This is the first of a three part series.
All photos are specific to a particular pocket of Los Angeles known as East Hollywood, and are courtesy of publicly available collections at the University of Southern California Libraries and California Historical Society, as well as at Los Angeles Public Library with the exception of two: The first, taken at LACC by L.A. Times photographer B.I. Oliver on March 13, 1969, and the second, taken by J. Benton Adams at Vermont & Santa Monica, circa 1998.
Hollywood, a land of valleys to be sold according to a map by Harvey Henderson Wilcox and wife Daeida Wilcox, 1887 View of the future site of East Hollywood, pre-Melrose and Normandie avenues, circa 1900 East Hollywood Lemon Groves, circa 1905 Cahuenga Valley Line steam-engine train, from Temple and Hoover street, circa 1905 Cahuenga Public Library on Santa Monica boulevard, 1916 Aerial view of LACC when its campus actually served as the first home of UCLA, 1920 Hollywood Memorial Cemetery showing the Cathedral Mausoleum on the lower west side, circa 1924 Western avenue & Santa Monica boulevard going east, 1924 A home at 519 North Vermont avenue before it was torn down to make room for the 101 Freeway, 1926 Oil heiress Aline Barnsdall donates the “Hollyhock” house to the city of Los Angeles, circa 1927 Flooding on Santa Monica and Sunset boulevard, according to photographer (most likely Sunset junction area today), 1928 Wrecked Nash automobile at 218 North Virgil avenue (right by the historic Public Storage building), circa 1929 American Storage Company building near Virgil avenue and Beverly boulevard, circa 1929 The former Cedars of Lebanon Hospital (now property of Scientology), circa 1930 North Virgil avenue and Santa Monica boulevard rail crossings, 1931 Santa Monica boulevard and North Virgil avenue rail crossings, 1931 Los Angeles City College Administration building, circa 1924 – 1957 Los Angeles City College Administration building, 1938 Red car with the Pacific Electric Railway system travels west on Santa Monica boulevard, 1940 Drivers head south on Vermont avenue from Sunset boulevard, 1949 Opening of the 101 Freeway entrance heading west from Silver Lake boulevard, 1950 The 101 Freeway heading east, as seen from North Vermont Avenue, 1951 Jewish Community building erected (now West Coast University), 1951 Jewish Community building ceremony (now West Coast University), 1951 Car along Santa Monica boulevard heading east of Vermont avenue, circa 1951 Car crash on Vermont avenue just over the Vermont exit for the 101 Freeway, 1955 An aerial view of the “hospital center” of East Hollywood, showing Hollywood Presbyterian hospital as well as Children’s hospital at center, 1968 Photo of a barricade being torn down by students in front of Los Angeles City College during a period of frequent protests against racist policies at L.A. schools, 1969 Students on Vermont avenue after the removal of a barricade in front of LACC during a period of frequent protests against racist policies at L.A. schools, 1969 Drivers wait at a stop light at the intersection of Sunset and Virgil avenue, 1976 A car flown through the window at Vermont and Beverly bank, 1986 A multi-ethnic community of approximately 10,000 commemorate the Armenian genocide at LACC, 1988 Vermont & Santa Monica Metro station wedge, designed by Mehrdad Yazdani, under construction, circa 1998
J.T.