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Richard Conte steps out of La Rue restaurant at 8631 Sunset Blvd on the Sunset Strip as seen in the movie “Hollywood Story”, Los Angeles, 1951
Yesterday, Alison Martino added this photo to her Facebook page. It’s a screengrab from a 1951 movie called “Hollywood Story” which is worth watching for its many Los Angeles locations. In this shot, Richard Conte is coming out of a … Continue reading
Early view of Sunset Blvd near Fairfax Ave when it was still just a dirt road, Los Angeles, circa 1900
Before it became one of Los Angeles’s vital east-west arteries, Sunset Blvd was nothing more than a dirt track. This circa 1900 photograph, reportedly taken near what would become the intersection of Sunset and Fairfax, captures that simpler time. At … Continue reading
The original Hollywood High School building at the corner of Sunset Blvd and Highland Ave, Hollywood, circa 1905
In this photo we’re looking at the original building that housed Hollywood High School at the corner of Sunset Blvd and Highland Ave. We’re looking north and in the background we can see the Hollywood Hills. This incarnation of the … Continue reading
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Color photo of a 1959 Rambler station wagon parked out front of Dino’s Lodge restaurant, 8524 Sunset Blvd on the Sunset Strip, West Hollywood
On March 21, 1958, Dean Martin along with a business partner and freshly split from Jerry Lewis, opened Dino’s Lodge in the building where a failed restaurant called The Alpine Lodge used to operate. Serving Italian food, evidently (and somewhat … Continue reading
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Night view of the Sunset Clock Tower Market on the northeast corner of Wilshire Blvd and Hamilton Dr., Beverly Hills, circa 1930
When viewed at night in this circa 1930 photograph, it’s easy to see why this building on the northeast corner of Wilshire Blvd and Hamilton Dr was called the Sunset Clock Tower Market. It looks to have been quite a … Continue reading
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Color photo looking east through the intersection of Sunset Blvd and Vine St, Hollywood, circa early 1950s
I do love coming across an image in vibrant color, especially if it depicts Hollywood in its heyday. Extra points if it was taken with Kodachrome, which I’m fairly sure this was. We’re looking east through the intersection of Sunset … Continue reading
Sunset-Vista Market at 7415 Sunset Blvd and N. Vista St, Los Angeles, circa mid 1930s
I do love these shots of the open front markets that used to be ubiquitous around Los Angeles. The Sunset-Vista Market was at 7415 Sunset Blvd and N. Vista St, which puts it halfway between Crescent Heights and Highland. This … Continue reading
The Bay Theater-Pharmacy-Market on the southeast corner of Sunset Blvd and La Cruz Dr, Los Angeles, 1953
Here’s a convenient one-stop-shop from 1953: Go see John Wayne in “The Fighting Kentuckian” at the Bay Theater, then pick up some Vitalis hair tonic at Bay Pharmacy, and then go next door to the Bay Market for some Wonder … Continue reading
Color photo of three cars parked out front of CBS Radio’s Columbia Square studios, 6121 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, circa mid-1950s
These three cars are parked out front of CBS Radio’s Columbia Square studios, which opened at 6121 Sunset Blvd to much fanfare on April 30, 1938. It was home to CBS’s Los Angeles radio and television operations until 2007, which … Continue reading
Night shot of Frank Sennes’s Moulin Rouge nightclub, 6230 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, November 11, 1954
In 1953, Frank Sennes, former manager of the Hollywood Gardens nightclub, took over the famed Earl Carroll’s at 6230 Sunset Blvd and relaunched it as the Moulin Rouge. In a smart move, he kept the iconic “Most Beautiful Girl in … Continue reading