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Horseless carriage traffic along Sunset Blvd on the day it opened to the public, Echo Park, Los Angeles, May 14, 1904
Sunset Blvd opened to the public on May 14, 1904, allowing the lucky few Angelenos who owned one of those new-fangled horseless carriages to go for a drive. This photo was taken that day looking west at the intersection of … Continue reading
Trio of professional buildings on Sunset Strip at Carol Drive, West Hollywood, circa early 1940s
It’s not often I come across a photo of any building, let alone three in a row, which are in as good condition now as they were 80 years ago. The trio (photographed here in the early 1940s) stands near … Continue reading
Harper Ranch, north of Sunset Blvd and west of Laurel Canyon, Hollywood, circa 1909
Charles Harper moved to L.A. from Mississippi after the Civil War and made his fortune selling hardware. His estate, known as Harper Ranch, occupied a prime stretch of Hollywood. It stood north of Sunset Blvd and west of Laurel Canyon, … Continue reading
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Warner Bros studios with convention banner, 5800 Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, 1925
Before Warner Bros. took over First National’s Burbank lot in 1928, their main studio was on Sunset Blvd at Van Ness Ave. The façade was an impressive structure built in the classic style intended, I’m supposing, to give the impression … Continue reading
The Out-of-Door Bowling Alleys, at Sunset Blvd and Ivar Ave, Hollywood, circa early 1930s
This place was known as ‘The Out-of-Door Bowling Alleys’ and was located at Sunset Blvd and Ivar Ave in Hollywood. This puts it within half a block of where the Cinerama Dome would go up 30 years later. As far … Continue reading
The E. Broox Randall & Sons building, 5905 Sunset Blvd, Hollywood
It’s not often that you see an insurance office building with such beautifully eye-catching lighting. Then again, this is Hollywood where lighting is everything. The E. Broox Randall & Sons building stood at 5905 Sunset Blvd, which put it on … Continue reading
Woman from the US Air Force poses next to a Marines recruitment poster outside NBC studios near the corner of Sunset Blvd and Vine St, Hollywood, circa mid-to-late 1950s
In this (I assume) Kodachrome photo we see a woman in an Air Force uniform posing next to a recruitment poster for the Marines in the mid-to-late-1950s. Behind her we can see Wallichs Music City on the northwest corner of … Continue reading
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Advertisement for the Garden of Alla(h) Hotel, Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles in Film Spectator magazine, June 11, 1927
The central setting for my Hollywood’s Garden of Allah series of novels is a hotel on Sunset Boulevard called the Garden of Allah. For most of its 32-year life, the “Allah” was spelled with an “h” but when the hotel … Continue reading
Original Hollywood High School, Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, California, 1905
The Hollywood High School that stands at the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Highland Ave today isn’t the original building. This photo, taken in 1905, shows a more impressive building with an imposing dome and a tall flagpole. Equally interesting, … Continue reading
Aerial shot of Ciro’s nightclub on a deserted Sunset Strip at night, West Hollywood, July 19, 1957
In this aerial shot of the 8400 block of the Sunset Strip, the building in the center isn’t of any great consequence. It’s the building behind it that was one of the most famous nightclubs in Los Angeles: Ciro’s, at … Continue reading