Tag: Los Angeles

December 4, 2012 /

Looking toward downtown and city hall: . 1956 – construction: . 1956 – at Vineland and Acama:

November 29, 2012 /
November 21, 2012 /

In 1927 people dragged out their vintage cars (and horses) and paraded in honor of Hollywood’s early settlers: –

November 19, 2012 /

Another beautiful photo by Dick Stagg:

November 19, 2012 /

Okay, let’s be kind and call this fanciful — where even your pooch can get a shampoo and a pedicure: –

November 19, 2012 /

An image to cross the country for, photo by Dick Stagg: Avocados ripen when the first frost hits the east coast. Oranges are abundant at Christmas…

November 18, 2012 /

I had a friend who used to work in the 1980s for the Samuel Goldwyn Co. He lived in Beverly Hills in an apartment and he took the bus to work. He also liked to walk. Apparently that wasn’t fashionable at the time and on his excursions by foot he…

November 9, 2012 /

This is another “Model Mother” posing with her child at the Ambassador Hotel pool. Photograph by Ralph Morris: At noon finish chapter 3, Back to Black, of YOU DON’T OWN ME…

November 9, 2012 /

This is a “Model Mother” arriving at work for the Blue Book Modeling Agency at the Ambassador Hotel in 1945: Take a look at the hatbox the child is carrying. It says, Blue Book Models Hollywood…

November 9, 2012 /

In 1945 the Blue Book Modeling Agency was run by a woman named Emmeline Snively and located at the Ambassador Hotel on Wilshire Blvd. Marilyn Monroe was their most famous model.