Initially posted by HANDSOME STRANGER. Vine Street circa 1953.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/electrospark/
This is one of my favorite photographs of Hollywood.
below: Here is another photo with the same banners. This is looking west on Hollywood Boulevard.
I've posted this once before....I can't recall the source.
below: Banners at Hollywood & Vine 7 years earlier (1946). I believe these banners are slightly different.
http://www.theblackdahliainhollywood.com/
below: Now jump in the Way Back Machine.
Banners along Spring Street in 1929. At right is the brand new Los Angeles City Hall.
usc digital archive
below: Banners over the 4th Street viaduct in 1931.
usc digital archive
below: Banners in front of Grand Central Market downtown (no date given).
LAPL
below: Banners as far south as Crenshaw and 48th Street.
usc digital archive
below: Back in Hollywood 1947.
ucla digital archive
below: There is no description with this photograph. The banner seems to have the American Legion logo.
Does anyone know where this is?
unkown
below: A tourist snapshot showing banners over Vine Street near the NBC Radio Studios.
ebay
below: Another ebay find. The banner says Teen Age something.....perhaps Fair?
ebay
below: Extensive use of banners over Hollywood Blvd. as late as 1961.
unknown
So who owned these banners....the city? Did they rent them out like you would rent a billboard?
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Also...thanks for the recording history of 6000 Sunset Boulevard 3940dxer. That building has a wonderful legacy.
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