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Color shot of the Brown Derby restaurant, 3377 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, 1948
I do enjoy coming across a photo of the original “Eat in the Hat” Brown Derby restaurant, and although this one isn’t very big, it is wide enough to give us the context of its location. We can see that … Continue reading
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Looking east along Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, circa 1930s
I don’t have a lot of information about this photo (so if you have anything to add, I’d love to hear from you) other than this must be Wilshire Blvd because those street lights were made specifically for Wilshire and … Continue reading
The entrance to the beauty salon inside the May Co. store at Wilshire Blvd and Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, circa 1941 (or Broadway department store salon in Hollywood)
The May Co. department store at the corner or Wilshire Blvd and Fairfax Ave became an instantly iconic landmark (which it remains to this day now that the building houses the Academy museum.) But most photos of it are taken, … Continue reading
Looking west along Wilshire Blvd from Commonwealth Ave toward the Town House Hotel and Bullocks Wilshire, Los Angeles, 1929
In this photo, we’re looking west along a gloriously uncluttered Wilshire Blvd from Commonwealth Ave. The two-toned building on the right was the Town House Hotel and further into the distance, we can see the iconic tower of the Bullocks … Continue reading
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Looking east through the intersection of Wilshire Blvd and Western Ave, Los Angeles, April 20, 1926
And to complete my triptych of the intersection of Wilshire Blvd and Western Ave in the 1920s (here and here), we have this shot where the photographer climbed to the roof of the building on the northwest corner on April … Continue reading
Looking east along Wilshire Blvd from Western Ave, Los Angeles, April 10, 1926
I recently posted a photo of the beautiful offices of Donahue Real Estate on the northeast corner of Wilshire and Western. Quite by coincidence, yesterday I came across this photo showing us what view looked farther east along Wilshire on … Continue reading
Color photo looking east along Wilshire Blvd from Ridgley Dr, Los Angeles, circa mid-1950s
Here’s a color snapshot of Los Angeles in all its mid-1950s glory. We’re looking east along Wilshire Blvd from Ridgley Dr., where the Mullen Bluett store (a mid-level clothing store) stood for many years. None of the stores we can … Continue reading
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Advertising display outside the studio of photographer Melbourne Spurr at 3986 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, 1934
Sometime after of Iowa-born portrait photographer Melbourne Spurr arrived in Hollywood in 1917, he got his big break when he impressed Mary Pickford. By the mid 1920s, he was one of the most in-demand celebrity photographers. In 1933, he opened … Continue reading
Giant Easter Bunnies stand outside Desmond’s department store, 5514 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, 1947
Until I posted a photo last December of a lit Christmas tree outside the May Co. department store on Wilshire Blvd in 1963, I didn’t know those decorative trees had even existed. Similarly, until I found this photo of giant … Continue reading
Harry Belafonte playing the Cocoanut Grove nightclub at the Ambassador Hotel, Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, circa late 1950s
Here we have Harry Belafonte playing the Cocoanut Grove nightclub at the Ambassador Hotel on Wilshire Blvd. To headline at “the Grove” you had to be a pretty big deal, so I’m guessing this photo (and the two below) was … Continue reading
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