Topics. 6th & Larchmont to Melrose.” Lucas Kiddieland (also known as Beverly Park) in 1945, the year it opened. 1940s. Attribution 3.0.

Usage. The land used to be part of an oil field at La Cienega and Beverly Blvd. The gate to Chinatown in Los Angeles is one of those leftovers still present today. Movie stars lived and worked in Los Angeles and formed a separate circle of power brokers. At one time, one could drive down the major streets of the city and see sets left over from major Hollywood blockbusters. A Los Angeles streetcar, circa mid-1940s. until it was leased for development. To get a sense of the greater sweep of change in Los Angeles, have a look at the New Yorker video above (previously featured here on Open Culture) that puts the downtown drive from the 1940s alongside the same drive replicated in the 2010s. Aug 27, 2019 - Explore cks137's board "Los Angeles 1940", followed by 152 people on Pinterest. Newest [ June 14, 2020 ] ’51 Hudson Hornet Rebuild in 10 Minutes Builds and Examples Background process plate produced for an unidentified feature film, shot from an automobile driving through Bunker Hill and downtown Los Angeles. The sign reads “W. Popular culture may associate Los Angeles with the willful erasure of history as much as it associates Los Angeles with the automobile, but traces are … Los Angeles in the 1940s See more ideas about Vintage los angeles, Los angeles history, Los angeles. moviesA Drive Through Bunker Hill and Downtown Los Angeles, ca. A Drive Through Bunker Hill and Downtown Los Angeles, ca. process plates, stock footage, Bunker Hill, Los Angeles, film noir, automobiles, Southern California. 1940s.