20 photos of LA in the 1920s
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20 photos of LA in the 1920s
A car driving through the Hollywood Hills beneath the Hollywoodland sign.
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The birth of the film industry
Rehearsal for a silent film at a motion picture studio in Hollywood
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The Pacific Electric railway system
Pacific Electric Rail Car on Hollywood Boulevard
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Santa Monica beach clubs
Crowds of Sunday bathers enjoying the warm waters at Ocean Park Beach in Santa Monica
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A presidential parade
Crowds line the streets of downtown LA to see Herbert Hoover’s motorcade
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The LA Motor Corps
The Los Angeles motor corps with their new fleet of Indian motorcycles
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Major movie studios move in
Aerial view of Stage 6 at the Fox Movietone Studios
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Wilshire Boulevard
Cars converge on the intersection of Western Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard
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LA’s yellow cabs
A cabbie assists two young girls emerging from his cab
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A beachy beauty pageant
Crowds attend a bathing beauty contest in Venice Beach
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LA’s most famous face
Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford canoe along the swimming pool at their Pickfair estate.
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The Hollywood sign
The famed Hollywood sign reading Hollywoodland
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Extra, extra
Hopeful female extras lined up in front of Paramount Studios in Hollywood
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A winning duo
A boy in a small carriage is pulled by two Russian Wolfounds at the Los Angeles Kennel Club
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Field of dreams
A group of men gather outside a radio store to listen to the world series.
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The programmatic movement
Actress Elizabeth Allan stands in front of the ‘Pig Barbecue’ food stand in Hollywood
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An ostrich farm adventure
A woman sits in an ostrich pulled carriage while friends look on
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The University of California, Los Angeles opened
A large dentist hall with patients being qworked on in many rows of treatment chairs
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Aviation Fever
A daredevil climbs between two airplanes in flight
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Movie magic
A movie being shot on a backlot set replica of New York
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A hedonistic lifestyle
An actress drives a car into a casino on a studio backlot
