Hollywood after dark, circa 1955.

The photo, part of the Dick Whittington Photography Collection in the USC Digital Library, looks north up Vine Street from the corner of Vine and Sunset Boulevard.

Hollywood in 1907. The view looks northeast from Hollywood High School and shows Highland Ave. in the foreground with the City of Hollywood — then an independent municipality — in the distance.

Part of the Title Insurance and Trust / C.C. Pierce Photography Collection in the USC Digital Library.

1927 view of the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street, looking northeast.

1939 aerial view of Cahuenga Pass, where the Hollywood (101) Freeway crosses the Santa Monica Mountains today.

1925 view of Hollywood from Rossmore Ave. and Rosewood Ave., showing the Hollywoodland sign in the distance.

Hollywood, circa 1895: two girls stand on Sunset Boulevard near Gower Street.

Photo of Hollywood, taken on this day in 1929 from Barnsdall Art Park.

Circa 1900 view of East Hollywood, looking north from the corner of Normandie and Melrose

Snow at the corner of Hollywood Blvd. and Cherokee Ave. in 1912

A rain-soaked Hollywood Boulevard, decorated for the holidays as Santa Claus Lane, circa 1930s.