“Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles”

The Pike in Long Beach, California, on a sunny day in 1936. A little boy solemnly regards the camera. In the background is the columned facade of the Plunge. 

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Night in Beverly Hills, 1930: The California Bank Building at 9441 Wilshire Boulevard. The building still stands, and is today known as Sterling Plaza. [Reader Request]

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“Any Seat 20¢ Any Time”: The Leimert Theater at 3341 W. 43rd Pl. in Los Angeles, 1933. The theater still stands in Leimert Park.

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A woman waits with her suitcase outside the Broadway-Hollywood Hotel in this evocative photograph by Russell Lee. Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, 1942.

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Crossroads of the World, Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, 1939.

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Unpaved roads, horse carriages and trolleys: looking south on Spring Street from 1st, Los Angeles, 1900’s.

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Via the KTLA telecopter: a nearly completed Dodger Stadium and environs, January 1962. [Reader Request]

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Reader Request: Looking north on Market Street in Inglewood, California, 1938. The streetcar rails and overhead lines have given way to landscaped medians and traffic-calming curbs. 

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Fantastic view of the Bullock’s Wilshire building in Los Angeles, 1946. 

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“Silverwoods, Hart Schaffner & Marx, Clothes”: The Miracle Mile, 1936.

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