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3,022 Los Angeles 1940 Stock Photos and High-res Pictures

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Vintage illustrated linen postcard published in 1940 from series depicting Los Angeles Souvenir Views, here a view of manicured flower beds and...

Vintage souvenir postcard, Elysian Park, Los Angeles Souvenir Views series, 1940

Pictured: Bette Davis thanks President Roosevelt for his talk at the Motion Picture Academy banquet during the 13th Annual Academy Awards held at the...

The 13th Annual Academy Awards

Pictured: Producer Walter Wanger, NBC announcer Ken Carpenter, maestro Chuck Foster during the 13th Annual Academy Awards held at the Biltmore Bowl...

The 13th Annual Academy Awards

1940s movie premiere, hollywood, california - los angeles 1940 stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

1940S MOVIE PREMIERE, HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA

Decal of Coulter's department store in Los Angeles reads "Coulter's ultra modern building, 5600 Wilshire Blvd. 60 years of progress" from 1940 in USA.

Vintage illustrated linen postcard published in 1940 from series depicting Los Angeles Souvenir Views, here an aerial view of LA's civic center,...

Vintage souvenir postcard, LA Civic Center, Los Angeles Souvenir Views series, 1940

Vintage illustrated linen postcard published in 1940 from series depicting Los Angeles Souvenir Views, here a bird's eye view of the the Planetarium...

Vintage souvenir postcard, Griffith Park, Planetarium, Los Angeles Souvenir Views series, 1940

Vintage illustrated linen postcard published in 1940 from series depicting Los Angeles Souvenir Views, here a view of bustling crowds in downtown Los...

Vintage souvenir postcard, Downtown, 7th and Broadway, Los Angeles Souvenir Views series, 1940

Vintage illustration of Greetings from Los Angeles, California large letter vintage postcard, 1940s.

Greetings from Los Angeles, California

British singer-songwriter-musician John Lennon is held back from attacking a photographer by American singer-songwriter-musician Harry Nilsson and an...

John Lennon and Harry Nilsson Thrown Out Of The Troubadour Nightclub

Walt Disney plays with his daughter and dog in his garden circa 1940 in Los Angeles, California.

Walt Disney At Home

Vintage souvenir postcard published in 1940 from series depicting movie star homes, here in an aerial view of the Pacific Coast Highway and a strip...

Vintage souvenir postcard, Movie Star Homes, Santa Monica, 1940

Singer, musician and songwriter John Lennon , a former member of British pop group The Beatles, attends the American Film Institute's tribute to...

View over Los Angeles, California, circa 1940.

Los Angeles View

Osaka Company, Grand Central Hotel, Arizona Cafe, Azteca Restaurant, Golden Gate Cafe Chop Suey, Los Angeles, California, ca 1920-1940.

Osaka Company, Grand Central Hotel, Arizona Cafe, Azteca Restaurant, Golden Gate Cafe Chop Suey

Los Angeles, California: Jimmy Thompson, west coast star, is shown driving off at the opening of the 15th annual Los Angeles Country Club. Watching...

Jimmy Thompson in Golfing Swing near Large Trophy Replica

Former Beatle John Lennon in Beverly Hills, California, 1979.

1940s The Los Angeles Times Newspaper December 8 1941 Headlines Its War Japanese Bombed Pearl Harbor Los Angeles Ca USA.

1940s THE LOS ANGELES TIMES...

1940s VIEW OVERLOOKING UNIVERSAL CITY CA USA

1940s VIEW OVERLOOKING...

Third of a series of three pictures showing stages of smog formation in Los Angeles, California, 1940s.

1940's classic car - los angeles 1940 stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

1940's Classic Car

1940s Art deco nbc radio city building razed 1964 at sunset and vine cbs studio in distance hollywood los angeles california USA.

1940s Art Deco Nbc Radio Ci...

Pictured: Actor Spencer Tracy, Vivien Leigh winner of Best Actress for "Gone With the Wind" during the 12th Annual Academy Awards held at the...

The 12th Annual Academy Awards

Room, Ca' Vendramin Calergi, venice, 1930-40.

Room, Ca' Vendramin Calergi, venice, 1930-40

Ku Klux Klan Parade In Los Angeles On March 31St 1940

Ku Klux Klan Parade In Los Angeles On March 31St 1940

‘Greetings from Los Angeles, California’ large letter vintage postcard, 1940s.

Greetings from Los Angeles, California

Vintage souvenir linen postcard published ca 1938 from series depicting Hollywood and movie star homes, mansions and grand Los Angeles estates, here...

Vintage souvenir postcard, Shirley Temple, Hollywood and Movie Star Homes series, ca 1938

An injured African American man and four police officers sit inside an ambulance during riots in Los Angeles. 1940s.

Police and a Man Wounded in Los Angeles Riots

Second of a series of three pictures showing stages of smog formation in Los Angeles, California, 1940s.

First of a series of three pictures showing stages of smog formation in Los Angeles, California, 1940s.

An unidentified parking attend hands a ticket to a man in a suit as they both stand, beside two-door Packard automobile on the driveway at the...

