Roxbury Drive subdivision, Beverly Hills. October 15, 1938

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  Roxbury Drive subdivision, Beverly Hills. October 15, 1938

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  A panoramic street view of the Roxbury Drive subdivision in Beverly Hills. Three two-story buildings have been constructed, each with multiple apartment units. The two on the far left are completed, but the one just to the right of them is still under construction. A few houses have been built beyond the apartments buildings, and more on the far right. The land between is undeveloped, as is the land in the immediate foreground, and there is a sign at the street corner that reads "Roxbury Manor ; New income lots ; Lawrence Block Co." A few automobiles are parked on the streets. Writing in white in bottom right corner reads "Photo by Osborne ; C.C. Pierce & Co. ; 1572 W. Pico Blvd. L.A."

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  Roxbury Drive subdivision, Beverly Hills. October 15, 1938

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  A panoramic street view of the Roxbury Drive subdivision in Beverly Hills. Three two-story buildings have been constructed, each with an upstairs and a downstairs apartment. The rest of the land is undeveloped, and there is a sign on the left that reads "Roxbury Manor ; New income lots ; Lawrence Block Co." There is a stack of lumber between the buildings, and men with pickaxes are working on the land to the left of the building in the center. Two automobiles are parked in the street on the far right, and another four are parked beyond the apartment buildings.

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  Movie colony off Coldwater Canyon Road, Beverly Hills. 1938

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  A slightly elevated panoramic view of a movie colony off of Coldwater Canyon Road, in the hills of Beverly Hills. The houses, or mansions, are spread along the curving road, which leads through the hills and looks out over the San Fernando Valley. Most of the houses are extremely large, and many have a pool or tennis court. Writing in white in bottom right corner reads "Photo by Osborne ; 1572 W. Pico, LA FD(?) 1716 - 1938".

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  Beverly Hills City Hall and residential and commercial areas, Beverly Hills. May 20, 1932

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  A slightly elevated panoramic view of Beverly Hills, showing City Hall, parks, and residential and commercial areas. Beverly Gardens Park, with its wide lawns, young trees, and lily ponds, separates the residential area beyond it, filled with palm-lined streets and houses, from the commercial area on the right, with the Security First National Bank of Los Angeles, the Beverly Hills Community Store, and the Beverly Hills Realty Co. The road stretching from the bottom left corner, past the towering City Hall building on the right, is Santa Monica. There are light rail lines along the near side of Santa Monica. Writing in white in the lower right corner reads "Photo By - ; C.C. Pierce & Co. ; 1572 W. Pico Blvd. L.A. ; 5-20-1932."

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  Beverly Hills. 1920s

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  A slightly elevated panoramic view of Beverly Hills. Taken from a hillside, the houses on the flat land at the bottom are large but closely spaced. The houses on the hills on the far right are more secluded, and surrounded by wooded areas.

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  Kettleman Hills facing east, Kings County. March 9, 1931

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