Color shot of cars parked outside the Rose Bowl stadium, 1001 Rose Bowl Dr, Pasadena, California, 1954
The Rose Bowl is probably best known for its New Year’s Day parade, called the Tournament of Roses, but it’s a football stadium located in Pasadena, California, with capacity for nearly 90,000 screaming sports fans. It was also the track … Continue reading
Two people play golf at night in an empty field east of Vine St, Hollywood, circa early 1930s.png
I have very little information about this shot of two people playing golf at night, but triangulating the neon signs of the Hollywood Plaza Hotel, the Broadway-Hollywood department store, and the Pantages Theatre, I’d say it was taken somewhere near … Continue reading
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Tagged Hollywood, Hollywood and Vine, Hotels, Night photo, Pantages Theatre, Sports, Theaters
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A woman points to the “Entrance Griffith Park Zoo & Golf Links” sign, Los Angeles, circa 1915
This photo hearkens back to circa 1915, when I can’t imagine there were many automobiles on LA’s roads yet. And the ones chugging around LA streets probably all looked like the one on the right. The smiling woman in the … Continue reading
Aerial photo of Gilmore Stadium and Farmers Market at Fairfax Ave and 3rd St, Los Angeles, circa late 1930s
In July 1934, Earl Gilmore (head of the Gilmore Oil Co) opened Farmers Market at Fairfax Ave and 3rd St to help Depression-era farmers sell their products. The original market had 18 little booths the farmers could sell from. I … Continue reading
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Tagged Aerial photographs, Farmers Market, Sports, Stores and Shopping
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Aerial view of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum during the Summer Games of the 10th Olympiad, August 7, 1932
Opening in 1923, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum was also the home of the Summer Games of the 10th Olympiad, which took place between July 30 and August 14, 1932. This soaring bird’s-eye view was taken on August 7, when … Continue reading
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Tagged Aerial photographs, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Olympic Games, Sports
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The Rose Bowl stadium under construction, Pasadena, California, circa summer 1922
These days, the Rose Bowl athletic stadium in Pasadena is known not just as a college football (and soccer) venue, but for its annual New Year’s Day Tournament of Roses Parade. This photo was taken in 1922, the year the … Continue reading
A captured Japanese midget submarine paraded around the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum during a USC v. UCLA football game, Los Angeles, December 12, 1942
On December 12, 1942, the football teams for Los Angeles’s two major colleges—USC and UCLA—faced off for a game at the Coliseum, south of downtown. Before the game, a captured Japanese midget submarine was paraded around the grounds to what … Continue reading
Looking southeast across the “Pan Pacific Village” on the 7500-7600 block of Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, 1942
Virtually every photo I’ve seen of the Pan Pacific Auditorium on the 7500-7600 block of Beverly Blvd is of the marvelous Streamline Moderne entrance. But this one from 1942 shows that it was part of the “Pan Pacific Village” which … Continue reading
Pasadena Winter Gardens skating rink, 171 S. Arroyo Parkway, Pasadena, California, circa 1940
Until I came across this photo recently I’d never heard of the Winter Garden Skating rink, but I’m sure glad I’ve heard of it now. What a gorgeous example of Art Deco architecture. It kind of reminds me of the … Continue reading