Vintage Los Angeles

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Photos and discussion of vintage Los Angeles, California.

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Vintage Map of Greater Los Angeles 1932 (lemmy.world)
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Los Angeles 1960s, Hollywood and downtown 4k remastered (youtu.be)
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The Hollywoodland Sign (lemmy.world)
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The sign was erected in 1923 and originally marked “HOLLYWOODLAND”. Its purpose was to announce the name of the new development of separate housing in the hills above the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles.

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The palm-lined South Kenmore Avenue in Los Angeles - Ansel Adams - 1930 (lemmy.world)
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Los Angeles CA 1950's in HD color and sound (youtu.be)
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Notice the ad for a bomb shelter at the 4:20 timestamp.

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Traffic at Seventh and Spring, 1930 (lemmy.world)
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L.A. 1950's (lemmy.world)
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Clifton’s Brookdale at 648 S. Broadway, 1936 (lemmy.world)
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Source: https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/los-angeles-street-scenes-1930s/

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The Court Flight railway took passengers up and down a steep incline in downtown Los Angeles (lemmy.world)
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Sunset Blvd. near Larrabee St., 1979 (lemmy.world)
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Los Angeles Then and Now: A Century of Change in the City of Angels in Photos (www.rentcafe.com)
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There are some great 'then and now' photos there.

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Downtown Los Angeles in the 1950's (lemmy.world)
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Grand Ave. looking south from the music center in 1963 and 2019 (lemmy.world)
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Then and Now: Fairfax at Beverly Blvd. Looking Northwest (lemmy.world)
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Interstate 10 under construction through downtown L.A. (lemmy.world)
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