Fantastic Color Photos Capture Downtown of Los Angeles in the 1940s

   

Here is a fantastic photo collection that shows street scenes of Los Angeles in the 1940s.

 
Hawaii Theater, 5941 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, 1940
 
Looking north on Westwood Boulevard from Wilshire, Los Angeles, 1940

 

Hollywood High School, Los Angeles, 1941

 

Looking east on 5th Street from Figueroa, Los Angeles, 1941

 

Looking east on Wilshire Boulevard from Detroit Street, Los Angeles, 1941

 

Looking north on Westwood Boulevard at Wilshire, Los Angeles, 1941

 

Looking northeast across the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles, 1941

 

Looking west on Hollywood Boulevard at N. McCadden Place, Los Angeles, 1941

 

Oil rigs, Signal Hill, Los Angeles, 1941

 

 Looking west on Wilshire Boulevard from the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, 1942

 

Greyhound, 6th and Los Angeles streets, 1943

 

Looking east on Hollywood Boulevard from Cahuenga, Los Angeles, 1943

 

Hollywood and Vine, Los Angeles, 1944

 

Wilshire Boulevard lightshow, Los Angeles, 1945

 

Los Angeles Railway Birney no. 1031 rolls through the intersection of Temple and Edgeware, 1946

 

The Players Club, 8225 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, 1946
 

 

Looking north on Broadway from just north of 10th Street, Los Angeles, 1947

 

NBC Radio City, Sunset Boulevard at Vine Street, Los Angeles, 1947

 

Late construction shot of Park La Brea, Los Angeles, 1948

 

Looking north on Vine Street from NBC Radio City, Los Angeles, 1948

 

Looking north on Vine Street from Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, 1948

 

 Looking west from Hope Street, Los Angeles, 1948

 

Looking west on Hollywood Boulevard at Vine Street, Los Angeles, 1948

 

Looking west on Hollywood Boulevard from Las Palmas, Los Angeles, 1948

 

Looking northeast at Wilshire Boulevard and La Brea Avenue, Los Angeles, 1949

 

Looking northeast on Los Angeles Street at Sunset Boulevard, 1949

 

NBC Radio City, Sunset and Vine, Los Angeles, 1949

 

Ralphs, Wilshire Boulevard and Crescent Drive, Los Angeles, 1949

 

Snowfall in Los Angeles, 1949

 

Toluca Yard, Los Angeles, 1949

 

Hudson Sales & Service, Los Angeles, ca. 1940s

 

Looking east on Hollywood Boulevard at Cherokee Avenue, Los Angeles, ca. 1940s

 

Looking east on Hollywood Boulevard at Ivar, Los Angeles, ca. 1940s

 

 Looking northeast across N. Main Street, Los Angeles, ca. 1940s

 

McDonnell's, Los Angeles, ca. 1940s

 

Pan Pacific Auditorium in Los Angeles, ca. 1940s

 

 
Venice Boulevard at Hope Street, Los Angeles, ca. 1940s