Los Angeles 1920s in color [60fps, Remastered] w/sound design added

[@NASS_0]

Like And Share Please!

[@kamilciezak6836]

z Bogiem

[@sodality3970]

You don't know that for sure...there are some bright stars on the horizon

[@ollyx2]

Hey just wondering if you had any footage from anywhere in nz or aus thank you.

[@miguelpablo7278]

man based on this footage it looks like Los Angeles architecture has regressed, things looked more beautiful back then.

[@violamateo-on8pc]

They were certainly cleaner. I couldn't spot a single piece of trash (or used newspapers, etc.) on the streets.

[@EdwardM-t8p]

There were certainly far less cars on the street so pedestrians, cyclists, horse riders, and trolley passengers had an easier and more pleasant go of it

[@zazzyzulu]

Same for most places right?

[@MartyKeegan]

The population was small and located mainly downtown and in Pasadena. Very few people lived in Santa Monica for example. Only farms were in the valley-- they grew the most produce in the country. The population for L.A. in 1920 was 380K. In the mid 60s the population jumped to 2.5M. We don't even know for sure how many people are here now with so many undocumented people, but we have at least 11M. There were no freeways. Everyone who lived north of Sunset Blvd in Beverly Hills had stables filled with horses. They used to ride to the beach and into the canyons and valley to hunt. This was a different time-- I wish I had a time machine.

[@shariberry3123]

My grandmother, born in 1903, was living in Los Angeles in the 1920's. She told my mom about a hotel she watched being built, unfortunately I have no idea which hotel, but grandma told my mom that they placed giant redwood timbers across the foundation. This was done as an early method of protecting the building during an earthquake, the timbers were believed to slide or roll with the ground during tremors, and the building itself would not move as much.

[@brittanyb5942]

Interesting!

[@bootscooty]

Lol so wrong but A+ for effort

[@TheHoodVillain]

Most of those downtown buildings are no longer there and the two tunnel on hill street was taken out completely. Pershing square looked like an actual park. LA was beautiful the way it was.

[@treetopjones737]

Not correct. 2nd St. & 3rd St. tunnels are still there.

[@MikeHern-qj3gg]

@@treetopjones737 those are but there used to be 2 tunnels on hill street. The street actually had a “hill”

[@EDJK_]

@@MikeHern-qj3ggaffirmative on that fact!! hence where “hill” st got its name from spot on brotha 🤙🏿

[@mntnbiker818]

That’s not true at all. You must have never been downtown. Tunnels are still there, as well as the Angel’s Flight railway.

[@brettpitman3718]

you can thank city planners who made LA a car city, not a people city

[@sdcoinshooter]

The streets, the lawns, the buildings, all pristine and spotless. Compare it to LA of today and it brings tears to my eyes.

[@ollyx2]

Not even american and I think whoever is in charge is nuts I mean homeless villages and along with that comes crimes ( mugging, doing illegal substances ect.) Does make you think what the brave men who defeated the nazis would think of modern America or even further back the founding father idk just a thought.

[@TheDanEdwards]

"The streets, the lawns, the buildings, all pristine and spotless." - you are watching a highly altered version of a low resolution film. Furthermore, the photographer intentionally chose his views to present what he wanted. So your assertion is not based on anything more but your dislike of the present.

[@TheDanEdwards]

​@@ollyx2 The Los Angeles in this video was about to be inundated by homeless migrants from the Dust Bowl, and because of the Great Depression. Maybe the past was not what you think it was.

[@sdcoinshooter]

@@TheDanEdwards You can add my dislike of stupid responses to my comments

[@genevieveelaine221]

Doesn't sound like you live in LA - or have been here recently.@@TheDanEdwards

[@hbendzulla8213]

This beautiful country will never be the same. Great pictures and lovely sounds.

[@NASS_0]

Thx ;)

[@WAL_DC-6B]

That's what a lot of native Americans have said over the centuries.

