Tag Archives: Stores and Shopping
Nighttime shot looking north up Vine St to The Pig Stand and Carpenter’s Sandwiches drive-in restaurants on Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, circa 1932
These days, the northeast and southeast corners of Sunset Blvd and Vine St in Hollywood are home to a bank and an office tower. But back in circa 1932, those two corners were far more interesting. We’re looking north up … Continue reading
Color photo of the original Farmers Market, 6333 W. 3rd St, Los Angeles, 1950
There’s nothing like a vintage color photo of a parking lot filled with vintage cars to make you nostalgic—even if you were never there back then. This is LA’s original Farmers Market at 6333 W. 3rd St on the northeast … Continue reading
The Smiling Irishman car lot at the northeast corner of W. Pico Blvd & Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, 1952
Car salesman, Walter Wellman, billed himself as The Smiling Irishman on his car lot at the northeast corner of W. Pico Blvd & Vermont Ave, Los Angeles. I don’t know if his gimmick drew in the customers, but it made … Continue reading
Color photo looking north up Vine St from the southwest corner of Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, circa late 1950s
In this glorious color photo we’re looking north up Vine St from the southeast corner of Sunset Blvd, circa late 1950s (as indicated by the brown 1957 Oldsmobile.) We can see signs for the USO, Sachson’s haberdashery, ABC TV, Santa … Continue reading
Currie’s Ice Cream parlor, 12101 Ventura Blvd, Studio City, 1942
I wouldn’t say no to living in a Los Angeles that still has Currie’s Ice Cream parlors dotting the landscape. From what I hear, their ice cream was very good. Especially their famous 10-cent “Mile High Cones” which they advertised … Continue reading
Night shot of Sachson’s Haberdashery, 1523 Vine St, Hollywood, circa mid 1950s.
Back on January 27, I posted a circa 1950s color photo of Vine St in Hollywood in which I pointed out a sign of a store I’d never previously noticed. It was for a men’s wear haberdasher called Sachson’s that … Continue reading
Looking up Westwood Blvd from Bullock’s department store toward Holmby Hall tower on the corner of Weyburn Ave, Westwood Village, Los Angeles, July 9, 1941
This is the sort of photo I want to jump into as we look up Westwood Blvd from Bullock’s department store in Westwood Village, which is near UCLA. That tower is the 110-foot Holmby Hall tower and stands on the … Continue reading
An automobile loses control at the corner of 6th and Alvarado Streets, downtown Los Angeles, May 5, 1948
One Los Angeles driver had a bad day on May 5, 1948, when their car plowed into a streetlight out front of the Westlake Drug Store at 600 S. Alvarado St on the corner of 6th Street. This intersection is … Continue reading
Looking west along Wilshire Blvd from around Commonwealth Ave toward Bullocks Wilshire department store, Los Angeles, 1939
**UPDATE** – See Jeff Hamblin’s comment about this photo being taken in 1941. If anyone needed proof that LA traffic gridlock was only a modern-day phenomenon, look no further back than this 1939 photo looking west along Wilshire Blvd. The … Continue reading
Looking east along 5th St from Hill St, downtown Los Angeles, circa 1920s
Two days ago I posted a photo from the 1920s looking north up Hill St from Fifth St toward College Theatre. This photo taken around the same time of the same intersection, but in this one we’re looking east along … Continue reading