Title supplied by cataloger.; Photograph edited for publication. The Historic Hollywood Photographs Collection includes over 12,000 images from 1880 to 2012, chronicling both Hollywood's evolution from a dusty outpost to a global legend and Los Angeles communities and neighborhoods. The collection's official history began in 1972 after historian/photographer/author Bruce Terence inherited the photographs from his Hollywood pioneer grandfathers, developer Charles E. Toberman and actor Ernest Torrence. Over the decades, Torrence added his own photographs, creating the impressively comprehensive collection that is available today. In 2019, Torrence retired and sold the collection to Stephen and Christy McAvoy, both Los Angeles natives with a passion for history, photography, and preservation. Stephen (1945-2023) was a retired CPA and avid photo collector whose parents worked in the Ink & Paint Department at Walt Disney Studios from the 1930s to 1970s, while Christy, a trailblazer in the field of historic preservation and architectural consulting in Hollywood, is recognized as having co-founded Hollywood Heritage and the Historic Resources Group. Her dedicated preservation efforts also include having served as president of the Los Angeles Conservancy and the California Preservation Foundation, and as an Advisor to the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The McAvoys, with the help of their daughter, artist/photographer Carly Caryn, maintained the physical collection and its online access until May 1, 2024, when the collection was acquired by the Los Angeles Public Library. Aerial photograph looking northeast at the block of Hollywood Boulevard between Orange Drive (lower left) and Highland Avenue (upper right). Notable structures include the Rollin B. Lane Estate (upper left, later the Magic Castle), Grauman's Chinese Theatre (center), the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel (left of center), Hollywood Hotel (right of center), the Max Factor Building (upper right), and the First National Bank of Hollywood (upper right).
Central business districts Stores & shops Streets Dwellings Hotels Chinese Theatre (Los Angeles, Calif.) Architecture--Chinese influences Architecture--Spanish influences First National Bank of Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Motion picture theaters Art deco (Architecture) Commercial buildings Hollywood Hotel (Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.) Bank buildings Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments Roads--Interchanges and intersections Office buildings Lost architecture Parking lots Max Factor Building (Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.) Rollin B. Lane Estate (Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.) Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel (Los Angeles, Calif.) Orange Drive (Los Angeles, Calif.) Highland Avenue (Los Angeles, Calif.) Hollywood Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.) Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Lee, S. Charles Farwell, Lyman Dennis, Oliver Perry Meyer & Holler Aerial photographs
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