How it used to be.
A Fourth of July parade on North Main Street in Los Angeles in 1871. The men standing in formation in the center are veterans of the War of 1812.
Santa Monica beach, 1880.
Travelers on the Mount Lowe Railway, 1894.
A bicycle race on Western Avenue in Los Angeles, just north of Santa Monica Boulevard, 1896.
Sunset Boulevard, 1900.
La Jolla, 1900 and 1921.
Venice, 1905.
A work crew moves a dirigible at the Los Angeles International Air Meet. Later, spectators watch it carry two men aloft, 1910.
The Boston Red Sox baseball team rides a tour bus through Los Angeles, 1911.
The Beverly Hills Hotel, 1912.
The Beverly Hills Racetrack, 1919.
Actor Harold Lloyd stands in Kensington Street in Los Angeles for a scene from the 1920 movie, “Haunted Spooks.” This location was demolished during the construction of the Hollywood Freeway in the 1950s.
Aerial view of the "Thief of Bagdad" set at the Pickford Fairbanks Studio in 1924, located on Formosa Avenue in what would become West Hollywood. On the right, Douglas Fairbanks speaks with the film’s director, Raoul Walsh.
I’ll see you tomorrow.
— Brenda
Always great stuff with you!