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Originally Posted by Handsome Stranger
Just stumbled across this mystery photo in the "Vintage Los Angeles" pool at Flickr. It's dated February 1938 but there's no specific location given. Griffith Observatory is barely visible at the left.
It looks like the cross street in the middle of the photo intersects at an angle, which made me think it could be San Vicente. But I can't quite match up the topography in the photo with the intersections of San Vicente I am familiar with.
Anyone have any insight into where this photo might have been taken?
source: Flickr |
Thanks for the picture and question
Handsome Stranger. My guess is Wilshire Blvd around Doheney or Robertson.
In this pre Beverly Wilshire Hotel 1929 shot of Wilshire in Beverly Hills, you can see the water tower in West Hollywood that serves as a reference to the mystery shot. I think it was taken further east around Doheney or Robertson.
http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics01/00020301.jpg
http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics01/00020301.jpg
In this 1929 photo of Wilshire looking east from Fairfax, you can see the transition from the characteristic Los Angeles Wilshire street lights, to the Beverly Hills Wilshire street lights seen in the mystery photo.
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/assets...iew/CHS-7136.1
But in this areal looking NW from Wilshire and Doheny the Wilshire street lights are not the same.
http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics01/00020269.jpg
So, in the end I'm still stumped! It could be Olympic or even Pico, on the eastern side of Beverly Hills though, for sure.