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"Hollywood," Calif. The Home of the "Movies."

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Description: Panoramic view of city of Hollywood, showing businesses, automobiles and houses; the Mulholland Dam and the “Hollywoodland” sign in hills in background. Signs can seen on the buildings for "Hotel Christie," "Hotel Mark Twain" and "Hotel Selma." There is also a sign in the hills that says "Bryn Mawr" and the letter "H" on the far right hill for Hoover High School in Glendale, California.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1923-late 1920s
Call number: photCL 555
Creator: Marquez, Ernest (1924-)

From Mulholland Drive

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View of the Hollywood Hills from Mulholland Drive, showing a few houses and a faint view of the "Hollywoodland" sign in the upper right.

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Hollywood - Radio, television and movie studios

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This is a collection primarily of negatives and photographic prints depicting the growth of Santa Monica and Los Angeles, California, from 1860s to 1980s. Many views are cityscapes or street views, showing buildings, storefronts, homes and roads, and documenting the use of railroads, trolleys, streetcars, and automobiles. There are many card photographs by early professional photographers, and also a number of snapshots made by amateurs, some in personal photo albums. The collection's scope also includes early views of many other communities in Southern California (and a few in other states); the beginnings of aviation in Santa Monica, including the first Douglas Aircraft Company buildings; a photo album of residents in Topanga Canyon, ca. 1913; automobile racing in Los Angeles and Santa Monica, 1920s; maritime views; a photo album of U.S. troops in France during World War I; a 1949 real estate development in Apple Valley, California, and others. Besides photographs, a portion of the collection consists of scarce publications and historical ephemera, primarily related to Santa Monica and Los Angeles, including brochures, advertising cards, menus, event programs and other materials. Highlights of the Santa Monica images are aerial views of the buildings along the coast and pier (1920s); several views of the Arcadia Hotel (1880s); the Long Wharf and adjoining railroad and train depot; the first bath houses on the beach; the beach club culture of the 1920s and 1930s; the amusement piers of Santa Monica, Ocean Park and Venice; and the beginnings of the Douglas Aircraft Company. There is a large set of promotional photographs made late 1920s-1930s by Powell Press Service depicting people enjoying Santa Monica's beaches, clubs and outdoor recreation. An important subset within the collection is 407 negatives made ca. 1890 - 1908 by Los Angeles historian and amateur photographer George W. Hazard (1842-1914). Hazard travelled around Los Angeles and vicinity photographing the adobes, houses, streets and storefronts that told the early history of the city. Many of Hazard's negatives have handwritten identifications, naming streets, former homeowners, ranchos, and other historical details. There are a large number of cabinet cards and other card-mounted prints and stereographs. There are 1,264 stereograph prints, highlighted by the works of photographic pioneers William M. Godfrey, Francis Parker, Hayward & Muzzall, and Carleton Watkins. Other formats represented are: glass and film negatives; panoramic prints; 7 photograph albums, photographic postcards, 20th-century color prints and transparencies; and a small number of tintypes, cyanotypes and a set of chromolithographs.

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Hollywood - Movie sets and filming, ca. 1936-1937

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Eucalyptus, Beachwood Drive, Hollywood, Calif

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Image of a row of eucalyptus trees on Beachwood Drive in Hollywood, California, with the "Hollywoodland" sign visible in the distance.

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Laguna Beach, Calif. A Seaside Gem

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Panoramic view of Laguna Beach showing the restaurant "Victor Hugo Inn" on the cliffs above at far left. Hotel Laguna is on the beach next to houses in the hills, the Laguna Beach dance hall and people on the beach.

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Aerial view of Hollywoodland sign and Hollywood Hills

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Aerial view looking north at the Hollywoodland sign on Mount Lee in Griffith Park in the Hollywood Hills area of the Santa Monica Mountains, California, with the Don Lee Television Broadcasting Station and transmission tower atop the hill, and the San Fernando Valley visible in the distance. The "H" on the sign has fallen down.

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"Hollywood," Calif. The Home of the "Movies."

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