[@EYE_GOTCHA]

Destroyed, by design, by the evil creatures who control it. 😢

[@queenofscots839]

💯

[@kenake8465]

@@WAL_DC-6B Native Americans would have never built a nation like this in the first place. It takes Europeans to do it.

[@dennismoncrief4714]

My Mother was born and raised in Los Angeles in the1920s. She would always say that Los Angeles was a “paradise” back then. She grew up in the West Adam’s district.

[@dennismoncrief4714]

(6:10-7:00)

[@rl3293]

My parents too ❤

[@jchapman8248]

NASS, I really enjoy the trips that you take us on into yester year. The colorization brings a more realistic and tangible feel to the viewing experience. BTW, I am so glad that technology has progressed to where we can now view older movie footage (1920s and before) in a smoother and more natural manner. When I was a kid, I found older those old silent, black and movies unwatchable and uninteresting due to their awkward and stunted movements. Thanks NASS!

[@NASS_0]

Thanks

[@ollyx2]

Anemoia "a sense of longing for a past that one has never lived"

[@lpg12338]

I didn't know that, thanks for the education. 👍

[@ollyx2]

@lpg12338 I recommend a great video called anemoia : nostalgia for a time you have never known just the way the narrator sums it up is perfect.

[@lpg12338]

@@ollyx2 Will do!

[@FARISEO25]

@@ollyx2👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@gustavoperez5480]

I have it, this why I like to watch Hollywood golden era movies.

[@kristendartt2154]

All the young palm trees!!

[@dr.skipkazarian5556]

1:45...The Angels Flight Railway funicular takes passengers on a short ride between Hill Street and Grand Avenue on Bunker Hill. And....it's still operational!! Thank you for another excellent restoration.

[@NASS_0]

thank you very much

[@jody6851]

I noticed at 1:53, the segment showing the crowded intersection with cars coming from all directions and pedestrians navigating among them, unless I missed it there was no traffic light nor even a traffic cop directing traffic. It looked like a complete free-for-all. At some point, someone must have said "Hey, guys. I think we need a traffic light there or something before someone gets run over."

[@bardo0007]

@@jody6851 My guess a few people got killed first

[@emmanuelrichard9129]

Angels flight...beetween Hill and Olive street. Thanks for the ride !👍

[@MarinCipollina]

@@jody6851 Traffic lights tended to be installed as needed where needed.. Slowly, over time.

[@TheRealHungryJoe]

Stopping by and saying hello before 10K views.. such historical footage

[@seandelap8587]

It looks like such a lovely place back then

[@TheDanEdwards]

"It looks like such a lovely place back then" - you do realize that the original photographer selected what they wanted to image, that the resolution was low, and that the film has been greatly altered to present a fake representation, don't you?

[@SofocMusic]

Chill@@TheDanEdwards

[@SofocMusic]

Los Angeles is a hell hole. And that is coming from someone who lives in Athens.

[@IWantATimeMachine0000]

​​@@TheDanEdwardsCalm down. Los Angeles really was a better place back then. ALL major American cities were better places back then. I wasn't around for those times, but I i've done my research. Typical left wing argument: AlL bIg CiTieS wErE aLwAyS bAd. 🤦 Uh no they weren't.

[@mwhite4764]

because there were no nonwhites around

[@bootscooty]

My dad was born in LA in the mid '40s. He was such a huge fan of the trolley system. I miss him and his older sensibilities

[@azmike1]

I am speechless. This is a time machine. Moving. Stunning. Emotional.

[@ronstevens8733]

I thought I was enjoying my life in the 21st Century, but on second thought, take me back to 1920’s in L.A.!!! Such tranquility.

[@josefradisz2133]

Most buildings here are spanish inspired. Very pleasant job.

[@NASS_0]

thank you very much

[@andrewalbers856]

Europe style, Not brown.

[@josefradisz2133]

@@andrewalbers856 Spanish, not mexican of course.

