Postcards of L.A. neighborhoods that are definitely not cities
Do you live in the “city” of Hollywood? San Pedro? Eagle Rock? Tujunga? Sawtelle? We have news for you: You live in the city of Los Angeles.
![Vintage postcards from Patt Morrison's collection for a column on neighborhoods that are not cities.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/832ccef/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1672x1059+0+0/resize/1440x912!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffc%2F21%2F2e2ab1d5466e9c847199f1c6a583%2Fhollywood-2.jpeg)
Bright lights, not a city — Hollywood became part of L.A. in 1910. (Patt Morrison / Los Angeles Times)
![A vintage postcard shows a Hollywood with rolling green hills and a smattering of buildings](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8d05f00/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1645x1060+0+0/resize/1440x928!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ff4%2Fff%2F6db814d04a7793b837c5c9efb653%2Fhollywood-3.jpeg)
Just like the Hollywood of today — rolling green hills and plenty of pasture. (Patt Morrison / Los Angeles Times)
![A vintage postcard shows a nearly empty Hollywood Boulevard](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/0539184/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1642x1019+0+0/resize/1440x894!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffb%2Fc2%2F93415d50489ba2127d1b701e5658%2Fhollywood-4.jpeg)
Notice the streetcar tracks running along Hollywood Boulevard in this vintage postcard that was mailed in 1915. (Patt Morrison / Los Angeles Times)
![The Hollywood and Highland intersection is shown in a vintage postcard](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/0b600be/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1647x1032+0+0/resize/1440x902!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc3%2Fa9%2Fe3582047492c9f9b22dd9f55a40b%2Fhollywood-5.jpeg)
Hollywood and Highland has certainly changed in the years since this postcard was printed. (Patt Morrison / Los Angeles Times)
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![A vintage postcard reads "A Foothill Residence Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California"](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/d49a8d0/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1651x1064+0+0/resize/1440x928!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F29%2F8d%2F15b65e31490cb4639082ee297f66%2Fhollywood-1.jpeg)
A residential street in Hollywood is depicted on a vintage postcard. (Patt Morrison / Los Angeles Times)
![A vintage postcard reads "St. Pedro, the Annexed Harbor to Los Angeles, Cal."](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/054801c/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1654x1063+0+0/resize/1440x925!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F84%2Fea%2F4204e6ad43c08eba32cdefe29919%2Fsan-pedro-1.jpeg)
The port at San Pedro is shown in a postcard that was mailed in 1911. (Patt Morrison / Los Angeles Times)
![The San Pedro cityscape is depicted in a vintage postcard that reads "Beacon Street, City Hall to the right, San Pedro, Cal."](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/d29c958/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1646x1035+0+0/resize/1440x905!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F3f%2Fd2%2Fd087802d4eed9773f2dabc25e77c%2Fsan-pedro-2.jpeg)
The main seat of government for San Pedro is now in downtown L.A., of course, not on Beacon Street. (Patt Morrison / Los Angeles Times)
![A vintage postcard depicts "Eagle Rock and Picnic Grounds, Los Angeles, Cal."](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/5d572de/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1671x1033+0+0/resize/1440x890!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F77%2F55%2F8fcd15774ffa9b5b5714812afb7c%2Feagle-rock-2.jpeg)
The rock formation from which Eagle Rock gets its name is seen in a vintage postcard. A shame that these picnic grounds aren’t still around. (Patt Morrison / Los Angeles Times)
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![Vintage postcard depicts "Eagle Rock Valley, near Los Angeles, Cal."](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/126ead9/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1660x1056+0+0/resize/1440x916!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa2%2F77%2F3d04fc444aa9b38193fb6a274c92%2Feagle-rock-1.jpeg)
A vintage postcard that was mailed in 1923 shows a pastoral Eagle Rock. (Patt Morrison / Los Angeles Times)
![A vintage postcard depicts a riparian scene in Eagle Rock](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/06a943b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1606x1010+0+0/resize/1440x906!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe7%2Fa5%2F7c8802124e44abe2365f64d298ce%2Feagle-rock-3.jpeg)
A bridge spans a creek, with the famed “eagle rock” in the background, in this vintage postcard. (Patt Morrison / Los Angeles Times)
![A streetcar runs along Santa Monica Boulevard in Sawtelle on this vintage postcard](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/9439713/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1639x1042+0+0/resize/1440x915!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F93%2F72%2Ff169e6844777aa5cb3405592a7b4%2Fsawtelle.jpeg)
A streetcar runs along Santa Monica Boulevard in what is now the Sawtelle neighborhood of Los Angeles. It was briefly its own city. (Patt Morrison / Los Angeles Times)
![A vintage postcard shows the mountain vistas of Tujunga](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/071123b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1645x1043+0+0/resize/1440x913!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd0%2F9b%2Fffbf3ff74343a7319b7896a84684%2Ftujunga.jpeg)
The foothill neighborhood of Tujunga, with snowy mountains in the background — as much a part of the city of L.A. as Venice Beach. (Patt Morrison / Los Angeles Times)