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Angelenos swim in the Echo Park Community Pool, 1632 Bellevue Ave, Los Angeles, 1958
To my way of thinking, this photo is a quintessentially LA photo. There wasn’t much separating these Angelenos swimming at the Echo Park Community Pool from the Hollywood Freeway—just a triangle of grass and a wall. But for inner-city dwellers … Continue reading
La Cienega Municipal Swimming Pool, 300 S. La Cienega Blvd, Beverly Hills, 1930
And from the Why Can’t We Have Nice Buildings Like This Anymore file comes the La Cienega Municipal Swimming Pool. It stood at 300 S. La Cienega Blvd, in Beverly Hills. The photo was taken in 1930, when the trees … Continue reading
An orchestra entertains Ambassador Hotel guests while standing in the Lido swimming pool during an outdoor dance, circa 1920s
No wonder they called it the Roaring Twenties with this sort of shenanigans going on. This shot was taken at the Lido pool at the Ambassador Hotel on Wilshire Blvd. It’s undated, but by the looks of the clothes, I’d … Continue reading
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Garden of Allah Hotel pool looking north toward the main house and the Hollywood Hills behind
For those of you who indulge in daydreaming about what it would be like to sit poolside at the Garden of Allah Hotel (where my 9-book series of novels are set) this photo is probably about as near as we’ll … Continue reading
Liberace standing in front of his piano-shaped pool in his home in Sherman Oaks, California, 1954
Are any of us really all that surprised that Liberace had a piano-shaped swimming pool in the backyard of this home in Sherman Oaks? If anything, I’m surprised he bought a house in the Valley and not Beverly Hills. This … Continue reading
Live advertisement with swimming pool for Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas, at Sunset Blvd and Doheny Rd, Beverly Hills, July 1953.jpg
This is pretty wild. After a few false starts in the 1940s, Las Vegas really began to hit its stride in the 1950s. In 1953, the newly opened Sahara Hotel (October 1952) pulled off an elaborate publicity stunt: a live … Continue reading
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George Cukor’s swimming pool on Cordell Drive in Beverly Hills
A number of Hollywood biographies and memoirs mention George Cukor’s home as being one of the great social centers of Hollywood social life—especially the almost-legendary poolside Sunday brunches he would put on. But this is the first time I’ve actually … Continue reading
The swimming pool at the Garden of Alla(h) Hotel, Sunset Blvd, circa 1927.
The Garden of Allah’s swimming pool was one of its most famous features—probably because, at the time, it was the largest private swimming pool in town…or at least that was its reputation. This shot isn’t dated, but it has to … Continue reading
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Lido Club swimming pool at the Ambassador Hotel on Wilshire Blvd
I’ve posted a shot of the Lido Club swimming pool at the Ambassador Hotel on Wilshire Blvd before (http://wp.me/p5XK3w-1du) but this color photo shows it better. I wouldn’t have guessed those columns were pink. I’m guessing “Feminine Conditioning” was their … Continue reading
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Lounging at the Ambassador Lido Club swimming pool, Ambassador Hotel, Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, 1937
It looks like things are pretty relaxing around the Ambassador Lido Club swimming pool at the Ambassador Hotel (1937) But what’s got me puzzled is the sign on the building over on the left: “Feminine Conditioning”…? I assume they’re not … Continue reading
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