[@zhiro_3]

​@@andrewalbers856Spain is in Europe... learn geography

[@f.w.2054]

I live close to L.A. and its amazing seeing the original city hall,the original Angels Flight, Pershing Square, Hearsts Herald Examiner building, the original Chinatown(before they razed it for Union Station) and Olvera Street before it was a tourist trap! Once again, NASS makes my day!

[@shaunwest3612]

Great video nass, amazing footage, lovely old trams and cars, well done 👍😀👌

[@NASS_0]

Thx

[@noellewestfield6849]

Oh, if I could just go back in time.❤

[@ElLuis1122]

And to think that most of those buildings still exist and in use today. Los Angeles is such a beautiful and amazing place.

[@MischievousImp540]

Angel flights, Bunker Hill, China Town, Spanish Mission on the Plaza, Downtown and more, great stuff.

[@pacskye]

Really well done, thank you. I was born in L.A., although this is before my time. It was still a very nice city when I was growing up....but things change.

[@lizamaclochlainn2024]

Thanks!

[@NASS_0]

Thank you very much for your support, it means a lot to me and to us. God bless you.

[@nwicconsultants6640]

So very kind of you to offer support! Take care!😇

[@StateofKait]

This is so cool, can't belive we'll be this to a future generation one day

[@stevekovacs4093]

Those newly planted palms about 6 feet tall are great. Every man had a coat, tie and hat, even in warm Los Angeles..

[@LaurenMirandaG]

By the styles of the hats and clothes, I would put this a little earlier - perhaps 1917-1920. Wonderful to see my hometown when it was another world entirely! 💗

[@shadykatie100]

Yes, I believe that you are correct.

[@bardo0007]

I have timed the video to 1919

[@PaulMaudlin]

I have a coin made In 1919, made in San Francisco 13 yrs after The earthquake. Thanks for the clarification.

[@beiderbecke1927]

Based on the cars, and women's fashions, I would date this at 1915, perhaps 1918, but no later. Fascinating footage, and it makes me homesick here in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Thanks for the trip, both in time and geography.

[@NASS_0]

thank you very much

[@MarinCipollina]

I'd guess early 1920s..

[@MissWeezeyUSA]

I thought the same.

[@46magno]

Hey,look! When California was a beautiful American State and Los Angeles a civilized ,decent magnificent city. 🤔🤔🤔What happened?😳🤯Thanks for giving proof of what this great nation was once👏👏👏

[@TheDanEdwards]

Nostalgia is a powerful drug.

[@gustavoperez5480]

Hippie druggie generation from 60's.

[@46magno]

@@gustavoperez5480 😁😆🥹🥹🤓 You forgot to mention their music🤣🤓🤯🎼🎼

[@gustavoperez5480]

@@46magno mixed with LSD and Ashish.

[@mwhite4764]

"diversity" and nonwhite invaders happened

[@GentleGiantPSP]

I love the sounds of the beeping vehicles and rail cars. The architecture was amazing and love the date palms.

[@Sergiu-]

How decent everyone dressed in those days. People respected themselves and others. Great video, by the way!

[@zhiro_3]

Ask them how they would treat a black person

[@Dusty-y6b]

Racism, sexism, cruelty to animals and no antibiotics, but otherwise a great time to be alive.

[@georgejetson1025]

@@Dusty-y6bdon’t forget human hygiene, everybody stunk back then

[@LjubicaP]

Impresivan snimak iz proslosti ali super docarava taj duh vremena... Automobili...moda...sesiri...zene elegantne u dugim haljinama i bude mi zao sto sam rodjena mnogo godina kasnije. Hvala na ovom divnom snimku! 👍

[@-Pearls]

Fantastic work! Amazing vid. Makes one wonder with all the changes if most people would prefer living in today's LA or 20's LA if they had a time capsule?

[@NASS_0]

thank you very much

[@Dusty-y6b]

Racism, sexism, animal cruelty and no antibiotics, but otherwise a great time to be alive.

