Portrait of a family in Los Angeles, California, 1930.
Source: German Federal Archive

Portrait of a family in Los Angeles, California, 1930.

Source: German Federal Archive

The Hollywood sign in disrepair, Los Angeles, California, ca. 1977.

The Hollywood sign in disrepair, Los Angeles, California, ca. 1977.

 A gondolier on the completed canals of Venice, Los Angeles, California, 1909.
Source: Los Angeles Public Library

 A gondolier on the completed canals of Venice, Los Angeles, California, 1909.

Source: Los Angeles Public Library

Windward Avenue, Venice, California, 1913.
Source: Los Angeles Public Library

Windward Avenue, Venice, California, 1913.

Source: Los Angeles Public Library

Stan’s Drive-In, Hollywood, California, 26 March 1958.

Stan’s Drive-In, Hollywood, California, 26 March 1958.

G.C. Hovey, Bird’s eye view of pier, Long Beach, California, 1905.
Source: Library of Congress

G.C. Hovey, Bird’s eye view of pier, Long Beach, California, 1905.

Source: Library of Congress

Actress Marie McDonald re-enacts her kidnapping in Encino, California, 1957.
Source: Los Angeles Times photographic archive.

Actress Marie McDonald re-enacts her kidnapping in Encino, California, 1957.

Source: Los Angeles Times photographic archive.

The Whisky a Go Go club on the Sunset Strip, West Hollywood, California, early 1970s.

The Whisky a Go Go club on the Sunset Strip, West Hollywood, California, early 1970s.

A neon sign at the Mocambo nightclub on the Sunset Strip, West Hollywood, California, 1955.

A neon sign at the Mocambo nightclub on the Sunset Strip, West Hollywood, California, 1955.

Nestor Studio, Hollywood’s first movie studio, 1912.

Nestor Studio, Hollywood’s first movie studio, 1912.