Fine Foods and Exotic Drinks

A matchbook from The Tropics of Beverly Hills. A menu from the same establishment, 1946.

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Los Angeles, 1952

Note the rifle range in between the loan shops.

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San Francisco

San Francisco, 1952.

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Toed Inn

The Toed Inn, circa 1938, Santa Monica Canyon, California. In 1938, the Toed Inn structure was damaged by a flood caused by one of wet...

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Hollywoodland

A 1948 pin-up with “Hollywoodland” sign (missing the “h”) in the distance.

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100 South Main Street

Los Angeles, 1952. A parking garage exists there now.

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Hollywood, 1947

A fantastic color photo of Hollywood, 1947.  See Tom Breneman's Restaurant.

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Hollywood and Vine

Hollywood and Vine , 1963.

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Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe at 19 years old sitting in the middle of the Pacific Coast Highway, California, 1945.

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Bus 6547 at Santa Monica & Western

1967, Los Angeles, California. Source:  Metro Transportation Library and Archive

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Looking North on Vine Street

Vine Street, looking north from Selma Avenue at dusk, circa 1960. Here's the same corner today.

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Photogenic Fishermen

Old school fishermen with baskets and hemp twine. Fishermen's Wharf, San Francisco, 1970.

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Hollywoodland

The Hollywood sign originally said "Hollywoodland" when it was installed in 1923. The last four letters were deleted when the sign...

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Venice Beach

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Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison

In January, 1968, Johnny Cash performed two shows for the prisoners at Folsom Prison.  The end result was one of the best live albums ever m...

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