What Hollywood Once Looked Like 1880s-1910
February 07, 2013
Fairfax and Sunset, 1901
Franklin Avenue Bridge near Bronson Ave. , 1904
Future site of Hollywood High School, 1901
Future site of Melrose and Normandie, 1906
Gower and Beachwood from Krotona Hill, 1899
Hammel and Denker Ranch, 1900
Highland Avenue north of Hollywood Boulevard, 1906

Hollywood and Cahuenga Blvds, 1901

Hollywood taken from Laughlin Park at Franklin and Western Avenues, 1909
Hollywood, seen from Whitley Heights c.1905
Hollywood’s first grocery store, established in the 1890s on the northwest corner of Sunset and Cahuenga, 1903

Krotona Hill, located near Gower and Beachwood Drive, 1880
Laurel Canyon, 1898
Looking north toward the later Vermont Ave. and Los Feliz Blvd. area from Olive Hill, 1896
Looking southeast from Laughlin Park at Franklin and Western Avenues, 1902
Lookout Inn, south from Lookout Mountain in Hollywood, 1916
Melrose Avenue, at Western Avenue, c.1910
Olive Hill, c.1900
Olive Hill, c.1900
Panoramic view of Hollywood, 1900
Pineapple plantation, northeast corner of Gower and Franklin, c. 1880
Santa Monica Blvd. at Western looking west, 1902
Summit of Cahuenga Pass, 1882
Sunset Boulevard, 1905
Sunset Boulevard, just west of Western Ave, looking north. In the foreground is a woman selling melons from a table, 1896
Sunset Boulevard, Looking west from Wilcox near Edgemont, 1883

Vine Street headed north into the hills from Hollywood Boulevard, 1903

West Hollywood, seen from Harper Ranch, 1900
Western Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard, below Sunset, 1905

Wilcox Ave. from south of Hollywood Blvd, c.1890
East on Sunset Boulevard from Fairfax Avenue, 1902

Sources: Los Angeles Public Library / USC Libraries / California Historical Society