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80 spotlight Photographer Unidentified Location Hollywood, Los Angeles The aftermath of World War I dramatically altered the landscape of Los Angeles, and nowhere more visibly than in the canyons of Hollywood, where developers sought to imprint their vision on the fast-growing metropolis. To help publicize a planned 500-acre subdivision, in 1923 the real estate syndicate headed by Los Angeles Times publisher Harry Chandler erected a large $21,000 sign composed of thirteen 50-foot letters spaced eight inches Untitled [Photographs of Hollywoodland, Calif., and Los Angeles County coastline] ca. 1924–29 California Historical Society pc 002.001.tif California History • volume 90 number 1 2012 apart and illuminated by four thousand 20-watt light bulbs. The sign and the giant white dot below it, 35 feet in diameter, beckoned the eye as though punctuating the land’s intended use. What was once the perfect advertisement is today the city’s signature land- mark, minus the last four letters, which were removed as part of a 1949 restoration organized by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. Appropriately, the Hollywood sign still harkens above the hills; Sherwin-Williams, following donations by Dutch Boy Paints in 1995 and Bay Cal Painting in 2005, has partnered with the Hollywood Sign Trust to prepare the sign in honor of its 90th birthday celebration in February 2013. You don’t have to be in Los Angeles to join the party; live webcam views of the sign are available, together with history, lesson plans, and coverage of the sign in popular culture, at http:// www.hollywoodsign.org/.
I See Beauty in This Life: A Photographer Looks at 100 Years of Rural California Les Bruhn, Bodega Bay, with “Queen,” won 2nd place, 26th annual Fox Western International Sheep Dog Trials at California Ram Sale, Sacramento, 1964. Photographer unknown, silver gelatin print, 3 x 3 inches. California Historical Society, California Wool Growers Association photographs (PC 014), PC 014.002.tif. October 28, 2012 through March 24, 2013 Galleries of the California Historical Society 678 Mission Street San Francisco, California 94105 Lisa M. Hamilton, Ashley, Riata Ranch Cowboy Girl, Tulare County, 2011, chromogenic print, 24 x 24 inches. Courtesy of the artist. Over the past two years, writer and photographer Lisa M. Hamilton has been telling the stories of rural communities in her multimedia work Real Rural. For this exhibition she has delved into the collections of the California Historical Society to connect these present-day stories with the past. Featuring close to two hundred photographs, I See Beauty in This Life is a combination of large-scale color prints by Hamilton and her selections from California Historical Society’s vast photography collections—material dating from the 1880s through the mid-twentieth century. This exhibition is part of Curating California, a new program through which remarkable Californians explore our rich collections with the goal of inspiring a project or exhibition. Your State Your History Your Historical Society
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