These photographs were taken just east of the intersection of Westwood Boulevard and Santa Monica Boulevard, looking westbound on Santa Monica. The older image is of the small crowd gathering to see the actor Jimmy Stewart taking the Los Angeles railcar east towards downtown in 1941. A corner of the Pontiac dealership on the southwest corner of Westwood and Santa Monica can just be seen - on that spot today is a Cost Plus World Market store. The northwest corner of the intersection was, and remains, a gas station.
