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r/VintageLA

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Here you will find pictures and stories of LA from the good ol' days.

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6 months ago
Preview thumbnail for Goodnight LA - Los Angeles Music Video Show - Local Bands - July 12 (1985) image
Goodnight LA - Los Angeles Music Video Show - Local Bands - July 12 (1985)
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6 months ago
Preview thumbnail for Market Basket, somewhere in L.A., from a circa 1956 Saturday Evening Post article. image
Market Basket, somewhere in L.A., from a circa 1956 Saturday Evening Post article.
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6 months ago
Preview thumbnail for Fans of Gilda Radner have their picture taken with the comedienne at Los Cerritos Center in Cerritos during her book signing for Roseanne Roseannadanna's "Hey, get back to work!" Book (1985) image
Fans of Gilda Radner have their picture taken with the comedienne at Los Cerritos Center in Cerritos during her book signing for Roseanne Roseannadanna's "Hey, get back to work!" Book (1985)
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6 months ago
Preview thumbnail for 1986 College Hospital "Teen program" Los Angeles Local TV Commercial image
1986 College Hospital "Teen program" Los Angeles Local TV Commercial
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6 months ago
Preview thumbnail for 1986 Pioneer Chicken "King Kong Monster of a deal" TV Commercial image
1986 Pioneer Chicken "King Kong Monster of a deal" TV Commercial
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10 months ago
Preview thumbnail for Fun picture Hollywood Hills 1932 v. 2021 image
Fun picture Hollywood Hills 1932 v. 2021
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6 months ago
Preview thumbnail for Menu from The Spaghetti Castle located at 16325 Ventura Boulevard, between Hayvenhurst & Liberti, in Encino, CA, late 1970s. image
Menu from The Spaghetti Castle located at 16325 Ventura Boulevard, between Hayvenhurst & Liberti, in Encino, CA, late 1970s.
in Boulevard, CA
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6 months ago
Preview thumbnail for The center court at Puente Hills Mall in City of Industry, CA, as photographed in early 1984 for a Southern California Rapid Transit System promotion. Less than a year later, Puente Hills Mall would be a filming site (exteriors only) for Back To The Future. Shared from the Metro Library and Archive image
The center court at Puente Hills Mall in City of Industry, CA, as photographed in early 1984 for a Southern California Rapid Transit System promotion. Less than a year later, Puente Hills Mall would be a filming site (exteriors only) for Back To The Future. Shared from the Metro Library and Archive
in Industry, CA
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6 months ago
Preview thumbnail for Steven Goldsmith and Rich Blum driving their "People Powered Vehicle," pedal car down Fairfax Avenue in Los Angeles, 1973 image
Steven Goldsmith and Rich Blum driving their "People Powered Vehicle," pedal car down Fairfax Avenue in Los Angeles, 1973
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6 months ago
Preview thumbnail for Sunset Blvd. near Larrabee, 1979. image
Sunset Blvd. near Larrabee, 1979.
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6 months ago
Preview thumbnail for East Los Angeles Christmas parade, Olympic Torch runners float, Los Angeles, 1984 image
East Los Angeles Christmas parade, Olympic Torch runners float, Los Angeles, 1984
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6 months ago
Preview thumbnail for Dolores Drive-In on Wilshire Blvd. in Los Angeles, 1980 image
Dolores Drive-In on Wilshire Blvd. in Los Angeles, 1980
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6 months ago
Preview thumbnail for Stevie Wonder participating in a raffle at Fox Hills Mall, Los Angeles, 1982 image
Stevie Wonder participating in a raffle at Fox Hills Mall, Los Angeles, 1982
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6 months ago
Preview thumbnail for Ventura Boulevard in Studio City (1962) image
Ventura Boulevard in Studio City (1962)
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6 months ago
Preview thumbnail for Darryl Strawberry at bat during Crenshaw High School game in Los Angeles., 1980 image
Darryl Strawberry at bat during Crenshaw High School game in Los Angeles., 1980
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6 months ago
Preview thumbnail for Captain Joe Sandoval, Los Angeles Police Department (August 5, 1983) image
Captain Joe Sandoval, Los Angeles Police Department (August 5, 1983)
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6 months ago
Preview thumbnail for Bar of the Bullocks Wilshire Tea Room in Los Angeles, 1980 image
Bar of the Bullocks Wilshire Tea Room in Los Angeles, 1980
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6 months ago
Preview thumbnail for The owner of The Tanaka Co., located at 339 (street unidentified), stands outside his store as families look at various toys in the display windows. Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, CA. Photo dated: December 8, 1941. image
The owner of The Tanaka Co., located at 339 (street unidentified), stands outside his store as families look at various toys in the display windows. Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, CA. Photo dated: December 8, 1941.
in Los Angeles, CA
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6 months ago
Preview thumbnail for Dentist Dr. Scott Jacks examining one patient while two other patients play video games in waiting area, South Gate, 1982 image
Dentist Dr. Scott Jacks examining one patient while two other patients play video games in waiting area, South Gate, 1982
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6 months ago
Preview thumbnail for Photograph caption dated August 2, 1978 reads, “Barry Collier, PSA assistant manager at Los Angeles International Airport demonstrates the airlines’ newly installed automated ticket-vending machine. Called FASTICKET, it allows customers possessing any one of six credit cards.” image
Photograph caption dated August 2, 1978 reads, “Barry Collier, PSA assistant manager at Los Angeles International Airport demonstrates the airlines’ newly installed automated ticket-vending machine. Called FASTICKET, it allows customers possessing any one of six credit cards.”
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6 months ago
Preview thumbnail for Otto's Pink Pig, Sherman Oaks CA, 1940s image
Otto's Pink Pig, Sherman Oaks CA, 1940s
in California
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6 months ago
Preview thumbnail for New Year's Eve at 7th Street and Broadway, Los Angeles (CA), 1951 image
New Year's Eve at 7th Street and Broadway, Los Angeles (CA), 1951
in Los Angeles, CA
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6 months ago
Preview thumbnail for Photojournalist Elisa Leonelli as Santa in front of La Brea Circus, Los Angeles (1979) image
Photojournalist Elisa Leonelli as Santa in front of La Brea Circus, Los Angeles (1979)
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6 months ago
Preview thumbnail for 1992 Al Greenwood's Bedspread Kingdom "The largest bedspread store in the US" LA Local TV Commercial image
1992 Al Greenwood's Bedspread Kingdom "The largest bedspread store in the US" LA Local TV Commercial
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6 months ago
Preview thumbnail for BBQ Pete at 11109 So. Hawthorne Blvd, Inglewood, CA (1962) image
BBQ Pete at 11109 So. Hawthorne Blvd, Inglewood, CA (1962)
in Inglewood, CA