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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
Looking north up Hill St from Fifth St toward College Theatre, downtown Los Angeles, circa 1920s
A couple of days ago, I posted a photo of College Theatre on Hill St between 4th and 5th Streets in downtown LA. Without that photo, I don’t know that I would have pinpointed where this photo was taken. But … Continue reading
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Color photo looking across Vine St from Selma Ave toward the American Broadcasting Co’s studios, Hollywood, circa mid-1950s
The photographer who took this color photo was standing on Selma Ave and looking west across Vine St in Hollywood to two landmark buildings during the circa mid-1950s: the American Broadcasting Co’s studios, which by then would have been making … Continue reading
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Promotional advertisement by the Hollywood Blvd Association, 1928
I could find very little information about this promotional advertisement for the merchants of Hollywood Blvd, other than it was placed by the Hollywood Blvd Association at 6605 Hollywood Blvd. The person who sent it to me says it’s circa … Continue reading
Shopping Bag market at the southwest corner of Honolulu Ave and Market St, Montrose, California circa mid-1930s
Here we have a photo that hearkens back to the days when we had grocery stores that displayed their fruit and vegetables out on the street. Shopping Bag was a chain of grocery stores that began with a little store … Continue reading