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Franklin McMillan Diary, 1926-1927

Franklin McMillan Diary 1926 & 1927 54.pdf

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weather here was sunny and much warmer then San Diego. we stopped here at the Earle Hotel. $350 {$3.50} for two rooms.

March 17th. Continued on this morning through La Habra to Santa Fe Springs a great oil section thousands of oil wells. from there on to Los Angelas by Telegraph Road. oranges & Walnuts all along here. went in by 9th street across to 7th and up 7th to Main drove around the centre of the city on Main, Broadway 7th. and through the 3rd & 5th st Tunnels. then up to Westlake Park. spent an hour or so here then on up to Sunset Blvd. {Boulevard} to Hollywood. stopped on Hollywood Blvd. and walked to a Cafe and had dinner took snaps of Egyptian Theatre and Hollywood Hotel and continued out Sunset Blvd & Santa Monica Blvd. past Beverly Hills. through Beverly City. on to Santa Monica. which is a big place now. stopped a few minutes and drove on to Ocean Beach & Venice the highway here is just like going through an ally. walls both sides

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