Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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View of the El Capitan Theater at 1735 Vine Street in Hollywood (not to be confused with the more well-known theater of the same name and age on Hollywood Boulevard). The theater marquee advertises "Ken Murray's Blackouts of 1948" - a variety show. The tall building at left is the Knickerbocker Hotel.
photCL_555_06_1793
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Image of a street scene with automobiles driving on Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California, in front of the Grauman's Chinese Theatre with the First National Bank Building (with tower) at center on the corner of Highland Avenue. Signs are visible along the boulevard for Barker Brothers, and Cine Mart building with a marquee at the Paramount Theatre for "Dear Ruth" and across the street for "Kiss of Death" at the Chinese Theatre.
photCL_555_06_1961
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Image of a street scene with automobiles driving on Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California, in front of the Grauman's Chinese Theatre with the First National Bank building at center on the corner of Highland Avenue. Signs are visible along the boulevard for the Broadway, Hotel Drake and a marquee at the Paramount Theatre reads "Louis Hayward 'House by the River' and on stage with Herb Jeffries. A banner reading "Welcome Home Champs ... Stars of Portland, Gilmore Field, Mar. 28th 8:15" is visible across the road.
photCL_555_06_1959
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A slightly elevated panoramic view of Hollywood, Los Angeles, facing east. The street in the middle of the photograph is Hollywood Boulevard, with (Mann's or Grauman's) Chinese Theatre at the bottom of the picture, and the El Capitan farther away. The "Hollywoodland" sign is visible in the distance. A note written in white in the bottom left corner reads "Pierce 8016". The negative has been distorted and is oddly colored.
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Street view of Hollywood High School located at 1521 North Highland Avenue on the corner of Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California, with palm trees and the school's Memorial Auditorium (visible at right), with a "Barker Bros. Hollywood" sign and the El Capitan sign tower visible at far right in the background.
photCL_555_06_1880
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Image looking towards Sunset Boulevard from the intersection of El Centro Avenue in Hollywood, California, with the Palladium theater at center, Radio City NBC Studios at far left and the Broadway Building in the distance at right. The Palladium marquee reads "Jerry Gray and his Orchestra" next to a storefront with a sign for Photostats - Music Prints"
photCL_555_06_1981
