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A Wandering Tour of L.A.
 
A Wandering Tour of Los Angeles beginning in Hollywood, 1909. From Hollywood to Los Angeles.
 
By Melinda Pillsbury-Foster


The Hollywood of 1909 was a quiet place, mostly large homes on one or two acres of land. Most families were beginning to exchange their horses for automobiles; their barns converted to auto garages while harness and other gear often lingered on hooks next to the collection of parts and tools the adventurous automobilist needed to keep his vehicle moving. 

One such family lived on the corner of what was then North Palm Boulevard and what had recently been renamed Hollywood Boulevard. Their home was set on two acres and rose to two stories; fruit trees and a railroad the three children could sit in to ride wandered through the small orchard at the rear of the property.  MORE

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