In the 1940s, Don Lee's experimental television station operated from the top of the Hollywood Sign.

“The most attractive nightclub Hollywood has ever known” opened its doors at 8433 Sunset Boulevard in 1940.

In 1950, the Hollywood Roosevelt expanded with a million-dollar tropical resort and pool.

Marilyn Monroe’s troubled childhood had a brief bright spot in 1933, when her mother purchased a home near the Hollywood Bowl.

Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell put their hands in wet cement at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre.

In 1933, little Norma Jean was selected by her elementary school to be one of the children who form the event’s “living cross.”