PC-001-290

Columbia Square, home of KNX Columbia Broadcasting System, Hollywood, California, 1938

 

1938

 

C. T. Art Colortone, Chicago, Illinois [Curt Teich]

The back of this unsent postcard refers to this "new structure" as having been built "on the spot where the motion picture industry first took root in Hollywood in October of 1911." The year was 1938 and the architect was William Lescaze. The "spot" to which the description refers was first occupied by Nestor Studios, the first movie sudio in Hollywood. The CBS/KNX Radio Center property fell into disuse after KNX moved to Wilshire Boulevard in 2005 and the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) moved to their CBS Studio Center in Studio City in 2007. The number in the lower right corner is 8A-H2995, which, according to the guide maintained by the Curt Teich Postcard Archives, translates to 1938.

Curt Teich; KNX; Columbia Broadcasting System; CBS; Hollywood; Radio broadcasting; Radio Center Restaurant; Sunset Boulevard

6121 Sunset Boulevard

California - Los Angeles - Hollywood

 

 

MS-0008

 

Western Publishing & Novelty, Los Angeles, California

Postcard

3.5 inches X 5.5 inches

No

 

 

 

Image

TIFF

21.77 MB