When the sign originally went up in 1923, it said "Hollywoodland," as is visible in old photographs and historical accounts. It remained so until 1949, when "land" was removed.

Chandler’s “Hollywoodland” sign was originally supposed to stay up for a year and a half, but it remained for decades and deteriorated to a bedraggled mess in the ‘40s.

The history of the Hollywood sign, from public nuisance to symbol of stardom It was once an eyesore. Now it's a landmark. How "Hollywoodland" became the sign of Southern California ...

A sign advertises the opening of the Hollywoodland housing development in the hills on Mulholland Drive overlooking Los Angeles, Hollywood, circa 1924. Underwood Archives—Getty Images Brand new ...

Many Hollywood history buffs know that the Hollywood sign, erected in December 1923, originally read "HOLLYWOODLAND," an ...

Thus the Hollywoodland Sign, an advertisement for a real-estate development, became the Hollywood Sign, an advertisement for a business and tourist district of Los Angeles.

Les Tremayne, of CBS Radio’s First Nighter program, and wife Eileen Palmer, with their bicycles in the Hollywood Hills, with the Hollywoodland sign in the background. HOLLYWOOD SIGN, 1940.

A sign reading “Hollywoodland” in flashing bulbs was first illuminated on Dec. 8, 1923, said Jeff Zarrinnam, chair of the Hollywood Sign Trust, a nonprofit in charge of repairing, maintaining ...

Hollywoodland began as a 1920s real-estate development, famously advertised with an enormous, lit-up HOLLYWOODLAND sign in the hills above it. (In 1949, “Land” was dropped from the sign ...

Like many Hollywood celebrities, the Hollywood Sign is older than it looks. The famous letters turned 100 in December 2023, not that you'd know it from looking at its shiny, wrinkle-free surfaces.

Without further ado, here’s the list of all 15 things the Hollywood sign has said besides “Hollywood”—although the switch from Hollywoodland to Hollywood is included for continuity’s ...