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Aerial view of Beverly Hills north of Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, 1922
Oh, for a time machine that would take me back to 1922 where I could snap up even just a few plots of all this open land we can see in this aerial view of Beverly Hills. The road cutting … Continue reading
Crowds gather outside the Brown Derby, 3377 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angele, circa early 1940s
I’ve seen plenty of photos of the original Brown Derby restaurant at 3377 Wilshire Blvd on the Alexandria Ave corner, but I’ve never seen one with so many people gathered out front. The car on the right is a 1940 … Continue reading
Looking west along Wilshire Blvd from the balcony of the Wiltern Theatre at Western Ave, 8.30am on Thursday May 2, 1946
It’s not often we get precise information on when a photo was taken, but we do with this photo taken from the balcony of the Wiltern Theatre at the corner of Wilshire Blvd and Western Ave at 8.30am on Thursday … Continue reading
North side of Wilshire Boulevard at Westmoreland Avenue, Los Angeles, 1928
In this photo we’re looking at the north side of Wilshire Blvd at the corner of Westmoreland Ave in 1928. It gives us a glimpse of what Wilshire looked like back then: large, graceful homes on spacious lots. At the … Continue reading
Looking east along Wilshire Blvd from Westmoreland Ave, Los Angeles, 1928
In this photo, we’re looking east along Wilshire Blvd from Westmoreland Ave in 1928, when it seems there was plenty of room for all the motorists heading into downtown Los Angeles. What makes this photo memorable is that the home … Continue reading
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Northwest corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Shatto Place, Los Angeles, 1928
This shot from 1928 gives us a glimpse of how Wilshire Blvd looked in the 1920s with its large homes on spacious grounds. This view is looking toward the northwest corner of Wilshire and Shatto Place at the Tudoresque mansion … Continue reading
Ornate building at the northwest corner of Wilshire Blvd and Berendo St, Los Angeles, circa 1930
And from the “They Sure Don’t Make ’Em Like That Anymore” file comes this gorgeously ornate building that once upon a time stood at the northwest corner of Wilshire Blvd and Berendo St. It looks like it housed a group … Continue reading
The tower of KFAC radio station lit up at night, 3457 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, circa mid 1930s
In the mid 1930s, radio station KFAC started broadcasting classical music from a building at 3457 Wilshire Blvd that once housed the showroom for Auburn and Cord automobiles. This rather spectacular photo showing how the radio towers were lit up … Continue reading
Human billboard for MGM’s “Hollywood Revue of 1929” at Wilshire Blvd and Shatto Place, Los Angeles, circa June 1929
Some bright spark in MGM’s publicity department decided that a great way to garner attention for the movie “Hollywood Revue of 1929” (the studio’s second feature-length musical, and one of their earliest sound films) was to create a huge billboard … Continue reading
Oil wells dot the La Brea Tar Pits, Los Angeles, 1910
Lest we forget that the land north of Wilshire Blvd—now home to the La Brea Tar Pits Museum, the Park La Brea housing development, and The Grove shopping mall—was once empty land, here’s a photo of oil well dotting the … Continue reading