[@AudioDaze]

Love these videos! Thank you for hard work.

[@NASS_0]

thank you very much

[@michaelfirman4700]

How much has changed in 100 years.

[@xray606]

Back when people actually left the house and interacted. Those palm trees are all 150' tall now.

[@anteuzel5324]

The most beautiful ages in American history

[@queefreak666]

Many of these beautiful craftsmen style homes are still standing. Many are very dilapidated and many are protected landmarks.

[@lecaprice2572]

More should be done to protect them. A very simple step would be to incentivize restoration through property tax offsets. But I imagine this would be intellectually too complex in this day and age.

[@SunsetBoulevard111]

Silent movies were a huge industry back then. Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, Gloria Swanson et al were huge stars

[@EdwardM-t8p]

The city was much cleaner and more beautiful back then. So much was destroyed in the name of convenience and progress: the trolleys ripped out, Bunker Hill torn down, levelled and urban renewed, and half the buildings in and around downtown replaced by parking lots, freeways, and ugly skyscrapers. 😢

[@FilmbuffWSussex]

Nice tidy slow,pans,the essence of good documentary captures, surprised by the amount of horse transport

[@sergpie]

I’ve been to Los Angeles about 30 times since 2004; never have I seen this many people walking the sidewalks in downtown there. Never. Wow

[@Pfsif]

That country is long gone.

[@raymonddon8875]

so much history with the chinese in chinatown at los angeles, California. with much love and respect for the wonderful people of china. from your good friends & brothers in arms at mexico!

[@OSTARAEB4]

Wow! Great opening of the original Los Angeles County Courthouse downtown across from the second City Hall damaged in the 1933 earthquake and the post office at 3:24. Too bad the State Office Building also damaged in a later quake was torn down also as well as the Hall of Records in the early seventies. That was the core of downtown Los Angeles.

[@lecaprice2572]

The latter two buildings should have been repaired and not demolished.

[@L3nny666]

the aesthetic of uniformity really shows in these old clips. i think all men should wear suits again.

[@domolargo]

Does anyone know the name of The street at 5:24? Or if it even still exists?

[@kreep3r]

alot of places still look like this , literally every street in LA besides the big chunk bunker hill and DTLA, Elysian park, everything else looks the same

[@noellewestfield6849]

Watching this again. And I feel homesick for this time, those streets, those houses. Just to be dressed in the fashion of the day and walk down the neighborhood street with the palm trees and beautiful lawns. I would knock on one of the doors and adk if I could stay.❤

[@Mister.Rico101]

Beautiful Video 👍👍👍👌

[@NASS_0]

Thx ;)

[@meddaho339]

Les buildings étaient magnifiques mieux que ceux d' aujourd hui avec quels génie quels instruments ils ont pu monter ces tours !

[@violamateo-on8pc]

It's interesting to note that even though there's a strong presence of cars, you still see a lot of ordinary people doing everyday activities and.....walking while doing so. That wouldn't be such a common sight nowadays.

[@BarackBananabama]

03:32 永安堂 Yungan Hall Possibly a store. 03:41 永安堂 xxxx xxxx Unreconizable overexposed Chinese words. Maybe it was selling Chinese medical herbs. 03:55 (vertical lines from right to left) 文明料理 wenming liaoli, modern cusine 翠花樓 cuihua lou, Cuihua's Restaurant (It's a young maid's nick name) 各國銘酒 geguo mingjiu, liquors from all over the world

[@nwicconsultants6640]

Thank you....was hoping someone would translate. Take care

[@90293Mike]

One of the things that strikes me when I watch these videos is how the people are dressed. Practically everyone is “dressed up” with jackets and coats. But except in the winter, LA doesn’t get that cold, and even in the winter it’s not really that cold. Those women were almost all dressed like they were going to a funeral. It had to be pretty uncomfortable. Or maybe not, if that was their normal.

