View of Broadway looking north from Olympic Boulevard (then Tenth Street), circa 1929. The United Artists Theatre is visible on the left. In the distance behind it is future site of the Art Deco-style Eastern Columbia building, completed in 1930.
Part of the Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection in the USC Digital Library.
Today is National Bike to Work Day. Here, Los Angeles Police Department officers ride their bicycles down Broadway in May 1904.
Part of the Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection in the USC Digital Library.
The Farmers Market has been at Third and Fairfax since 1934. How did it get there? Discover the story of this L.A. institution in L.A. as Subject’s latest Los Angeles Magazine blog post.
A horse-drawn food truck in front of the University of Southern California campus in 1910.
Part of the University of Southern California History Collection in the USC Digital Library.
Northeast corner of Fifth and Spring streets in downtown Los Angeles, ca. 1905.
Part of the Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection in the USC Digital Library.
Never mind its pronunciation — here’s how Los Feliz looked in 1928.
Part of the Automobile Club of Southern California collection in the USC Digital Library.
A run on the All Night And Day Bank at the corner of Sixth and Spring in downtown Los Angeles, 1910.
Part of the Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection in the USC Digital Library.
Scene from a Hitchcock movie? No, this was the Los Angeles pigeon farm, at its peak home to 100,000 birds. Discover more in L.A. as Subject’s latest KCET contribution.
Where did all of L.A.’s wildflowers go? The Altadena poppy field shown here in 1907 is now a suburban neighborhood.
(Part of the TICOR/Pierce Collection in the USC Digital Library)
Still growing today, the palm tree shown here in 1888 may be L.A.’s oldest. Where can you see it? Find out in L.A. as Subject’s latest CityDig post for Los Angeles magazine.
