Melvin Hale - ArtistLA - Sunset Strip, 1945

"Sunset Strip"

Hollywood
c.1945

Color composition from B&W RPPC

This is a very rare postcard image of Sunset Blvd.,located in current day West Hollywood. Sunset Blvd. is
a very wide street, hence the rapidly vanishing perspective. The details, however, are strong, as
seen in the enlarged detail in the upper left showing a 1941 Cadillac Fleetwood 60 Special
with chauffeur. This section of Sunset Blvd., with its elegant boutiques, swanky jewelry stores,
and sidewalk cafes has always been upscale and elegant. The photo below shows how the
same area looks today:



			"Sunset Strip" Hollywood c.1945

			Color composition from B&W RPPC
			This is a very rare postcard image of Sunset Blvd.,located in current day West Hollywood. Sunset Blvd. is a very wide street, hence the rapidly vanishing perspective. The details, however, are strong, as seen in the enlarged detail in the upper left showing a 1941 Cadillac Fleetwood 60 Special with chauffeur. This section of Sunset Blvd., with its elegant boutiques, swanky jewelry stores, and sidewalk cafes has always been upscale and elegant. The photo below shows how the same area looks today: