Looking toward downtown and city hall: . 1956 – construction: . 1956 – at Vineland and Acama:
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In 1927 people dragged out their vintage cars (and horses) and paraded in honor of Hollywood’s early settlers: –
Okay, let’s be kind and call this fanciful — where even your pooch can get a shampoo and a pedicure: –
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…
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…
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…
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…