[@PaulMaudlin]

Down side is people All dressed up will be Sweating like crazy in 90 degree weather, Especially in the summer time.. Better have good Deodorant otherwise Stenchville !!!!

[@scasey1960]

Great to film these same locations today

[@SeanJAnimations]

When the city didnt look like a ghetto campground.

[@mystikrebel1089]

Because of this video I want to visit LA faster than I plan even though all the people and cars are long gone but im sure the roads and the landmarks must be still there

[@siddrajput1029]

You're a 100 years late.

[@monklife5885]

L.A. is no where near as nice as it was then. Some of the roads and landmarks are there but the place has been trashed.

[@MarinCipollina]

Some remains, but you might be surprised how much is gone forever.

[@f.w.2054]

No you dont! Just saying!

[@mystikrebel1089]

@@f.w.2054 I am on my way rowing a boat right now so will be there in a few decades

[@raymonddon8875]

this film was shot in the 1920's but those fancy homes (time 5:56) was built in the late 1800's.

[@sandaglad]

Hi Raymond: Those big houses are typical large L.A. homes of the period 1904 - 1918.

[@kenvanderbilt7128]

I'm guessing none of the people seen here in the 1920's had any idea that other people would be seeing them in the 2020's!😮

[@anteuzel5324]

GRAT VIDEO SUPEMAN NASS BIG SUPPORT FROM CROATIA FORD T

[@Fritter70]

Are those houses still there at 5:50?

[@an0therdimensi0n99]

after one has gone thru the info about how we have been lied to about older civilizations being primitive and unable to build certain structures, like that whole genre, these ^^ types of colorized films have a different tone. a different feel.

[@dantanasgirl]

I believe that’s the Hollywood hotel at Hollywood and Highland - a little too much traffic sound for my taste, but absolutely stunning to see.

[@NASS_0]

It's an honour to have Vintage Los Angeles with us! Thank you for your comment.

[@erikb8838]

At 1:17, is that on Broadway and 4th looking north?

[@alanpecherer5705]

What's the huge church-like building at the start of this excellent piece?

[@f.w.2054]

I believe its the church to the west of Olvera Street, I forget its name, but its still there and worth visiting!

[@ronaldmiller2740]

HI NASS,, GREAT VIEWS OF LA. CA. I HAVE SEEN OLD PICTURES OF DOWN TOWN I AM DOWN TOWN ALOT ,, THE ANGELS FLIGHT ON BROADWAY IN 1:40 WAS MOVED OVER ON THE OTHER SIDE ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE GRAND CENTRAL MARARK PLACE ,, SO THEY COULD BUILD THREE HIGH RAISE BUILDINGS FOR THE LOW INCOME ,,I BELIEVE IN THE 60S THAT TUNNUL IS STILL THERE CARS STILL GOING THREW IT.. THANK YOU!!!!!

[@ronaldmiller2740]

SO SORRY LIKE SOMEONE SAID ITS HILL ST.. YES,,, BROADWAY IS BEHIND THE MARKET PLACE.. HILL ST. HAS THE FRONT OF THE GRAND CENTRAL MARKET AND THE ANGELS FLIGHT IS THERE....THANK YOU!!!

[@NASS_0]

thank you very much

[@lizzapaolia959]

Great video thanks for sharing 🙏

[@sfeddie1]

I’m amazed that there were many more open cars (touring cars and roadsters) than there were enclosed cars (sedans and coupes ). I’m thinking that open cars were cheaper to buy than enclosed cars.

[@MarinCipollina]

Closed cars didn't show up until the 1920s for the most part.

[@MarinCipollina]

Cadillac was first in 1909

[@7777xmn]

Where is documentation of the buildings? Who and how build the structure of buildings with teoaticl primitive technology...

[@Wee162]

Goodness this was only 100 yrs ago - not primitive! Have you ever seen buildings in Europe built hundreds of yrs ago? Do you think people lived in huts 100 yrs ago??

[@waldemargegotek8822]

Los Angeles und alle Tragen Mantels?😮

[@01FozzyS]

Those were the days of SoCal.

