When the Streets Had No Name

Hollywood and Sunset                  Photo Collection, Los Angeles Public Library

There's something so compelling about way-back-when pictures of familiar places. Is that beautiful old building still there? That child on the corner, the couple in the car ~ whatever happened to them? How many levels of change did that block undergo before it became what it is now? Here's a collection of photographs of well-known Los Angeles-area streets when many of them were still just cow paths and dirt roads, plus links to more historical photos:

http://www.kcet.org/updaily/socal_focus/history/la-as-subject/when-las-famous-streets-were-dirt-roads.html