A pictorial history of the movies (1943)

Record Details:

Title:
A pictorial history of the movies
Date:
1943
Publisher:
New York : Simon and Schuster
Volume:
A pictorial history of the movies
Leaf #:
00024
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 28, 2024
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10 BIRTH AND INFANCY In the late 'SO's H. H. Wilcox, a prominent citizen of Los Angeles, California— then a town of 25,000 inhabitants— owned a fig, apricot, and citrus ranch seven miles out of town. Mrs. Wilcox, traveling in the East, met a woman on the train who referred to her country place "Hollywood." The name struck Mrs. Wilcox's fancy, and on her return she named the Wilcox ranch Hollywood. This is Hollywood in the early '90's. The road is Wilcox Avenue, looking north to what is now Hollywood Boulevard. BELOW The Wilcox ranch was eventually subdivided into building lots and by 1900 had a population of five hundred. Hollywood Boulevard, near Wilcox Avenue, looked like this in 1901.