[@TheDanEdwards]

"Those were the days of SoCal" - if you wanted polio and the beginning of serious smog in the LA basin.

[@__-qu3wl]

100 Years Ago ❤😢

[@raymonddon8875]

love chinatown in los angeles, California.

[@jody6851]

LA seems to have become a metropolis in a very short period of time. It was still pretty much an agrarian village until the later 19th Century. I wonder which boosted its growth more: the Transcontinental Railway, the opening of the Panama Canal, or both in combination so that all the building materials and goods needed for a major city didn't have to spend months in shipment from the East Coast all the way around South America and back up the West Coast to LA. Snagging the Brooklyn Dodgers would still be 30 years into the future from the time this film was first made. That made more of a statement as to LA's arrival I think than even Hollywood. With San Francisco grabbing the NY Giants as a one-two punch at the same time as LA getting the Dodgers, that put itself in New York City's face from that moment on. It took Gavin Newsom to run the state into a ditch from which it will have a hard time getting out of.

[@alanpecherer5705]

Forget not that LA was a major, major oil producer in addition to, as you say, the film industry. Now I don't know if oil was a gargantuanly profitable industry back in the 20's, but you can find pix from the 20's where you can see hundreds and hundreds of oil derricks, especially on the Westside and Santa Monica. There is some aspect of California where the oil discoveries and the burgeoning film industries took their growth-curve cues from the gold rush of 1849 and tens of thousands of people flooded in and threw their money at all sorts of anything they thought would produce profits. What I'm saying is that LA/California has since the gold rush been the situs for expansive dreams and crazy levels of investment, everybody wanted in on the act. This had to have had an outsize influence on how fast the city grew, and these were more or less brand new industries on the cusp of going "viral" that attracted thousands. There was a lot of aviation industry, in LA as well. People saw fantastic opportunity in these new industries and the great weather. What's not to like?

[@jody6851]

@@alanpecherer5705 Good point about the burgeoning oil industry. Yes, I had forgotten about that. I wonder when the Aviation industry really started taking off in California. Right after World War I or later in the 20s or into the early 30s? Maybe just before or just after Lindbergh flew across the Atlantic in 1927 when airplane development started to really take off (no pun intended). Even World War I fighter pilots often described their planes at least earlier in the war as more like motorized kites than solid vehicles in their own right. Also, note that the very creation of the Hollywood film industry in LA was also at New York City's expense. Just like LA grabbing the Brooklyn Dodgers, all the film production companies up to the early '20, which were based in Astoria, Queens, and some in New Jersey, decided to pick up lock stock, and barrel and move to LA by where the weather was more predictable and comfortable, which allowed far more ability to film at any given time outdoor scenes, especially, and more open land to build large sets.

[@jchapman8248]

Imo, in addition to the already established petroleum industry (since 1893), the growth in LA and much of coastal SoCal in the early 20th century was due in large part to a few more important pull factors. The two world wars and the establishment of bases, the related manufacture and aviation industries, the motion picture industry in Hollywood and the produce industry. The year round temperate climate was conducive to all those industries. All of them combined to create jobs and a need for workers/service members needed to fill them. That means population growth due to more people moving out west from other states and service members deciding to remain in LA/SoCal after the wars.

[@alanpecherer5705]

@@jchapman8248 Absolutely. When I moved to CA in 1971, if one day you decided you wanted to be in any industry you could name, knowing nothing about it, you could get a job sweeping floors in under a week and in 3 months you'd be operating some lower-level machine. There was essentially no such thing as being unemployed if you could put your pants on and show up on time.

[@f.w.2054]

Although Newsome has a big share of the blame, the rot started setting in years before he was in office, through Republicans and Democrats.

[@hangin-in-thereawesome4245]

People actually walking! The beautiful old homes!

[@mr6johnclark]

amazing... everyone is dressed so well... best of all no homeless!

