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Looking north up Highland Ave past Currie’s Ice Cream toward Hollywood Boulevard, 1938
In this 1938 photo, we’re looking up Highland Ave from Sunset Boulevard past the Currie’s Ice Cream store toward the gleaming white tower of the Hollywood First National Bank building on the Hollywood Boulevard corner. What caught my eye, though, … Continue reading
A horse-drawn omnibus brings public transportation to Los Angeles, 1873
By the 1920s, Los Angeles had one of the most comprehensive network of public transportation in the world. Like most things, though, it had a humble beginning, and this photo shows us how it all started. On September 22, 1873, … Continue reading
Women’s Christian Temperance Union Building at Broadway and Temple Street, downtown Los Angeles, 1939
Six years after Prohibition ended in 1933, the Women’s Christian Temperance Union were still holding firm to their ideal that, as it says on their billboard, “Prohibition: the Best Method Against Liquor Traffic” that stood atop their building at Broadway … Continue reading
A packed and busy Broadway, downtown Los Angeles, circa 1920s
With some photos, you can almost hear the hubbub of the hurly-burly going on in the frame. This circa 1920s shot shows us a packed and busy Broadway with cars and pedestrians and streetcars all contributing to cacophony of klaxons … Continue reading
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Los Angeles Railway (aka Yellow Car) en route to downtown Los Angeles, April 9, 1956
At first glance, I took this photo to be of a bus but then I saw it was running on tracks. It was taken on April 9, 1956 (exactly 64 years ago today) which explains why it doesn’t look like … Continue reading
Color photograph of Hollywood Blvd Red Car, location and date unknown
As much as I wish L.A. still had its extensive network of Pacific Electric Red Cars, I don’t know that I’d have enjoyed living in either of these two buildings that backed right onto the Hollywood Boulevard line. The residents … Continue reading
Culver City-Palms train station, 9013 Venice Blvd, Los Angeles, circa 1940
These days, Angelenos are getting used to seeing light rail stops around town but this one was a double-whammy. It was known as the Culver City-Palms station, serving both the Pacific Electric Railway Company and the Southern Pacific Railroad. At … Continue reading
The Metropolitan Building on the northwest corner of Fifth Street and Broadway, downtown Los Angeles, circa late 1950s
Being on the northwest corner of Fifth Street and Broadway, the Metropolitan Building had a primo position two blocks from the Biltmore Hotel and Pershing Square. So I’m guessing that Owl Drug Co store was a busy place all day, … Continue reading
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A streetcar stops out front of the L.A. Times building at 1st and Broadway, downtown Los Angeles, circa early 1940s
I love it when someone stops to take an ordinary, every-day photo of something that nobody in the shot would think twice about. In this one, a streetcar has stopped out front of the L.A. Times building at the corner … Continue reading
A nighttime photograph of Broadway, Los Angeles in 1946 during a transit strike
This photo looking north along Broadway was taken in 1946, when Los Angeles was paralyzed by a transit strike. These days, a strike like that would inconvenience quite a few people, but it wouldn’t cripple a city like it would … Continue reading
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