Downtown Los Angeles Skyline – 1952
Downtown Los Angeles, taken from City Hall in 1952.
Category: 1950s
Impersonating Females in Cafe – 1954
Newsflash from the Past: Five Accused of Impersonating Females in Cafe LOS ANGELES TIMES (November 2, 1954) — Five men, one of them a Pasadena High School mathematics teacher, were arrested in an Altadena cafe early yesterday on charges of impersonating females. They identified themselves as Thomas Evans Tuites [far left], 36, the teacher, and […]
Hollywood Freeway – 1950s
The Vermont Ave. exit off the Hollywood Freeway, c. 1950s. The Cahuenga Pass and the Hollywood Freeway (101) under construction in December 1953. (LAPL 00041089)
Crawford’s Village Store – El Monte – 1950s
Crawford’s Village Store in El Monte at Five Points (corner of Valley and Garvey). Here’s a link to a great tribute site with lots of pictures and memorabilia: http://crawfordselmonte.blogspot.com/
Disneyland Parade – 1955
A Disneyland Parade, circa November 1955. In this photo, five-year-old Kandra K. Craig rides a baby elephant named Minnie. (LAPL 00106414)
Dairy Queen opening – 1957
The opening of a Dairy Queen in 1957 at 11334 Moorpark Street in Studio City, now the site of the Girasol Restaurant. (LAPL 00021847)
Hollywood Ranch Market – 1954
On February 2, 1954, the Hollywood Ranch Market on Vine Street drops its coffee price from ten cents a cup to five in an act of rebellion over skyrocketing prices. What made them angry enough to slash their prices in half? A pound of coffee had finally crossed over the $1 mark. It was coffee crisis […]
Olvera Street – 1950s
A view of Olvera Street taken by photographer Bob Plunkett, around 1950-51 (my guess). Notice the Theatre sign? That was the Olvera Street Puppet Theatre that once occupied the Old Machine Shop Building.
Los Angeles Crime Wave – 1950s
A look at crime in Los Angeles in the 1950s. Photos are from undisclosed locations. Above Photo: Three gamblers wishing to keep their snake eyes hidden during a crap game somewhere in Los Angeles, November 10, 1951. (LAPL 00039498) According to the Los Angeles Public Library, in October 1952: “Five women and a man were jailed […]
Broadway Street Photos – 1950s
Traveling along South Broadway Street, north of 9th Street, in 1951. (LAPL 00104599). Broadway and 7th Streets, around 1959. The State Theatre (703 S. Broadway) is showing Ben-Hur.