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Order Number	00072195
Title	Hollywood panorama toward Cahuenga Pass
Studio	Robert E. Phair Corp.
Collection ID	Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession	Hollywood-Views, Panoramic.
Date	Circa 1940
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w
Description	Panoramic view of Hollywood looking northwest toward the Cahuenga Pass. The cluster of buildings in the middle portion of this urban jungle are: KNX and CBS Radio Playhouse (short, windowless building mid-photo); Plaza Hotel; Broadway Hollywood; Hotel Knickerbocker - which are all along the left side of Vine St.; and the Taft Building - across the street on the right side of Vine Street. The three large white buildings running in an east/west direction along Sunset Blvd. are: CBS Television (long horizontal windows on lower right); the famous Hollywood Palladium (semi-domed white roof, lower middle); and NBC Studios (white building with three long, verticle windows) located on the corner of Sunset and Vine. The Hollywood Freeway and Cahuenga Pass are visible at the top of the photo, with the San Fernando Valley far off in the distance.
Subject	Hollywood Plaza Hotel (Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.). Knickerbocker Hotel (Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.). KCBS-TV (Television station : Los Angeles, Calif.). KNBC (Television station : Los Angeles, Calif.). Taft Building (Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.). KNX (Radio station : Los Angeles, Calif.). Broadway Hollywood. Broadcasting studios--California--Los Angeles. Television stations--California--Los Angeles. Express highways--California, Southern. Mountains--California, Southern. Hotels--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles). Dwellings--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles). Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments. Panoramic views San Fernando Valley (Calif.). Hollywood Hills (Los Angeles, Calif.). Santa Monica Mountains (Calif.). Cahuenga Pass (Los Angeles, Calif.). Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.). United States Highway 101.
Coverage	1931; 1932; 1933; 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939; 1940
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection