Tag Archives: Sunset Blvd
Night shot looking along the Hollywood Freeway at the original exit sign for Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, 1955
In yesterday’s photo, I highlighted three lonely looking shrubs in a planter along the stretch of the Hollywood Freeway that ran past Vine St and the Capitol Records building. Later, David G. sent me this photo taken around the same … Continue reading
Color photo of the Cinerama Dome building site, 6360 Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, circa August 1963
This photo show us how quickly the Cinerama Dome was built. It opened at 6360 Sunset Blvd in Hollywood on November 7, 1963, however this photo was taken a scant 15 weeks before the opening, which dates this photo at … Continue reading
Color photo of the NBC radio studios on the northeast corner of Sunset Blvd and Vine St, Hollywood, circa WWII
In this circa WWII color photo, we’re looking east across Vine St to the NBC radio studios on the northeast corner of Sunset Blvd and Vine St in Hollywood. I’m guessing it was taken around WWII because of those sailors … Continue reading
Looking south along N. Beachwood Drive at what used to be the Western Pictures Corporation, later Columbia Pictures, Hollywood, 1934
These days, what is known as the Sunset-Gower studios used to be home to Columbia Pictures. But back when this photo was taken in 1934, Columbia hadn’t yet swallowed up all the shooting stages between Gower St and Beachwood Drive. … Continue reading
Sunset Cashis King Market, 6000 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, circa 1933
You’ve got to love a grocery store with a pun in its name. This place was called the Sunset Cashis King Market – Cash Is King, get it? This place opened in the summer of 1933 at 6000 Sunset Blvd … Continue reading
Looking east along Sunset Blvd past the Oriental Theatre at 7425 Sunset, Hollywood, 1952
When I came across the night photo of the Oriental Theatre on Sunset that I posted yesterday, I also encountered this one that was taken in 1952, when MGM’s “Singin’ in the Rain” was playing as, I assume, a first-run … Continue reading
Nighttime shot of the Oriental Theatre, 7425 Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, 1983
I don’t normally post photos as recent as the 80s (to my mind a “vintage photo” is anything pre-1970, but it’s an elastic rule.) However, I felt this one from 1983 has such a timeless feel to it (maybe because … Continue reading
Color photo looking north up Vine St from Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, circa mid-1950s
I do so love finding a vibrant color photo of yesteryear Los Angeles. In this one, we’re looking north up Vine St from Sunset Blvd. We can see signs of Coffee Dan’s, Alexander Stationers, American Broadcasting Co, Santa Fe Railway, … Continue reading
Looking east along Sunset Blvd from Vista St after Sunset had been widened, Los Angeles, circa 1931
In this circa 1931 photo, we’re looking east along Sunset Blvd from Vista St, which puts it around half a dozen blocks west of Hollywood High. The caption of this photo mentions how Sunset had just been widened. I hadn’t … Continue reading
Letter from F. Scott Fitzgerald at the Garden of Allah Hotel, Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, April 19, 1938
Genuine Garden of Allah Hotel ephemera doesn’t surface very often, so when it does, it’s worth checking out. This item is especially noteworthy: It’s a hand-written letter by F. Scott Fitzgerald, dated April 19, 1938, to his secretary in Baltimore … Continue reading