Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Vintage Thingies Thursday - Week Two



This is our second week with Coloradolady vacationing in Hollywood. CA. Trust you will enjoy the last sightseeing of the city. We will take a different tour next week.



Remember this was back in the early 40s. These little cards are not mailable. They are only 2-1/4x3-1/2 inches.





35 comments:

Becky K. said...

The Hollywood Bowl is very cool. How the sound works in these natural settings is amazing.

Becky K.

Stephanie @ La Dolce Vita said...

Love these old cards! They are lovely and really depict that "old Hollywood glamour".

Joy @ Joy Of Desserts said...

Great little cards. Los Angeles was so beautiful and glamorous in those days.

Anonymous said...

What a great collection. Yes the old Hollywood look for sure.
QMM

Postcardy said...

I have never been to Hollywood. I am wondering if those things still look the same.

Unknown said...

You'd never recognize Hollywood now, but the cards are fabulous.

Have a beau-TEA-ful day!
TTFN ~ Hugs, Marydon

Crystal said...

Your cards are so beautiful! It makes me want to travel there!

Teresa said...

these are great. the graphics and artwork are the best.

Jocelyn said...

Wow I love the old post cards! They really remind me of a vintage time. Great collection.

Jocelyn
http://justalittlesouthernhospitality.blogspot.com

Maureen said...

I love your old postcards. When I was a teen and off from school over the summer I loved to watch the old movies at night with starlets like Carole Lombard, Rosalind Russell and Ava Gardner. Those were the days.

Tara Beaulieu said...

More beautiful old postcards of the city, love them! Thanks so much for sharing the glamour of the city, Happy VTT!

farmlady said...

These postcards are real keepsakes. Very "old hollywood".
I saw the Grauman's Chinese Theater when I was a child. It was beautiful.
What treasures these are.

Betsy Banks Adams said...

Beautiful old cards, LV.... They just don't make them like that anymore... I've told you before but somewhere in my stash (from my mother) I have some old cards which are similar. I need to hunt for them sometime.
Hugs,
Betsy

Coloradolady said...

These are real gems!! So glad you saved them. Happy VTT!

Grannys Attic said...

Love the old postcards! Hope you have a blessed week, Vicky

Paulette said...

Those are fabulous old cards. You know what? They just built a new hospital in my city a couple years ago and I kept thinking it looked like it had been there for 50 years. Well, now that I see that CBS building, which looks like the new hospital, I know why! Everything old is new again, even architecture.

Anonymous said...

wow, like it,.. i love the photo's..

NancyCreative said...

Those are neat retro images of Hollywood!

Unknown said...

Wow, those are wonderful! I love the artwork on them and the trip back to that time of glamor!

CC said...

I love these cards..specailly Graumans Chinese Theater and the Hollywood bowl. They're such tiny treasures.. Happy VTT..have a most wonderful weekend..

Ann said...

I like any vintage post cards. I would love to visit Hollywood-never been there. Happy VTT

Tallulah's Antique Closet said...

Hi LV, Great to see old LA. and old HollyWood.

Miri said...

Beautiful cards! They really evoke the Old Hollywood with all its glamour!

Joy @ Joy Of Desserts said...

RE: you comment on my blog.
How wonderful that you have your mother's cookbooks. My mom gave me her first cookbook from when she was a newlywed. I treasure it, plus it contains all my childhood comfort food recipes. It would be wonderful if you would share some of your mom's cookbook recipes (even some of your own, too) with the rest of us through Vintage Recipe Thursday. You wouldn't necessarily have to cook, you could just type out the recipes in your blog, and/or you could photograph them like CC and I did. I'm sure there are some real gems in your collection, and they shouldn't be forgotten or lost. You are warmly invited to join us. :-)

D.E. said...

I have some very similar to those. Hmm have you been in my closet. LOL thanks for the comment. DE

Heart2Heart said...

LV,

Love all these vintage pictures captured from a Hollywood now long gone but definitely not forgotten.

Love and Hugs ~ Kat

Unknown said...

I grew up in southern CA and these old cards remind me of my childhood :)

Blessings!
Gail

Stacey said...

What great cards- And the graphics are really neat!

Personalized Sketches and Sentiments said...

I love old cards, photos, books... I think it's fun to imagine being in the images you shared. I also like to imagine what it was like and who the people were like, when I drive around old neighborhoods, like around the squares of Old Savannah.

Blessings & Aloha!
(LV, you are such a sweet commenter! Thank you for always checking in and saying hello :o)

Michelle said...

What interesting cards! I grew up in a suburb of Los Angeles in the 70's. It was already getting too crowded then. Must have really been beautiful in the 40's and 50's.

Sally Annie Magundy said...

Hi LV!
I'm a Los Angeles native and just love these, thank you so much for sharing them!
And good gosh, did you take that tornado photo?! Please stay safe.

Happy VTT!
Sally

Anna Matthews said...

Fantastic postcards; what a fun tour.

Anna Matthews said...

Fantastic postcards; what a fun tour.

prashant said...

Love these old cards! They are lovely and really depict that "old Hollywood glamour".
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