Historic Archive of Hollywood Photos Including Outpost Estates

1927 Looking north up Outpost Dr. from 1919 Outpost Dr. in Outpost Estates.

1930 Looking NW at Outpost Estates from Outpost Circle & Hillside Ave. Outpost sign is on the top of the mountain.

The Hollywood Photograph Archive is one of the largest photographic and reference collections about Hollywood. Covering 110 subjects from 1880 - 2012, it chronicles Hollywood's evolution from a dusty outpost to a global legend, and the Los Angeles communities and neighborhoods millions now call home. 

The collection contains over 12,000 photos of which 9,000 are available on this site, either in digital or print format. Images from the collection have been utilized for decades by such Hollywood institutions as Disney/ABC, Paramount Pictures, Architectural Digest, Vanity Fair, directors Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, and more.

The images come directly from the families of two Hollywood pioneers, developer Charles E. Toberman and actor Ernest Torrence. Their grandson, historian/photographer/author Bruce Torrence, inherited their photographs and created this collection in 1972. Over the next 33 years, he carefully preserved it, adding his own photographs and growing it into the impressively comprehensive collection it is today. In 1979, he wrote Hollywood: the First 100 Years  which he followed in 2012 with his second book, The Hollywood Canteen. In 2019, Bruce decided to retire and began searching for someone who'd be willing to carry on the legacy he created. 

The collection has some great historic photos of Outpost Estates which you can view by clicking this link.