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Old Posted Mar 8, 2014, 10:18 PM
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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality View Post

I couldn't find a full view of La Rue, but here's it's awning. (that's the world famous Trocadero nightclub across the street)


http://hollywoodphotographs.com/
I found a video of Sunset Strip in the 1940s on YouTube which I believe shows the outside of La Rue. The picture quality isn't great, but it's better than nothing.



YouTube/Ed Ruther

The same building in 1950. The sign over the door says "The Clearing House Of Information On Public Figures".


hollywoodphotographs.com

By 1973 it had become Holly's Harp, which I think was a clothing store.


hollywoodphotographs.com

Still there today.


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