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The Fascinating History of the Hollywoodland Sign (2015x60)
Air date: Jul 03, 2015
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In this video:
While today the famous Hollywood sign is considered an icon of the town, originally it wasn’t anything so special and had some significant differences to the version we see today. Specifically, in the beginning it read “HOLLYWOODLAND” and was lit with about 4,000, 20 watt light bulbs, which would flash “HOLLY” then “WOOD” then “LAND” then “HOLLYWOODLAND” repeatedly.
Want the text version?
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/07/the-famous-hollywood-sign-originally-read-hollywoodland-and-was-lit-by-about-4000-light-bulbs-embedded-in-the-letters/
Resources/Further Reading:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0300181450/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0300181450&linkCode=as2&tag=vicastingcom-20
http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/patc/hollywoodsign/index.html
http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/patc/hollywoodsign/index.html
http://www.hollywoodsign.org/the-history-of-the-sign/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobart_Johnstone_Whitley
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Chandlerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Chandler
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peg_Entwistle
http://hightimes.com/news/dan/3790
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=Hollywood
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood
http://www.fox40.com/videobeta/0965a0bd-9cf2-4ce3-87fe-0aa7ea0b5c4e/News/Father-Hollywood
Image Credit (Thank you)
http://motel-magazine.com/room/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Hollywoodland-LD2-e135607842
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