[@jimh598]

And the associated filth!

[@WAL_DC-6B]

Come the October 1929 stock market crash there'll be plenty of homeless to go around.

[@arthurmorgan2906]

@@WAL_DC-6B dont bother explaining something like that to these people... they only say what suits them. I mean there are ALWAYS homeless people.. I bet this person never heard of so called hoovervilles...

[@suppylarue220]

homelessness has always existed throughout the world . the homeless then were called bums. some lived in hobo jungles down by the railroad yards.

[@suppylarue220]

slovenly tramps shuffled their way down the road from house to house looking for a handout.

[@hudentdw2]

I just turned 70 if I could only go back in time and review and experience every decade starting from the 1900 I could die thinking I had a fulfilled life, however that is an impossibility!

[@HugoBrown]

So cool another day in LA , Wonder what life was like for those people walking by, Wonder what the places shown look like now in 2023

[@genevieveelaine221]

Do a google street view, if you have the stomach for it.

[@Modguy61]

Love the way my hometown looked back then.

[@James_Ford4815]

does anyone know the name or location of that first building?

[@janetgies8698]

Interesting that the homes had that fake grass - or was it painted? Janet in Los Angeles

[@MrDaydreamer1584]

painted by ai colorization

[@suppylarue220]

it was doctored for this presentation. colors are approximations, movements are estimations, and sounds are lab dubbing. hand cranked film in that era. too bad we can't record smell, taste, or temperature. for that matter, touch or feeling.

[@battlebotts]

Let’s make la great again

[@Moonshine54321]

Love the footage of old Chinatown.

[@ohreally8929]

5:30 Is this an old video game from the 1920's?

[@davidcohen2322]

Everyone wearing heavy dark clothing. People all look old. No kids seen. A rather grim picture.

[@1lovesgreatness]

0:22 those apartments look very similar to one Ive seen in frisco.

[@lavenberry]

I was driving in L.A. today looking at houses as I drove by thinking about how they might've looked shortly after they were built. The building I live in was built with such great architecture. It could've stayed that way if our community leaders had of continued to invest in our communities regardless of color.

[@dudoklasovity2093]

That was a COMPLETELY different city back then. LA had the most developed and dense tram network IN THE WORLD! One could take a tram from San Antonio mountains all the way to Santa Monica beach! But In late 20ties, with development of effective manufacture of automobiles, all the tram tracks were paved over by asphalt and concrete. Now most LA is ugly, car dependent, polluted hellhole. Most of the beautiful architectural jewels from Spanish era were torn down.

[@Asiablue]

From the cars, I would say that these images were from the early 1920s, rather than later.

[@eg3730]

Horses were still popular and carriages as well. It almost feels like before the 20s but maybe they still have them going on in the

[@Sun.Shine-]

Wow San Andreas looks different 😍

[@2Arollingtide]

Back when everyone wanted to work….

[@barbaraayarza5352]

I wish the locations where labeled 😢

[@DW-qe7qe]

Neighborhood at 5:50?

[@lizzapaolia959]

People definitely had morals and honor. Beautiful neighborhood. 1790 Immigration Act is the only answer. The filth in LA ,2024 is unbelievable. Corruption in government and morally repulsive lowlife's are a direct cause. Thanks for sharing this outstanding video. This is what the founding fathers had a vision of.

[@kenmeyers7164]

Cars of this era were so elegant and stylish ......not like the dull no thrills, nothing to see here look of cars today.

[@MarinCipollina]

They were mostly open carriages, open to the elements, no heaters, forget AC, hand cranked.. flat tires at least every 200 miles.. Should I go on ?

[@secretariatgirl4249]

So amazing!!

[@azmike1]

Chinatown! And the streets were dirt! Taxes were almost non-existent there in Chinatown then.

[@libertarian100]

Tartarian Remains have been there a very long time.

[@sylvier9548]

une belle époque🤎🤎🤎💫👍👍👍🐴🌺🌺🌺🪴