Here is a fantastic photo collection that shows street scenes of Los Angeles in the 1940s.
Hawaii Theater, 5941 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, 1940 |
Looking north on Westwood Boulevard from Wilshire, Los Angeles, 1940 |
Hollywood High School, Los Angeles, 1941 |
Looking east on 5th Street from Figueroa, Los Angeles, 1941 |
Looking east on Wilshire Boulevard from Detroit Street, Los Angeles, 1941 |
Looking north on Westwood Boulevard at Wilshire, Los Angeles, 1941 |
Looking northeast across the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles, 1941 |
Looking west on Hollywood Boulevard at N. McCadden Place, Los Angeles, 1941 |
Oil rigs, Signal Hill, Los Angeles, 1941 |
Looking west on Wilshire Boulevard from the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, 1942 |
Greyhound, 6th and Los Angeles streets, 1943 |
Looking east on Hollywood Boulevard from Cahuenga, Los Angeles, 1943 |
Hollywood and Vine, Los Angeles, 1944 |
Wilshire Boulevard lightshow, Los Angeles, 1945 |
Los Angeles Railway Birney no. 1031 rolls through the intersection of Temple and Edgeware, 1946 |
The Players Club, 8225 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, 1946 |
Looking north on Broadway from just north of 10th Street, Los Angeles, 1947 |
NBC Radio City, Sunset Boulevard at Vine Street, Los Angeles, 1947 |
Late construction shot of Park La Brea, Los Angeles, 1948 |
Looking north on Vine Street from NBC Radio City, Los Angeles, 1948 |
Looking north on Vine Street from Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, 1948 |
Looking west from Hope Street, Los Angeles, 1948 |
Looking west on Hollywood Boulevard at Vine Street, Los Angeles, 1948 |
Looking west on Hollywood Boulevard from Las Palmas, Los Angeles, 1948 |
Looking northeast at Wilshire Boulevard and La Brea Avenue, Los Angeles, 1949 |
Looking northeast on Los Angeles Street at Sunset Boulevard, 1949 |
NBC Radio City, Sunset and Vine, Los Angeles, 1949 |
Ralphs, Wilshire Boulevard and Crescent Drive, Los Angeles, 1949 |
Snowfall in Los Angeles, 1949 |
Toluca Yard, Los Angeles, 1949 |
Hudson Sales & Service, Los Angeles, ca. 1940s |
Looking east on Hollywood Boulevard at Cherokee Avenue, Los Angeles, ca. 1940s |
Looking east on Hollywood Boulevard at Ivar, Los Angeles, ca. 1940s |
Looking northeast across N. Main Street, Los Angeles, ca. 1940s |
McDonnell’s, Los Angeles, ca. 1940s |
Pan Pacific Auditorium in Los Angeles, ca. 1940s |
Venice Boulevard at Hope Street, Los Angeles, ca. 1940s |
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