West Hollywood History
A replica created for the movie "Myra Breckenridge" of a 1950's Sunset Strip billboard advertising the Stardust Casino in Las Vegas. 1970.
The first known residents of West Hollywood were a cameleer and a small herd of camels who arrived in 1864. By the turn of the century the land was mostly farmland, like this bean field in 1901.
Movie stars enjoying the nightlife on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood's Golden Era. 1930s-1940s.
Viewers at an L.A. Pride Parade on the roof of Hugo's Restaurant on Santa Monica Blvd., 1980s
Mickey Cohen, the quintessential Sunset Strip mobster, ran his criminal enterprises from a building at Sunset and Palm Avenue in the 1940s and 1950s.
Set for "Robin Hood" at the Pickford- Fairbanks studio - now The Lot - at Santa Monica Boulevard and Formosa Avenue. 1922.
Johnny Rivers performs at the Wiskey a Go Go on the Sunset Strip. 1964.
Few cities West Hollywood’s size have histories as rich and storied as ours. Read more »
An overview of our first 150 years. Read more »
19th Century
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