Los Angeles Historic

1951 - The rotating beacon The 'Lindbergh Beacon' ,is visible atop City Hall, and a portion of Bunker Hill can be seen on the lower left. The Lindbergh beacon ...was installed on top of City Hall in 1928. Originally white, the light was replaced with a red light in 1931 after the U.S. Department of Commerce deemed the bright beacon a hazard to air safety. During WWII the light was turned off, and relit just a few of times more before being removed in the early 1950s. The Lindbergh beacon was rediscovered in the early 1990s. After restoration, it was put on display in the Tom Bradley International Terminal at LAX and relit for the first time in 45 years on April 22, 1992. The beacon was reinstalled on top of City Hall in 2001 and is lit on special occasions See more

Nancy Wilson Hollywood Blvd 1963

8th and Vermont 1940's Bullock's Wilshire can be seen top center.

Everyone knows that S Charles Lee (1899 - 1990) had a brilliant career. However, he got into difficulties during the depression and decided to save money by com...bining home and office. Lee bought the 1903 frame home at 1648 Wilshire Blvd (at Little St) in the Westlake district in 1935, moved his family into it and built Hollywood-Regency-style offices for his practice along the Wilshire frontage See more

3 OF Julius Shulman's twilight shots from 1967. How many notable buildings can you spot?

An aerial view of Televisoin City 1967

1947 Los Angeles Yellow Pages

Here is one of those pieces of forgotten history that is so obscure and so long ago many people simply forget or aren't alive to bear witness. People strain to remember the Japanese American owned bowling alley Holiday Bowl and the Pier 1 predecessor THE AKRON but who remembers the unique amusement park TINKERTOWN? If you were raised near the Crenshaw district in the early 1950's you most likely made a trip there.

The Holiday Bowl was a bowling alley on Crenshaw Boulevard in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 1958 by five Japanese-Americans and was a significant part of the rebuilding process of the Nikkei community after internment during World War II.The owners of the Holiday Bowl sold shares throughout the community in order to finance its construction."Cultural significance Located on Crenshaw Boulevard, the Holiday Bowl was important in the desegregation of Los Angeles and...Continue reading

Internees from Los Angeles, California

CHRISTIAN HOSOI AND AARON "FINGERS" MURRAY. 1977