I'd guess that this undated photo was taken c. 1935. It may have been taken from the
High Tower Drive elevator or a
nearby hill just south of the Hollywood Bowl. Below the blue dot is the First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood at Gower
and Carlos, and below the red dot are the Hollywood Tower Apartments at Franklin and Vista Del Mar (the Hollywood
Freeway now runs between them). Above the green dot is Whitley Terrace; Wedgewood Place and Milner Road end at
Whitley Terrace on the left and right of the green dot, respectively. We're looking east:
Islandora/UCLA
Looking just a bit closer, the Hollywood Tower Apts. and the church are in the upper right corner. Marked by dots are . . .
Red = 6817 Whitley Terrace
Orange = 2133 Fairfield Ave
Blue = 2074 Watsonia Terrace
Yellow = 2062 Watsonia Terrace
Here is a contemporary view of the foreground from the above, with the same four houses marked with the same
colored dots. A fifth home, 6737 Whitley Terrace (building permit dated Aug 4, 1997), is marked by a purple dot.
There is a green box in the freeway that says
9B. Directly below it and next to the freeway is a house with a white
roof, 6758 Wedgewood Place:
Google
Here is Rudolph Valentino's home at 6776 Wedgewood Place (to the right/south of 6758), lost to the freeway:
Silentsaregolden
Zooming in a bit more on the original photo (with 2133 Fairfield and its orange dot at bottom center), in the red box I
think we see the side and chimney of Valentino's 6776 Wedgewood. The house behind it in the green box is visible in
the postcard view of 6776 above, just below the words
Hollywood, Los Angeles:
Here's another shot of Valentino's 6776 Wedgewood Place, this time with Valentino, his 1923 Voisin, and two dogs:
Myloveofoldhollywood
This is Valentino in his 1923 Voisin, in front of a garage numbered 6737. Given how close 6776 Wedgewood Place and
6737 Whitley Terrace were to each other, this photo might have been taken at 6737 Whitley Terrace, but it's totally a
guess (we can't see the garage in the vintage photo). The garage there now is new but bears a strong resemblance
to what we see here:
FW photo
I know the car is a 1923 Voisin because I saw this sign:
FW Photo
And here is Valentino's 1923 Voisin, which snaked through the streets of Whitley Heights:
FW photo
The last three photos were taken at the
Nethercutt Museum in Sylmar CA.