 1. Margaret Eseman celebrated her 7th birthday on September 1, 1923, with all of her friends on Ambrose Avenue. The children were growing as fast as their new neighborhood. (Courtesy Margaret Eseman Sanborn and Frances Conrad Young) |
 2. Here Los Feliz Boulevard extends toward the west while Vermont Avenue curves gracefully north. John Luckenbach had architect Elmer Grey design his home in a prime site in the fashionable Hillhurst Park tract at the corner of Vermont and Cromwell Avenue. Luckenbach owned extensive property downtown and was President of the Luckenbach Jewelry Company. The Mead home is visible north of Luckenbach’s. The little structures on the corner of Los Feliz Boulevard and Vermont Avenue are real estate shacks. Those little specks on the south side of Los Feliz Boulevard have grown into our beautiful deodar cedar trees. c. 1926 (Courtesy Donna Zenor and Bill Bisset) |
 3. The organ grinder would let children play with his monkey. It was always good for a squeal and a laugh. Little Marjorie Monteleone clutched the monkey in the front yard of her home at 1909 N. Berendo Street in 1926. Even the Ralph’s Grocery delivery man stopped his truck long enough to be amused by the monkey. He may even have slipped him a banana. (Courtesy Marjorie Monteleone Romer) |
 4. In 1926 little Maxine Fish was perched on the fender of her parents’ new Chevrolet in front of their home on Melbourne Street. They could now go joy riding through the neighborhood which was growing by leaps and bounds. (Courtesy Juliet Kiperman) |
 5. In the 1920s the north side of Los Feliz Boulevard was lined with Japanese-owned nurseries. These children are waiting for movie stars such as Greta Garbo and Ginger Rogers to pick up their weekly bouquets. (Courtesy Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection, Los Angeles Public Library) |
 6. The Kuromi family posed in front of their nursery north of Los Feliz Boulevard west of Nottingham Avenue in 1926. Do you recognize the little girl in the white dress who is standing in front of her parents? That’s Alice Kuromi. You probably know her as Alice Ito, the gracious woman who sold you flowers at Flower View Gardens, first on Los Feliz Boulevard, and later on Western Avenue. You know her brother, too. That’s Ise Kuromi who opened Ise Automotive on Hillhurst in 1947. His sons Gary and Craig are still servicing your cars at the same location. Nottingham Avenue is in the distance. (Courtesy Los Angeles Public Library) |
 7. Win Goddard grew up at 4959 Ambrose Avenue. He was still wearing knickers in 1927. His astute grandfather noticed that all the other boys were wearing long pants so he bought Win a pair. Los Feliz came of age in the 1920s too. (Courtesy Win Goddard) |