LA 100 years ago in 1923! Pic 1: view from the top of Angels Flight looking down towards Hill St. Photo from the USC Archives. Pic 2: looking up Beverly Drive, BH. Photo from the USC Archives. Pic 3: the Deauville Beach Club just north of the Santa Monica Pier. This amazing structure was destroyed by fire in 1964. Photo from the USC Archives. Photo 4: looking east on Wilshire from San Vicente. The tar pits are center left where Wilshire bends slightly. Photo from the USC Archives. Photo 5: the Angelus Temple the year it opened. Photo from the UCLA Archives. Photo 6: looking north on Western from 1st. Photo from the USC Archives. Pic 7: the funeral of Arthur Letts (the man behind The Broadway, Bullocks, Holmby Hills and more) at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Photo from the UCLA Archives. Pic 8: Signal Hill oil fields. Photo from the Huntington Archives. Pic 9: the Rose Bowl Game at the new Rose Bowl (with USC winning against Penn State). Photo from the Huntington Archives. Pic 10: Long Beach on July 4th, 1923. The Pike amusement park is in the background. Photo from the Huntington Archives.