Aerial view of Cahuenga Pass, December 30, 1939
This nice, clear aerial of the pass is dated a full year after the 'Island' opened for business. I've posted this before and I think it reasonably lays to rest the idea of Monkey Island ruins existing north of Barham Boulevard and
east of what would become the freeway. There doesn't appear to be any construction in that location at a time the 'Island' was up and running. At the same time it does little to improve our quest for a clear image of the attraction and its relation to the immediate neighborhood. Because of the time it existed and the proliferation of vacationers and military men and women and the easy availability of small, affordable cameras, I have to believe the shot we're all looking for exists somewhere, a snapshot in a family scrapbook, a publicity still, something.
USC digital archive/California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960