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Schools 86 images Created 3 Oct 2019

Education has been all important in the Hollywood area since its inception. The closest school to the Cahuenga Valley throughout most of the 1880s was the one-room Cienega School, at Pico Blvd and La Brea Ave. The Cahuenga School district, formed in 1876, erected a schoolhouse at the corner of Normandie Ave and Beverly Blvd, but when it became inadequate in 1881, the district was divided and the Pass School District was formed. Classes were held near Sunset Blvd and Gordon Street at the home of William Beesemyer, taught by his daughter Mary Gower. The Laurel School District built a one-room schoolhouse in 1886 in West Hollywood, and a year later the Los Feliz School District built a two-room school at the corner of Los Feliz Blvd and Vermont Ave.

Cahuenga Valley grammar school graduates went to Los Angeles High School or Santa Monica High School at their own expense until Hollywood Union High School District was formed in 1903, uniting the Cahuenga, Laurel, Coldwater, Sherman, Los Feliz, Lankershim and Pass grammar school districts. The Hollywood Union High School opened in 1903 in temporary quarters in the Masonic Temple on Highland Ave. Thirty pupils enrolled with James O. Churchill as their first principal, growing to 75 by year's end. A cornerstone for a new school was laid at the corner of Sunset Blvd and Highland Ave on November 23, 1904. Grammar schools Grant School and Fremont School (now Selma Avenue School) began construction while Hollywood High School was being built. The Gardner Street School, Vine Street, Cherimoya and Franklin Elementary, and LeConte Junior High School were added in the next decade.

Private schools were also available. In April 1905, the Sisters of Immaculate Heart of Mary created a campus at Western and Franklin Ave. In 1908, Immaculate Heart High School became the first private school in Southern California to receive college accreditation. Another fine private school was the Hollywood School for Girls, founded in 1909. Located at 1749 North La Brea Ave, the college preparatory school achieved academic standing and registered over 200 pupils, including Agnes DeMille, Katherine DeMille, Jean Harlow, Catherine Toberman, and Mrs. David Selznick. The Janes Kindergarten for younger students complemented their efforts.

