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Movie colony off Coldwater Canyon Road, Beverly Hills. 1938

Description: A slightly elevated panoramic view of a movie colony off of Coldwater Canyon Road, in the hills of Beverly Hills. The houses, or mansions, are spread along the curving road, which leads through the hills and looks out over the San Fernando Valley. Most of the houses are extremely large, and many have a pool or tennis court. Writing in white in bottom right corner reads "Photo by Osborne ; 1572 W. Pico, LA FD(?) 1716 - 1938".
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1938
Call number: photCL 470 (138)
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Roxbury Drive subdivision, Beverly Hills. October 15, 1938

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A panoramic street view of the Roxbury Drive subdivision in Beverly Hills. There are four two-story apartment buildings in the foreground, two of which are still under construction, with their wooden frames exposed. The other two buildings are complete, and have "For rent" signs on their front lawns. The land in the immediate foreground is undeveloped, but in the hills to the right of the buildings there are numerous houses. Writing in white in bottom right corner reads "Photo by Osborne ; C.C. Pierce & Co. ; 1572 W. Pico Blvd. L.A."

photCL 470 (136)

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Osborne, Movie Colony off Coldwater Canyon Road north of Beverly Hills

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photCL 402, photCL 470, photCL Whitt

Roxbury Drive subdivision, Beverly Hills. October 15, 1938

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A panoramic street view of the Roxbury Drive subdivision in Beverly Hills. Three two-story buildings have been constructed, each with multiple apartment units. The two on the far left are completed, but the one just to the right of them is still under construction. A few houses have been built beyond the apartments buildings, and more on the far right. The land between is undeveloped, as is the land in the immediate foreground, and there is a sign at the street corner that reads "Roxbury Manor ; New income lots ; Lawrence Block Co." A few automobiles are parked on the streets. Writing in white in bottom right corner reads "Photo by Osborne ; C.C. Pierce & Co. ; 1572 W. Pico Blvd. L.A."

photCL 470 (137)

Beverly Hills City Hall and residential and commercial areas, Beverly Hills. May 20, 1932

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A slightly elevated panoramic view of Beverly Hills, showing City Hall, parks, and residential and commercial areas. Beverly Gardens Park, with its wide lawns, young trees, and lily ponds, separates the residential area beyond it, filled with palm-lined streets and houses, from the commercial area on the right, with the Security First National Bank of Los Angeles, the Beverly Hills Community Store, and the Beverly Hills Realty Co. The road stretching from the bottom left corner, past the towering City Hall building on the right, is Santa Monica. There are light rail lines along the near side of Santa Monica. Writing in white in the lower right corner reads "Photo By - ; C.C. Pierce & Co. ; 1572 W. Pico Blvd. L.A. ; 5-20-1932."

photCL 470 (132)

Beverly Hills. 1920s

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A slightly elevated panoramic view of Beverly Hills. Taken from a hillside, the houses on the flat land at the bottom are large but closely spaced. The houses on the hills on the far right are more secluded, and surrounded by wooded areas.

photCL 470 (033)

Beverly Hills Heights development. 1925

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A view of Beverly Hills Heights, a development by Frank Meline, shown at the start of the subdivision. A man stands near a parked automobile on a wide, unpaved road in the foreground. There are a few houses already constructed, but most of the land is undeveloped.

photCL Whitt 3074

Movie colony off Coldwater Canyon Road, Beverly Hills. 1938

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