This photo was presumably taken by hanging out of the window of the Bonnie Brier hotel, which stood on the southwest corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Ave. I’ve never noticed the Bonnie Br…
In the 50s and the 60s, Los Angeles was an industrial and financial giant created by war production and migration, the city assembled more cars than any
[ATTACH] A guy I work with is a diver and there is some old cars in the bottom of the Detroit river from the prohibition era. The rum runners as they...
With a chameleon-like ability to adapt to the times, Los Angeles has forged its own success, and nowhere is this more conspicuous that in its architecture.
The caption on the back: "MOJAVE, CALIF. is located on highway 6, and is known as a supply center for the desert settlers and a railroad center. It was here in 1883 that J. W. S. Perry built 10 huge wagons to haul borax out of Death Valley, and for five years these conveyances, drawn by 20-mule teams, plied between Death Valley and Mojave. " Now the town seems to be the largest collection of fastfood places and gas stations that you'll ever see. Not much of the old classic downtown around anymore.
A rare glimpse of SoCal from 1887-1974 will show you just how much has changed over the years.
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Even if you've flown from coast to coast or been dragged along in the family camper on every interstate highway in the country, you've never seen American cities like this before. Even if your last name was Griswold and you saw monuments fly by in…
By 1937, the citizens of San Francisco were fed up with perpetual traffic jams. The town...
Here's what Los Angeles looked like before the stars came.
By 1937, the citizens of San Francisco were fed up with perpetual traffic jams. The town...
The Brown Derby Restaurant Hollywood Blvd & Orange c.1952 Hollywood & Vine c.1952 ABC Vine Street Theater c.1966 Carolina Pines Jr. Restaurant Grauman's Chinese Theater c.1959 Ciro's Night Club Chinese Theater Forecourt 1950s Hollywood & Vine 1960s - American Airlines Hollywood & Vine 1950s - Hody's Restaurant Hollywood Boulevard 1960s Hollywood & Vine 1950s - Hody's Coffee Shop Hollywood & Highland 1950s - Coffee Dan's Hollywood Blvd. & Wilcox 1950s. Featuring the Warners Building - now the Pacific Building Vine & Sunset - Hollywood Recreation Center, Bowling Vine & Sunset 1950s - Radio City, NBC Building Hollywood Blvd. 1950s. Toffs Coffee Shop, First Federal, Barker Bros. Hollywood Blvd 1950s - Roosevelt Hotel, Cinegrill Mother of Good Counsel Church Saharan Motel - Sunset & Alta Vista 1950s Sunset & Vine 1950s - Wallick's Music City Sunset & Vine 1960s - Self Service Records Sunset & Vine 1950s Sunset Blvd & Ivar 1960s - Cinerama Theater Capitol Records Building 1950s Sunset Blvd & N. Clark Street 1960s Vine Street 1960s - Dupar's Restaurant, Broadway Hotel (via)
These are what the life of Los Angeles looked like in the 1930s.
By 1937, the citizens of San Francisco were fed up with perpetual traffic jams. The town...
Date: circa 1950sLocation: California and Powell streets, San Francisco, CaliforniaSource: via The Old MotorWhat do you see here?
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Eastern Columbia Building, Los Angeles, California Historic Postcard - Formerly for Sale on Etsy by postcardsfromthepast LA’s Broadway in the 40s. From Wikipedia The Eastern Columbia Building, also kn
There seems to be quite a log jam of streetcars along Broadway in downtown L.A. at 7th Street. Maybe it’s because this photo was taken in 1943, when America was in the depth of WWII. Gasoline was s…
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Here's an interesting pair of postcards from the "aught" years of the 20th century. Both were taken from approximately the middle of the 200...
