Hollywood High School - Poinsettia Yearbook (Hollywood, CA)

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-1 ...Z Hollywood Boulevard looking west from Wilcox in 1923. Will H. Hays, being wel- comed on the banner in the foreground, was a former Postmaster General and President of the Motion Picture Producers Association. His job was to clean up the movies and avoid government censorship. Historical Collection, Security-First National Bank i l 1 A Tin Lizzie -you know it as a Model T-chugs up Cahuenga Pass, near Mulholland. Below the road to the right, a streetcar is whizzing toward North Hollywood. The streetcar got there frst, hack in 1922. Historical Collection. Security-First National Bank , ffQ:.v4.wlf ' 7 ' , ' , ?g, N ' ' ef f ,- ,W- . m f if ' ' ' -., Qgwzff , ,,,, g M . V r ' ,, H . TWO. , I ,,.,. 1-fer ffa: 'ffm , 'srrs 4 i i rsr....r , . W' vm,.sem-f'g1is5y ...,.. D. ,.,. - 45,1 ,,- : yr I . 15 X' f- .Ifaf 'fin ' if-V yi' IVI. ,V-.219 1 fy Af,f k,,Q -35 , I MQW' 4 K if-5452, ,gg,.fff.-,E V- ' s n '.r' 7222- 2. 7-ff' - TPM'-,?,,.e vf'WQ ww-'.'-Ifaiizfx-t5 21,54 'WE' in wffvfzn-inn ,.-. Q w, , f-. ,.,s-. f M5534-VHQEW.4.fq3s?'n:,4gH ,. 'ifE t N 1 f'-' - , -?32flQm '1-'tiff' --.ftfkvfwz of ' ins' V ,rp - Y-1, is-.N 4- 4r'w:3f:,g,ga,,f-fr.. ,:, r,4.,.:,hg,f,v egg, -fbygggsg. ig.-,ffgtg.g--',g4.,gQ,4,A--5'f'wg'341 f.n,az'Qg-gnzvwggitg. y,.r1.wf.i-gig':.smff 445' '4-77 f fcf f 'fil' 'I X ,T e:l?t :lj'vI:f?f ,i'::Sf : . -' 'iff Half .Jr llfI ,fiU, , ' 1 rr.. 1 fe: ,.,. -P be .,, ., , ..,,.., .W I ,, . , - . .,., , ,. . 1 1 fx ,. in ,,..,. 1 V, 1 33: ,SQ yg: 5,6 fy f QV, IOQX -A - I I V' I i X, V .X , V , W zz., , ,,, ,.,, f, ,,.,, fists ua, ,,,, . ',f,.1?-f 5 may 1 V -. ,QL In 1924, Hollywood High School's mag- nificent Memorial Auditorium, dedicated to Holl wood boys who lost their lives in World War I, was opened. One of the earliest shots on record of Hol- lywood Bowl-around 1923. The benches tilted at all angeles, but no one cared.

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3.3 Again we're on the hill above Franklin and Orange, but how buildings. To the right of the domed Administration Building is Hollywood has grown! Far to the south, around what is now Science Hall, and next to it is the Industrial Arts building. The Beverly Boulevard, oil wells are sprouting. The school boasts six year is 1913. T his quiet, tree-shaded country lane is Wilcox Avenue, looking north from Hollywood Boulevard, as it appeared in 1903. All around were farms and orchards. Today this is the very heart of H ollywood's business district. Personal collection, Mr. C. E. Toberman The s Title Insurance and Trust Company teep, winding dirt road on the left is Cahuenga Pass. On the right, a steam shovel is excavating the roadbed for the street- car line to the San Fernando Valley. Today, the Hollywood Free- way g oes right through the center of the picture. Title Insurance and Trust Company

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Memorial Auditorium was reconstructed during 1957-58. Always one of the largest auditoriums in Los Angeles, it is today one of the most beautiful. Hollyowod Chamber of Commerce xx, 6 C 5 A careful examination of the picture will reveal the Pilgrimage Playhouse in the up- per right-hand corner. Historical Collection, Security-First National Bank By 1924 our community presented a very grown-up appearance, with skyscrapers clustered in the Hollywood-Vine area and much building in progress. The view is toward the east, with Hollywood Boulevard running diagonally across the shot. The school, still minus a Boys' Gym, is at the bottom right hand corner, Historical Collection, Security-First National Bank The first motion picture was made in Hollywood in 1912, but world-wide renown as the capital of the movies did not arrive until the early 'twenties These are the sets for the 1924 super-spectacle, The Thief of Bagdadf starring Douglas F airbanks. Historical Collection, Security-First National Bank