View of City Hall building (200 N Spring St, Los Angeles, CA 90012, United States) in Los Angeles circa 1950. Camera view pans down to shops and other buildings in the 200 and 100 blocks of North Main Street, Los Angeles, California. Pedestrians cross the street. A sign reads 'No Parking'. A road is lined on either side by trees. Various views of Los Angeles landmarks: A sign reads 'Hancock Park, La Brea Pits'. View of Griffith Observatory (2800 E Observatory Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90027, United States). Scenes in Chinatown and view of Grauman's Chinese Theatre (6925 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90028, United States) with visitors looking at movie star names in cement of sidewalk on Hollywood Walk of Fame. The photographer takes pictures. A license plate on an out-of-town vehicle, from Idaho, reads 'World Famous Potatoes' and contains a picture of a potato.
Landmarks and street scenes in Hollywood and Los Angeles California circa 1950. People stand on streets of Los Angeles. A traffic light on the street with a sign reading 'Stop'. Cars and buses on the roads. Pedestrians cross streets. Red Cross flags fly from many buildings on the street. A street car or trolley passes. View of Grauman's Chinese Theater. Heavy traffic on freeway and streets of Los Angeles, as seen from street corners and point of view shots from a moving vehicle. Cars on South Grand Avenue at the Biltmore Hotel (510 S. Grand Avenue Los Angeles). Smog visible in some of the scenes. View from inside descending rail car on the Los Angeles Incline Railway (Angel's Flight narrow gauge funicular railway) at 3rd and Hill Streets. Passengers on the other car pass as they ascend.
Crocodiles and alligators basking in the sun at a zoo. A large house with gardens. View of La Cienega Blvd. including the Coronet Theatre at 366 North La Cienega. Hollywood Memorial Park Cemetery. Cars on a road. Mountains in the background. A man stands near his car. The car is parked in front of a flower shop. The man buys flowers. View of City Hall and shops nearby. A sign reads 'Brilliant furniture Company.
A view of shopping areas in Hollywood, Los Angeles California. A sign on a shop reads 'The liquor beer, coca coal, magazines and we never close'. Traffic on the Los Angeles street. Pedestrians and vehicles pass by. Hotel and shops on street. Building of 'Universal Pictures Company Inc' movie studio. A bus stands outside Universal Pictures Company. Interior of the bus. Cars parked in the background. A sign reads 'Main auto gate'. Bus passes by. A sign reads 'RKO Radio Pictures Inc.'. Posters near the sign of RKO (Radio-Keith-Orpheum) Radio Pictures. Advertisement for Walt Disney's 1950 Cinderella film.
A sign reads 'Hancock Park, La Brea Pits'. Cars passing by. The road is lined with trees on the sides. Pedestrians on the street. Buildings in the background. Flowing water. Buildings on the ground. Trees and mountains in view. Famous Hollywood sign on mountain side in far background.
Pedestrians crossing busy intersection in downtown Los Angeles in 1950. South La Cienega area in Los Angeles shows several small houses and numerous oil well derricks in view. Close up of Los Angeles oil pumping derrick. View of city and vehicular traffic on street in Hollywood with various late 1940s and 1950 cars and trucks passing by. Elevated, sweeping panoramic view of part of Hollywood in Los Angeles, with hills in background, and Hollywood sign seen in the distance, faintly.
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