A Snowstorm in Los Angeles? It’s Happened.

Angelenos dreaming of a White Christmas, take note: The scene above may be set in Hollywood, but it’s no special effects shot. The photo from the Los Angeles Public Library’s collections documents the result of a freak snowstorm that passed over Hollywood on Jan. 22, 1921, dusting the gabled rooftops of the Charlie Chaplin Studios and rendering La Brea Blvd. a slushy mess.

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