May 1922: 78-year-old Robert T. Lincoln (son of Abraham Lincoln) is helped up the steps at the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. [1740x2048]2yr ⋅ fiizok ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
The White House swimming pool, 1946. This is now the Briefing Room. [1200x910]5yr ⋅ fiizok ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
August 22, 1902: Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first American President to ride publicly in an automobile. The car was a Columbia Victoria Phaeton, an electric vehicle. [1193x895]1yr ⋅ fiizok ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
1964 prediction of instant messaging technology in the far off year of 20044yr ⋅ fiizok ⋅ r/RetroFuturism
A strawberry field in Hollywood, California, about 1905. This is approximately where the El Capitan Theatre and Jimmy Kimmel Live now stand. Prospect Avenue was renamed Hollywood Boulevard in 1910. (1405x1004)5yr ⋅ fiizok ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Some hippies hanging out in the yard at Mama Cass Elliot's home in Laurel Canyon, late 1960s (Photo by Henry Diltz)9mo ⋅ fiizok ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
I see your Yul Brynner in 1956 arriving to the premiere of The Ten Commandments and I raise you Yul Brynner in drag in The Magic Christian (1969)1yr ⋅ fiizok ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
1926: Alfred Hitchcock directing The Mountain Eagle. The woman standing behind him is his wife, Alma Reville. The movie is now lost; no copies are known to exist. [797x1024]5yr ⋅ fiizok ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Paul R. Williams, noted African American architect who designed many significant buildings in Los Angeles including the Saks Fifth Avenue store in Beverly Hills and the Theme Building at LAX, will be featured in a documentary airing tonight at 8:00 on PBS SoCal (KOCE Channel 50).4yr ⋅ fiizok ⋅ r/LosAngeles
Widescreen flat panel color television sets in restaurants and bars, as predicted in this ad from 19464yr ⋅ fiizok ⋅ r/RetroFuturism
Silver Lake isn't called Silver Lake because the water looks silvery. It's named for Herman Silver, former President of the Los Angeles City Water Commission and the Los Angeles City Council. (His beard does look kinda silvery, tho.)1yr ⋅ fiizok ⋅ r/LosAngeles
Gloria Vanderbilt photographed by John Rawlings for a Ponds Cold Cream advertisement in Vogue magazine, 19451yr ⋅ fiizok ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
The neighborhood of Surfridge, located west of the Los Angeles Airport, in 1949 (top), 1955 (lower left), and 2015 (lower right). Surfridge became increasingly uninhabitable in the 1950s as the airport expanded and the jet age began. By the early 1970s all of the houses had been demolished.4yr ⋅ fiizok ⋅ r/VintageLA
1957 magazine article about the corrupting effects of television on children11mo ⋅ fiizok ⋅ r/VintageTV
Convair Model 118 ConvAirCar prototype flying over the San Diego area, November 19474yr ⋅ fiizok ⋅ r/RetroFuturism
Bertha Boronda was arrested in 1907 after she sliced off her husband's penis. She was convicted of the crime of mayhem and imprisoned for five years. She and her husband Frank were divorced, and both eventually married again. [810 x 963]1yr ⋅ fiizok ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Mrs. Gerson, director of the Teen-age Beauty Farm in Malibu, California. Girls staying there received help with weight problems, skin problems, and were taught poise and social graces. (1963)1yr ⋅ fiizok ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Fantastic textile design on a shirt worn by Richard Crenna in a 1955 episode of Our Miss Brooks.1yr ⋅ fiizok ⋅ r/midcenturymodern
Crowds in Sylmar witness water arriving in the Los Angeles Aqueduct on its first day of operation, 5 November 1913.4yr ⋅ fiizok ⋅ r/VintageLA
Figueroa Street tunnels in 1935, before the tunnels became part of the northbound Harbor Freeway.4yr ⋅ fiizok ⋅ r/VintageLA
Portion of a 1937 map showing some of the original Spanish and Mexican ranchos of Los Angeles County. Link to downloadable version of the full map in the comments.4yr ⋅ fiizok ⋅ r/VintageLA
Hotel Arcadia, the first upscale hotel on the beach at Santa Monica, circa late 1880s. Among the hotel's many features was a switchback railway (the precursor to modern roller coasters). The hotel opened in 1887 and was demolished in 1909.4yr ⋅ fiizok ⋅ r/VintageLA
The Wilshire Coffee Pot (8601 Wilshire Blvd) in 1925, and the same building repurposed as a Spanish restaurant in the mid-1930s.4yr ⋅ fiizok ⋅ r/VintageLA
Head-on collision on the Arroyo Seco Parkway (the Pasadena Freeway) in the late 1940s, when there was no barrier between southbound and northbound traffic and cars did not have seat belts.4yr ⋅ fiizok ⋅ r/VintageLA
The Long Wharf at the north end of Santa Monica, circa 1893 (top) and 1916 (bottom). Built by the Southern Pacific Railroad Company for cargo and passenger service before the Port of Los Angeles was established. It was also known as the Mile Long Pier despite being a bit less than a mile long.4yr ⋅ fiizok ⋅ r/VintageLA
Sears Roebuck and Company at 5601 Santa Monica Blvd, 1928. The building still stands but has been empty since 2008.4yr ⋅ fiizok ⋅ r/VintageLA
