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‘ide 8 blocks east along: Hollywood Boulevard to: HOLLYWOOD & VINE There's a saying “Stand at Hollywood and Vine long enough and you'll meet everyone you know.” As you have only 30 minutes here, don't try it now, Just tuen right on Vine and the street is lined for a full block with nown movie night spots, “It” Cafe, ‘The another Brown Derby, etc. After you have 4m entrance or two, saunter south to Sunset Boulevard. The southwest corner of Sunset and Vine gives you a good angle on the NBC studio. One block east on Sunset is Earl Carroll's, Across the street are the Palladium, a vast dance palace, and the CBS studio, Return to Hollywood Boule: vard and Vine, Take an eastbound Hill Strect ea? to Sunset and Grand Avenue, For decades, pictures at the OSTRICH AND ALLIGATOR FARMS have been “musts” for Southern California visitors. If you, too, want them, stroll 2 blocks east to Broadway and take northbound No. 9 car, marked Lincoln Park Boulevard, to the end of the line. Prices for service men: Ostrich farm, 11¢s alligator farm, 224. Attendants will help you group ostriches for a picture, Now back to town. This time take an “O" ear to Sunset Boulevard. Half a block east is Olvera street, colorful Mexican market place. Its site is the birthplace of Los Angeles. This bit of “old world” life abounds with pictures! Half a block northwest of Olvera Street on Main street is New China City, one of the city’s three Chinatowns. Best pictures on Dragon Road and other streets can be taken in afternoon, For these two colorful foreign quarters, allow at least 1% hours of picture taking. ‘To return downtown take any southbound car fon Main street or Broadway. Nore: Avoid use of rush hour transportation. All- Year Club’s SIGHTSEEING JAUNTS FOR SERVICE MEN (Snapshot Tour) ‘This is one of nine handy jaunts to famous attrac~ tions—prepared by the Visitors Bureau of the All-Year Club, official tourist organization for Southern California, 505 W. 6th Street (Los Angeles) 3 doors west of Pershing Square. Call there for others in this series, for Souvenir Sight- seeing Map and other special, free services. We hope they will encourage you to plan now for a vacation here after the war. JAUNT NO. 9 An 8Y;-hour day jor the whole trip. Maximum cos for bus and street car fares 786 (This jaunt gives you souvenir camera impre sions of Los Angeles to keep oF send home.) A DOWNTOWN SHOT If you'd like an unusual downtown shot for a warmup, try Pershing Square, a green leafy island surrouncied by tall buildings From Visitors Bureau walk east. (left) to first comer (Olive Strect). Look northeast up diagonal pathway. There's a nice shot of the park and trees with the high tower of the Title Guarantee Build ing adding an inspiring note. Now walk south on Olive to 7th Street, Board westbound car—S or R or H (Letters are on top of street car above front entrance.) Get off at ‘Alvarado street and there before you is: MacARTHUR PARK Herc you can pick and choose your subjects. Try one of the lake with its joyriding: boats from the corner of 7th and Alva- ado Streets with the graceful Elks ‘Temple for a background, From the same spot there's a closeup of ducks and geese. Sec how many you can get in ‘one picture! Good pictures can be taken all day but if you allow more than 30 minutes, you'll be short on time at the end of the tour. Wind up your visit on the west side of the park at Wilshire Boulevard and Parkview Avenuc. You can walk the seven blocks west along Wilshire boulevard to the next main pieture stop. At Alexandria Avenue are th AMBASSADOR HOTEL and BROWN DERBY Allow 15 minutes here, For she best view of the hotel, short from middle of Boulevard. Watch out for cars. Then walk west on the south side of Wit shire to the hotel drive-in entrance for a front view shot of the original BROWN DERBY, rendezvous ‘of movie people. Board westbound Wilshire local bus to Carson Street. To your right are: LA BREA TAR PITS AND HANCOCK PARK Spend ct least 20 minutes here for this is one of the strangest spots on earth. Millions of years ago prehistoric animals Rocked here to their death in the unfathomable pools of tar. Skeletons of the Saber-tooth Tiger, Imperial Elephant, Giant Bear and other beasts and birds have been recovered by scientists. Lifesized statues of the Tiger, Short- faced Bear, Ground Sloths horder the pits. They make excellent and unusual pictures, particularly if you pose someone alongside them. for compari- son. Step out on Wilshire boulevard again, walk west to Fairfax and take westbound bus (marked Westwood & Crescent Heights) to junction with Santa Monica Boulevard. You are in Beverly Hills, Stop off for 30 minutes for pictures of MOVIE HOMBS Cross Santa Monica Boulevard walk right to Walden Drive, turn left to 516 Walden Dr. This is the WITCH'S HOUSE. It-was built for a movie set. A good angle can be taken from the street. At 710 is Walter Pidgeon's home. {For more movie or radio star homes use Jaunt No. 7.) Return to Santa Monica boulevard and walk seven blocks east to Pacific Electric Station at Canon Drive. Take Hollywood Boulevard car to North Orange Drive. There across the strect is: GRAUMAN'S CHINESE THEATER Pcofession:ls take this unique building from directly across the street, He sure to get the Chinese towers in your negative. In the forecourt arc the famous cement blocks, bearing the imprints of the feet of many stars—Rita Hayworth, Talmadge sisters, Gloria Swanson, Loretta Young, Joan Crawford, Sonja Henic, Fred Astaire, Don Ameche and_ many ‘others, Also the imprint of one of Betty Grable’s legs. These imprints challenge the camera fan. Some get them. Others don’t. From here, walk oF

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