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In this photo, we’re looking west along Wilshire Blvd toward Western Ave from about Oxford Ave. That tall building on the left is the Pellissier building, which houses the beautiful Art Deco theater, the Wiltern. It opened in 1930, so I’m guessing this photo is circa early 1930s. On the left we can see a big sign for “Stevens quality ice cream” – does anybody reading this remember them? Were they as good as Curries or Wil Wright’s?

These are what the life of Los Angeles looked like in the 1930s.

Superman flying

Hollyhock House, Egyptian Theatre, Huntington Library. A number of L.A.’s most inspiring structures went up in the 1920s and they’re enduring parts of the area.

“Rainy night in Los Angeles 1920”

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And I thought the sidewalks of Broadway in downtown L.A. were crowded these days, look at what Angelenos of the 1920s had to deal with. This photo shows the view up Broadway from 5th Street with th…

We all know that programmatic architecture in Los Angeles was very popular in the 1920s and 1930s, but here’s an example of a programmatic s...

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