Mr Lacy Drops Off His Car At The Hillcrest Country Club

Photograph of a birdseye view of several blocks in Los Angeles showing construction of Olympic Boulevard in the middle. 'Received. Examiner Reference...

Birdseye view of several blocks in Los Angeles showing construction of Olympic Boulevard in the middle, 1940

Downtown, Los Angeles, California, 1940.

Downtown Los Angeles

Intersection of North Wilmington Avenue and West Compton Boulevard, Compton, CA, 1940.

Compton, Los Angeles

Studio headshot portrait of aspiring American actress and murder victim Elizabeth Short , 1940s. Short became known as the Black Dahlia after her...

Elizabeth Short Portrait

Portrait of aspiring American actress and murder victim Elizabeth Short , 1940s. Short became known as the Black Dahlia after her body was discovered...

Elizabeth Short Portrait

1940s STREET SCENE CARS BUS VIEW DOWN VINE STREET NEAR SUNSET BOULEVARD HOLLYWOOD LOS ANGELES NBC STUDIO THE BROADWAY HOTEL

1940s STREET SCENE CARS...

Downtown Los Angeles, the intersection between Seventh and Broadway, with traffic and a crowd of people, Los Angeles, California, 1940.

Downtown Los Angeles

The annual Santa Claus Lane Parade marches down a brightly lit Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. | View from: Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.

Hollywood Boulevard

Policemen and police car stationed outside of a strip club. According to the club owner, twenty policemen and detectives check out the club at night.

Police Car Outside Strip Club

Hollywood, CA-"Systematic exercise is a must for all actresses," declared Doris Day on the set of Warner Bros.' musical, "Lullaby of Broadway." After...

Doris Day on Her Diving Board

1940s Busy Intersection Broadway And 7Th street Downtown Cars Buses Pedestrians Lowe's state Movie Theater Los Angeles Ca Usa.

1940s Busy Intersection

Vintage illustrated linen postcard published in 1940 from series depicting Los Angeles Souvenir Views, here a view of the new neon - lit Chinatown in...

Vintage souvenir postcard, New Chinatown, Los Angeles Souvenir Views series, 1940

Photograph of a birdseye view of Olympic Boulevard construction. 'This aerial view of the Olympic boulevard construction shows present progress of...

Birdseye view of Olympic Boulevard construction

Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood in the 1940's. The Palladium, where Jimmy Dorsey is playing, and the CBS building are visible on the left.

Sunset Boulevard

Damaged 1931 Ford Tudor, owner Grant G Speer, 1722 Sherbourne Drive, Los Angeles, California, 1940.

1931 Ford Tudor, owner Grant G. Speer, 1722 Sherbourne Drive, Los Angeles, CA, 1940

Cinema Personalities, pic: 5th August 1950, Zany Russian born comic Mischa Auer, who made Hollywood films as early as the 1930's and 1940's pictured...

Cinema Personalities. pic: 5th August 1950. Zany Russian born comic Mischa Auer, who made Hollywood films as early as the 1930's and 1940's pictured with his wife Suzanne.

Hollywood, UNITED STATES: In this 1969 photo, US actor John Wayne accepts his Best Actor Oscar from US singer and actress Barbara Streisand. Wayne...

In this 1969 photo, US actor John Wayne...

1940s VIEW FROM DRIVEWAY OF PRIVATE HOME OVERLOOKING SAN FERNANDO VALLEY CA USA

1940s VIEW FROM DRIVEWAY...

1940s 1950s AERIAL VIEW TOURNAMENT OF ROSES PARADE PASADENA CALIFORNIA USA

1940s 1950s AERIAL VIEW...

Photograph of the 'new' Chamber of Commerce Building, looking east from Twelfth Street and Hill Street, Los Angeles, California, January 7, 1940.

"New" Chamber of Commerce Building, 12th & Hill St. (dedicated 1924)

The Dunbar Hotel was once the heart of the African American community in Los Angeles, where jazz legends stayed and performed in the 1930s and 1940s....

The Dunbar Hotel was once the heart of the African American community in Los Angeles, where jazz le

British singer-songwriter-musician John Lennon and his girlfriend American May Pang sit at their table during the gala dinner for the American Film...

May Pang & John Lennon At AFI Tribute

Actor Robert Taylor and his wife actress Barbara Stanwyck talk with actor Spencer Tracey at an event in Los Angeles, California.

Comedian Jack Benny attends a Polo Match with Ginger Rogers in Los Angeles, California.

Jack Benny and Ginger Rogers

Actress Bette Davis talks with Howard Hughes at an event in Los Angeles, California.

Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughn, and Louis Armstrong

Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughn, and Louis Armstrong

American actors James Stewart and Ginger Rogers , arms locked and Oscars in hand, gaze into each other's eyes at the 1940 Academy Awards banquet, Los...

Stewart & Rogers Celebrate Oscar Wins

Westward view of Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, 1940s.

View Of Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles

Historian Alan Morris Schom holds a copy of the 1940 Swiss pro-Nazi newspaper "Deutsch Zeitung in der Schwiz", during a press conference 10 June in...

Historian Alan Morris Schom holds a copy of the 19

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