A few random photos out of the Life Magazine archives, apologies if any have been posted...
The queue outside the Union Rescue Mission, 1950's.
Night driving in Hollywood, undated but likely mid-30's.
Identified as an L.A. suburb, 1949.
A fashion show at a Bullock's store, about 1950...what's of interest here is the major construction in the background...my initial thought was that this could be the Westwood store (completed 1951), and this room is on the Le Conte Ave. side of the building....which would place the construction on the UCLA campus.
A party at Schwab's hosted by the columnist Sidney Skolsky (who filed his dispatches from a loft office in the building), 1946.
Just for fun....bottom left, there's a redhead at the counter with a black scarf tacked to the back of her hair....Lucille Ball?
Midway up the counter a group of folks standing, including an attractive brunette....the 20 year-old Norma Jean Baker?
To the left of Marilyn, a woman in profile seated at the counter, in a light colored suit...June Lockhart?
At the near end of the 2nd center counter from bottom is a fair-haired fellow in profile, looking upward at something behind the counter....Dan Duryea?
To the left and just below Duryea is a dark-haired woman with a smudge across her eyes, obscuring her features....now, that could be a random error in the photo processing, but it's placement is awfully strategic...and this was 1946, arguably the summit of the Noir city....so I want to believe that woman was celebrated, and did not want a certain someone aware that she had been at this affair (or, that she was having one)...so post-party she appeals to Life, requesting anonymity.
No guesswork required here...Sidney Skolsky, Alan Ladd, and John Garfield.
Undated, likely 1940's.