LA History

(1901)* - A man walks through a sweet pea field located at about Fairfax and Sunset, in West Hollywood.

(1901)* - Fields, farm buildings and distant mountains mark the future site of Hollywood High School. Six and a quarter acres were purchased for the high school for $8,000 in 1904. Photo dated: 1901.

(1902)* - Panoramic view of Hollywood, looking southeast from Laughlin Park at Franklin and Western Avenues in 1902. Numerous orchards are seen, with a few homes and farm buildings.

(1902)* - Tree-lined, unpaved Santa Monica Blvd. at Western looking west in 1902. A few houses are shown along with a man sitting on a log. The house on the left is on the southwest corner.

(1902)* - East on Sunset Boulevard from Fairfax Avenue in 1902.

(1902)* - Residences on Wilcox Avenue in 1903, looking north from Hollywood Boulevard.

(1903)* - This was Hollywood's first grocery store, established in the 1890s on the northwest corner of Sunset and Cahuenga. This two-story structure has a few signs on the side of the building which read, "Hollywood cash grocery", "Choice family groceries", "Ask for German family soap", and "Flour feed and grain". A horse and buggy are parked along the store entrance

(1903)* - View of the Hollywood Hotel on April 26, 1903, showing a gathering of people, five with identical open-air automobiles. Only the original portion of the hotel had been built at this time.

(ca. 1903)* - Vine Street headed north into the hills from Hollywood Boulevard. George Hoover’s home is on the far left and the Bartlett residence is at the right. The empty field in right foreground is now the Pantages Theatre.

(ca. 1905) - Hollywood's unpaved Cahuenga Pass, ca.1905. There is a narrow dirt road winding its way through a mountainous pass covered with trees and bushes. In the lower left corner, there are two horse-drawn wagons and a single pedestrian.

(ca. 1905) - Photograph of the residence of A.G. Bartlett on Hollywood Boulevard between Vine Street and Gower Street, ca.1905. A plowed field is separated from crop rows by a picket fence, behind which a mansion, next to which a windmill stands, is visible on a hill, overlooking the crops. To its left, steps with railing lead down the hill to a smaller house, possibly a barn. Beyond this property, divided by yet another fence, more houses can be seen in the distance in front of the mountains.

(1905) - View of large residential homes in Hollywood, north from near Sunset and Highland.

(ca. 1905) - Panoramic view of Hollywood, seen from Whitley Heights circa 1905. A few houses are scattered about, and a winding street is seen. The curved configuration of Highland between the East and West sections of Franklin Ave still exists today.

(ca. 1905) - Exterior view of the original Moorish/Mission Revival style building on the campus of Immaculate Heart College, located at 5515 Franklin Avenue in Hollywood. A cow can be seen grazing in the field in the foreground.

(ca. 1907) - View of the original campus of Immaculate Heart College, located at 5515 Franklin Avenue in Hollywood, as it appears in the early years of Hollywood when there were few homes (foreground) and large open spaces for agriculture, seen throughout this image.

(1905) - Tourists visiting the famous De Longpre Art Gallery on Hollywood and Cahuenga Boulevards in 1905, traveling via electric cars.

(ca. 1905) - Exterior view of the Mission Revival/Islamic style Hollywood residence once owned by artist Paul de Longpré. The home was located on the west side of Cahuenga Blvd. at Hollywood Blvd.

(ca. 1905) - Interior of the Mission Revival/Islamic style Hollywood residence and art gallery once owned by artist Paul de Longpré. Several of the artist's rose paintings are on display throughout the room shown here. The flowers depicted in the paintings came from his famed garden, which at one time consisted of approximately 4,000 roses. The home was located on the west side of Cahuenga Blvd. at Hollywood Blvd. on property Longpré obtained from Mrs. Wilcox Beveridge after he moved to Los Angeles in 1889. The artist, who was born in Lyons, France, desired the 65-foot-deep lots for an extensive flower garden. The residence was a popular tourist destination for several years and was demolished in 1927.

(ca. 1905) - Panoramic view of Hollywood circa the early 1900s, with scattered houses on the city blocks. In the center of the photo with two towers is the rear of the Paul DeLongpre residence at Hollywood and Cahuenga Boulevards. Highland Avenue is in the foreground.

View of Western Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard, below Sunset in 1905. The ornamental house seen in the background belonged to the Hampton family. Four children, two boys and two girls, stand along the road posing for the camera. In the distance is Mt. Hollywood, the highest peak with an elevation of 1,657 feet. Photo dated: 1905.

(1905) - Early view of Sunset Boulevard as a dirt road with real estate tracts being developed alongside. A team of horses is seen in the middleground and low hills are in the background.

(1905) - View of the Hollywood Hotel in 1905 just after it was enlarged to cover the entire block. Flanking the west side of Highland Avenue, the stucco structure fronted on a dusty, unpaved road with pepper trees that would eventually become Hollywood Boulevard.

(ca. 1910) - Carriage drawn by six horses in front of the Hollywood Hotel circa 1910. Several people are seated in the carriage

(ca. 1905) - Original building of Hollywood High School designed by Burnham and Bliesner in the "Ionic architecture" style. With two stories and a basement, it accommodated 400 students.

Hollywood High School (at center), 1906, one year after it opened.