These eighty-six photographs of twenty-two sites document the period 1896 -1975.
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  • 1929 Bancroft Jr. High School
    SC-001-1.tif
  • 1934 Bancroft Jr. High School
    SC-001-2.tif
  • 1880 Students at Cahuenga Township School at Normandie & Beverly Blvds.
    SC-003-1.tif
  • 1878 Students at Cahuenga Township School at Normandie & Beverly Blvds.
    SC-003-2.tif
  • 1884 Students at Cahuenga Township School
    SC-003-3.tif
  • 1923 Cheremoya School at Franklin Ave. & Beachwood Ave.
    SC-004-1.tif
  • 1925 Aerial of Cheremoya School at Franklin Ave. & Beachwood Ave.
    SC-004-2.tif
  • 1934 Cheremoya School at Franklin & Beachwood Aves.
    SC-004-3.tif
  • 1932 Fairfax High School
    SC-005-1.tif
  • 1935 Fairfax High School
    SC-005-2.tif
  • 1925 Gardner School at 1542 Gardner St
    SC-006-2.tif
  • 1912 Grant School
    SC-007-2.tif
  • 1905 First photo of Hollywood High School
    SC-008-1.tif
  • 1907 Hollywood High School football team
    SC-008-2.tif
  • 1910 Hollywood High School
    SC-008-5.tif
  • 1922 Senior class at Hollywood High School
    SC-008-11.tif
  • 1922 Hollywood High School
    SC-008-012.jpg
  • 1923 Aerial of Hollywood High School
    SC-008-13.tif
  • 1924 Students at Hollywood High School
    SC-008-14.tif
  • 1927 Hollywood High School
    SC-008-16.tif
  • 1927 Hollywood High School
    SC-008-18.tif
  • 1927 Hollywood High School
    SC-008-19.tif
  • 1935 Hollywood High School auditorium
    SC-008-20.tif
  • 1939 Hollywood High School
    SC-008-21.tif
  • 1941 Hollywood High School
    SC-008-22.tif
  • 1942 Hollywood High School
    SC-008-23.tif
  • 1956 Hollywood High School
    SC-008-25.tif
  • 1960 Hollywood High School
    SC-008-26.tif
  • 1977 Hollywood Little Red School House on Highland Ave.
    SC-009-1.tif
  • 1924 Harlean Carpenter aka Jean Harlow (2nd from left) on volleyball team at Hollywood School for Girls
    SC-10-1.tif
  • 1918 Hollywood School For Girls students pose while performing a play at the school.
    SC-10-4.tif
  • 1918 Hollywood School For Girls students pose while performing a play at the school.
    SC-10-5.tif
  • 1928 Immaculate Heart College under construction
    SC-011-2.tif
  • 1930 Immaculate Heart College
    SC-011-4.tif
  • 1930 Nuns at Immaculate Heart College
    SC-011-5.jpg
  • 1937 Immaculate Heart College
    SC-011-6.jpg
  • 1906 Immaculate Heart High School
    SC-012-1.tif
  • 1906 Immaculate Heart High School
    SC-012-3.tif
  • 1906 Immaculate Heart High School at Franklin & Western Aves.
    SC-012-4.tif
  • 1908 Immaculate Heart High School
    SC-012-7.tif
  • 1917 Immaculate Heart College
    SC-012-10.tif
  • 1918 Shrine at Immaculate Heart High School
    SC-012-11.tif
  • 1922 Aerial photo of Immaculate Heart High School
    SC-012-13.tif
  • 1930 Aerial photo of Immaculate Heart High School
    SC-012-14.tif
  • 1930 Aerial photo of Immaculate Heart High School and College
    SC-012-15.tif
  • SC-012-17.tif
  • 1971 Immaculate Heart High School
    SC-012-18.tif
  • 1921 Students of Misses Janes School
    SC-014-1.tif
  • 1921 Carrie Janes teaching at the Misses Janes School
    SC-014-2.tif
  • 1924 students at Misses Janes School
    SC-014-3.tif
  • 1924 students at Misses Janes School
    SC-014-4.tif
  • 1926 Students at Misses Janes School
    SC-014-6.tif
  • 1926 Children playing at Misses Janes School on Hollywood Blvd.
    SC-014-7.tif
  • 1925 Misses Janes School on Hollywood Blvd.
    SC-014-8.jpg
  • 1929 Le Conte Jr. High School
    SC-015-1.tif
  • 1934 Le Conte Jr. High School
    SC-015-2.tif
  • 1926 Los Angeles City College
    SC-016-1.tif
  • 1926 Los Angeles City College
    SC-016-2.tif
  • 1926 Los Angeles City College
    SC-016-3.tif
  • 1926 Los Angeles City College
    SC-016-4.tif
  • 1930 Los Angeles City College
    SC-016-5.tif
  • 1931 Los Angeles City College
    SC-016-6.tif
  • 1937 Aerial photo of Los Angeles City College
    SC-016-7.tif
  • 1940 Los Angeles City College
    SC-016-8.tif
  • 1921 Aerial photo of Los Angeles High School
    SC-017-1.tif
  • 1921 Aerial photo of Los Angeles High School
    SC-017-2.tif
  • 1910 Los Feliz School
    SC-018-3.tif
  • 1911 Los Feliz School
    SC-018-4.tif
  • 1913 Los Feliz School
    SC-018-5.tif
  • 1915 Los Feliz School
    SC-018-6.tif
  • 1922 Aerial photo of Los Feliz School
    SC-018-7.tif
  • 1929 Los Feliz School
    SC-018-8.tif
  • 1919 Aerial photo of Marlborough School for Girls
    SC-019-1.tif
  • 1928 Aerial photo of Marlborough School for Girls
    SC-019-2.tif
  • 1928 Aerial photo of Marlborough School for Girls
    SC-019-3.tif
  • 1928 Aerial photo of Marlborough School for Girls
    SC-019-4.tif
  • 1928 Aerial photo of Marlborough School for Girls
    SC-019-5.tif
  • 1896 The Pass School at Sunset Blvd., just east of Gordon St.
    SC-020-1.tif
  • 1900 The Pass School at Sunset Blvd., just east of Gordon St.
    SC-020-2.tif
  • 1899 The Pass School at Sunset Blvd., just east of Gordon St.
    SC-020-3.tif
  • 1905 The Selma Ave. School
    SC-021-1.tif
  • 1914 State Normal College - later it became Los Angeles City College
    SC-022-2.tif
  • 1915 State Normal College - later it became Los Angeles City College
    SC-022-3.tif
  • 1945 Third Street School at June St. & Third St.
    SC-023-1.tif
  • 1945 Main entrance to Third Street School at June St. & Third St.
    SC-023-2.tif
  • 1923 The Gordon School of Music & Languages at 2062 N. Highland Ave. Helen Augusta Stern is third from the right in the back row.
    SC-024.JPG