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Nighttime view looking north up Vine St from Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, July 27, 1948
This view looking north up Vine St from Sunset Blvd, Hollywood on July 27, 1948 makes me want to go for an after-dinner stroll just so that I could take in all those lights in real life: NBC radio, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Brown Derby, Hollywood, Night photo, Restaurants, Stores and Shopping
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Color photo looking north up Vine St from the Hollywood Blvd intersection, Hollywood, circa mid-to-late 1950s
There is no shortage of photos of the famous Hollywood and Vine intersection. Color photos are less plentiful, but you can still find them. But how many of them feature a gleaming white Jaguar XK-120 parked out front of the … Continue reading
Frigidaire showroom on the northeast corner of Hollywood Blvd and McCadden Place, Hollywood, 1930
Yesterday’s post featured an Art Deco building on Highland Ave in Hollywood, so I thought I’d continue the theme with today’s post. This gorgeous building was the showroom for Frigidaire, the company whose refrigerators became the standard name for the … Continue reading
Color photo looking south down 7th St from Flower St, downtown Los Angeles, June 10, 1957
It takes some imagination to picture a building like this existing in downtown Los Angeles, but thankfully we have this Kodachrome photo taken on June 10, 1957 to remind us what the heart of LA looked like once upon a … Continue reading
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Color photo of Gold Star Recording Studios, 6252 Santa Monica Blvd, Hollywood, 1957
With its rather inconspicuous storefront, you’d think Gold Star Recording Studios was just a local place where people could lay down a few tracks if they wanted. But you’d be wrong. Opening in October 1950, it offered custom-designed recording equipment … Continue reading
Beautiful stores line the north side of the 6500 block of Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, 1935
This photo is why we need a time travel machine. I’d happily spend a day wandering Hollywood Blvd in 1935 checking out all these beautiful stores. Look at the detailing along the roof line and around the windows, and those … Continue reading
Igloo ice cream store, 4302 W. Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, circa late 1920s
You’ve got to love the idea of a Los Angeles ice cream store fashioned to look like an iceberg. It’s a gimmick, sure, but it’s a gimmick that was obviously working because the Igloo Ice Cream store had plenty of … Continue reading
Night shot of the Pantages Theatre during the run of MGM’s “Let Us Be Gay,” 6233 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, August 1930
Regular viewers of this site will know that I do enjoy an atmospheric night shot, and this one ticks all the boxes: A towering blade sign glowing in the dark, a huge marquee filled with the very packed shows that … Continue reading
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Tagged Hollywood, Hollywood Blvd, MGM, Night photo, Pantages Theatre, Stores and Shopping, Theaters
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Hollywood Theatre and its neighbors at 6764 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, 1957
Yesterday, after I posted a 1942 photo of the Hollywood Theatre and its neighbors, someone sent me a second photo from almost exactly the same angle, but 15 year later, in 1957. Let’s compare the changes. Italian Kitchen has new … Continue reading
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Tagged Hollywood, Hollywood Blvd, Restaurants, Stores and Shopping, Theaters
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Hollywood Theatre and its neighbors at 6764 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, 1942
Decades before it became a Guinness World Records Museum, Hollywood Theatre was an popular movie house at 6764 Hollywood Blvd just east of Highland Ave. In this photo, 20th Century-Fox’s “My Gal Sal” was on a double bill with Paramount’s … Continue reading
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